KEMA GORYAEVA AND GEOFFREY BORG
Geoffrey Borg, right, visited Palau in Jan. 2014 with Asian Chess Federation Deputy President Toti Abundo, prior to the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway. He came back in April of the same year to conduct FIDE Trainers’ Seminar where 14 local chess players gained FI, NI and DI titles. These titles are needed if anybody would like to be team captain in World Chess Olympiad. Kema Goryaeva, left, will be the Registration and Accreditation Officer for 2 Olympiads in a row (2016 Baku, Azerbaijan and 2018 Batumi, Georgia Chess Olympiads).
INVITATION TO 2018 BATUMI,
GEORGIA CHESS OLYMPIAD
KEMA Goryaeva, the same lady in-charge of Registration and Accreditation in the 2016 WCO in Baku, Azerbaijan, is the same in-charge of this year’s World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. The following is her email to me which I forwarded to the other members of Palau Chess Team:
Dear Madame/Sir, We are glad to invite Palau to participate in the 43rd Chess Olympiad, which will take place from 23rd of September to 6th of October 2018 in Batumi, Georgia. You may find the official invitation letter with all the necessary information here: https://batumi2018.fide.com/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/Batumi_Chess_Olympiad_Invitation_Letter_23.04.2018.pdf
To proceed with the participation in the Olympiad, you are kindly requested to create an account in the Batumi Chess Olympiad Registration System. Your account will be used for: 1. Registration and accreditation of participants 2. Accommodation inquiries and 3.Travel information submission.
All information collected by the Batumi Chess Olympiad Registration System will be solely used for the purposes of organization of the Olympiad and the best possible service of your accreditation, accommodation and transportation needs. In order to create your Federation’s account and be enabled in the registration system, please follow the steps below:
Step 1 - Create your account Visit official website http://batumi2018.fide.com and click the Registration link. In the next page, click Create account link at the bottom. Here you are required to complete Name, Surname, your email address and your desired password for the system.
Step 2 - Activate account After completing Create account form and clicking Submit you will receive an activation email. This email includes an Activate your account link which you need to click. After successfully activating your account, you will receive a confirmation email.* Please make sure to also check your Spam folder and move the email to inbox if you find it there, in order to properly receive all future correspondence.
Step 3 - Send email with Federation & email Having successfully created your account, you need to send an email to kemagoryaeva@batumichess.com from the Federation’s official email as listed in FIDE’s official website https://ratings.fide.com/fide_directory.phtml. In the email you will state 1. The Federation’s name and 2. email address used for creating the account in the registration system, as in many cases third party emails are being used.
Example of email: Sender: georgianchess@yahoo.com ← Georgia’s official email in FIDE directory Subject: Georgia ← Write Federation’s name as subject Content of Email: The email address used for the registration system on behalf of Georgia is [write email account used at step 1]
This step is important in order to ensure that only an officially approved account will be enabled for registration on behalf of your Federation. Step 4 - Validation and notification After validation and confirmation of your account, you will be notified in order to proceed with the registration of your Federation. Should you experience difficulties, please contact us referring to the step you had an issue with. Thank you so much in advance for your kind cooperation.
Looking forward to see you in Batumi!
Best regards,
Kema Goryaeva
Registration & Accreditation Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
I have printed the 25-page invitation from the organizers for future reference.
The final round of 2018 PRCC will be played this Sunday, April 29th with Bobot Tan already clinched the title with another perfect slate when he defeated Mohammad Manik Hossain last week. My last opponent is Morton Sawaichi; Angel Magno vs. Cyril; Leif vs. Jennifer; Bheng vs. Kitalong and Angie will have a BYE.
In the Junior Division, Angelil Sisior and Gian Gabriel Claronino are fighting it out for the top spot with Angelil having to win her last 2 games vs. her younger sister Destiny and my piano/chess student Nicholas Nehez. Gian needs to win also over Destiny to get a chance at the title. Awarding of medals will commence after the 9th round is finished.
Meanwhile, at the PMA Chess in School 2nd Batch Blitz Chess Tournament, top seed Ksau Anthony Whipps clinched also the title with a round to spare having won all of his 15 matches and drew one against Japanese girl Himari Tono (8 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses), who is currently in 3rd place trailing Secheriang Senior (10 wins, 4 losses). The last few games will be played on Monday, April 30.
Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 4436: 1. …Nxd4++ 2. Kg4 Bc8+ 3. Kh4 Nf3#
This week’s puzzle No. 4437: Black to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9 & 11
Volume 27
Issue 34
April 30, 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 -- April 30, 2018
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- April 30, 2018
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