(1615) 2019 P. B. C. C. on Jan. 13; FIDE Published Ratings for Jan. 2019 (TBN-Jan. 07, 2019)

AWARDING TO THE CHAMPIONS OF 1^st SURANGEL CHESS TEAM TOURNEY, 2018 PNCC AND THIS SUNDAY’S BLITZ

                    Three tournaments will get the awarding to be held on Jan. 20 after the 2019 PBCC. Winners of SCTT are Angelo’s Team—Champion; Cyril’s Team—2^nd place and Rustum’s Team—3^rd place. In the 2018 PNCC, the champion is Bobot Tan, followed by Cyril and me. The women’s division champ is Angie Parrado, her daughter Angelil Sisior is 2^nd and her younger daughter Destiny—3^rd. In the junior division, Gian Gabriel Claronino got his first ever championship followed by Michael Gulla and Kyarii Sisior.      (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

        

        2019 P.B.C.C. ON JAN. 13;
       FIDE Published Ratings for
                 January 2019

As published last year, the 2019 Palau Blitz Chess Championship will be held on the 2^nd or 3^rd week of January for this one day event. The time control is 3 min. + 2 seconds increment in this 9-round Swiss system event.

Here are the Blitz ratings of possible contestants of 2019 PBCC: 1. Bobot Tan (1868) 2. Tito Cabunagan (1777) 3. Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. (1776) 4. Roberto Hernandez (1733) 5. Rustum Cabuso (1697) 6. Rafael Paloma (1660) 7. Manuel Mahor, Jr. (1658) 8. Paquito Suringa, Jr. (1653) 9. Dennis Gonzales (1631) 10. Eugene Labarda (1648) 11. Jeff Balbalosa (1615) 12. Angelo Salvadora (1607) 13. Gonzalo Escapatoria (1603) 14. Remrel Dizon (1596) 15. Angie Parrado (1580) 16. Mohammad Manik Hossain (1529) 17. Neph Macasaet (1501 (Rapid) 18. Destiny Sisior (1500) 19. Baby Edna Mission (1478) 20. Gladys Anne Paloma (1452) 

21. Ksau Anthony Whipps (1331) 22. Joan Gemota (1433) 23. Angelil Sisior (1387) 24. Glen Navarroza (1382) 25. Joel Gemota (1327) 26. Charley Patris (1284—Standard) 27. Jennifer Angeles (1182) 28. Roxanne Parco (1145) 29. Kyarii Sisior (1148) 30. Samuel Palingcod (1567—Standard) 31. Angelito Mintar, Jr. (1554-Standard) 32. Jello Aguaras (1465-Standard) 33. Reece Reklai (1345-Standard) 34. Leif Toribiong (1304-Standard) 35. Michael Gulla (1379) 36. Gian Gabriel Claronino (1373) 37. Angelica Magno (1129) 38. Morton Sawaichi (1206-Standard) 39. Nicholas Nehez (1357) 

40. Jeyrald Lomboy (NR) 41. Rommel Gulla (NR) 42. Gabriell Garcia (NR) 43. Aome Angeles (NR) 44. Nilo de Jesus (1615) 45. Christopher Kitalong (1401-Rapid) 46. Elizalde Madrinan (1326-Rapid) 47. Ma. Florida Hernandez (1363-Standard) 48. John Malinao (1343-Standard) 49. Gian Paloma (1073) 50. Pedro Parmisano (1611) 51. Eryn Reklai (1004) 52. Luciano Sibayan (1427-Rapid) 53. Arnold Undecimo (1435) 54. Elizalde Madrinan. 

The 14 participants of PMA Chess in School 3^rd Batch are also invited: 1. Chioko Yang Derbai 2. Yu Hsuan Kuo 3. Xiancheng (Lincoln) Liao 4. Yi Lang Liu 5. Mariah Coline Miclat 6. Aya Osada 7. Diana Rechucher 8. Joram Renguul 9. Neil Roberto 10. Alik Jared Senior 11. Sowon Shin 12. Kikuo Sumang 13. Dichem Tmetuchl 14. Jannah Islam.

            The Top 30 Palau Chess Players in FIDE Rating List for the month of January 2019 is as follows: Cyril Tomas Almitante-Montel kept the No. 1 position despite finishing 2nd in the 2018 PNCC with the same rating of 1877 (same as last year's); Bobot Tan is just 6 points behind at 1871 for an incredible increase of 54 (2nd most); Tito Cabunagan is still at No. 3 but lost 7 rating points from 1724 to 1717;

           Paquito Suringa Jr. gained only 2 points to keep the No. 4 slot at 1716; Jeff Balbalosa jumped 2 slots higher with an increase of 20 points (7th most) from 1694 to 1714 to dislodge me at No. 5 when I lost 1 rating point (from 1708-1707); Rustum Cabuso didn't participate in the 2018 PNCC but he kept the No. 7 slot with unchanged 1701; Angel Salvadora lost 5 points (from 1686-1681) but stayed at No. 8; Dennis Gonzales lost a minimal 3 points to stay at 9th place (1625-1622); Gonzalo Escapatoria lost 5 points likewise and stayed at No. 10 (from 1593-1588);

           Samuel Palingcod earned the most rating points among newcomers with an initial rating of 1567 for 11th place; Manuel Mahor earned 29 rating points (5th most) to climbed at 12th (1523-1562); the 2nd newcomer who earned 1554 initial rating is Angelito Jun Cabugao Mintar, Jr. for 13th place; Palau's first Woman FIDE Master (WFM) Angie Sisior gained the 4th most points of 30 for topping again the women's division with a perfect 6 points to claim the No. 14 spot; Neph Macasaet lost the 3rd most points of 57 to slide at No. 15 from 1555-1498; Remrel Dizon lost the most rating points of 77 to be at 16 place (1559-1482); Manik Hossain lost 18 points (5th most) to be the 17th placer (1498-1480); Newcomer Jello Aguaras got his initial FIDE rating of 1465 for 18th place; Batumi Chess Olympiad member Angelil Sisior gained 25 rating points (6th most) to improve at 19th spot (1414-1439); Glen Navarroza continues to improve with a pocketful 47 rating points (3rd most) to occupy 20th slot (1388-1435); 

          Destiny Sisior stayed at 21st spot with no changes in her rating of 1432; Bheng Codinera Mendoza lost 47 points (4th most) to slide at No. 22 (1436-1389); Reece Reklai got his initial rating of 1345 for playing the most number of games (10) including 3 games from the 2017 PNCC Junior division. Leif Toribiong stayed at No. 24 with unchanged rating of 1304; 2018 PNCC Junior Division champion Gian Gabriel Jun Claronino Jr. got his initial rating too of 1290, good at 25th spot. His Blitz rating is 1373; Charley Patris gained 10 points (8th most) to occupy 26th spot (from 1274-1284); the rusty Jhoan Gemota lost 71 rating points (2nd most) for 27th spot ((1354-1283); Morton Sawaichi, inactive for 13 years, got his initial rating of 1206 for 28th spot; Jennifer Tubtub lost 1 point (like me) from 1187-1186 for 29th spot...AND THE LAST ONE, WHO GAINED THE MOST POINTS OF 80-is  Angelica Morales Magno -- from 1079-1159.

                Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3498: 1. Qe1 e6 or e5 2. Qh4#   If 1. …c6 or c5, then 2. Qa5#

                                                                                       (Nobody solved this puzzle)

                This week’s puzzle No. 3827: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

               Tia Belau Newspaper

               Pages 9-10

               Volume 28

               Issue 001

               January 07, 2019

               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 -- January 07, 2019

               The History of Chess in Palau

               By Roberto Hernandez

               June 09, 2002 -- January 07, 2019

(1614) 16th YEAR OF CHESS MATE; 7 YEARS OF http://palau-chess.blogspot.com (2018 PNCC Concludes--Bobot, Angie, Gian Champions

THE NEW PALAU JUNIOR CHAMPION

            The new champion of the Junior Division Gian Gabriel Claronino, 2^nd from right, watches the penultimate round games of Kyarii Sisior, 2^nd from left, and Aome Angeles, who dealt him his only loss in the tourney. At left is Manik Hossain, a sure participant in the 2019 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in Tumon, Guam in Feb. 17-24 and will proceed to Tokyo, Japan as the sole rep of Palau in the prestigious Tokyo Marathon in March 03, 2019.

                                                     (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

   16th Year-Chess Mate; 7 Years of

   http://palau-chess.blogspot.com

         (2018 P.N.C.C. Concludes)

Bobot, Angie, Gian Gabriel--Champs

Two days before Christmas, on Dec. 23, 2018 at Ernguul Park (formerly Bethlehem Park), the last round (9th) of the 2018 PNCC was held with the title already secured by Bobot Tan. 

Cyril Tomas Almitante-Montel needs a draw to secure 2nd slot. There are 4 players with 5 points each--Paquito Suringa Jr.Jeff Balbalosa, me, and Samuel Palingcod. Three players have 4.5 points--Gonzalo Escapatoria, Angel Salvadora and Tito Cabunagan while another 4 have 4 points--Manuel Mahor, Dennis Gonzales, Neph Macasaet and Jello Aguaras. Two have 3.5 points – Angelito Mintar, Jr.  and Glen Navarroza while Remrel Dizon has 3 points. Mohammad Manik Hossain and Reece Reklai have 2.5 points each while Charley Patris had 2. At the cellar is Morton Sawaichi, who has yet to score a point. He needs half point at least to have his initial FIDE rating.

Dennis and Jello played their game already earlier in the week with Dennis prevailing. Angelo drubbed Jojo in 39 moves of French Defense and Tito easily disposed Neph in just 28 moves of Pirc Defense. Charley won over Reece in 38 moves of Queen’s Pawn Opening; Sam and Cyril halved the point in another 38 moves with Cyril ahead in material and position but could not convert it to a whole point.

 The last game of the day is another draw between Jeff and Pax in an endgame of bishop of the same color. Remrel didn't show up to give the last round point to Jun Mahor. Morton finally scored a whole point by mating Glen. 

Jun Mintar pressed the clock of Manik Hossain until it expired to claim the win but Manik came before 5 pm. He doesn't have his cell phone with him. I ask Jun if he would give a chance to Manik to play their game with Manik's clock at 30 min. and his--1 hour and 30 minutes. Manik will be treating everybody with soda in gratitude of Jun letting him play their game in which he prevailed consuming only 20 minutes of his time.

 My game with Bobot is an exciting one heading for a draw but Bobot captured the b7 pawn that allowed me to force the exchange of queens with me having a passed f pawn that clinches the 3rd spot (6 points) after he resigned on the 56^th moves with a pawn move and putting down his king as a sign of surrendering. I am ready to offer a draw sign which we have learned from 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia where his opponent in the 9^th round Andre Stratonowitsch crossed his 2 index fingers as a sign that he’s offering a draw.

 l won my first round game over Jello, lost the next 3 to Cyril, Jun Mahor and Dennis but won the last 5 over Morton, Neph, Charley, Pax and Bobot. It's almost the same story in the 2002 All-Filipino Chess Tournament in June 09, 2002 (the first ever chess tournament in Palau) where I won my last 5 games to clinched 3rd runner-up.

FINAL STANDINGS OF OPEN DIVISION--- 1. Bobot 7.5 points   2. Cyril-6.5 pts.   3. Roberto 6 pts.   4. Pax 5.5    5. Angelo 5.5   6. Jeff 5.5 7. Tito 5.5    8 Sam 5.5     9. Jun Mahor 5    10. Dennis 5    11. Jojo 4.5    12. Neph 4    13. Jello 4    14. Angelito 3.5    15. Glen 3.5  16. Manik 3.5    17. Charlie 3     18. Remrel 3     19. Reece 2.5     20. Morton 1.   Palau Ratings Officer Jamie Kenmure is very happy that the 2018 PNCC Open Division was a Swiss system—for the first time!

The FINAL STANDINGS OF WOMEN'S DIVISION: 1. Angie Sisior 2. Angelil Sisior 3. Destiny Sisior 4. Angelica Morales Magno 5. Jennifer Tubtub 6. Bheng Codinera Mendoza and 7. Joan Gemota.

 In the junior division, we have a new junior champion in Gian Gabriel Claronino. Kyarii Sisior and Michael Adette Gulla are tied at 2nd and 3rd spot while Rommel Gulla clinched 4th and Aome Jacob Angeles is 5th with 2 points.

This 104^th Issue (Edition) of Tia Belau is the 16^th Anniversary of Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez and the 7^th Year of the creation of Palau Chess Federation website by CM Joselito Marcos in Dec. 26, 2011 http://palau-chess.blogspot.com

                     Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3497: 1. Ra7 a2 2. Rb8#

            This week’s Special 16^th Anniversary of Chess Mate puzzle: White to move and mates in 2

       There will be $16.00 each as reward to the first 2 lucky/good chess players to solve this problem.

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

               Tia Belau Newspaper

               Pages 9-10

               Volume 27

               Issue 104

               December 31, 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 -- December 31, 2018

               The History of Chess in Palau

               By Roberto Hernandez

               June 09, 2002 -- December 31, 2018

(1572) PHOTOS -- FINAL ROUND OF 1st Surangel Chess Team Tournament (Sept. 16, 2018)

PHOTOS -- 

Final Round of 1st S. C. T. T.

(Sept. 16, 2018)

The first ever team tournament in Palau concluded on Sept. 16, 2018 with a very exciting final round. Dark Grey is leading Light Blue by a mere half point (20-19.5 total team points). My Yellow Team is only 2.5 points ahead of Dennis Gonzales' Navy Blue Team (16.5-14). 

TEAM DARK GREY OF Angel Salvadora is the Champion of 1st Surangel Chess Team Tournament; Roberto Hernandez' Yellow Team is 2nd; Rustum Cabuso's Light Blue Team is 3rd

 Our total points is 20.5 and when Light Blue Team scored only half point (a draw between John Malinao and Manuel Mahor), we edged the Light blue team by half point! Jeff Balbalosaplayed his first game of the event vs. me and after he blundered away his queen for a bishop, I prevailed in 35 moves of French Defense (Tarrasch Variation). My teammate Glen Navarroza, middle, shaking hands with Jello, also prevailed over Jello Augaras and my youth (Board 4) gold medalist Nicholas Nehez won by default over Lenge Gibbons and the Board 3 (woman) has already been played 3 weeks earlier with Angelil Sisior prevailing over Jhoan Gemota, who is on vacation since Sept. 14, together with the other 3 members of Palau Chess Team to 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia Bobot Tan, Bheng Codinera Mendoza and Rustum. Another 5 members left too on Sept. 18: Angelica Morales Magno, Salvadora, me, Angie Sisior and her daughter Angelil. The rest, 5 of them will fly to Manila on Fri. Sept. 21: Eric Ksau Whipps, Joy Balute Flores, Leif Toribiong, Cyril Tomas Almitante-Montel and Tito Cabunagan and we will all fly to Istanbul on Sat. Sept. 22 and will arrive in Batumi at 7pm just in time for the Opening Ceremony at 9 pm.

[Event "2018 1st Surangel Team Tourney"]

[Site "Mason's Hardware Do-it-Center Premises"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hernandez, Roberto"]
[Black "Balbalosa, Jeffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1708"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[Annotator "Roberto"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Nf1
(8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 a5 10. Re1) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. f4
Bb4+ 12. Ke2 O-O 13. Qc2 f5 14. Be3 Qxe3+ 15. Nxe3 b6 16. g4 fxg4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8
18. Qg6 Ba6+ 19. Kd1 Rxf4 20. Qh5 Rc8 21. Bg6+ Kg8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7
24. Qxg7+ Kd8 25. Qg8+ Nf8 26. Nc2 Be7 27. Bf7 Kd7 28. Rc1 Bb5 29. Re1 Bh4 30.
Rg1 Rf2 31. Qxg4 Rxh2 32. Nd4 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Bd3 34. Bxe6+ Kc7 35. Qg7+ 1-0

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
               Tia Belau Newspaper
               December 29, 2002 -- September 19, 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 -- September 19, 2018

              The History of Chess in Palau
              By Roberto Hernandez
              June 09, 2002 -- September 19, 2018

(1559) PHOTOS OF THE 3RD ROUND OF 1st SURANGEL CHESS TEAM TOURNAMENT (Aug. 19, 2018)

PHOTOS OF THE 3rd ROUND--

1st S.C.T.T. (Aug. 19, 2018)

Rustum Cabuso, right, just waited for Dennis Gonzales (his opponent in the 3rd round). He didn't come so Rustum got a point while Manuel Mahor, Jr., 2nd from right, played Joel Gemota and won, too. Joan Gemota, 2nd from left, averted a potential sweep by whipping her teammate to 2018 Batumi, Georgia World Chess Olympiad Angelica Magno...


THE MOVES:

[Event "2018 1st Surangel Team Tourney"]
[Site "Mason's Do-it-Center premises"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gemota, Joel"]
[Black "Mahor Jr., Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1396"]
[BlackElo "1533"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qd2 e5 9. c3 d5 10. Bd3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Na3 Bg7 14. Rfe1
dxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re3 Bh6 17. Rae1 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qd5 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Qc3
Bxd3 21. Re5 Qd6 22. h4 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. g3 Ba6 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4
Re1+ 27. Kg2 Qc6+ 28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. f4 Re2+ 30. Kh3 Rxb2 31. Kg4 c5 32. h5
gxh5+ 33. Kxh5 c4 34. g4 Kg7 35. f5 Rh2+ 36. Kg5 f6+ 37. Kf4 c3 38. g5 Rh4+ 39.
Kg3 Rh5 40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. a4 c2 42. a5 c1=Q 43. a6 0-1


[Event "2018 1st Surangel Team Tourney"]
[Site "Mason's Do-it-Center premises"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Magno, Angelica"]
[Black "Gemota, Joan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1105"]
[BlackElo "1396"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d5 Ne7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g4 c6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 cxd5 14. exd5 Nf5 15.
O-O-O Nxe3 16. fxe3 f6 17. h5 fxg5 18. hxg6 h6 19. Bg4 Nc5 20. Be6+ Nxe6 21.
dxe6 Qf6 22. Qd5 Kh8 23. Qxb7 Qxe6 24. Kb1 Qxg6 25. Ne4 Rab8 26. Qc6 Rfc8 27.
Qd5 a6 28. Rd2 Rb5 29. Qd3 d5 30. Nc3 e4 31. Qf1 Bxc3 32. b3 Bxd2 33. Qh3 Rc7
34. Qg3 Rc3 35. Qf2 Bxe3 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Rf1 Bf4 38. Rh1 h5 39. a4 Rbc5 0-1

Team Teal of Tito Cabunagan vs. Yellow Team of Roberto Hernandez....


THE MOVES:

[Event "2018 1st Surangel Team Tourney"]
[Site "Mason's Do-it-Center premises"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Cabunagan, Tito"]
[Black "Hernandez, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1708"]
[Annotator "Roberto"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5
Qc7 9. h3 (9. Nf3 Na6 10. O-O Rfc8 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Qc2 Rab8 13. c4) 9... a6
10. a4 Rc8 (10... c4 11. Qxc4 Qxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxe4 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nc5 15.
Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nd2 b5 17. Ne2 c4 18. Bc2) 11. c4 Be8 12. Nc3 (12. Nf3 Nbd7 13.
Nc3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Be2 Rab8) 12... Nbd7 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bh2 (14. Be3 b5
15. axb5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Ne5 17. Qb1 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 axb5 19. Qb1 Ra4 20. Ne2
Rxc4 21. O-O Ra4 22. Qd3 Qa5 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24. Rb1 Nf6 25. c4 Nd7 26. f4 Rb8
27. Rxb8 Nxb8 28. Bd2 Qa6 29. Qb1 Nd7 30. Qb5 Qa8 31. Qa5 Qxa5 32. Bxa5 a3 33.
Nc3 Kf8 34. h4) 14... Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nge2 e6 17. O-O Qe7 18. f4 Bd4+ 19.
Nxd4 cxd4 20. Ne2 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rf3 (22. Qa3 Rc5 23. a5 Rd8 24. g4 Ng7
25. Ng3 Rdc8) 22... Rc7 23. Qb6 Rac8 (23... Rd8 24. a5 Rd6 25. Qb4 Rf6 26. Qxe7
Rxe7 27. Kf2 Rc7 28. g4 Rxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Nf6 30. Kg3 h5 31. g5 Nh7 32. h4 f6 33.
gxf6 Nxf6 34. Ng1 Kf8 35. Nf3 Ng4 36. Ra3 Bd7 37. Rb3 Bc8 38. Rb6) 24. b4 Rxc4
25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. b5 (26. d6 Qe6 27. g4 Ng7 28. Rc1 Qc8 29. Rxc4 Qxc4 30. Kf2
Ne6 31. Qxb7 Ng5 32. d7 Bxd7 33. Qxd7 Nxf3 34. Kxf3 Qd3+ 35. Kf2 Qe3+ 36. Ke1
d3 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qxe5+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+) 26... axb5 27. axb5 Rc2
28. Ng3 (28. d6 Qg5 29. h4 Qxh4 30. Qxb7 Rxe2 31. Qc8 Kg7 32. Qxe8 Rxg2+ 33.
Kxg2 Nf4+ 34. Rxf4 Qg5+ 35. Kh1 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 Qg5+ 37. Kf2 Qxf4+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+
39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg2 Qd2+ 43. Kf1 Qf4+ 44. Ke2 Qe3+
45. Kd1 Qd3+) 28... Qg5 29. Kh2 Nf4 30. Rg1 h5 (30... Nxh3 31. Qf6 Nxg1 32.
Kxg1 Rc1+ 33. Nf1 Qxf6 34. Rxf6 Bxb5 35. g4 Bxf1 36. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 h5 38.
gxh5 gxh5 39. Ke2 h4 40. Ke1 Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Kg1 d3 43. Kf1 h3 44. Kf2 h2
45. Kg2 h1=R 46. Kxh1 Kd6 47. Kg2) 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Nxh5 gxh5 33. Kh1 f3 (
33... Qg3 34. Qf6 Bd7 35. h4 f3 36. Qg5+ Qxg5 37. hxg5 f2 38. Rf1 Bxb5 39. d6
Kg7 40. d7 Bxd7 41. e5 Bb5 42. Ra1 f1=Q+) 34. gxf3 Rc1 (34... Qxg1+ 35. Kxg1 d3
36. Kf1 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 d2 38. Qd8 d1=Q 39. Qxe8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kf8 41. Ke3) 35.
Qxd4 Rxg1+ 36. Qxg1 Qxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Bxb5 38. Kf2 (38. h4 f5 39. exf5 Kf7 40. Kg2
Kf6 41. f4 Kxf5 42. Kf3 Bc4 43. d6 Bb5 44. Ke3 Bc6 45. d7 Bxd7 46. Kf3 Ba4 47.
Ke2) 38... Kg7 39. e5 Bd7 40. h4 Kg6 41. f4 b5 42. Ke3 Kf5 43. d6 Ke6 44. Kd4
Kf5 45. Kc5 Kxf4 46. Kd4 b4 0-1

Elizalde Madrinan, in orange t-shirt, is also late and has 38 minutes left in his 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment time control. He completely outplayed Charley Patris, who is facing mate on the 33rd move being behind by 2 rooks.

THE MOVES:

 [Event "2018 1st Surangel Team Tourney"]
[Site "Mason's Do-it-Center premises"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Patris, Charley"]
[Black "Madrinan, Elizalde"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1274"]
[BlackElo "1326"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a3 h6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. d3 Rfe8 11. Nh4 Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 g5 14. Qf1 gxh4 15.
Rxf6 Nd4 16. Bd1 Kh7 17. Qf4 Bxf6 18. Qxf6 c5 19. Ne2 Rg8 20. Nf4 Qd8 21. Bxd4
cxd4 22. Qxd4 Qg5 23. Qf2 Rg7 24. Bf3 Qxf4 25. c4 Rag8 26. Rf1 Bg4 27. Qxh4
Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxf3 29. Rg1 Bxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Rxg2 0-1

FINAL POSITION --
This is the final position of the game between Bobot Tan and Paquito Suringa, Jr. that ended in a draw. Paquito has 38 minutes remaining in his clock as he just finish work and proceed right away to the tournament venue. It doesn't matter as he was able to catch up and still got an extra minute due to 30 seconds increment.

THE MOVES:

[Event "2018 1st Surangel Team Tourney"]
[Site "Mason's Do-it-Center premises"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tan Jr., Santiago"]
[Black "Suringa Jr., Paquito"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Nge2 Nge7 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 dxe4 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Ne2 a6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bb7
15. Qc2 Nf5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 f5 18. Nf4 Qf6 19. c4 c6 20. Rfd1 g5 21. Nh3
Kg7 22. Qe2 h6 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. f3 exf3 26. gxf3 Rae8 27. Qf2 Re7
28. Re1 Rfe8 29. Rxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rc1 Qd6 31. Kh2 Kf6 32. Ng1 d4 33. Kg2 d3 34.
Rd1 h5 35. Rd2 Kg6 36. Kh2 h4 37. Kg2 g4 38. gxh4 Bxf3+ 39. Nxf3 gxf3+ 40. Qxf3
Rd7 41. Kf2 f4 42. Qe4+ Kf7 43. Qf3 Qh6 44. Rxd3 Rxd3 45. Qxd3 Qf6 46. Kf3 Qxh4
47. Qd5+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kf7 49. Qxf4+ Qxf4+ 50. Kxf4 Ke7 51. Ke5 Kd7 52. Kd5 Kc7
53. Kc5 Kb7 1/2-1/2



Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
               Tia Belau Newspaper
               December 29, 2002 -- August 21, 2018

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               Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez
               Tia Belau Newspaper
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