GETTING USA VISA (10 YEARS) WITHIN A WEEK
On Feb. 15, 2018, I have an interview at the US Embassy in applying for USA visa. Roger T. Bluestone, right, the Local Guard Force Commander, escorted me to the interviewer, Jennifer Nehez, the mom of my chess/piano student. Roger, his wife and Mr. Ben Asuncion, at left, had dinner at PRR on Sat. Feb. 10, 2018. She requested “To Love Again”, “As Time Goes By” and “Love Story”. After this photo session, they proceed at Breeze Bar of PRR and enjoyed 2 hours of live music. Roger’s wife, to our surprise, can sing Spanish songs—“Amor, Amor, Amor”, Historia de un Amor, Besame Mucho, etc. Many PRR guests filled the place, thinking that there is live entertainment! Eventually, I’ve got a USA visa for 10 years on Feb. 16, 2018 and used it right away (Feb. 22-26, 2018) to attend the Pacific Area Fellowship of Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) in Saipan. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
2018 FIDE World Chess Candidates
Tournament on March 10
FIDE announces that the deadline for player’s participation in the Candidates Tournament is 26 January 2018. The event will be held in Berlin, Germany from 8 March (arrivals/opening ceremony) to 29 March 2018 (departures) and the qualifiers are:
1. Sergey Karjakin (Russia, World Championship 2016 Finalist)
2. Levon Aronian (Armenia, World Cup 2017 Winner)
3. Ding Liren (China, World Cup 2017 Finalist)
4. Shakhiyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, Grand-Prix 2017 Winner)
5. Alexander Grischuk (Russia, Grand-Prix 2017 Runner-Up)
6. Fabiano Caruana (USA, Rating Lists 2017)
7. Wesley So (USA, Rating Lists 2017)
8. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, Organizer’s Nominee)
First reserve from the FIDE Grand-Prix standings is Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan). The winner of the Candidates Tournament will challenge Magnus Carlsen for the FIDE World Championship title in the last quarter of 2018.
I am being cordially invited to the Official Opening Gala of this event—the semi-final of the World Chess Championship cycle on March 09 at 19:00 in Kuhlhaus Berlin, Luckenwalder Str. 3.
I am welcome to attend the Tournament, which will start on March 10 and last until March 28 at the same venue. A three-week long chess fever, which will determine the challenger to the reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, will start with a gala at Kuhlhaus Berlin, former ice factory—a place most suitable for the coolest minds in the world.
The top 8 Grandmasters mentioned above will compete for the privilege to fight at the World Chess Championship Match later this year.
The organizers are expecting government and business leaders, diplomats and cultural trendsetters to witness these intriguing games with them. They are asking me to join the evening to meet chess stars, appreciate iconic for Berlin paintings by Thierry Noir and tune into Persian sounds mixed with electronic music by Madanii, a Berlin-based trio surrounding Iranian-German singer Dena Zarrin. Cocktails designed by World Chess’s very own mixologist Kenan Assab will help you up your game. The invitation is for 2 persons and is non-transferrable. Please kindly RSVP to rsvp@worldchess.com Best regards, World Chess Team https://worldchess.com/berlin/
Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3801: 1. Qxg8+!! Kxg8 2. Rh8+!! Kxh8 3. Bf7#
This week’s puzzle No. 4373: Black to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9-10
Volume 27
Issue 18
March 05, 2018
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 -- March 05, 2018
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- March 05, 2018
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