FOR
THE 3RD TIME IN A ROW
Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr.,
left, meets top seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., right, for the 3rd
time in more than a year, with the same results as the previous two –an upset
win. Pax will be Board 1 player of Team Palau in the 2016 World Chess Olympiad
in Baku, Azerbaijan if 4th qualifier Allan Alcid will not make it.
The Olympiad will be held in Sept. 01-14, 2016. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
PAX, THE NEMESIS OF CYRIL;
AZERBAIJAN VISAS TO BE ISSUED
UPON ARRIVAL
JOEL Azana is the nemesis of Roberto Hernandez in
2004-2005 while Bong Alipoon is the nemesis of 3-time Palau chess champion
Eddie Grefiel. In the year 2015-2016, top seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr.’s
nemesis this time is Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr. of Palau Royal Resort.
In
August 16, 2015, Pax dealt Cyril his first defeat in the penultimate round of
2015 Palau Rapid Chess Championship to make the final day an exciting one.
Cyril eventually won the championship for his 3rd straight national
title.
In
Nov. 28, 2015, Pax and Cyril played their 6th round match at PRR
Dormitory 1 at 6pm. The ‘home court’ advantage sided with Pax as he defeated
Cyril again in 33 moves of Nimzo-Indian Defence (Leningrad Variation). After
their game, Cyril stayed till 12:30am and played blitz chess with Roberto, Pax
and Felix Oling, Jr. with the overall results favoring the PRR top chess
players.
And
in the opening day of 2016 Palau Rapid Chess Championship, Pax defeated Cyril
again in the 2nd round with overwhelming advantage that even if his
promoted pawn reach its last square and it stays as a pawn because Pax didn’t
get the extra queen on the table to promote the pawn, he still won as he
promoted the other pawn with Cyril not able to salvage a draw by stalemate.
Gonzalo
Escapatoria, Jr. is the 1st round opponent of Roberto while Manuel
‘Jun’ Mahor, Jr. is Pax 1st round opponent. Both didn’t show up and
Roberto and Pax both won by default. In the 2nd round of the same
day, March 27, Roberto lost to Tito Cabunagan in a marathon 83 moves of
Sicilian Defence.
THE MOVES: Cabunagan, Tito (1734) - Hernandez,
Roberto (1798) [B53]
2016 Palau Rapid Chess
Championship (2), 27.03.2016
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4
Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.0–0 Nf6 8.Nc3 e6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Rad1 Qc7 11.Rfe1 a6
12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.a4 0–0–0 14.b4 Rhg8 15.b5 Bd7 16.bxa6 bxa6 17.Rb1 e5 18.Qe3 Bh3
19.g3 Qc5 20.Qxc5+ dxc5 21.Nd5 Rxd5 22.exd5 Bf5 23.Rb6 Bxc2 24.Rc1 Be4 25.d6
Bd8 26.Rb3 Kd7 27.Rxc5 Kxd6 28.Rc8 Kd7 29.Ra8 Bd5 30.Rd3 Ke6 31.Rc8 Bxf3
32.Rxf3 e4 33.Rb3 f5 34.Ra8 f4 35.Rxa6+ Kd5 36.Ra8 e3 37.Rd3+ Ke4 38.Rdxd8 e2 39.Re8+
Kf3 40.Rxe2 Rxa8 41.Ra2 f5 42.a5 Rc8 43.Ra1 Ra8 44.a6 Ra7 45.Ra3+ Kg4 46.Kg2
f3+ 47.Rxf3 Rxa6 48.Rf4+ Kg5 49.h4+ Kg6 50.Rb4 Kf6 51.Kf3 Ke5 52.Rb7 h6 53.Rb5+
Ke6 54.Rb3 Rc6 55.Ke3 Kf6 56.f3 h5 57.g4 Re6+ 58.Kf4 Re8 59.Re3 Rxe3 60.g5+ Ke6
61.Kxe3 Kf7 62.Kf4 Kg6 63.Ke5 Kf7 64.Kxf5 Kg7 65.Ke6 Kg6 66.f4 Kg7 67.f5 Kf8
68.f6 Ke8 69.Kf5 Kf7 70.g6+ Kf8 71.g7+ Kf7 72.Kg5 Kg8 73.Kh6 Kf7 74.Kxh5 Kg8
75.Kg5 Kf7 76.h5 Kg8 77.h6 Kf7 78.Kf5 Kg8 79.Ke6 Kh7 80.f7 Kxh6 81.g8Q Kh5
82.f8Q Kh4 83.Qh6# 1–0
On Sunday, April 3rd,
Pax will meet fellow undefeated Tito in the 3rd round while Roberto
will face the tough and much improved Jeff Balbalosa. The 2016 PRCC contestants
are all male (12 of them) without a single entrée from junior and women
players. The very convenient venue now is the campaign headquarters of Surangel
Whipps, Jr., who is running for President of Palau in the Nov. national
election. The place is now air conditioned with coffee, water and crackers as
provided snack.
Roberto received an email from the
2016 Baku Olympiad Operating Committee that says:
“Dear
Chess Federations, Dear Chess Friends,
The Baku Olympiad Operating
Committee is currently working on the preparation for the 42nd Chess
Olympiad in Baku. We are willing to offer to the Olympiad participants not only
the best conditions of chess games, but also those of accommodation, transport,
registration and preparation to the event.
In that direction, the Operating
Committee has taken some measures to allow all the Olympiad participants to get
their visas for Azerbaijan directly at the Baku Airport, without having to go
to the Azerbaijani Embassies over the world. This measure will be the subject
to a presidential decree, which we are currently waiting for. As the decree has
to be included into the Official Invitation for the Olympiad, the sending of
the latter will be delayed: The Federations will receive it on April 15th,
with the complete information regarding the event. On this day, the
registration to the Olympiad will start as well and will be open till June 30th.
We hope that the Federations
understand the reasons for this delay, necessary for the participants comfort.
The Operating Committee is at the Federations’ disposal for any questions
related to the Invitation or Registration to the Olympiad.
We hope to see you all at the 42nd
Chess Olympiad in Baku for an unforgettable event.
With
best regards, Baku Chess Olympiad
Operating Committee.”
Solution to last week’s puzzle
No. 3831: 1. Bf7+! Rxf7 2. Qg6+ Kf8 3. Qxf7 mate.
This week’s puzzle No. 3832:
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 27
April 04, 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 --April 04, 2016
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 --April 04, 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 --April 04, 2016
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 --April 04, 2016
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