(1210) 2008 PNCC Rd. 11-Hernandez Nips Pax in 38 Moves (TBN-Aug. 08-14, 2008)

        2008 PALAU NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 
                                       Round 11
                 HERNANDEZ NIPS PAX IN 38 MOVES 

IN THE resumption of the 11^th round of play of the 2008 Palau National Chess Championship, 5^th seed Roberto Hernandez took the measure of fellow co-employee at Palau Royal Resort Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr. in 38 moves of Danish Gambit at the Dormitory 1 of PRR.

                As early as the 9^th move, Hernandez is already ahead by a knight because of lackluster play of Pax. On the 14^th move, he blundered away another knight when he missed the more precise 14. …Rg6, with counter play. A king hunt ensued on the 21^st move and when Pax blundered away a rook, thinking that he will be stalemated, he resigned immediately.

                THE MOVES: Hernandez, Roberto (1830) - Suringa, Jr., Paquito (1670) [C21]

2008 PNCC (11), 22.10.2008

          1. e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 c5 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qh5 g6 6.Qf3 f6 7.cxd4 cxd4 8.Qb3 Bh6 9.Bxg8 d5 10.Bxh6 Rxg8 11.Qb5+ Qd7 12.Qxd5 Qxd5 13.exd5 g5 14.h4 Nc6 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.hxg5 fxg5 17.Nf3 Bf5 18.Nxd4 Bd3 19.Kd2 Bg6 20.Nxc6 Rc8 21.Re1+ Kd7 22.Ne5+ Kd6 23.Nc3 a6 24.Nxg6 Rxg6 25.Bxg5 Rxc3 26.Bf4+ Kc6 27.Kxc3 Kc5 28.b4+ Kb5 29.a4+ Kb6 30.a5+ Kb7 31.Re7+ Kc8 32.Rc7+ Kd8 33.Rd1+ Ke8 34.Rxh7 Rc6+ 35.Kd4 Re6 36.Kd5 Rg6 37.Rc1 Kd8 38.Rcc7 Rd6+        1–0

            Other results of 11^th round: Dennis Lara, another PRR employee, with a National Rating of 1773, subdued Jose Misael De Jesus (1939) in 62 moves of an Unusual Reply to 1. d4.

THE MOVES: Lara, Dennis (1838) - De Jesus, Jose Misael (1939) [A40]

2008 PNCC (11), 10.05.2008

          1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bd3 d6 7.0–0 Nf6 8.e4 g5 9.d5 e5 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Qb3 Bg7 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Rac1 Nh5 14.h3 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Ne2 Ne5 17.Nfd4 Bc8 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 0–0 20.Bb1 Rfe8 21.Rfe1 Nd7 22.Kf1 Be5 23.Nd4 f6 24.Ne6 Nf8 25.Be4 a5 26.b5 Nxe6 27.dxe6 Ra7 28.Bc6 Rf8 29.Bd7 Rd8 30.Qf3 Rxd7 31.exd7 Qxd7 32.Qd5+ Kf8 33.Qd3 Ra8 34.a4 Re8 35.c5 Rd8 36.cxb6 cxb6 37.Rc6 Rb8 38.Rec1 d5 39.Qf3 d4 40.Re6 d3 41.Rd1 d2 42.Ke2 Rd8 43.Rxb6 Qxf5 44.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 45.Kxd2 Qd7+ 46.Ke2 Qd4 47.Qa8+ Kg7 48.Rb7+ Kg6 49.Qe8+ Kf5 50.Qd7+ Qxd7 51.Rxd7 Ke6 52.Rh7 Kd6 53.Rxh6 Kc5 54.Rh8 Kb4 55.b6 Kxa4 56.b7 Ka3 57.b8Q Bxb8 58.Rxb8 a4 59.Kd3 Ka2 60.Ke4 a3 61.Kf5 Ka1 62.Kxf6     1–0

            2^nd seed Cyril Montel, Jr. (1870-FIDE) touted blitz chess specialist Antonio Villa in 54 moves of Queen’s Indian Defence (Four Pawns Attack).

THE MOVES: Villa, Antonio - Montel, Jr., Cyril (1870) [E76]

2008 PNCC (11), 10.05.2008

          1.e4 Na6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.f4 c5 6.d5 Nf6 7.Bd3 0–0 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.0–0 Nb4 10.Bb1 e5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.a3 Na6 13.Bg5 Nc7 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nce8 16.Qe3 b6 17.Bd3 a6 18.Rf2 Qd6 19.Raf1 h5 20.Ne2 Nh7 21.Bh6 Ra7 22.Kh1 Nef6 23.Ng1 Kh8 24.Nf3 Ng8 25.Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.Ng5 a5 27.Ne6+ fxe6 28.Rxf8 Nxf8 29.Qf2 Nh7 30.Be2 Ngf6 31.Qe3 Rc7 32.b3 Rf7 33.Rb1 exd5 34.cxd5 Nd7 35.Bf3 Rf4 36.g3 Rf6 37.Bg2 Qf8 38.Kg1 Qc8 39.Rc1 b5 40.Qe2 Rb6 41.h4 Nhf6 42.Bh3 a4 43.bxa4 bxa4 44.Rf1 c4 45.Qf3 Qc5+ 46.Kh1 Rb3 47.Qg2 Ng4 48.Bxg4 hxg4 49.Qd2 Qe3 50.Qxe3 Rxe3 51.Rb1 Rb3 52.Rc1 c3 53.Kg1 Nc5 54.d6 Kf7         0–1

            Newcomer Bangladeshi bet Mohammad Manik Hossain was outclassed by Koror State Legal Counsel American Craig Dittrich in 34 moves of Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.

THE MOVES: Hossain, Mohammad Manik - Dittrich, Craig [C44]

2008 PNCC (11), 18.05.2008

           1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nf3 Nxe4 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Nxf2+ 12.Kc2 Be4+ 13.Kb3 Nxh1 14.Na3 Bxa3 15.Kxa3 0–0 16.Be3 Rfe8 17.Bd4 c5 18.Rxh1 cxd4 19.cxd4 Rad8 20.Rd1 Bxg2 21.Kb4 Rxe5 22.Rd2 Bc6 23.Kc3 Red5 24.h4 b5 25.a3 a5 26.b3 g5 27.h5 f5 28.b4 a4 29.Re2 Rxd4 30.Re3 f4 31.Re2 Bf3 32.Re8+ Rxe8 33.Kxd4 Bxh5 34.Kc5 Be2          0–1

                Unrated Dittrich scored another victory over Lara in 52 moves of Ruy Lopez (Archangelsk and Moller Attacks). He prefers long time control chess tournaments like this 2008 PNCC. In blitz chess competitions, he was given 15 minutes to his opponents’ 10 minutes as odd.

THE MOVES: Lara, Dennis (1773) - Dittrich, Craig [C78]  2008 PNCC (11), 24.05.2008

          1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.0–0 Nf6 10.Re1 0–0 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Be3 Re8 13.d5 Bxe3 14.Rxe3 Ne5 15.Bc2 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Bh5 17.Qd3 Bg6 18.h3 Nh5 19.Qf1 Re5 20.Kh2 Qh4 21.Ne2 Rae8 22.Ng3 Nf4 23.a4 b4 24.a5 f6 25.Ba4 R8e7 26.Bc6 h6 27.Bb7 Be8 28.Nf5 Rxf5 29.exf5 Bb5 30.Bxa6 Bxf1 31.Bxf1 Kf8 32.Rxe7 Qxf2+ 33.Kh1 Kxe7 34.a6 Qxf3+ 35.Kh2 Qf2+ 36.Kh1 Qf3+ 37.Kh2 Qxd5 38.a7 Qa8 39.Kg3 Nd5 40.Bb5 Nb6 41.Re1+ Kf7 42.Be8+ Qxe8 43.Rxe8 Kxe8 44.Kf4 Kd7 45.Ke4 c5 46.b3 Kc7 47.a8Q Nxa8 48.Kd5 Kd7 49.h4 Nb6+ 50.Ke4 d5+ 51.Kd3 Kd6 52.h5 Ke5          0–1

            3^rd seed Jose Omega (1870-FIDE) sacrificed his queen for a knight but regained it against Suringa, Jr. and mated the skidding Pax on the 41^st move of Scandinavian Defence.

THE MOVES: Omega, Jose (1870) - Suringa, Jr., Paquito (1670) [B01]

2008 PNCC (11), 31.05.2008

        1. e4 d5 2.e5 d4 3.f4 c5 4.Nf3 h6 5.Bc4 e6 6.0–0 Ne7 7.Qe1 Ng6 8.Qe4 f5 9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Bb5+ Nd7 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7 12.Qxg6 Qxg6 13.Ne5+ Ke8 14.Nxg6 Rh7 15.Na3 Bd7 16.d3 Bd6 17.Nc4 Kf7 18.Nge5+ Ke7 19.Nxd7 Kxd7 20.Nxd6 Kxd6 21.f5 Rf8 22.b4 b6 23.Bd2 Rf6 24.Bf4+ e5 25.bxc5+ bxc5 26.Bg3 g5 27.fxg6 Rxg6 28.Rf5 Re7 29.Raf1 Ree6 30.Rf7 a6 31.Ra7 Kd5 32.Rff7 Rd6 33.Rfe7 Rge6 34.Kf2 Rf6+ 35.Ke2 Rfe6 36.Kf3 Rf6+ 37.Kg4 Rfe6 38.Rxe6 Rxe6 39.Kf5 e4 40.Rd7+ Rd6 41.Rxd6#         1–0

            Arnel Pama of PRR, the 7^th place finisher in the 2007 PRR Rating Chess tourney, bowed to co-employee Lara, the 1s runner-up to Hernandez in that event, in 38 moves of Sicilian Defence.

THE MOVES: Lara, Dennis (1773) - Pama, Arnel [B30]

2008 PNCC (11), 23.07.2008

          1. e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.d3 a6 6.a3 Ne5 7.Nxe5 Bxe5 8.Qg4 Qf6 9.Bd2 Nh6 10.Qh5 Bd4 11.0–0–0 Ng8 12.Rdf1 Ne7 13.f4 g6 14.Qg5 Qg7 15.e5 f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Qxc5 d5 18.Bb3 Bd7 19.Qb6 Bc6 20.Re1 Bd4 21.Qb4 a5 22.Qd6 Rd8 23.Qxe6 Rd6 24.Qxd6 Bf6 25.Qc7 0–0 26.Qd6 Kh8 27.Qc5 b6 28.Qd6 Ba8 29.Re6 Nf5 30.Qxb6 Nd4 31.Rd6 Nxb3+ 32.Qxb3 Re8 33.Re1 Rxe1+ 34.Bxe1 d4 35.Qb8+ Qg8 36.Qxg8+ Kxg8 37.Rxf6 dxc3 38.Bxc3 Bxg2         1–0

            Current Palau top chess player and top seed Menandro Manuel (1942) whipped Omega in 34 moves of Sicilian Defence (Najdorf Variation).

THE MOVES: Manuel, Menandro (1942) – Omega, Jose (1870) [B86]     2008 PNCC (11), 26.07.2008

          1. e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Be3 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.f3 Nbd7 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nxe6 Qc8 13.Nxg7+ Kf7 14.Nf5 Qc7 15.Qd2 Ne5 16.Bd4 Bf8 17.0–0 Rg8 18.Rad1 Rc8 19.Kh1 Rg6 20.Qf4 Be7 21.Rf2 Rf8 22.Ne3 Kg8 23.Nf5 Bc8 24.g4 Bb7 25.h4 h5 26.g5 Ne8 27.Qg3 Ng7 28.Nh6+ Kh7 29.f4 Nf7 30.f5 Nxf5 31.Nxf5 Ne5 32.Bxe5 dxe5 33.Qf3 Bc5 34.Qxh5+        1–0

CONTESTANTS                               FIDE RATING,            DATE OF BIRTH,            AGE

1. Michael Mercado                                                                 March 10, 1980                28

2. Elpidio Manaligod                                                                March 28, 1973                35

3. Manuel Nedic                               1830                              Oct. 02, 1960                    48

4. Jose Omega                                  1870                              Dec. 23, 1973                   34

5. Jaime  Guevarra                                                                  Jan. 20, 1972                    36

6. Geautry Ken Pastrana                                                        Nov. 05, 1997                   11

7 Jose Misael de Jesus                                                           Dec. 11, 1959                   49

8. Andres Mestizo III                                                            Feb. 3, 1966                      42

9. Mohammad Manik Hossain                                              April 20, 1981                    27

10. Eric Espartero                                                                Nov. 07, 1981                    27

11. Menandro Manuel                     1942                              Feb. 26, 1951                   57

12. Dennis Lara                                                                    Nov. 10, 1976                  31

13. Craig Dittrich                                                                  May 23, 1956                   52

14. Roberto A. Hernandez              1830                             Jan. 02, 1956                    52

15. Antonio B. Villa                                                             Oct. 13, 1953                   55

16. Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr.              1870                           Aug. 01, 1970                   38

17. Paquito Suringa, Jr.                                                       March 02, 1973                35

18. Arnel Pama                                                                  Sept. 27, 1977                  31

19. Elizalde Madrinan                                                        May 21, 1962                    46

20. Eugenio R. Pastrana                  1870                          Dec. 25, 1955                    53

Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

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