(843) GAMES OF THE 2014 PNCC (Part 1) TBN-Dec. 15, 2014)

KEVIN HUANG – NEWEST PCF MEMBER

                     An accountant at P.I.T.I., Kevin Huang, practices with Manuel ‘Jun’ Mahor, Jr. on Nov. 30, 2014 at Bethlehem Park during the 3^rd round of 2014 PNCC. He will join the next tournament in 2015.

                                                        (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

         GAMES OF 2014 PNCC

                    (Part 1)

THE first 2 games of 2014 Palau National Chess Championship were published earlier. Here are the other games –Top 10, Open, Women and Junior:

White: Roberto Hernandez (1815)    Black: Menandro Manuel (1852)    Round 3      Nov. 16, 2014

     1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. e3 0-0 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.a3 a6 8. 0-0 d6 9. Ne2 Qe7 10.c3 e5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nd4 Ng4 15. Nf3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rae1 Qh6 20. Bc4 Be3 21. Qe4 Bf4 22. Nh4 g5 23.g3 Bh3 24.gxf4 Qxh4 25. Rg1 g4 26. Qf5 Rad8 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Rxg4+ Qxg4 29. Qxg4+ Kh8 30. Rxf1 Rd2 31. Rg1      1-0

White: Angelica Parrado (1615)        Black: Jade Mariur               Round 1              Nov. 16, 2014

     1. e4 e6 2.d3 b5 3. Be3 Ba6 4. Nf3 h6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7.e5 Nh5 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Qd2 c5 10.a3 Nc6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 g6 13. Bxh6 Re8 14.Nxc6 dxc6 15.Qc3 Rc8 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17.Qg3+ Kh8 18. Qg7#   1-0

White: Destiny Sisior (1497)             Black: Kayah Iblai Whipps (1089)      Round 1     Nov. 16, 2014

     1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nb4 5.a3 Bd4 6.axb4 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8.d3 Nd5 9.exd5 c6 10. Bg5 cxd5 11. Bxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxd5 b6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nbxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Kf8 16. Qh5 a5 17. Qxf7#     1-0

White: Marcial Santander               Black: Leif Toribiong                Round 1            Nov. 16, 2014

     1. e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd7 7. Nf3 Bc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 f6 10. Bf4 Nd7 11.c4 Bb4 12. Nh4 fxe5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Nxg6 Qf6 15. Nxh8+ Kd8 16. Bg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5+ Be7 18. Nf7+ Ke8 19. Qg8+ Nf8 20. Nxe5 Bd7 21. Nf7 c6 22. Bxh7 dxc4 23. Bg6 Bd6 24. Nxd6+ Ke7 25. Nxb7 Re8 26. Qf7#      1-0

White: Baby Edna Mission (1536)  Black: Joy Flores Whipps (1296)       Round 1         Nov. 16, 2014

     1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.dxe5 f6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6.exd5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 fxe5 8. Bc4 Bc5 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Qxe5+ Kf7 11. Bg5 Re8 12.d6+ Kg6 13. Bd3+ Kf7 14. Bc4+ Kf8 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. 0-0-0 Be3+ 17. fxe3 Qb6 18. Rhf1 Kg8 19. Bxf6 Bd5 20. Qg3 Rxe3 21. Qxg7#       1-0

White: Angelil Sisior (1423)        Black: Cyrelle Ann Montel (1390)       Round 1           Nov. 16, 2014

     1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb3 Bb4 5.c3 Bc5 6. 0-0 Nf6 7.d4 Bd6 8.e5 Be7 9.exf6 Bxf6 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bxh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Re8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 b5 18.g3 Ba6 19.h4 Qb6 20.a3 b4 21.c4 dxc4 22. Qe4 cxb3 23. Bb1 Bb5 24. Re1 f5 25. Qf4 Rad8 26. Qh6 Rd7 27. Bd6 Rxd6 28.g4 fxg4 29.h5 Red8 30.hxg6 Rxd4 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qf7#     1-0

White: Cris Ulap (1353)              Black: Arnold Undecimo (1274)         Round 1              Nov. 16, 2014

     1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne7 8. 0-0 c6 9.d4 Nxe4 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Nxg3 12.fxg3 d5 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. Qxd8 Kxd8 15. Rad1+ Ke8 16. Ne4 Kf8 17. Rd8+ Kg7 18. Rd6 Nf5 19. Nf6 Nxd6 20.exd6 Rd8 21. Rd1 Kxf6 22.h4 Ke6 23. Kf2 Rxd6 24. Re1+ Kf6 25. Kf3 g4+ 26. Kf4 Rd4+ 27. Ke3 c5 28.c3 Rd6 29. Kf4 Bd7 30. Re5 Re8 31. Rxc5 Re2 32. Rxc4 Rde6 33. Rc5 Rf2+ 34. Kxg4 Re5#    0-1

 

Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3758: 1. Ng4+! Rxg4 2. Rf5+!! Kxf5 3. Rd5 mate

This week’s puzzle No. 3759: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)

Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez

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(841) CHESS NEOPHYTES OF PALAU NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (TBN-Dec. 08, 2014)

 Arnold Undecimo

                                     Felix Oling            Marcial Santander

                                     

                                        



                                     Leif Toribiong                                    



                            Robert Godwin Sola





CHESS NEOPHYTES OF PALAU NATIONAL
              CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP  

THE 2014 Palau National Chess Championship has the biggest number of participants – 39, in which 15 of them are first timers to compete in the annual and mostly year-ending chess event in Palau.

                The Top 10 Division is composed of top seed Menandro Manuel (1852 rating), who is on a 2-month contract in his return to Palau. He played his last game of the tournament and of the day against 2^nd seed Tito Cabunagan (1825) on Sunday, Nov. 30. He prevailed in 58 moves of Center Counter in an exciting game watched by 3 of chess neophytes (Felix Oling, Tuloy Rengiil and Leif Toribiong), 8^th seed Paquito Suringa, Jr. (1701), 3^rd seed Roberto Hernandez (1815) and 6^th seed Jeffrey Balbalosa (1721).

                Cabunagan subdued 7^th seed Dennis Gonzales (1701) earlier in the day in 54 moves of Ruy Lopez. Manuel was able to finished 5 games –2 wins (against 10^th seed Rafael Paloma (1612) and Tito), 2 draws (vs. Jeff and Paquito) and lost to Hernandez in the opening round. His last 4 games will be recorded as - + (for un-played games) to 4^th seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., 5^th seed CM Bernardo Garcia, Gonzales and 9^th seed Nilo de Jesus (1624).

                Montel refused to play against Manuel earlier because he is scheduled to play against Paquito, who arrived at 4pm because he doesn’t have Sunday off till next year. Montel refused also to play against Manuel, maybe knowing that he can win by default over Manuel if he will not play him on that day. But he will miss his last chance to play the top player of Palau for 5 consecutive years (2005-2009). His reason is… he doesn’t have enough sleep because of PPR Christmas party.

                Paquito accepts his default loss to Cyril, who insisted that he waited for more than 30 minutes (defaulting time), which is applicable only in the Swiss system Open division because the round must be finished so that the next pairings will be available.

                Paquito’s first 2 games were played at Palau Royal Resort Dormitory 1, both on Thursday afternoon. He lost to Roberto on Nov. 13 and drew with Manuel on Nov. 20. Manuel drew also to Jeff on Nov. 15 (Sat.), while the Garcia-Balbalosa match was rescheduled on a later date.

                This means that the Top 10 division is round-robin and there’s no default losses or wins except in the last day. Cyril will give Paquito a chance to play at 4pm on Dec. 7 after Roberto refused his suggestion that him and Bernard will play on Dec. 7 because he thought that the rule about players of the same company must play in the first 3 rounds. But Roberto has played already with Dennis (Cyril’s opponent) so he will stick with the schedule to play Bernard.

                OTHER RESULTS OF 3^RD ROUND: Paloma lost to Garcia in 37 moves of Sicilian Defence; Arnold Undecimo whipped Nelson Sablan in 47 moves of another Sicilian Defence; Glen Navarosa scored a win over Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps in 56 moves; Felix Oling recovered from a queen-less disadvantage and outlasted Senator Surangel Whipps, Jr. in 42 moves of Two Knights Game; Angelil Sisior dominated Cyrelle Ann Montel (3-1) in their quadruple round-robin junior division clash; Tuloy Rengiil played for the first time and subdued Chris Kitalong in 33 moves of Queen’s Pawn Opening; Robert Godwin Sola lost to junior top seed Destiny Sisior in 41 moves of Irregular Opening and dark horse Marcial Santander clobbered Gonzalo Escapatoria to lead the Open division with 3 points,  same as Manuel Mahor, Jr.

                4^TH ROUND PAIRINGS – OPEN DIVISION 1. Mahor vs. Santander 2. Undecimo vs. Oling 3.Escapatoria vs. Navarosa 4. Eugene Labarda vs. Toribiong 5. Geoff Martin vs. Rengiil 6. Sablan vs. Joey Balute 7. Kitalong vs. Whipps, Jr. 8. Eric Whipps vs. Remrel Dizon 9. Cris Ulap – BYE.

                Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3757: 1. Ng4+! Rxg4 2. Rf5+!! Kxf5 3. Rd5 mate.

               This week’s puzzle No. 3758: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)

Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez

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(840) PHOTOS (Week 3 -- 2014 PALAU NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

First game of week 3 -- Destiny Sisior vs. Robert Godwin Sola, who's got perfect attendance.
                                                   (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

First victory of CM Bernardo Garcia, right, against winless Rafael Paloma, left. Cyrelle Ann Montel, 2nd from left, was almost swept by Angelil Sisior by 1-3 score in this quadruple round-robin junior division, if not for the default loss of the latter during the Pacquiao-Algieri boxing match on Nov. 23.                                     (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Felix Oling, right, didn't know that his opponent is Senator Surangel Whipps, Jr. He lost his queen in the middle game but the Senator gave it back in the endgame. IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME!   TIME TO GIVE.
                                       (Photo by Jeff Balbalosa)

Newcomer Nelson Sablan, right, clashes with fellow newcomer to PNCC Arnold Undecimo, left, while Tito Cabunagan, 2nd from right, outwitted Dennis Gonzales before bowing to top seed Menandro Manuel in the last game of the day that lasted till 6:30pm.                     (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Newcomer Kevin Huang of Taiwan practices with available players in the 3rd round of 2014 Palau National Chess Championship. He will join the next tournament in 2015.    (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Last game of top seed Menandro Manuel (1852), left, against 2nd seed Tito Cabunagan (1825). Manuel's 2-month contract is finished and left Palau on Dec. 05. He score 2 wins (against 10th seed Rafael Paloma and Tito), drew 2 games (vs. 6th seed Jeff Balbalosa and 8th seed Paquito Suringa, Jr.) and lost 1 game to 3rd seed Roberto Hernandez on Nov. 16, 2014 (Opening Day of 2014 PNCC).                                                                                                                                  (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Eric Ksau Whipps, left, vs. Glen Navarozza. They didn't notice that their set-up of chess pieces is not correct (the white pieces are set up to the side where it should be for black pieces). Tuloy Rengiil scored a win over Chris Kitalong while Leif Toribing is reading a book while watching the games.
                                                              (Photo by Jeff Balbalosa)

Another Jr. (Junior) of Palau Chess -- Manuel 'Jun' Mahor, Jr. He defeated Senator Surangel Whipps, Jr. in the first round on Nov. 16, 2014. The other juniors in this event are Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., and Paquito Suringa, Jr.                                                              (Photo by Jeff Balbalosa)

                                               DARK HORSE MARCIAL SANTANDER
                                                                       3 straight wins
                                                               (Photo by Jeff Balbalosa)

10th SEED RAFAEL PALOMA   --- STILL SEARCHING FOR HIS FIRST POINT.

Nelson Sablan  --- one of newcomers in Palau National Chess Championship.

Typical of youngsters, Ultei Angelie Surangel's games are finished within a few minutes. Roberto's suggestion to them ---"IN CHESS, THE SLOWER YOU MOVE, THE FASTER YOU'LL LEARN".
                                             (Photo by Jeffrey Balbalosa)

Kyarii Sisior, right, and one of the sons of Paloma couple, enjoying the foot long hotdog while their parents are playing  their official games of 2014 Palau National Chess Championship at Bethlehem Park.
                                                     (Photo by Jeff Balbalosa) 

   Solo shot of Angelil Sisior.                            (Photo by Jeffrey Balbalosa)

Kevin Huang had his arms full against Jun Mahor in his first practice game with the PCF members. Kevin will join the next tournament in 2015. He emailed Roberto Hernandez, left, asking about chess tournaments, practice and other info about chess in Palau. Bheng is seriously watching in the middle.
                                                     (Photo by Jeffrey Balbalosa)

Posing from left to right -- Jeff Balbalosa, Arnold Undecimo, Gladys Anne Paloma and WNM Angie Parrado.                                     (Photo by Jeff Balbalosa)

Father and daughter practicing after their games. Palau Chess Federation Honorary member Koichi Matsuda is watching the bonding through chess.                       (Photo by Jeffrey Balbalosa)

(838) CARLSEN RETAINS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE -- 6.5 - 4.5 (TBN-Dec. 01, 2014)

LUCKY RED, BLACK AND WHITE SHIRT

      Roberto Hernandez, right, wears the lucky shirt (red, black and white) in his win against Maurice Lettsome of British Virgin Isles at the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway. He wears it again and defeated Dennis Gonzales, left, in the 2^nd round of 2014 PNCC         (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

    CARLSEN RETAINS WORLD CHESS

  CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE  6.5 - 4.5

                MAGNUS Carlsen of Norway, retained his World Chess Championship title by defeating Viswanathan Anand of India in Game 11 of their 12-game match held in Sochi, Russia.

                Their first game ended in a draw. Carlen drew first blood in Game 2, winning it in stylish fashion. But Anand bounced back and scored his first ever win against Carlsen in Game 3.

                In their previous World Chess Championship match held in Chennai, India, Anand didn’t win a single match. It looks like he’s more prepared this time.

                The 4^th and 5^th game ended in draw as well. The turning point of the match is in Game 6 where Carlsen won again convincingly to put pressure on Anand, who got only draws in the next 4 games.

On November 23, 2014 - The eleventh game of the World Chess Championship match between Carlsen  and Anand  was played in the Main Media Center in Sochi. Magnus had White.
               For the sixth time in this match the champion opened the game with 1. е4. The players continued the theoretical discussion in the Berlin variation, however, this time Anand chose a different 9th move, evacuating his king on the queenside and opting for a more aggressive game. In this line Black attempts to connect rooks as soon as possible, and sometimes can seize the initiative, if he neutralizes White's pressure in the center.
               The former champion demonstrated a new and interesting idea – he carried out g7-g5 in order to stop White's pawn advance on the kingside, not worrying about the weakened square on f6. Black successfully solved his opening problems, and when the World Champion got somewhat carried away maneuvering his knights, Anand made a nice break b6-b5, sacrificing a pawn for the initiative. The champion declined the offer and switched to defending.
              The critical moment occurred on the move 26. After a lengthy consideration Anand decided that quiet play does not give Black enough winning chances, and sacrificed an exchange, obtaining a dangerous passed pawn on the queenside in return. Generally this sacrifice is typical in similar positions, however in this position it was refuted tactically. Carlsen broke through in the center and invaded the 7th rank with his rook, forcing Black to defend. The World Champion was very precise during the technical stage, and on the move 45 Vishy Anand congratulated his opponent on winning the match.
               The Grandmasters agreed that the match was very tense. Vishy Anand said that “Magnus is very strong and I have to admit that he was better. My nerves gave up first, and psychologically Magnus was holding up well.”
               Magnus Carlsen: “Anand played better than in previous match and this time he really pushed me.” He also said he is very happy with the way the match was organized, and his whole team was treated well. Magnus Carlsen won the match 6.5-4.5 and held the title.
             The World Chess Championship is the most followed event in the world of chess. There are about 600 million chess players all over the world, with such well-known enthusiasts as Sergey Brin, George Soros, Bill Gates and Mikhail Gorbachev. 

                A lot of players have lost by default, in the resumption of 2014 Palau National Chess Championship at Bethlehem Park on Sunday, Nov. 23. This is due to the WBO Boxing bout between Manny Pacquiao and Chris Algieri.

                The following have won by default: Manuel Mahor, Jr. over Nelson Sablan; Eugene Labarda over Christopher Kitalong; Glen Navarosa over Joey Balute; Senator Surangel Whipps, Jr. over Remrel Dizon; Geoff Martin over John Joseph Pabiona—who will be cut for not showing for 2 consecutive rounds; Leif Toribiong over C. Ulap; Eric Ksau Whipps over Tuloy Rengiil and Arnold Undicimo vs. Marcial Santander didn’t know that they are facing each other and signed both score sheets as win for them. Eric decided to give the point to Santander as he is half hour earlier than Arnold.

                The junior division will now be quadruple round-robin. They must finish first their1st and 2^nd round before playing the 3^rd and 4^th games. There are no available opponents present when Ultei Angelie Surangel and Robert Godwin Sola played their 3^rd and 4^th games which resulted in a 2-2 tie.

                OTHER COMPLETED GAMES: Angelil Sisior lost by default in her 2^nd game with Cyrelle Ann Montel but won in their 3^rd game in 60 moves of Caro-Kann Defence; Kayah Iblai Whipps won by default over Destiny Sisior in their 3^rd game but Destiny won in their 4^th game in 30 moves of Vienna Game; Menandro Manuel finally scored a full point by clobbering Rafael Paloma in 34 moves of Ruy Lopez; Roberto Hernandez scored his 3^rd straight win by trouncing Dennis Gonzales in 58 moves of King’s Indian Defence; the game between brothers Eric and Surangel, Jr. was adjourned with the position as follows—Eric (White-to move) K on e2, Q on a4, Rooks on d1 and h1, B on e7, pawns on a3, c2, c3, e5, f3, g2 and h2. His remaining time is 1 hr. 14 minutes. Surangel, Jr. (Black) – K on h7, Q on b5, Rooks on b7 and f8, pawns on a5, f5, g6 and h5. His remaining time is 57 minutes.

       Kevin Huang, who works as an accountant at P.I.T.I is interested to join the 2014 PNCC. He might replaced J. J. Pabiona or Neph Macasaet or just have fun with the players by practicing with them this Sunday, the 3^rd round of 2014 PNCC.

       Solution to this week’s puzzle no. 3756:  1. Qd6+ Nge7 2. Qd8+!! Nxd8 3. Rxd8 mate.

       This week’s puzzle no. 3757: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)

Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez

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