: FILIPINOS
IN PALAU & GUAM TEAM, INDIANS IN MALDIVES TEAM
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Filipinos comprised Team Guam in 2014 Chess Olympiad, 9 in Palau team. In the
2012 WCO in Istanbul, Turkey, 4 Filipinos (Roberto Hernandez, right, Elizabeth
Manuel, taking this photo, Bernardo Garcia and Menandro Manuel) in Palau team
were swept by Maldives team who are all from India. There are Filipinos also in
Macau, Hong Kong, Fiji, Solomon Islands, USA, Australia and Papua New Guinea
Olympiad teams. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
RAPID CHESS TILT ON JUNE 26;
PAYMENT TO BAKU OLYMPIAD
THE 2nd Rapid Chess Tournament of the year
will fire off on June 26 at either Bethlehem Park or Surangel’s Campaign
Headquarters from 2pm onwards.
The
first Rapid Chess Tournament this year has a time control of 25 minutes to
finish the game with 10 seconds increment. This 2nd edition is
faster with only 15 minutes for each player to finish the game without
increment. Registration fee is peg at $5.00 with the top 3 finishers receiving
medals. The fee might increase to have some cash prize as suggested by Palau
Chess Federation President Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps.
Manuel
‘Jun’ Mahor, Jr. is currently on vacation. He sent a message to PCF site that
if it’s not possible for him to catch up when he returns from vacation, then he
will skip this tilt. This tourney is Swiss system and a player must play 2
games every Sunday. It will be unwise to list him as participant and will lose
his first 4 games by default. It’s very hard to catch up with a 0-4 slate to
start with.
This
tourney is also one of the preparatory tournaments for Palau Chess Team that
will participate in the 2016 World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan from
Sept. 01-14. After this, a round-robin event with Olympiad time control of 90
minutes + 30 seconds increment to make 40 moves and another 30 minutes to
finish the game with 30 seconds increment likewise, will held right away.
The
7-player field will include PCF top player Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. and No. 3
Tito Cabunagan to clash wits with Roberto Hernandez, Jeff Balbalosa, Dennis
Gonzales, Paquito Suringa, Jr. and Allan Alcid, who are already registered in
the coming Olympiad.
The
registration fee to Baku Olympiad is 100 Euro per person. This fee covers the
accreditation and transportation costs for the whole Olympiad. The upgrading
fees and the accompanying persons’ accommodation fees payment must be made
before the Olympiad via a bank transfer or by cash upon the arrival of the
teams.
There’s
a penalty fee for late registration of 100 Euro per person, in addition to the
regular registration fee. For no-show, it is equal to one hotel night price.
The
total sums to be paid by the Federations will be calculated after their
Registration. The bank details for the transfers will be communicated to the
Federations in the Invoices that they will get from the organizers.
The
Federations are considered responsible by the Operating Committee for their
accommodation reservations. In case of no-shows or problems regarding the
payments, the organizers will address the Federations for financial
regularizations. The financial officers of the Olympiad will be located in the
venue, and in the Boulevard Hotel. Everybody is asked to refer to the
Informative Bulletin to check their working time.
The
transportation from and to the Airport is guaranteed by the organizers. In the
airport, the organizers will have an information desk just after the luggage
pick-up, where the participants will be able to get necessary information and
help.
The
organizers don’t bear any responsibility of lost luggage. Participants taking
connecting flights should foresee the possibility of a lost luggage and take
some belongings in their cabin luggage. They should inform the organizers at
the Airport Help Desk about lost luggage to allow them to bring the luggage to
the hotels once it arrives to Baku. The daily transportation between the hotels
and the playing Hall venue, to and from the Opening and Closing Ceremonies as
well as to and from the Bermuda Party is provided by the organizers.
The
transportation schedule will be available at the Info desk of each hotel, in
the Info Bulletin and on the official website of the Olympiad: www.bakuchessolympiad.com in the
section “For participants”.
The
Palau Chess Team will be bringing $1,000.00 for payments to the FA, FI, NI and
DI licenses of its players. It needs to double that amount for the registration
fees of its players.
Solution
to last week’s puzzle No. 3945: 1. Qb3+ Ka4 2. Qxb5+!! axb5 3. Ra8 mate.
This
week’s puzzle No. 3946: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9 & 11
Volume 25
Issue 51
June 27, 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 My by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
March 15, 2012 -- April 2013
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
April 2013 -- June 27, 2016
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- June 27, 2016
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