AWARDING
CEREMONY INVITATION
Winners and participants were
treated to a lunch and awarding of cash prizes and certificates by the
organizing BBBC Chess tourney with Muntinlupa Municipal Mayor Ignacio Bunye as
special guest who gave the awards.
1991 1st BBBC CHESS TOURNEY
A year prior to coming to Palau in Feb. 04, 1992, Roberto
Hernandez played in 2 local chess tournaments—the 1991 Berean Bible Baptist
Church Chess Tourney and the 1991 South Manila Chess Club Open Chess
Tournament.
The
first one, a 5-round Swiss system event, was held from Feb. 24-March 24, 1991
while the 7-round Swiss system SMCC Open was held from April 27-May 05, 1991.
Because
the venue of BBBC Chess tourney is just a 5-minute walk from his residence,
Roberto was able to join this tourney that draws 20 contestants namely (in
alphabetical order) 1. Angelo Agbuya 2. Roberto Biron 3. Salvador Caro 4.
Ferdie Casabuena 5. Henry Casabuena 6. Ramon Cordova 7. Angelo Cuison 8. Larry
Dungo 9. Gary Galang 10. Roberto Hernandez 11. Junior Malate 12. Ryan Jay
Malate 13. Mark Marasigan 14. Ariel Ofilada 15. Ramon Ragas 16. Dennis Rey 17.
Francisco Rodriguez 18. Charlie Tagoc 19. Bert Tamosa 20. Leandro Valdez.
Tagoc
and Tamosa are staff of BBBC; Ferdie and Henry Casabuena are brothers; Galang
is the practice partner of Hernandez; Agbuya is the regional chess champion and
Ragas is the top seed with a national rating of 2025.
The first round fits No. 1 vs. No. 11; No. 2 vs. No.
12 etc. and Hernandez (No. 10 vs. No. 20 Leandro Valdez).
THE MOVES:
Valdez,
Leandro - Hernandez, Roberto (1875) [B09]
1991 1st BBBC Chess
Tourney (1), 24.02.1991
1. e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7
5.Nf3 0–0 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.e5 Ne8 10.Be3 b6 11.0–0–0 Bd7 12.h4
Nb4 13.Bb5 Bxb5 14.Rxd8 Bxe2 15.Rxa8 Bc4 16.b3 Be6 17.Rd1 Nc6 18.Nb5 f6 19.Nxa7
Nxa7 20.Rxa7 fxe5 21.fxe5 Bg4 22.Rd8 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Bxe5 24.Rxe7 Bf6 25.Rdxe8
Bxe7 26.Rxe7 1–0
Being a comeback kid, Hernandez won in the 2nd
round (no record of game) and trounced Junior Malate in the 3rd
round.
THE MOVES:
Malate,
Junior - Hernandez, Roberto (1875) [A86]
1991 1st BBBC Chess
Tourney (3), 10.03.1991
1. d4 f5
2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.h4 Nc6 7.e3 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.Qc2 e4 10.Bd2
d6 11.Nh3 c6 12.Nf4 cxd5 13.Ncxd5 Nfxd5 14.cxd5 Bd7 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Rc8
17.Qb3 Rc6 18.Rd1 Qc8 19.Bb4 Rd8 20.h5 Rb6 21.Qa3 Qxe6 22.Ba5 Bxb2 23.Qa4 Ra6
24.Bf1 Bc3+ 25.Ke2 Rxa5 26.Qb3 Rxa2+
0–1
Another win over Tamosa in the
penultimate round puts Roberto in the running for title.
THE MOVES:
Hernandez,
Roberto (1875) - Tamosa, Bert [C42]
1991 1st BBBC Chess
Tourney (4), 17.03.1991
1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Bg4 4.Nc3
Nf6 5.h3 Bh5 6.d3 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.g4 Bg6 9.Qd2 Qb6 10.0–0–0 d5 11.Bxf6 dxc4
12.Bxg7 Rg8 13.Bxe5 Nd7 14.dxc4 Bc5 15.Qxd7+ Kf8 16.Bf6 h5 17.Rd6 Re8 18.Rhd1
hxg4 19.Qxe8+ 1–0
The final round is controversial as
the arbiter let the crucial game of Ragas vs. Hernandez to be played not
simultaneously with the other crucial game involving Agbuya, who is just
watching the game instead of playing with his opponent and should not wait for
the result of Ragas-Hernandez match.
When Hernandez defeated Ragas,
Agbuya needs to win his last round game to clinch the title as a draw or a loss
would mean losing the title to Hernandez. And he did!
THE
MOVES: Ragas,
Ramon (2025) - Hernandez, Roberto (1875) [A86]
1991 1st BBBC Chess Tourney
(5), 24.03.1991
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7
5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nf3 0–0 7.d5 Nb4 8.Bg5 c5 9.a3 Na6 10.Qd2 d6 11.h4 h5 12.Bh6 Ne4
13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nh2 Bf5 15.f3 exf3 16.Nxf3 Qb6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.0–0 Qb3 19.Rac1
Rf6 20.Rc3 Qb6 21.Ng5 Raf8 22.Re3 Qc7 23.Qc3 Kg8 24.Rxf5 gxf5 25.Ne6 Qd7 26.Bf3
R8f7 27.Bxh5 Rh7 28.Bf3 Nc7 29.Qa5 Na6 30.b4 Qc8 31.b5 Nb8 32.Qxa7 Nd7 33.Rc3
Ne5 34.Bg2 Ng6 35.e4 f4 36.Bh3 Qe8 37.Qxb7 fxg3 38.Rxg3 Rxh4 39.Bf5 Kh8 40.b6
Qa4 41.Qc8+ Rf8 42.Qxf8+ Nxf8 43.Rd3 Qc2 44.Nxf8 Qxd3 45.Ng6+ Kg7 46.Nxh4 Qb1+
47.Kg2 Qxb6 48.Nf3 Qb2+ 49.Kh3 Qxa3 50.Kg3 Qc3 51.Kg2 Qxc4 52.Kh3 Qc2 53.Kg3
Kf6 54.e5+ Kxf5 55.Kh3 c4 56.Kg3 c3 57.Kh3 Qd3 58.Kg2 c2 59.Nh4+ Kg4 60.exd6
c1Q 61.Kf2 Qg3+ 62.Ke2 Qge3# 0–1
At the end of the game, the arbiter
checked the remaining time in Hernandez clock and it is just 7 seconds
remaining in his 1st runner-up finish in any local tournament.
Galang finished 4th.
Valdez is
complaining, “Why is it that I’ve defeated Hernandez and he finished 1st
runner-up?” The answer is, how did he finish the tourney after winning his
first round match? Hernandez won all his last 4 games after losing to him in
the first round.
The organizers requested
Hernandez to play piano as a special number during the awarding ceremony. He played
“Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak” (Because of a Flower) in the ceremony held on March
31, 1991 where Hernandez came with his wife Flor and 6-year-old daughter Karen.
A small cash prize and a trophy
were awarded to Hernandez by Muntinlupa Municipal Mayor Ignacio Bunye. Flor
keeps the cash! Hernandez keeps the trophy. Karen had a photo showing the
trophy.
The
7-man Palau Delegation to the 2016 World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan
will travel at the same plane via Manila-Bangkok-Istanbul-Baku on Aug. 31, 2016.
Jeff Balbalosa left for Manila on Aug. 19; Dennis Gonzales on Aug. 23; Roberto
Hernandez, Paquito Suringa, Jr. and Allan Alcid on Aug. 26-- the same date for
Head of Delegation CM Joselito Marcos, who will come from Papua New Guinea.
Delegate Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps will go on Aug. 30 to fly with all other
members on Aug. 31. He will be back to Manila on Sept. 8 to attend a wedding.
Solution to last week’s puzzle
No. 3458: 1. Qg7 Ka3 2. Qa1 mate. If. 1. … Kh5 2. Qh7 mate.
This week’s puzzle No. 3459:
White to move and mates in 2 (Solution next issue)
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 25
Issue 73
August 29, 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 18, 2013
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
April 25, 2013 --August 29, 2016
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- August 29, 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 18, 2013
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
April 25, 2013 --August 29, 2016
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- August 29, 2016
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