: GREAT ADDITION TO CHESS AND MUSIC IN PALAU
This last 4 weeks has been good to me and Palau chess as I have 3 new students in music and 2 new students in chess. Aside from having the first Chess in School in Palau at PMA, more young chess players are keeping me busy with my future book to be published soon –“CHESS AND MUSIC (Perfect Combination) The Beginning of Chess in Palau by Roberto Hernandez”. My new chess students are him, right, and Cole Abellera, the younger brother of my best guitar student Shane Abellera. My newest music (piano/keyboard) students are Kai of MH Dental Clinic and Jake Abellera. She, middle, and him are just one month staying in Palau and looking forward to enjoy the “Pristine Paradise”. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
THIS IS IT!
FINAL DAY OF QUALIFYING
WE’RE AT THE homestretch of the 2017 Palau National Chess Championship’s Qualifying tilt to choose the last 5 slots of the Top 12 Division. Angelo Salvadora still is lodging a perfect 4-0 slate by whipping Jennifer Angeles with Gonzalo ‘Jojo’ Escapatoria, Jr., Bobot Tan and Manuel ‘Jun’ Mahor just trailing by a point. They defeated Dennis Gonzales, Wilson Barrameda and Neph Macasaet respectively. Dennis is on the brink of elimination when he lost 2 in a row to Jojo this week and to Angelo 2 weeks ago. The first drawn game of the event was between Angie Parrado and Baby Edna “Bheng” Mission while Leif Toribiong had a BYE for his first point.
ROUND 5 (FINAL) PAIRINGS: (First name to play the white pieces)
1. Tan vs. Salvadora 2. Mahor, Jr. vs. Escapatoria, Jr. 3. Mission vs. Gonzales 4. Macasaet vs. Angeles 5. Toribiong vs. Barrameda and Angie had a BYE. She will have a total of 3.5 points.
Dennis needs to win over Bheng and even if Neph would win over Jennifer, Dennis will clinch the 6th spot because Neph had a BYE that will affect his final tiebreak points. In case Dennis would lose to Bheng and Neph would lose also to Jennifer, Dennis will still get the 6th spot for the same reason.
I have made numbers 1-12 to be drawn by the Top 12 Division players for the numbering and pairings from round 1-11 in this single round-robin format with time control of 90 minutes for each player to finish the game with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1. Paquito Suringa, Jr. drew No. 3 as he can’t make it on Sunday, Oct. 1 due to working schedule of 8:00am—5:00pm.
I will be teaching him chess and keyboard on Wednesday from 4-6pm. He will definitely join the junior division of 2017 PNCC. Jennifer, who teaches 16 kids twice a week in the first Chess in Schools in Palau, said at least 2 of her students at PMA Chess in School will join the 18 years and below junior division. With the addition of Destiny and Kyarii Sisior and probably Robert Sora, this will be an exciting junior division. It will be more interesting if Cole Abellera, my other chess student, and his training partner Samantha Tsao will also join.
The 2017 PNCC will start on Oct. 08 for 11 consecutive Sundays and will conclude on Dec. 17 to avoid the Christmas Eve Sunday on the 24th and New Year’s Eve Sunday on the 31st.
I would like to share this unselfish article of the most unselfish person I’ve ever knew—CM Joselito Marcos. It is entitled
“WHEN IS ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS FOUR?”
“In our previous issue I asked about ‘when is one plus one equals four?’ No one had hinted me the answer, so here goes the answer. The poser, or the riddle, has something to do with sharing each other’s knowledge or skill. Let us say I know something and you know another thing. I can give you what I have yet I still have it with me. And while you share me yours you can still keep it with you. In this simple way, knowledge or skill will greatly expand. Think for a moment when three persons are involved; or even more. The things that we can do would be without limits if only each of us is willing to share and do away with the selfish nature in us. It requires mutual understanding among the parties involved, I must hasten to add. Quod erat demonstrandum. “
Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3840: 1. Qxe2+!! Bxe2 2. Re4+!! dxe4 3. d4 #
This week’s puzzle No. 3841: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 26
Issue 78
October 02, 2017
Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
Soon to be published as a book
Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
March 15, 2012 -- April 18, 2013
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
April 25, 2013 -- October 02, 2017
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- October 02, 2017
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