DRAW BY AGREEMENT
Exactly
2 years ago, on Nov. 17, 2012, Jose Celiz and CM Bernardo Garcia played
a controversial game in which Jose lost that game because the increment
in the clock set-up is not working. Chief Arbiter Roberto Hernandez
declared that game a draw which Bernard refused to accept till he
withdraw in later part of December. This game (2nd game of 2014 PNCC) is
no different. Menandro Manuel, right, lost on time to Jeff Balbalosa,
left, because the latter set the clock with the increment (30 seconds)
not working. But the two are true sportsmen and accepted the decision of
Roberto to declare their game as draw. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
FIRST 2 GAMES OF 2014 PNCC
On Nov. 09,
Sunday, the drawn numbers of participants in the 2014 Palau National Chess
Championship was set with Bernard picking the no. 1, Jeff- no. 2, Jojo-3,
Roberto-4, Tito-5, Cyril-6, Pax-7, Dennis-8, Menandro-9 and Rustum-10.
After some
research by Jeff Balbalosa, it was learned that Gonzalo 'Jojo' Escapatoria's
rating is just 1599 and not 1699 as earlier reported by Roberto. Rafael
Paloma's rating is 1612 and he replaced Escapatoria in the Top 10 Division.
THE
PAIRINGS OF TOP 10 DIVISION IS AS
FOLLOWS: 1 vs. 10; 2 vs. 9; 3 vs.
8; 4 vs. 7 and 5 vs. 6.
Since no. 4 Roberto and no. 7 Paquito are both working at Palau
Royal Resort, they decided to hold their game at PRR Dormitory 1 on Thursday,
Nov. 13 so that Roberto can attend to the needs of many players on the opening
day.
No. 9 Menandro Manuel is off on Saturday and he asked No. 2 Jeff
Balbalosa to hold their game on Saturday, Nov. 15, where Jeff is off also.
The
game Roberto vs. Paquito started at 2:15pm where they used the DGT 2000 clock
instead of the newest version and the one being used at Chess Olympiad --the
DGT 2012 because the two don't know yet how to set it to manually --75 minutes
for each player with 30 seconds increment.
The crucial part of their game is on the 16th move, where
Roberto, playing the white pieces, sacrificed his queen for a bishop and 2
rooks. It became a struggle for Pax as his queen and bishop is no match against
2 rooks, a knight and a bishop. His bishop is also in a bad square without
mobility.
On the 40th move, Roberto opted to win Pax's queen instead of
mating him in 2 moves. Anyway, Pax queen will be lost without compensation and
he resigned. Pax consumed only 1/3 of his allotted time. Too much blitz and
rapid chess practices contributed to his downfall.
THE MOVES:
White: Roberto Hernandez Black: Paquito Suringa, Jr. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4.
Bg2 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. c5 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Qd2 Nxf4 10. Qxf4 a6 11. Ng5
0-0 12. Bxd5 e6 13. Bf3 Qe7 14. d5 e5 15. Qh4 h6 16. dxc6! hxg5 17. cxb7! gxh4
18. bxa8=Q Rxa8 19. Bxa8 Qxc5 20. 0-0-0 b5 21. Kb1 b4 22. Ne4 Qc4 23. Rd8+ Kh7
24. gxh4 f5 25. Ng5+ Kh6 26. Bd5 Qxh4 27. Nf7+ Kh7 28. Rd7 Qf6 29. e4 c6 30.
Rd6 Qh4 31. Rxc6 Qxf2 32. Rc2 Qd4 33. h4 fxe4 34. Ng5+ Kh6 35. Bxe4 a5
36. Rc5 Kh5 37. Bxg6+ Kg4 38. Be4 a4 39. Rg6 Qd2 40. Nf3+ (40. Ne6+ Kh5
41. Nxg7#) 1-0
There are 19 players now listed in the Open Division ---1. Marcial
Santander 2. Felix Oling 3. Glen Navarosa 4. Manuel Mahor, Jr. 5. Eugene
Labarda 6. Eric Whipps 7. Arnold Undecimo 8. Remrel Dizon 9. Gonzalo
Escapatoria 10. John Joseph Pabiona 11. Leif Toribiong 12. Tuloy Rengiil 13.
Nelson Sablan 14. Surangel Whipps, Jr. 15. Geoffrey Martin 16. Christopher Kitalong
17. Jo-Arl Cris Ulap 18. Neph Macasaet 19. Joey Balute.
THERE ARE ONLY 6 IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION. IT
WILL NOW BE DOUBLE ROUND-ROBIN. 1.
Destiny Sisior 2. Ultei Angelie Surangel 3. Angelil Sisior 4. Robert Godwin
Sola 5. Cyrelle Ann Montel 6. Kayah Iblai Whipps.
FINALLY, THERE ARE 7
CONTESTANTS IN THE WOMEN'S DIVISION --- 1. Angelica Parrado 2. Baby Edna
Mission 3. Gladys Anne Paloma 4. Jennifer Angeles 5. Joy Flores Whipps 6.
Roxanne Parco 7. Jade Mariur.
Rustum Cabuso withdrew and was replaced by Nilo de Jesus.
Jeffrey Balbalosa and top seed Menandro ‘Boy’ Manuel played their game in the
latter’s room at Malakal on Sat. Nov. 15 at 1:00pm. Roberto visited them in the
middle part of their game where Menandro is in time trouble but ahead by 5
pawns but his time run out on his 51st move. He complains about the
increment which is not working upon review of Roberto and declared the game as
draw in which the 2 players agreed.
THE MOVES: White: J. Balbalosa Black: M. Manuel 1.e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be2 Qc7 9. 0-0 Nbd7
10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nb6 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Rac1 0-0 15. f5 e5 16. Nde2
Nc4 17. Nd1 Rfd8 18. Nec3 Nxb2 19. Nxb2 Qxc3 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. a4
Bg5 23. Nd1 Ra3 24. Rb1 Rxa4 25. Nc3 Rc4 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Rxc2 28. Be4 Rc4
29. Bf3 h6 30. h3 e4 31. Be2 Rc2 32. Bg4 e3 33. g3 Bf6 34. Rfe1 Re8 35. Be2 Rd2
36. Rbd1 Re5 37. Bf3 Rf2 38. Bg4 a5 39. Kg1 Rc2 40. Be2 b4 41. Bb5 e2 42. Ra1
Rxd5 43. Ba4 Rcd2 44. Rab1 Bc3 45. Bb3 Rxf5 46. Kg2 d5 47. Ba4 d4 48. Bb3 d3
49. Bc4 Rc5 50. Bb3 Rb2 51.Rxb2 Bxb2(Draw agreed - Increment not working).
Solution to last week’s puzzle no. 4448: 1. …Bg1+ 2. Kg3 Qf2+ 3.
Kh3 Qh2 mate.
This week’s puzzle: White to move and mates in 3
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 10-11
Volume 23
Issue 92
November 17, 2014
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A LOT TO BE LEARNED FROM 1 GAME
This
controversial game between Jose Celiz, left and CM Bernardo Garcia has
been the subject of positive disputes that only strengthen the players'
knowledge about the FIDE Laws of Chess. A lot of learning experiences,
that will be applied to the next tournaments next year.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
CONTROVERSIAL 2012 PNCC
IT WILL go down in history as the
most controversial Palau National Chess Championship—the 2012. The final day
was held on Dec. 16 at Palau Royal Resort’s Conference Room. Its target date of
conclusion was in Dec. 02, but due to Typhoon Bopha, it has finally concluded
on Dec. 16… NOT QUITE!
Candidate
Master Bernardo Garcia, Palau’s first titled player, emailed Palau’s Rating
Officer and Team Captain of 2010 and 2012 World Chess Olympiads Jamie Kenmure
about the result of his game against Jose Celiz on Nov. 17 that sparked a lot
of controversies.
During
the last dying seconds of that game, Celiz lost by time forfeit but complained
about the increment that didn’t work. Menandro Manuel, Roberto Hernandez,
Paquito Suringa, Jr., Baby Edna Mission and Jon Manuel Reyes were watching the
game and confirmed that the 30 seconds increment of the clock is really not
working.
After
a few days of researches of FIDE Laws of Chess, Hernandez, who is also the
chief arbiter of the event, declared that game a draw. The tournament goes
smoothly with some additions and replacements like—Freddie Gloria replaced Ma.
Florida Hernandez; Nilo de Jesus became active again after 7 years of being
inactive and off island. He replaced lawyer Scott Hess, who couldn’t play 14
games in 6 weeks.
Manuel
‘Jun’ Mahor’s confirmation to participate makes the Class B (1650 rating and
below) increased its field to 18 players. More players would like to join so
Hernandez convinced Ferdinand Gutierrez to join even though he’s leaving Palau
for good in just a few weeks.
This
action opens the room for Geoff Martin, Mary Frances Lopez and Baby Edna
Mission to complete the 21-player Class B division. Mission replaced Lenge
Gibbons and when Gloria withdrew, Miguel Hilario, Jr. is lucky enough to fill
the slot in the last 4 weeks of the event.
The
tournament is to be finished in 8 weeks. Celiz played only 4 games in 6 weeks
and played 6 games on the 7th week, which is very unfair to players
who come every weekend, like Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., the top seed. When Garcia
suffered setbacks after setbacks, his quest for his first national title is on
the line and he somehow came up with a proposal to thwart his suspicion of game
fixing especially to players of the same company.
Tito
Cabunagan and Celiz both work at PPUC and live at the same place. And they are
both in contention for a slot in the top 4 position. Garcia proposed to have a
playoff among the top 4 finishers like a semifinal with the top 2 advancing to
the finals.
Garcia’s
insistence of having a playoff became more intense when he found a law in FIDE
Laws of Chess that players of the same company/federation should play in the
first 3 rounds and not in the last 3 rounds.
When
Tito and Jose played their 2 games, the result was a win and a draw for Tito,
which Bernard accused as ‘fixed’ as there are no witness when they played it.
When Tito and Jose replayed their games on Dec. 02 during the lashing of
Typhoon Bopha, the result is the same with Hernandez and Montel, Jr. as
witnesses.
Garcia
emailed everybody that he is taking a break from chess for the rest of the year
and that he is giving his slot to the next player in case there is a playoff.
His un-played game against Gonzalo Escapatoria will be recorded as (+) to
Escapatoria and (–) to him. This is being done to all FIDE-rated events.
Nine
players have a meeting after the Pacquiao-Marquez 4 boxing bout on Dec. 09 to
tackle the issues of game fixing, playoff and finishing the event as the
original format. After 2 hours of meeting, it was decided that the tourney will
proceed as its original format. No playoff and last games will be played on
Dec. 15 and 16. Absent players will lose by default to present players in the
Class B while the un-played games in Class A with be recorded as (+) to the
present player and (-) to the absent player.
The
last crucial 4 games of Class A are: Montel vs. Escapatoria (2 games); Suringa
vs. Montel; and Celiz vs. Suringa. Montel arrived first on Sat. Dec. 15 but
Suringa is very busy cooking the food for PRR Christmas party to be held at Sea
Passion Hotel. Montel is also attending the PPR Christmas party at
Ngarchmayong.
On
Dec. 16, Montel and Escapatoria drew their 1st game and Montel won
the 2nd game. His next game vs. Suringa didn’t happen as well as
Celiz vs. Suringa. In the Class B division, only few games were played and the
present players all won by default that resulted in the 8th place
finish of 8-year-old Destiny Sisior.
Final
standings of Class B: 1. Dennis Gonzales (Champion) 2. Jeff Balbalosa 3. Angie Parrado 4. Miguel Hilario, Jr. 5.
Baby Edna Mission 6. Nilo de Jesus 7. Jon Manuel Reyes 8. Destiny Sisior 9.
Luciano Sibayan 10. Jaime dela Cruz 11. Mohammad Manik Hossain 12. Ferdinand
Gutierrez 13. Angelil Sisior 14. Ksau Anthony Whipps 15. Dan Roldan 16. Zachary
Techall Whipps 17. Geoff Martin 18. Elpidio Manaligod 19. Mary Frances Lopez
20. Manuel Mahor, Jr. 21. Paz Ngiratechekii.
Cabunagan
was the champion of Class A and after computing the placing of Hernandez (8
points), Celiz (8 pts.), Montel, Jr. (7.5) and Garcia (7.5), the same order was
the result. Hernandez won over Celiz by using the Sonnenborn Berger system and
Montel over Garcia in direct encounter or winner over the other tiebreak.
Cabunagan
and Celiz disputed the (+) and (-) computation but when Hernandez explained to
them that they experienced this computation during the 2012 World Chess
Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey, they are going to abide by this FIDE rule. AND
THAT ENDS THE 2012 PNCC… NOT QUITE!
In
his email to Kenmure, Garcia specified that Celiz clock fell down and he didn’t
lodge a protest before his time expires. This is a legitimate claim by Garcia
according to FIDE rules. It happened also to former world champion Gary
Kasparov in his game against Hungarian whiz Judith Polgar in Linares, Spain in
1994.
But
there is a technical problem in the increment that’s why Celiz lost on time. If
the increment is working, there’s no way that Garcia will win with Celiz ahead
by 2 connected pawns. And besides, Garcia found out about that ruling 3 weeks
after the incident which was already been declared a draw by the arbiter.
That
half point is crucial for Garcia to improve his rating as he would be 1st
runner-up instead of 5th place. That will make Hernandez 3rd,
Montel at 4th and Celiz at 5th.
IT’S
REALLY A CONTROVERSIAL 2012 PNCC UP TO THE END AND BEYOND!
Requesting all players who haven't paid their registration fees
yet--please pay as soon as possible so that the arrears of Palau Chess
Federation will be paid before Dec. 31, 2012 the sum of 387 euros. 1.
Jose Celiz ($20.00), 2. Mohammad Manik Hossain ($20), 3. Paquito
Suringa, Jr. ($10), 4. Jon Manuel Reyes ($10), 5. Luciano Sibayan ($10),
6. Jaime dela Cruz ($10), 7. Elpidio Manaligod ($10), 8. Mary Frances
Lopez ($10), 9. Paz Ngiratechekii ($10), 10. Adele Anzawa ($20), 11.
Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. ($10) and Gene Pastrana ($297.00).
I'll take your advise for a special 10th year anniversary issue
of Chessmate on December 31. I'll be giving 3 prizes of $10.00 for each
person who will solve the puzzle of the 10th anniversary issue of
Chessmate. The first issue was on Dec. 29, 2002.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 8-9
Volume 21
Issue 93
December 24, 2012
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