: WINNERS ALL
Although they are not all winners, they all won the hearts of the
organizers –Bobby Maltizo, right, Brian Kline Labrador, squatting left, Paquito
Suringa, Jr., middle, and Felix Oling, Jr., standing middle. Others in the
photo are (L-R standing) Rodolph Pinlac, Eli.com (all original), Joey Cachombo,
Troy Manatad, Ryan Camero, Christopher de Lima and Kleventh John Equares.
Squatting at right is Marlou, the Class B champion. (Photo by Bobby Maltizo)
KLINE, MARLOU, PAX/MARVIN --
PRR DART CHAMPS;
2016 RAPID CHESS
STARTS MARCH 20
BRIAN KLINE Labrador clinched the Class A title of the
inaugural Palau Royal Resort Dart Tourney by besting Class A finalist Ryan
Camero 2-0 in their best-of-3 finals (Killer Game) while Marlou defeated Marvin
Junio in their Class B final encounter with the same score.
In
the Doubles Category, the tandem of Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr. and Marvin
outlasted the duo of Kline and Kleventh John Equares to win the Kayak Tour
package for 2 donated by Fish ‘N Fins worth $250.00 while the losing duo won
the complimentary dinner for 2 at Waves Restaurant of PRR.
The
Class A and Class B winners won equally the grocery items like noodles,
detergent, toothpaste/toothbrush, fabric softener, meat loaf, cup noodles,
canned tuna, sandwich spread, seasoning, peanuts, Glade, corned beef, soap and
sausage.
In
the extra mini tourney like who hits the bull’s eye, triple or double more, Marlou
and Christopher de Lima won a t-shirt each while Pax won a board shorts.
The
organizers of this event—Felix Oling, Jr., Pax, Kline and especially Bobby
Maltizo, would like to remind the players/participants that aiming for the
prizes is not the spirit of the game but the camaraderie that was experienced
during the exciting and fun extra curriculum activities that the PRR management
has given.
They
should be grateful for it and take advantage of the opportunity to know more
about their co-workers. The organizers have done a very good job of the dart
tourney in which every player with different schedule has to adjust for the
event to finish it on time.
When
the first ever chess tournament in Palau has started in June 09, 2002, it has
the same problem with participants’ varying schedules but they were able to
squeeze their free time to excel and to improve the quality of chess games in
Palau.
After
almost 14 years, Palau has 335 members now (including Honorary) and has been a
member of FIDE (World Chess Federation) in 2005, and has participated in 2009
Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in Australia, 2010 World Chess Olympiad in
Russia, 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey, 2013 Guam Invitational Chess Tournament, 2013
World Youth Chess Championship in Abu Dhabi, 2014 World Chess Olympiad in
Tromso, Norway, 2015 World Youth Chess Olympiad in Mongolia, 2015 Guam
International Chess Tournament, 2015 DATMO Malaysian Open and this year’s World
Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan (Sept. 1-14, 2016).
GOOD
LUCK IN THE PIONEERING OF DART IN PALAU!!!
The
2016 Palau Rapid Chess Championship will start on March 20 at Bethlehem Park.
The 5-week, 9-round Swiss system event will have a time format of 25 minutes
for each player to finish the game with 10 seconds increment. Every participant
must play 2 games every Sunday and one game on the final day to be followed by
awarding of medals to the top 3 finishers in both Open and Women’s/Junior
category.
First
to confirm his participation is Roberto Hernandez and Felix Oling, Jr., who
would like to have a farewell tournament before going back for good to
Philippines on May 13, 2016.
The
Women and junior category will be integrated. If there are only 10 contestants,
it will be a single round-robin.
Solution
to last week’s puzzle No. 3828: 1. Qxf7!! Nxf7 2. Rg8+!! Rxg8 3. Nxf7 mate.
(Congratulations to my guitar and chess
student Brandon Kyle L. Soriano for solving it.)
This
week’s puzzle No. 3829: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 25
Issue 21
March 14, 2016
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--March 14, 2016
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002-March 14, 2016
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