(1124) 94 GAMES DECIDED IN ROUND 23 & 24 OF 2005-2006 Rapid Chess Tilt (TBN-Jan. 27-Feb. 03, 2006)

WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PROMOTE CHESS IN PALAU
     Parking space of Jean's Boutique and Store is being used to accommodate dozens of chess players in the most hectic rapid chess tilt in Palau- the 2005-2006 Rapid Chess Tournament. Venue host Gene Pastrana, left, is playing against Joel Azana while Cyril Montel, Jr. and Gerry Sermeno are watching the other game next to their game. Jess Gomez and Manuel Nedic are playing at the other end of the site.
                                      (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)


   94 GAMES DECIDED IN ROUND 23 & 24
      OF 2005-2006 RAPID CHESS TILT
  

1. Francis Temaungil vs. Edwin Eti (0-1) 2. Cyril Montel, Jr. vs. Jose Omega (1-0) 3. Joel Azana vs. Dennis Gonzales (1-0) 4. Jess Gomez vs. Gerry Sermeno (1-0) 5. Edwin Eti vs. Dennis Gonzales (1-0) 6. Jess Gomez vs. Dennis Gonzales (1-0) 7. Jess Gomez vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (1-0) 8. Joel Azana vs. Jose Omega (0-1)

 9. Roberto Hernandez vs. Menandro Manuel (1-0)

THE MOVES: Hernandez, Roberto (2095) - Manuel, Menandro (2111) [A03]

2005 Rapid Chess (26), 22.01.2006

          1. f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.0–0 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.d3 Bd6 8.e4 d4 9.Ne2 Bc7 10.e5 Nd5 11.c4 dxc3 12.bxc3 0–0 13.c4 Nde7 14.Ng5 h6 15.Ne4 a6 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Nxc5 Nf5 18.Rb1 Qh4 19.d4 Rfd8 20.Nxb7 Qg4 21.d5 exd5 22.Nxd8 Rxd8 23.c5 d4 24.Ng3 Qg6 25.Qd3 Nxg3 26.Qxg6 Ne2+ 27.Kf2 fxg6 28.Kxe2 Bb5+ 29.Rxb5 axb5 30.Kd3 Rd5 31.Ba3 Ba5 32.Rb1 b4 33.Bxb4 Bxb4 34.Rxb4       1–0  

 10. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Jess Gomez (1-0)

 11. Jose Omega vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (0-1) 12. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Jose Omega (0-1) 13. Gerry Sermeno vs. Edwin Eti (0-1) 14. Dennis Gonzales vs. Jess Gomez (0-1) 15. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Gene Pastrana (1-0) 16. Jose Omega vs. Roberto Hernandez (1-0) 17. Jose Omega vs. Dennis Gonzales (0-1) 18. Joel Azana vs. Gerry Sermeno (Draw) 19. Francis Temaungil vs. Jose Omega (0-1) 20. Dennis Gonzales vs. Joel Azana (0-1)

 21. Gerry Sermeno vs. Menandro Manuel (0-1) 22. Gene Pastrana vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (0-1) 23. Jess Gomez vs. Jose Omega (1-0) 24. Gerry Sermeno vs. Rodiante Balagso (0-1) 

25. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Roberto Hernandez (1-0) THE MOVES: De Jesus, Jose Misael (1889) - Hernandez, Roberto (2095) [A80]

2005 Rapid Chess (28), 27.01.2006

          1. f4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Be2 Bd6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.a3 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6 9.b4 Ne4 10.0–0 Qf6 11.Bb2 Qh6 12.Bc4 a5 13.b5 Ne7 14.Nbd2 Nd5 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Ne5 g5 17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Qb3 Qe6 19.h3 gxf4 20.exf4 Kh8 21.Rae1 a4 22.Qg3 Rg8 23.Qh4 Be7 24.Qh5 d6 25.Ng4 Bd7 26.f5 Be8 27.Qxe8 Raxe8 28.fxe6 Bh4 29.Nf6 Rxe6 30.Nxg8 Bxe1 31.Rxe1 Kxg8 32.Re3 Kf7 33.Bc3 Kf6 34.Kh2 Kf5 35.Bd2 Rg6 36.g3 Rg7 37.Rc3 Re7 38.Be3 Ke6 39.b6 Rf7 40.Bf4 h5 41.Rc7 Rxc7 42.bxc7 Kd7 43.Bxd6     1–0

26. Gerry Sermeno vs. Gene Pastrana (Draw) 27. Jose Omega vs. Manny Nedic (0-1) 28. Gene Pastrana vs. Gerry Sermeno (0-1) 29. Dennis Gonzales vs. Gene Pastrana (Draw) 30. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Edwin Eti (0-1)

31. Edwin Eti vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (1-0) 32. Menandro Manuel vs. Cyril Montel, Jr. (1-0) 33. Rodiante Balagso vs. Joel Azana (0-1) 34. Gene Pastrana vs. Dennis Gonzales (0-1)

 35. Roberto Hernandez vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (0-1) THE MOVES: Hernandez, Roberto (2095) - De Jesus, Jose Misael (1889) [C21]

2005 Rapid Chess (29), 27.01.2006

          1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 Qe7 5.Nxc3 c6 6.Nf3 h6 7.e5 b5 8.Bb3 a5 9.Ne4 Qb4+ 10.Nfd2 a4 11.Bc2 Qd4 12.0–0 Ne7 13.Nd6+ Kd8 14.Nxf7+ Kc7 15.Nxh8 Qxe5 16.Nf3 Qe6 17.Bf4+ d6 18.Re1 Qf6 19.Nf7 Qxf4 20.Nh8 g5 21.Re4 Qf6 22.Qe2 Nd5 23.Ng6 Bf5 24.Nxf8 Qxf8 25.Re8 Qf7 26.Bxf5 Qxf5 27.Nd4 Qf6 28.Nxb5+ cxb5 29.Qxb5 Nb6 30.Rc1+ Kb7 31.Rec8 Qe7 32.Re8 Qd7 33.Qe2 Nc6 34.Rxa8 Kxa8 35.Qa6+ Qa7 36.Qb5 Nb8 37.Qe8 Qd7 38.Qe4+ d5 39.Qb4 Kb7 40.Re1 Nc6 41.Qf8 h5 42.Qh6 g4 43.Qxh5 d4 44.Qc5 Qd5 45.Qf8 d3 46.Qg7+ Qd7 47.Qc3 Qd6 48.Rd1 Ne5 49.Kf1 Qd5 50.Rc1 d2 51.Qc7+ Ka6 52.Rd1 Qd3+ 53.Kg1 Qe2 54.Qc2 Qe1+     0-1

36. Bong Alipoon vs. Menandro Manuel (0-1) 37. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Cyril Montel, Jr. (0-1) 38. Rodiante Balagso vs. Gerry Sermeno (Draw) 39. Gerry Sermeno vs. Rodiante Balagso (1-0) 40. Manny Nedic vs. Menandro Manuel (1-0)

41. Cyril Montel, Jr. vs, Jose Misael de Jesus (1-0) 42. Gerry Sermeno vs. Bong Alipoon (Draw) 

43. Dennis Gonzales vs. Roberto Hernandez (Draw) THE MOVES: Gonzales, Dennis (1886) - Hernandez, Roberto (2095) [B06]

2005 Rapid Chess (30), 22.01.2006

          1. e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e5 d6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bc4 dxe5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Nc6 8.Bf4 0–0–0+ 9.Nbd2 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Rxd4 11.Bg3 Nh6 12.c3 Rd7 13.Ke2 Rhd8 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.Rhd1 Bxf3+ 16.gxf3 Nf5 17.Bxf7 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Rxd1 19.Kxd1 Nxg3 20.fxg3 Bxe5 21.f4 Bf6 22.Bg8 h6 23.Bf7 g5 24.Be6+ Kd8 25.f5 c5 26.Kc2 Kc7 27.g4 Kd6 28.h3 Ke5 29.b3 Kf4 30.Bd5 Kg3 31.Kd3 b6 32.a4 Kxh3 33.Bf3 Kg3 34.Be2 Kf4 35.Kc4 h5 36.gxh5 g4 37.h6 g3 38.Bf1 Kf3 39.Kd5 g2 40.Bxg2+ Kxg2 41.Ke6 Bg5 42.h7 Bf6 43.c4 Kg3 ½–½

 44. Gene Pastrana vs. Rodiante Balagso (0-1) 45. Rodiante Balagso vs. Gene Pastrana (1-0) 46. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Menandro Manuel (0-1) 47. Cyril Montel, Jr. vs. Roberto Hernandez (0-1) THE MOVES: Montel, Jr., Cyril (2101) - Hernandez, Roberto (2095) [B07]

2005 Rapid Chess (31), 22.01.2006

          1. e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 0–0 6.h3 Nc6 7.c3 Nh5 8.0–0 Ng3 9.Rf2 f5 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.Ng5 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.d5 Na5 14.Be2 c6 15.b4 cxd5 16.bxa5 Qxa5 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Kf1 e3 19.Rf3 Qb2 20.Bxe3 Qxa1 21.Bd4 Bf5 22.Bd3 e5 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.Bc5 Rfc8 26.Bf2 f4 27.Rd3 e4 28.Rxd5 e3 29.Be1 Qxa2 30.Rg5 e2+ 31.Qxe2 Qxb1 32.Rxg7 Kxg7 33.Qe7+ Kh6 34.Qf6+ Qg6 35.Qxf4+ Qg5 36.Qd6+ Kg7 37.Kg1 Qc5+         0–1

48. Bong Alipoon vs. Gerry Sermeno (1-0) 49. Manny Nedic vs. Bong Alipoon (1-0) 50. Menandro Manuel vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (1-0)

 51. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Bong Alipoon (1-0) 52. Cyril Montel, Jr. vs. Manny Nedic (0-1) 53. Bong Alipoon vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (1-0) 54. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Rodiante Balagso (1-0) 55. Rodiante Balagso vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (0-1) 56. Ernie Mijares vs. Em-R de Vera (Draw)* 57. Em-R de Vera vs. Ernie Mijares (Draw)* 58. Dennis Gonzales vs. Ernie Mijares (1-0)*59. Ernie Mijares vs. Dennis Gonzales (0-1* 60. Morton Sawaichi vs. Ernie Mijares (Draw)*

61. Ernie Mijares vs. Morton Sawaichi (Draw)* 62. Rogelio Menor vs. Ernie Mijares (Draw)* 63. Ernie Mijares vs. Rogelio Menor (Draw)* 64. Ivan II vs. Ernie Mijares (Draw)* 65. Ernie Mijares vs. Ivan II (Draw)* 66. William Blasquino vs. Ernie Mijares (Draw)* 67. Ernie Mijares vs. William Blasquino (Draw)* 68. Tutii Joe Chilton vs. Ernie Mijares (Draw)* 69. Ernie Mijares vs. Tutii Joe Chilton (Draw)* 70. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Morton Sawaichi (1-0)*

71. Morton Sawaichi vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (0-1)* 72. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Rogelio Menor (1-0)* 73. Rogelio Menor vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (0-1)* 74. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Em-R de Vera (1-0)* 75. Em-R de Vera vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (0-1)* 76. Tutii Joe Chilton vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (1-0)* 77. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. Tutii Joe Chilton (0-1)* 78. William Blasquino vs. Jose Misael de Jesus (0-1)* 79. Jose Misael de Jesus vs. William Blasquino (1-0)* 80. Dennis Gonzales vs. Rogelio Menor  (1-0)*

81. Rogelio Menor vs. Dennis Gonzales (0-1)* 82. Gerry Sermeno vs. Rogelio Menor (1-0)* 83. Rogelio Menor vs. Em-R de Vera (Draw)* 84. Tutii Joe Chilton vs. Rogelio Menor (Draw)* 85. Rodiante Balagso vs. Rogelio Menor (1-0)* 86. Rogelio Menor vs. Rodiante Balagso (0-1)* 87. Morton Sawaichi vs. Rogelio Menor (Draw)* 88. Rogelio Menor vs. Morton Sawaichi (Draw)* 89. Tutii Joe Chilton vs William Blasquino (Draw)* 90. William Blasquino vs. Tutii Joe Chilton (Draw)*

91. Gerry Sermeno vs. William Blasquino (1-0) 92. William Blasquino vs. Gerry Sermeno (0-1)* 93. Em-R de Vera vs. William Blasquino (Draw)* 94. William Blasquino vs. Em-R de Vera (Draw)*

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

               Tia Belau Newspaper

               Pages 9-10

               Volume 14

               Issue 04

            January 27-February 03, 2006  

               The History of Chess in Palau
               By Roberto Hernandez
               June 09, 2002 -- February 03, 2006 

(1123) MUSIC AND ME (Oct. 29, 2015) SEE YOU IN CHINA SOMEDAY

IN THE MIDDLE OF MY 24-HOUR FASTING
   I met a Chinese family on Nov. 12, 2015 in the midst of my 24-hour fasting for the sacrifice month of November 2015. The boy likes to listen to my playing with his dad following him. It's the start of a friendship through music.
                                    (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)


          SEE YOU IN CHINA SOMEDAY
I STARTED my 24-hour fasting on Nov. 12 (Thursday) at 7:50am. After having breakfast, I didn't take coffee, tea or 2 glasses of water as I usually do after breakfast. I just take half glass of water in taking my everyday vitamin (One-a-Day) for men.

I didn’t attend the Morning Devotion of Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ in the 4^th Watch (Palau Locale) because of this fasting.

I started the day with reading the Bible verses that Pastor Jeric dela Cruz had preached during his visit in Palau during the 9^th Anniversary and Thanksgiving of PMCC in Palau.

I remember during his preaching when I sang a song that I’ve written that he said, “Roberto’s songs are complete with message. Do I need to give you message?”

It is also that during his visit that me, and Mr. Yoshiharu Kurata performed in the Gospel Concert that evening.

The internet connection at Palau Royal Resort now is not 24 hours free. We were given a pass code worth 500mb to be consumed within a month. If you consumed it before the end of 30-day usage, you will not be given a new pass code.

That’s why my posts at http://palau-chess.blogspot.com is now limited. Most of the time, I will type first the posts and just copy and paste it to save time.

Every 30 minutes, I will drink half glass of water. No problem with skipping lunch and dinner.

 

I have some text messages from Mari of Carp Restaurant, neighboring restaurant of PRR, where she is setting the date of me giving guitar lessons to her kids at the Gate 2 of PRR (under the mango tree).

I said to her that I am available at 4pm today but she refused as it is too early and she has to ask the kids first. It was set up for next Tuesday at 5pm.

During my performance of playing piano at Waves Restaurant at 7pm, I intentionally wear a very tight pant so that it will feel like I’m tightening my belt for the fasting.

There’s a Chinese boy who is watching me playing the piano especially the way I’m stepping on two damper pedals, one for sustain and one for controlling the volume. The boy is being followed by his dad.

On the 3^rd time that the boy is watching me again, I gave him my card (older one). The father appreciated it. More so when I let the boy sit by my side and we played “Chopstick” with me holding his 2 fingers and me playing the left hand for accompaniment. I showed him my Chinese songs songbook after I played "Yue Liang Dai Biao De Xin", in which he requested an encore.

30 minutes later, the father gave me $5.00 tip. While they are paying their bill at the counter, I asked for a photo session using my cell phone’s camera. I ask them also to have a shot using their own camera.

At 9pm, I’m about to go to Breeze Bar to play instrumental keyboard music for another 2 hours (9-11pm), when I met the Chinese family near the swimming pool. We have some conversation and they gave me a phone number in China where they want me to call them whenever I visit China someday.

When I mentioned to them that I’m writing on Tia Belau Newspaper, they said that the lady is also a writer in a Japanese newspaper. It means that she can speak/write fluent Japanese.

The number is +86 13408067907. The email address is 195071026@qq.com

And his name is Qian Rong Chao.

The next day, they had dinner again at Waves Restaurant and before going back to their room for packing their things for the evening flight, they mentioned again to call them whenever I visit China someday.

WHO KNOWS, MAYBE NEXT YEAR, IN 2017 OR ANY OTHER YEAR WHERE I MIGHT BE AVAILABLE – FOR CHESS OR MUSIC!

Sources: Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)

               The Beginning of Chess in Palau

               By Roberto Hernandez

               To be published as a book in the future

               Music and Me

              By Roberto Hernandez

             Tia Belau Newspaper

             March 15, 2012 – April 2013

            http://palau-chess.blogspot.com

            April 2013 – October 29, 2015

 

(1122) PHOTOS -- ROUND 7 OF 2015 PALAU NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (Nov. 22, 2015)

Special game of Manuel Mahor, Jr., left, vs. Roberto Hernandez, right, on Nov. 21, 2015 at Bethlehem Park watched by Palauan youngsters. The game ended a draw in 104 moves!
                                                (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Angelo Salvadora, left, finished the 9-round 2015 Palau National Chess Championship with 3 wins and 6 losses. One of the wins is against 4th seed Jeffrey Balbalosa, who is projected to be the next National Master of Palau. With his 2nd loss, Jeff's bid for an NM title is somehow stalled.
                                           (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

THE MOVES OF FELIX OLING, JR. (Left), VS. GONZALO ESCAPATORIA, JR.:

[Event "2015 PNCC"] [Site "Bethlehem Park Koror, Palau"] [Date "2015.11.22"] [Round "7"]
[White "Escapatoria, Jr., Gonzalo"] [Black "Oling, Jr., Felix"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"]
[White Elo "1608"] [Black Elo "1465"] [PlyCount "78"]
          1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Be2 Qa5 8. O-O
a6 9. a3 Bg4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rd8 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. f4 c5 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 c4 17. Qc3 b5 18. f5 Qa7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. h4 h6 21. fxg6 fxg6
22. Bg4 Nf6 23. Be6+ Kh7 24. g4 Rf8 25. Rf4 Nd7 26. Rdf1 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Rf8 28.
Bd2 Rxf4 29. Bxf4 Nf8 30. e5 dxe5 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Nxe6 33. dxe6 Qb6+ 34.
Kg2 Qxe6 35. Kf3 h5 36. Qd4 Qxg4+ 37. Ke3 Qxd4+ 38. Kxd4 g5 39. hxg5 h4     0-1

The 9th and final round game of top seed Roberto Hernandez, right, against 7th seed Dennis Gonzales. It's amazing to think that the 38th, 39th, 44th and 45th move by black (Roberto) is the same!
THE MOVES:

[Event "2015 PNCC"] [Site "Bethlehem Park Koror, Palau"] [Date "2015.11.22"] [Round "9"]
[White "Gonzales, Dennis"] [Black "Hernandez, Roberto"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A85"]
[White Elo "1680"] [Black Elo "1840"] [PlyCount "98"]
          1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 d6 13. Qc2 g5 14. Nd2 Rf7
15. Rf1 Ne7 16. Bf3 d5 17. g3 g4 18. Bg2 h5 19. a4 h4 20. a5 hxg3 21. fxg3 Qh6
22. Kf2 Rb8 23. a6 Ba8 24. Rh1 dxc4 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxc4 Nd5 27. Qd3 Nf6 28.
Ne5 Ne4+ 29. Ke2 Rh7 30. Raf1 Qg5 31. Qc4 Qe7 32. Ng6 Qd6 33. Nh4 b5 34. Qb4
Qxa6 35. Ra1 Qc6 36. Rhc1 Nd6 37. Ra2 Rxh4 38. gxh4 Qg2+ 39. Kd3 Qxa2 40. Rc2
Qd5 41. Qb1 Qe4+ 42. Ke2 Nc4 43. Qc1 f4 44. Ra2 Qg2+ 45. Kd3 Qxa2 46. exf4 Qxh2
47. Qe1 Qh3+ 48. Kc2 Qg2+ 49. Kd1 Nb2+ 0-1







Source: The History of Chess in Palau
             By Roberto Hernandez
             June 09, 2002 -- November 22, 2015

(1121) JEFF OUTSMARTED TITO; STILL ON TARGET FOR NM TITLE (TBN-Nov. 23, 2015)

MAHOR VS. HERNANDEZ –WATCH BY PALAUAN YOUNGSTERS

                      A very exciting special game was played between Roberto Hernandez, right, and Manuel ‘Jun’ Mahor, Jr. at Bethlehem Park on Sat. Nov. 21. A group of Palauan youngsters pose with the duo for Monday’s edition of Tia Belau’s Chess Mate column. The marathon 104-move game was watch by Eugene Labarda and Koichi Matsuda, who is wearing the polo shirt that Roberto gave him.

                                                     (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

             JEFF OUTSMARTED TITO; 

      STILL ON TARGET FOR NM TITLE

 

JEFFREY Balbalosa is projected to be the next National Master (NM) of Palau. In the 6^th round of 2015 Palau National Chess Championship, he kept patient in outsmarting his team mate in 2015 Datu Arthur Tan Malaysian (DATMO) Open NM Tito Cabunagan in 51 moves of French Defense (Unusual 2^nd move Nc3) to kept on pace with idle leaders Allan Alcid and NM Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr.

THE MOVES: Cabunagan, Tito (1821) - Balbalosa, Jeffrey (1738) [C00]

2015 PNCC (6), 15.11.2015

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.a3 d4 4.Nce2 e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.h3 Be7 7.f4 exf4 8.Bxf4 Nc6 9.Nf3 0–0 10.Qd2 b6 11.Bg3 a5 12.Bf2 Bc5 13.g4 b5 14.Bh4 Re8 15.Qg5 Qe7 16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Bg2 Qd6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.0–0 Qe7 20.Rae1 Rad8 21.Kh1 a4 22.Rf2 Rd7 23.Ref1 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Rf5 Qd6 26.Qg5 h6 27.Qh4 Re5 28.Rxe5 Qxe5 29.Rf5 Qd6 30.Kg1 Qf8 31.g5 Be7 32.Qg4 Bc8 33.gxh6 g6 34.Rf3 c5 35.Qf4 Bb7 36.h7+ Kxh7 37.Qxf7+ Qxf7 38.Rxf7+ Kg8 39.Rf3 c4 40.Nf4 Kh7 41.Rg3 Bd6 42.Rg4 c3 43.bxc3 dxc3 44.Ne2 b4 45.axb4 Bxb4 46.Nc1 a3 47.Rg5 Bc8 48.Nb3 a2 49.e5 Rb7 50.e6 Bc5+ 51.Kf1 Rxb3          0–1

Other results of the 6^th round: Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr. is leading his game against Dennis Gonzales but offered a draw because his team Melusch is about to play its basketball game against WCTC so he offered a draw which was accepted as there is not breakthrough in the bishop of the same color endgame in 36 moves of Modern Defence (Avervakh Variation).

THE MOVES: Suringa, Jr., Paquito (1706) - Gonzales, Dennis (1680) [A42]

2015 PNCC (5), 15.11.2015

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 e5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bh4 Nc5 9.f3 Bd7 10.Nge2 b6 11.h3 g5 12.Bf2 Nh5 13.g4 Nf4 14.Nxf4 gxf4 15.h4 Qe7 16.h5 Bf6 17.Bg2 0–0–0 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.0–0–0 Kb7 20.d6 cxd6 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Be6 23.Rhd1 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Be7 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.b3 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 a5 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.exd5 Kc7 30.Kd2 Bd6 31.Kd3 Kd7 32.Ke4 Ke7 33.Kf5 Kf8 34.Kf6 Bc7 35.g5 Bd8+ 36.Kxe5    ½–½

Arnolfo Inres clobbered John Mark Tamayo in a display of heavy artillery attack that Tamayo couldn’t thwart and resigned in just 21 moves of Trompowsky Attack; John Malinao touted Josef Karlo Moyet in 33 moves of King’s Pawn Opening; early round leader Glen Navarroza was caught unprepared by Joel Gemota and lost in 23 moves of Giocco Piano; Felix Oling now leads the Reserves Division with the conquest of fellow leader (with 4 points each) Rafael Paloma in 39 moves of Queen’s Gambit Accepted;

Angelo Salvadora blundered away a bishop and lost to Manuel ‘Jun’ Mahor, Jr. in 35 moves of French Defense; exchanging their cell phones numbers, Mahor and top seed NM, FIDE Instructor (FI) Roberto Hernandez agreed to play their scheduled game for Nov. 29 to November 21 (Sat.) at Bethlehem Park at 10am after Roberto has finished teaching a boy guitar lessons.

Their game started with Roberto having the white pieces. A group of Palauan youngsters watch the beginning of the game and Roberto asked Eugene Labarda to take a photo with them so that they can be featured on Monday’s edition of Chess Mate.

Their game lasted till 2:30pm with Roberto unable to have lunch at Palau Royal Resort because the Cafeteria closes at 1:30 pm. He just had a peanut butter sandwich and a bunch of bananas and papayas given to him by Adrian, the father of his guitar student. Their fighting drawn game lasted 104 moves! Mahor offered a draw on the 72 moves but Hernandez opted to play a little move with the same result.

THE MOVES: Hernandez, Roberto (1840) - Mahor, Jr., Manuel (1489) [C04]

2015 PNCC (8), 21.11.2015

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.c3 Nce7 6.a4 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.a5 Ng6 9.Ndf3 c5 10.e5 b4 11.cxb4 cxd4 12.Bd2 Qb8 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qb3 Ne7 15.Ne2 Nc6 16.0–0 Nxe5 17.Nexd4 Bd6 18.g3 Ng4 19.Kg2 Bb5 20.Rfe1 Bc4 21.Qa4+ Bb5 22.Nxb5 Qxb5 23.Qxb5+ axb5 24.h3 Nf6 25.a6 0–0 26.Nd4 Rfb8 27.a7 Rb7 28.Nc6 Ne4 29.Be3 Bc7 30.Rec1 Nd6 31.Na5 Bxa5 32.bxa5 Nc4 33.Bc5 Nxb2 34.a6 Rc7 35.Bb6 Rxc1 36.Rxc1 Nc4 37.Bc5 Na5 38.Rb1 Nc6 39.Rxb5 Nxa7 40.Rb7 Nc6 41.a7 Kh7 42.Rxf7 e5 43.Rc7 Na5 44.Bd6 Nc4 45.Bc5 Na5 46.Re7 d4 47.Rxe5 Nc6 48.Rd5 Nxa7 49.Bxd4 Nc6 50.Bc3 Ra7 51.h4 Ne7 52.Rc5 Rd7 53.g4 Nd5 54.Be5 Nf6 55.f3 Nd5 56.Kg3 Nf6 57.Kf4 Rd5 58.Rc7 Nd7 59.Bc3 Rc5 60.Rxc5 Nxc5 61.g5 Kg8 62.Ke3 Kf7 63.Kd4 Ne6+ 64.Ke5 Nc5 65.Kd5 Ne6 66.Be5 Nf8 67.Kd6 Ne6 68.Kd5 Nf8 69.Bd6 Ne6 70.f4 Nd8 71.Be5 Ne6 72.Kd6 Nd8 73.Kd7 Ne6 74.Bd6 Nd4 75.Be5 Nf3 76.Kd6 Nxh4 77.Kd5 Nf5 78.Ke4 Ke6 79.Bb2 Nd6+ 80.Ke3 Nf5+ 81.Ke4 Kd6 82.Be5+ Ke6 83.Bb2 Nd6+ 84.Kf3 Nf5 85.Be5 Kd5 86.Ke2 Ke4 87.Kd2 Nh4 88.Ke2 Ng2 89.Bxg7 Kxf4 90.Bf6 Nh4 91.Kf2 Nf3 92.Bd8 Nxg5 93.Bxg5+ Kxg5 94.Kg3 Kf5 95.Kf3 g5 96.Kg3 g4 97.Kg2 Kf4 98.Kf2 g3+ 99.Kg2 Kg4 100.Kg1 Kf3 101.Kf1 Kg4 102.Kg2 Kh4 103.Kg1 Kh3 104.Kh1    ½–½

Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3795: 1. Rxg5+! Kf7 2. Qh7+ Kf8 3. Rg8 mate.

This week’s puzzle No. 3796: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)

Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

             Tia Belau Newspaper

             Pages 9-10

             Volume 24

             Issue 92

             November 23, 2015

 

(1120) 35 PHOTOS -- ROUND 6 OF 2015 PALAU NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Source: The History of Chess in Palau
             By Roberto Hernandez
             June 09, 2002 -- November 15, 2015
             To be published as a book in the future