: WINNERS AT LEFT, LOSERS AT RIGHT
First round winners at left
are Arnolfo Inres over Dennis Gonzales; Kyarii Sisior against Jhoana Malinao
and Elizalde Madrinan overcoming rustiness to whip Baby Edna ‘Bheng’ Mission.
In the last pair of players, brothers Pons Mahor edged younger brother Jun in
the endgame battle. The other game in the background ended in a draw –Navarroza
vs. Escapatoria, Jr. while Allan Alcid and Jeff Balbalosa had blitz chess
practice.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
ANGIE TO JOIN IN THE TOP 10 DIVISION
BEING the No. 7 chess player of Palau in the Oct. 2016
edition of FIDE rating list, Angelica Parrado-Sisior is focusing her sight to
improve her play and decided to join the Top 10 Division of 2016 Palau National
Chess Championship.
Without
much opposition or stronger players to play in the Women’s Division, Angie is
doing what Judit Polgar, the strongest woman player in the world, has done:
playing in the Open division of World Chess Olympiad and other top caliber
tournaments around Europe especially.
The
Qualifying tournament to select the No. 8, 9 and 10 of the Top 10 Division
finally started on Sunday, Oct. 09 at Bethlehem Park. Two women players signed
in to improve their play also—Baby Edna “Bheng” Mission and Joan Gemota, who
didn’t show up and lost by default to Rustum Cabuso.
Mission’s
opponent showed up when she is already feeling relax in claiming a win by
default. But Elizalde Madrinan, who is inactive for 6 years, showed up and
played against the fast-moving Mission, that she lost a knight on the 4th
move and committed an illegal move on the 5th move.
Madrinan
showed no sign of rustiness as he hangs on to his advantage of 7 points (a
knight (3 pts.), 2 pawns (2 pts.) and exchange advantage-a rook for a knight (2
pts.) and prevailed after 36 moves.
THE MOVES: Mission,
Baby Edna (1491) - Madrinan, Elizalde (1326) [C50]
2016 Qualifying Tourney
(1), 09.10.2016
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 d6 4.¤g5
£xg5 5.d4 £xg2 6.¦f1 £xe4+ 7.¥e3 ¤xd4 8.¤a3 ¥f5 9.¥d3 £g4 10.£xg4 ¥xg4 11.¦g1
¤f3+ 12.¢f1 ¤xg1 13.¢xg1 0–0–0 14.¦e1 ¤f6 15.¦f1 ¥e7 16.¤c4 h5 17.¥g5 ¥h3
18.¦e1 ¦de8 19.¦e3 ¥g4 20.h3 ¥e6 21.¤d2 ¤d5 22.¦g3 ¥xg5 23.¦xg5 ¥xh3 24.¦g3 ¥g4
25.¤e4 f5 26.¤g5 h4 27.¦g2 ¦h5 28.¦xg4 fxg4 29.¥f5+ ¢b8 30.¥xg4 ¦xg5 31.f3 e4
32.¢f2 ¤e3 33.¥d7 ¤d1+ 34.¢f1 ¦e7 35.¥g4 exf3 36.¥xf3 ¤e3+ 0–1
Dennis Gonzales didn’t make it to the
Top 7 and has to qualify to be able to participate in tournaments outside Palau
esp. World Chess Olympiads. He faced the ever-improving Arnolfo Inres and lost
to stall his inclusion for an unprecedented 3rd Olympiad while the
Glen Navarroza vs. Gonzalo Escapatoria, Jr. match ended in a fighting draw. THE
MOVES: Navarroza,
Glen (1356) - Escapatoria, Jr., Gonzalo (1574) [C01]
2016 Qualifying Tourney
(1), 09.10.2016
1.e4 d6 2.d4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥e7 4.¤f3 h6
5.¥e3 a6 6.¥d3 ¤c6 7.a3 ¥d7 8.£d2 ¤f6 9.0–0 ¤h7 10.e5 d5 11.¥xh7 ¦xh7 12.¤a4 g5
13.b4 b5 14.¤c5 g4 15.£d3 ¦h8 16.¤d2 ¥g5 17.¤db3 ¤e7 18.£c3 c6 19.a4 ¢f8 20.f3
g3 21.h3 ¤f5 22.¥xg5 hxg5 23.f4 ¥e8 24.¤b7 £e7 25.¤3c5 ¢g7 26.axb5 cxb5 27.¤d6
g4 28.¤xf5+ exf5 29.£xg3 ¦h4 30.e6 £f6 31.exf7 £xd4+ 32.¢h2 ¦xh3+ 33.gxh3 ¥xf7
34.c3 £f6 35.¦g1 ¦h8 36.¢g2 ¦xh3 37.£e1 £h6 38.¦h1 d4 39.£e5+ ¢g8 40.£xd4 £c6+
41.¤e4 ¥d5 42.¦xh3 gxh3+ 43.¢h2 ¥xe4 44.£d8+ ¢f7 45.¦d1 ¢e6 46.£g8+ ¢f6 47.£f8+
¢e6 48.£h6+ ¢f7 49.£xc6 ¥xc6 50.¢xh3 ¢e6 51.¢h4 ¥d5 52.¢g5 ¥e4 53.¦d8 ¢e7
54.¦c8 ¢d7 55.¦h8 ¢c7 56.¦h7+ ¢b6 57.¢f6 a5 58.bxa5+ ¢xa5 59.¢e5 ¢a4 60.¢d4 ¢b3 ½–½
Angelo Salvadora,
the supposed to be No. 7, didn’t show up in the opening round. His opponent,
Flavin ‘Matlab’ Andres, didn’t show up as well and they both lost by default.
The brothers Sofronio ‘Pons’
Mahor and Manuel ‘Jun’ Mahor, Jr. squared off in the 1st round with the
older Pons hanging on to his one-pawn advantage in the most difficult endgame
in chess –rook and pawns endgame. But in the end, it’s only a draw.
In the only game of the junior
division, newcomer Jhoana Malinao was mated by the youngest daughter of Angie,
Kyarii Sisior in 34 moves of a game in which their 5 first moves are pawn
moves. Kyarii’s sisters Destiny and Angelil are the only registered players in
the junior division so far.
Angie and Bheng visited Roberto
Hernandez at Palau Royal Resort’s Dormitory 1 to clarify some issues – that
Angie is playing in the Top 10 division to have tougher opposition. She will
let the Women’s Division be won by other than her so Palau will have its 2nd
Woman National Master (WNM). The two also confirmed their participation in the
2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia together with Gladys Anne Paloma,
Joan Gemota and Angie’s oldest daughter Angelil as reserve.
The rushed part of Chess Mate’s
last issue is incorrect. Only the champion of this 2016 PNCC qualifies to the
2018 Olympiad. In the 2017 PNCC, if the champion is still the same player, the
No. 2, 3, 4, 5 qualify. If not, the 2017 champion, the No. 2, 3, and 4 qualify.
Two more players with FIDE or national/developmental instructor titles can be
added as Team Captain of Open and Women’s team + Delegate and Head of
Delegation for a total of 14-person delegation for a country.
Angie showed interest also in
playing at 2017 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship to be held in Auckland, New
Zealand on Jan. 14-20 and in 2017 Guam International Chess Tournament, most
probably in February, so that she can use her 10-year USA visa for the first
time. She also suggests that the women’s team should practice as early as this
month to be the most prepared Palau women’s team ever, with 5 of them having a
regular weekly meeting and practice.
The 2nd round of
qualifying, a 5-round Swiss system event instead of 7 rounds, will be held on
Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2pm. The drawing of the numbers of the Top 10 Division has
been drawn already with the No. 1-10 as follows: 1. Qualifier No. 8; 2.
Qualifier No. 10; 3. Paquito Suringa, Jr.; 4. Jeffrey Balbalosa; 5. Angelica
Parrado-Sisior; 6. Roberto Hernandez; 7.
Qualifier No. 9; 8. Cyril Tomas Montel,
Jr.; 9. Allan Alcid; 10. Tito Cabunagan.
Cyril and Tito will play their
game as early as this Sunday with Tito having the white pieces. Additional
players can be added to the 12-player roster of qualifying but they should
start with a loss record (-).
Solution to last week’s puzzle
No. 3490: 1. Ka1 Ka4 2. Qh6 mate.
This week’s puzzle No. 3491:
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 83
October 17, 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 -- October 17, 2016
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002-- October 17, 2016
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