(1203) MONTEL, JR., ETI SURGING; PALAU CHESS FEDERATION -- Non-Profit Organization -- April 11, 2006

FIRST ROUND OF 2006 PNCC -- CYRIL VS. MORTON
     3rd seed Cyril Montel, Jr., middle, ponders his next move against Palauan bet Morton Sawaichi in the 1st round of 2006 Palau National Chess Championship. Eleventh seed Jess Toldoya watches the game being held at the parking area of Jean's Boutique and Store, operated by Gene Pastrana, first time venue host.
                                       (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)


          MONTEL, JR., ETI SURGING; 
                          PALAU CHESS FEDERATION ---
    Non-Profit Organization --April 11, 2006 
  

AFTER subduing one of Palauan bets Morton Sawaichi in the 1^st round of 2006 Palau National Chess Championship, 3^rd seed Cyril Montel, Jr. surges in the standings after clobbering 6^th seed Manny Nedic in 41 moves of Ruy Lopez (Norwegian and Delayed Schiliemann Variations) to stay undefeated in the 3^rd round of play on Sunday, April 02, 2006 at Jean’s Boutique and Store. Cyril didn’t play in the 2^nd week in which only 3 games were played.

                THE MOVES: Montel, Jr., Cyril (2140) - Nedic, Manuel (2020) [C70]

2006 PNCC (3), 02.04.2006

          1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.c3 Nxb3 7.Qxb3 d6 8.0–0 Be6 9.Qd1 Be7 10.d4 f6 11.Nh4 Qd7 12.d5 Bg4 13.f3 Bh5 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.a4 Ne7 17.Be3 f5 18.Bf2 f4 19.Ne2 Bh5 20.axb5 Qxb5 21.Qa4 Qxa4 22.Rxa4 Nc8 23.Nd2 Be7 24.Rfa1 0–0 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Rxa6 Be8 27.c4 Bg5 28.g4 fxg3 29.Nxg3 Bg6 30.Ngf1 h5 31.h3 Bh7 32.Be3 Bxe3+ 33.Nxe3 g5 34.Kg2 Kf7 35.Nf5 Rh8 36.b4 Bxf5 37.exf5 Nb6 38.Ra7 Rc8 39.Kf2 Nd7 40.Ne4 Nb6 41.Nxd6+          1–0

            But 7^th seed Edwin Eti is the solo leader after touting Roberto Hernandez in 32 moves of Danish Gambit, for a perfect 3-0 start in a double round-robin event among 12 Palau top chess players.

                THE MOVES: Hernandez, Roberto (2134) - Eti, Edwin (1941) [C21]

2006 PNCC (2), 02.04.2006

           1. e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qd5 Qe7 6.Nxc3 Nf6 7.Qb5+ c6 8.Qg5 Be6 9.Bxe6 Qxe6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.Nge2 Be7 12.0–0 0–0 13.Nf4 Qe5 14.Qg3 Kh8 15.Be3 Nh5 16.Nxh5 Qxh5 17.Bd4 Ne5 18.f4 Bh4 19.Qh3 Ng4 20.g3 c5 21.Bf2 g5 22.f5 Rg8 23.gxh4 gxh4 24.Bg3 Nf6 25.Nd5 hxg3 26.Qxh5 gxh2+ 27.Kxh2 Nxh5 28.f6 Rg6 29.Rf5 Ng3 30.Rf4 Rag8 31.Ne7 Nf1+ 32.Rfxf1 Rh6#          0–1

            Eti previously defeated Nedic and 2^nd seed Jose Omega, who drubbed venue host and 8^th seed Gene Pastrana in the first game of the day. Earlier on Saturday, April 01, 5^th seed Jimmy Valenzuela and

Omega played their game and resulted in Omega having a 1-1 day as Jimmy beat him in an unspecified number of moves and what defence they’ve used because they didn’t give to Roberto the score sheet.

                After the completion of 3 games of the 3^rd round, a blitz chess contest was held between idle top seed Menandro Manuel, Roberto, Edwin, Cyril and Gene. The double round-robin competition was won by Roberto after finishing half point ahead of Menandro and Edwin.  

BLITZ CHESS CONTEST

April 02, 2006

Double Round Robin

                    Players                                                             Win    Loss   Draw      Total

1. ROBERTO HERNANDEZ                                        5         2         1             5.5

1. 2. EDWIN ETI                                                               5         3         0              5
2. 3. MENANDRO MANUEL                                           4         2         2              5
3. 4. CYRIL MONTEL, JR.                                               3         5         0              3
4. 5. GENE PASTRANA                                                   1         6         1              1.5

            Roberto and Francis ‘Sno’ Temaungil worked together to have Palau Chess Federation being listed as a Non-Profit Organization and it bears fruit as the Government of Palau issued the license on April 11, 2006 and signed by Palau President Tommy Remengesau, Jr.

Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

              Tia Belau Newspaper

              Pages 9-10

             Volume 15

             Issue 1

            April 07-14, 2006

(1200) ETI SCORES 2 WINS; MORTON STUNS PASTRANA (TBN-March 31-April 07, 2006)

IMPRESSIVE 2nd PLACE FINISH OF EDWIN ETI IN 2005-2006 PRCC
     Edwin Eti, left, is receiving his Certificate of Participation in the 2005-2006 Palau Rapid Chess Championship in which he finished 2nd to Menandro Manuel with 45 wins, 9 losses and 2 draws in the 29-player field of double round-robin event. He finished 7th in the 2006 PNCC, being seeded 7th.
                                        (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

              This is the Certificate of Appreciation (for Roberto) that Edwin Eti is receiving.


              ETI SCORES 2 WINS;
     MORTON STUNS PASTRANA

THERE were only 3 games that were played in the 2^nd round of 2006 Palau National Chess Championship held at Jean’s Boutique and Store on Sunday, March 26 but blitz chess specialist Edwin Eti played 2 of them. One of it is against 2^nd seed Jose Omega, which was adjourned and after the resumption, Eti prevailed.

                The 2^nd game of the day is between 9^th seed Palauan bet Morton Sawaichi and 7^th seed and venue host Gene Pastrana. On the 10^th move, Pastrana sacrificed his bishop for 2 pawns which proved to be decisive as Morton unleashed an attack to Pastrana’s pinned queen.

                On the 23^rd move, Morton is way ahead by a knight and a passed pawn on f6. After the immediate exchange of queens, Pastrana’s hope of salvaging the game lies on his 2 connected passed pawns on the queen side but Morton was able to activate his king to the center that cramped Pastrana’s king. After a clever g pawn sacrifice on the 3th move, the knight check posted it to a very strong post.

                Although Gene can capture the knight on the 41^st move, he will be mated in 8 moves thereafter. Instead, Gene moved his king to g8 and was mated 2 moves later.

                THE MOVES: Sawaichi, Morton (1913) - Pastrana, Gene (1938) [B21]

2006 PNCC (2), 26.03.2006

          1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 e5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 b6 7.a3 Bc5 8.Qg5 g6 9.0–0 d6 10.b4 Bxb4 11.axb4 Nxb4 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Nc3 0–0 14.Ba3 Nxc2 15.Bxd6 Re8 16.Bxe5 Re6 17.Bc4 Rxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxa1 19.Nxf7 Qe7 20.e5 Be6 21.exf6 Qxf7 22.Bxe6 Qxe6 23.Rxa1 a5 24.Qd5 Re8 25.Qxe6+ Rxe6 26.Nd5 Rd6 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.g4 g5 29.Kg2 b5 30.Kg3 b4 31.f4 h6 32.h4 a4 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.fxg5 a3 35.Kf4 b3 36.Ke5 Ra6 37.g6+ Kxg6 38.Nf4+ Kf7 39.Rd7+ Ke8 40.Re7+ Kf8 41.Ne6+ Kg8 [41...Rxe6+ 42.Kxe6 a2 43.Ra7 a1Q 44.Rxa1 Kg8 45.Ra8+ Kh7 46.Kf7 b2 47.Ra5 b1Q 48.Rh5#]

42.f7+ Kh8 43.f8Q#          1–0

            The 3^rd and last game of the day was between Dennis Gonzales and Eti, in which the latter prevailed to make it a perfect day for him. After the completion of the 3 regular games, a blitz chess competition was held among 7 players – Hernandez, Eti, Pastrana, Cyril Montel, Jr., Jimmy Valenzuela, Menandro Manuel and Manny Nedic.

            The same time control and format as usual – 10 minutes each to finish the game without increment because they are using mechanical clocks. Registration fee is $5.00 with the half going to the champion and the half to be spent on drinks.

            Manuel is in his top form as he swept the opposition like a storm and prevailed undefeated in 6 games. Nedic lost a game to Manuel but won all his remaining games to finished 2^nd with 5 points. Eti and Montel, Jr. are tied at 3-4^th place with an identical 3-3-0 win-loss-draw card. Valenzuela is 5^th with 2-4-0 slate and Roberto finished tied with Pastrana at 6-7^th in his worst blitz chess participation at 1-5-0.

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

             Tia Belau Newspaper

             Pages 9-10

             Volume 10

             Issue 14

             March 31--April 07, 2006

            The History of Chess in Palau 

            By Roberto Hernandez

            June 09, 2002 --March 26, 2006