ANOTHER JUNIOR PLAYER NEXT YEAR
Alyssa Igharas, right, will play in the next PCF chess tournament next year, and will be added to the growing list of junior players of Palau. She is practicing here with me, Sis. Berlin Dulatre, Sis. Luz Palma and Bro. Louie Edillo before the Sunday service of Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) Palau Locale. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
TITO, RUSTUM, BOBOT --
NEW LEADERS
UNDEFEATED Dennis Gonzales didn’t play in the 4th round that cause him to lose the leadership in the resumption of play in the 2017 Palau National Chess Championship to new leaders Tito Cabunagan, Rustum Cabuso and Bobot Tan. He didn’t play Angelo Salvadora in the 2nd round and Cyril in the 4th round.
Tito snapped the 3-game winning streak of Rustum in 54 moves of Scandinavian Defense. Rustum missed a pawn capture on c6 thrice! It could have put more burdens to Tito that he missed it given the 3 chances to do so. With the loss, Tito, Bobot and Rustum shared the lead with 3 points apiece after Bobot subdued Manuel ‘Jun’ Mahor, Jr. in 29 moves of unusual lines of 1. d4 d5. It was Jun’s 4th straight losses (to top seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., Rustum, Bobot and Tito).
...After losing his first 2 games to me and Dennis, Paquito Suringa Jr. scored 2 straight this time over Jeff Balbalosa in 40 moves of Grunfeld Defence.
I mated Gonzalo “Jojo” Escapatoria, Jr. in 45 moves of Pirc Defense for my 2.5 points while Leif Toribiong joined Mahor in the cellar with his 4th loss likewise to Angelo Salvadora. He previously lost to Rustum, Jeff Balbalosa and Paquito.
Round 5 pairings will feature Paquito vs. Rustum; Angelo vs. Jeff; Jojo vs. Leif; Cyril vs. me; Jun vs. Dennis and Tito vs. Bobot.
Cyril’s basketball team (PPR) won the Masters Basketball League and he was awarded the Most Valuable Player! Number one chess player in Palau for 8 years and MVP in basketball! What more you can ask for? Just like my BFF CM Joselito Marcos, who recently won the Papua New Guinea Basketball Championship and PNG’s top chess player since 2002, where he got his 2200 FIDE Rating and Candidate Master’s title retroactively after the 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey.
An undefeated national chess champion of Papua New Guinea (2003), twice representative to Oceania Zonal Championship—Gold Coast, Australia (2009) and Rotorua, New Zealand (2011), twice an Olympian—Bled, Slovenia(2002) and Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (2010)—the second playing on top board, Joselito Marcos is the Delegate of PNG in the 2014 WCO in Tromso, Norway and Palau’s Head of Delegation in the 2016 WCO in Baku, Azerbaijan where is the Team Captain whenever I am playing at Board 4 (Round 2-8 and Round 10-11)
Mr. Marcos is also a playing basketball coach, the Deputy Director of Academic Department of Education Technical Vocation and Training Division of The Lae National Polytechnic Institute of Papua New Guinea and been to PNG since 1996.
CM Joselito Marcos, 3rd from left, showing the championship trophy and certificate in his team's recent championship run in Papua New Guinea. Lito's per game average is 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 leg cramps!
CM Joselito Marcos, 3rd from left, showing the championship trophy and certificate in his team's recent championship run in Papua New Guinea. Lito's per game average is 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 leg cramps!
In the exciting junior division, 2nd seed Angelil Sisior and newcomer Reece Reklai are the 2 remaining undefeated players in this division after Reece clobbered Angelil’s younger sister Destiny, dealing her first loss of the event. Reece won also by default when Gian Gabriel Claronino didn’t show up in the 4th round after getting a chance to join in the 3rd round that makes this division a 10-player field, a record in terms of turnout.
Gian Paloma won his first ever victory by dealing Kyarii Sisior her 2nd loss. Her older sisters Destiny and Angelil both defeated Aome Angeles for his 4th loss in a row. My piano/chess student Nicholas Nehez lost to Michael Gulla and showed his sense of humor by writing a big “My mistake” on the score sheet signifying his letdown with that blunder. The most important thing in this junior division is that the players are having fun and meeting new chess friends/opponents every week.
In the 5th round, the kids leaders will face off—Angelil vs. Reece to determine the sole leadership with Kyarii trying to deal Aome his 5th straight loss; Nicholas vs. Gian Paloma; brothers Rommel vs. Michael and Destiny vs. Gian Gabriel.
In the women’s division, only 1 game was played with Baby Edna Mission winning over Jennifer Angeles in an Irregular Opening of 1. e3 d5 while the Angie Parrado vs. Angelica Magno’s game was rescheduled for Nov. 5. Joan Gemota is having a vacation with one game left not played yet.
Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3791: 1. Nb6+! axb6 2. Qxc6+!! bxc6 3. Ba6#
This week’s puzzle No. 3792: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9 & 11
Volume 26
Issue 88
November 06, 2017
November 06, 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 -- November 06, 2017
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- November 06, 2017
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