: THREESOME TO BAKU OPENING CEREMONY
L-R: Jeff
Balbalosa, Roberto Hernandez and Dennis Gonzales are veterans of 2014 World
Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway’s Opening Ceremony. The three will represent
Palau again in the 2016 WCO in Baku, Azerbaijan together with first-timers
Allan Alcid and probably Paquito Suringa, Jr. with Delegate Eric Ksau Surangel
Whipps. The Opening Ceremony will be held on Sept. 01, 2016 at 8pm.
(Photo by Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps)
OLYMPIANS' PREP GAMES
CANCELLED
It was decided during the Palau Chess Federation’s Board
Members meeting on June 02 that a short tourney of about 5 or 6 weeks will be
held for Olympians’ preparation for the upcoming 2016 World Chess Olympiad in
Baku, Azerbaijan on Sept. 01-14.
The
Palau Chess Team Open section members (Roberto Hernandez, Dennis Gonzales, Jeff
Balbalosa, Paquito Suringa, Jr. and Allan Alcid) are about to have a
round-robin tourney using the Chess Olympiad time control or Classical, of 90
minutes for each player to make 40 moves with an increment of 30 seconds
starting from move 1 and another 30 minutes to finish the game. This short
tourney will commence right after the final round of the first prep tourney,
the 2016 Palau Rapid Chess tilt (Part 2) has concluded.
Palau
top chess player Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. and No. 3 Tito Cabunagan are willing
to participate in the event but Jeff’s early departure to Philippines on the 1st
week of August prevented him to participate in the non-FIDE rated event. Last
Olympians prep games in June-July 2014 was criticized by PNG top player CM
Joselito Marcos as “prep games and FIDE rated?”
Many
players esp. CM Bernardo Garcia insisted it to be rated so that their ratings
will be higher which is not a good strategy as Palau was fitted against
stronger first round opponents in the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso,
Norway.
To
have a little taste of Olympiad time control, Alcid practiced with Hernandez at
Palau Royal Resort Dormitory 1 Lounge on July 22, using a faster 25 minutes +
10 seconds increment time control. He insisted to write the moves and they
played 2 games in which Hernandez won the 1st one and Alcid
rebounded to extract a whole point in their 2nd game. He keeps the
score sheet to study the 1st game in which he lost the initiative
after winning the exchange (a rook for a bishop). THE MOVES:
Alcid,
Allan (1750) - Hernandez, Roberto (1798) [A85]
2016 Olympians Practice
(1), 22.07.2016
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4
5.Bg5 0–0 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.h4 g4 12.Ne5 Kg7
13.h5 Nc6 14.Nxg4 Qe8 15.Ne5 d6 16.Ng6 Rf6 17.d5 Nd8 18.Nxe7 Qxe7 19.Bh4 e5
20.Bxf6+ Qxf6 21.Be2 Nf7 22.f4 b6 23.Kd2 a5 24.g4 Kh8 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.e4 Bd7
27.fxe5 Nxe5 28.Raf1 Qg5+ 29.Kd1 Bg4 30.Bxg4 Nxg4 31.Qd2 Ne3+ 32.Kc1 Nxf1
33.Qxg5 hxg5 34.Rxf1 Kg7 35.Kd2 Kh6 36.Rh1 Rf8 37.Ke3 g4 38.a4 Rf3+ 39.Kd2 Rh3
40.Rf1 Kxh5 41.Rf7 g3 42.Ke2 Rh2+ 43.Kf1 Ra2 44.Rxc7 Kg4 45.Rg7+ Kf3 46.Rf7+
Kxe4 47.Rg7 g2+ 48.Kg1 Kd3 49.Rg3+ Kxc4
0–1
The itinerary of Palau Chess Team has been
changed from Palau-Manila-Dubai-Moscow-Baku and return through China, to
Palau-Manila-Thailand-Turkey-Baku and return. The tickets were bought more than
a month in advance to get some discount esp. from Turkish Airline, who is
trying to recover from terrorist attack a few months ago.
In the revised Visa application form, in which electronic
visas will be given to the players, instead of falling in line at Baku Airport,
Roberto holds 3 positions as Team Captain, Player and Counselor to the Congress
and General Assembly.
All information have been filled up except the email
address of Suringa, who have 2 email addresses but have not used them for more
than 5 years that is why it is not working anymore. Hernandez asked him more
than a dozen times to make a new one so that he will receive the individual
invitation to his new one. He keeps ignoring Hernandez request. If Suringa
would not make it to Baku, it is his own fault.
They will all leave Manila with Delegate and PCF
President Eric Ksau Whipps on Aug. 31 and will arrive in Baku on Sept. 01 so
that Team Palau can attend the Opening Ceremony at 8pm (Azerbaijan time). Mr.
Whipps will go back to Manila to attend a wedding on Sept. 08 while the rest of
the team will depart Baku on Sept. 14 and will be back to Palau on Sept. 16.
Solution to last week puzzle No. 3485: 1. f8=B!! Yes! The
pawn was promoted to a dark-colored Bishop to force mate in 2 moves. 1 .
.. Ke8 2. Nf6 mate. Nobody solve this
puzzle so nobody won the $7.00 cash prize.
This week puzzle No. 3484: 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 61
August 01, 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 01, 2016
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- August 01, 2016
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