(1567) PHOTOS -- 6th ROUND OF 1st Surangel Chess Team Tournament (Sept. 02, 2018)

PHOTOS --

6th ROUND OF 1st

Surangel Chess Team Tournament

(Sept. 02, 2018)

      
     It is very rare for top seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., right, to open 1. e4 with the white pieces in his games against me. He did it for the first time in the 6th round of SCTT. I replied with 1. ...c5, Sicilian Defense and won a knight in the middle game. I should have captured the 2nd knight after that to simplify the game. Cyril still carry on while I have a lot of distractions esp. from Baby Edna Mission. When I am looking at the laptop to see what color is Bobot Tan and Leif Toribiong in the 8th round game, she is still talking to me about a lot of things. I said to her, "I have a game going on, I am working on the color of this 8th round match. My youth teammate and music/chess student is also distracting me with..."It's already 30 minutes and Aome Angeles is not around. I will claim a win. Can I borrow your cell phone to call my mom to pick me up?" When I lend him my CP, I have to tell him the code/key to operate it.

With lots of things going on my mind, I made a blunder with a drawn position of perpetual check on Cyril's king and move my queen instead to f2 and I was mated.

Lenge Gibbons, middle, claimed his 3rd win is as many games by default when his opponent didn't come while Jello Augaras, right, started the clock of Elizalde Madrinan, who didn't show up as his schedule is finished at 3:30 pm.

Paquito Suringa, Jr., top right, was late again in his 6th round match against Dennis Gonzales' Navy Blue team. He didn't write his moves and his opponent, Joel Gemota, complain about it that it's unfair that Pax is not writing his moves like in the previous 2 rounds. I just informed both players that because Pax is not writing his moves, he cannot claim a draw even if the position is even at the later part of their game.

Red Team Captain Bobot Tan, right, played his 8th round match with Purple Team Captain Leif Toribion in the late afternoon's 6th round of 1st Surangel Chess Team Tournament in Sept. 02, 2018 at the venue (Mason's Do-it-Center premises.

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
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               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
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               April 25, 2013 -- September 05, 2018

              The History of Chess in Palau 
              By Roberto Hernandez
              June 09, 2002 -- September 05, 2018

(1436) DENNIS LEADS TOP 12 DIVISION (TBN-Oct. 23, 2017)

:  DENNIS—UNDEFEATED SINCE FOLLOWING MY ADVICE

                Dennis Gonzales, middle, took my advice of taking a break in between games and since then, he is undefeated in his last 5 games scoring victories over Manuel ‘Jun’ Mahor, Jr., Baby Edna Mission, Paquito Suringa, Jr., Tito Cabunagan and a draw with Gonzalo Escapatoria, Jr. lately. He stayed humble when I praise his recent games, which is a sign of maturity. I hope we’d made it to 2018 Batumi, Georgia World Chess Olympiad.          (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

                DENNIS LEADS

             TOP 12 DIVISION

The longest game so far of 2017 Palau National Chess Championship was between Dennis Gonzales vs. Gonzalo Escapatoria, Jr. held at Palau Royal Resort Dormitory 1 on Thu. Oct. 19 that ended in a draw after more than 4 hours of quality chess. They started their 3^rd round game at 6:15pm. Dennis is not available on Sunday, Oct. 22 so he took advantage of this special game to take place in other day so that he could spend the Sunday afternoon with his family. I took a shower and had dinner and leave them at 6:55 because I have to work from 7-11pm.

                When I check on them at 9pm, the position is equal with each having a king, a queen, 2 rooks and 5 pawns. They tried very hard but no breakthrough and finished the game in an 79-move marathon draw till past 10pm. CONGRATS TO BOTH FOR UPLIFTING THE QUALITY OF CHESS IN PALAU!

                Other results of 2^nd round games of the Top 12 Division: 3^rd seed Jeff Balbalosa made short work of Leif Toribiong for his first victory after our drawn game in the 1^st round; Escapatoria sacrificed a rook to force Bobot Tan’s resignation and Dennis outwitted Tito Cabunagan, who is going for vacation on Oct. 20 till Nov. His opponent, top seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., is not available also as he has a game of basketball at the same time of their match. Dennis is supposed to play Angelo Salvadora in the 2^nd round. Cyril requested Bobot to play their 3^rd rd. game at PRR on Friday, too but Bobot is available only on Sundays. Cyril has a championship game of basketball this Sunday.

                The 3 matches are as follows: Jeff vs. Rustum; Paquito Suringa, Jr. vs. Leif; me vs. Angelo. In the Junior Division, it’s Destiny Sisior vs. Aome Angeles; Angelil Sisior vs. Gian Paloma; Kyarii Sisior vs. Michael Gulla; him vs. Rommel Gulla and Reece Reklai will have a BYE.

                Only 5 games are still not being played in the Women’s Division—Angelica Parrado vs. Baby Edna Mission (Oct. 15); Jennifer Angeles vs. Angelica Magno (Oct. 22); Mission vs. Joan Gemota (Oct. 29); Jennifer vs. Mission (Nov. 5) and Angelica vs. Parrado (Nov. 5)

                The Reserves Division has added Joel Gemota to make it a 3-player division with Wilson Barrameda and Neph Macasaet giving Gemota his 2 consecutive losses.

                In the last issue of Chess Mate, the last word by Wesley So is AMDG. It was explained to me by the most knowledgeable person I ever knew—CM Joselito Marcos as:

                “Ad maiorem Dei gloriam or ad majorem Dei gloriam,[note 1] also rendered as the abbreviation AMDG, is the Latin motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a religious order of the Catholic Church. It means "For the greater glory of God."

“Wesley reached the semifinal vs. Ding Liren but he lost in the tiebreak. Aronian beat MVL in the Armageddon (5 vs. 4 white to win), and beat Ding in the tiebreak after 4 drawn games. He won both rapid games to top the World Cup. Both Aronian and Ding qualifies to the Candidates in Berlin 2018.

Very nice gift to Aronian who finally will marry longtime fiance Arianne Caoili on Saturday.

In the Isle of Man Open, random pairings were in applied in the first round. Kramnik got Caruana-two of  3 contesting 2 Candidates slots by average rating (the 3rd is So). Fabiano did himself and Wesley a favor by beating Kramnik!

After a win in the 2nd round, Kramnik suffered an upset loss vs. 65-year-old US GM James Tarjan to drop down behind So. Then he was held to a draw by IM Lawrence Trent in round 5. Poor Kramnik has lost 25.1 pts. so far and now down to 2777.9 from 2803 in the September 2017 rating list and 9th place behind Anand.  So moved to 6th behind Carlsen, Aronian, Caruana, MVL and Mamedyarov.

Likely qualifiers to Candidates after Karjakin, Aronian and Ding Liren are Caruana and Wesley (by rating), Mamedyarov and MVL (from FIDE Grand Prix) and a wildcard (maybe a German). Grischuk is out from GP because he already played required 3 events yet behind from Shak and MVL. Ding's qualification via the World Cup is welcome to MVL. The German organizer may also choose Kramnik as wildcard being Mr. Dortmund himself having won it 10 times! (If I am not mistaken).

How I wish Anand and Kramnik qualify to the Candidates but their only chance, and it’s either one of them but not both, is as a wildcard.

Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3843: 1. Rh5+! gxh5 2. Qf5+ Kh4 3. Qxh5#

This week’s puzzle No. 3844: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

               Tia Belau Newspaper

               Pages 9-10

               Volume 26

               Issue 84

               October 23, 2017

               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

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              April 25, 2013 --October 23, 2017

              The History of Chess in Palau

              By Roberto Hernandez

              June 09, 2002 -- October 23, 2017

(1147) 13th YEAR OF CHESS MATE; 671 ISSUES (TBN-Dec. 28, 2015)

:   PLAYING CHESS AT BETHLEHEM PARK

                  Palau Chess Federation has found a perfect place to hold chess tournaments. A friendly atmosphere, located at the heart of downtown Koror, next to Palau National Gymnasium and chess games can be played even with players standing or sitting. A WALK IN THE PARK, BETHLEHEM PARK!                                          (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

     13th YEAR OF CHESS MATE;

                 671 ISSUES 

 

THIS is a special issue of Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez. From the first issue to the 671^st have links for easy referral of those who would like to have a glance of what inspire Roberto to write those 671 issues without compensation. Those thousands of hours of typing and preparing every article didn’t bother him at all. He even spent from his own pocket for the gas in submitting the articles at the office of Tia Belau Newspaper, Palau’s first newspaper. It’s because—FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME.

                The first issue of Chess Mate is this –

1.         CM001                    Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez           Dec. 29, 2002-Jan. 04, 2003

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2013/11/chessmate-first-issue-tia-belau-dec-29.html

       http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/01/first-issue-of-chessmate-by-roberto.html

       On the 54^th issue, the column is one year old –

54.  CM054     We Are 1 Year Old                                                               Jan. 02-09, 2004

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/03/we-are-1-year-old-chessmate-by-roberto.html

On its 106^th issue, it’s 2 years old –

106. CM106     We’re Now 2 Years Old                                                    Dec. 31, 2004-Jan. 07, 2005

  http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/03/we-are-1-year-old-chessmate-by-roberto.html

The 158^th issue marks the 3^rd year of Chess Mate –

158. CM158     Chess Mate Marks 3rd Year                                           Dec. 30, 2005-Jan. 06, 2006

  http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2015/02/chess-mate-marks-3rd-year-tbn-dec-30.html

Before leaving Palau for good, Rey Lapuz wins a blitz chess tilt on CM 210^th issue—

        210. CM210   Chess Mate Marks 4^th Year; Lapuz Wins Blitz Tilt    Dec. 29, 2006-Jan. 05, 2007

  http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/03/chessmate-marks-4th-year-lapuz-wins.html

The 5^th year of Chess Mate is found on Issue No. 263—

263. CM263     Chess Mate Marks 5 Years                                              Jan. 04-10, 2008

  http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/03/chessmate-marks-5-years-tbn-jan4-10.html

 On its half dozen years, the 314^th issue read as –

        314. CM314     Chess Mate Marks 6^th Year                                        Dec. 29, 2008-Jan. 04, 2009

  http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/03/chessmate-marks-6th-year-tbn-dec292008.html

The 12^th year of Chess Mate features all 12 years anniversary issues including this 7^th year—

367. CM367     Chess Mate Marks 7^th Year                                         Jan. 04-10, 2010

                           (Front Page—“All Palau Connected”)

http://palauchess.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/chessmate-marks-12th-year-with-its.html

        The 8^th year will be found on Issue No. 419—(The links is not yet done)

419. CM419     Chess Mate Marks 8^th Year                                          Jan. 03, 2011

                           (Front Page—“MOH Chew, Smoke Free Zone”)

        In the 471^st issue, the 9^th year of Chess Mate is found—

471. CM471     Chess Mate Marks 9^th Year                                          Jan. 02, 2012

         http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/01/chessmate-marks-its-9th-year.html

        Roberto is 57 years during the 10^th year of Chess Mate—

519. CM519     10 Years of Chess Mate; 57 Years of Roberto          Dec. 31, 2012

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2012/12/10-years-of-chessmate-57-years-of.html?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=50

                On its 11^th year, Chess Mate got a very big boost in page views around the world with the introduction of Palau Chess Federation website http://palau-chess.blogspot.com with the help of Papua New Guinea’s Joselito Marcos. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, Joselito… Maraming Salamat (Philippines), Mesulang (Palau), Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu (Japan), Xie Xie (China), Muchos Gracias (Spain, Mexico), Kamsamida (Korea), Afkaristo (Greece), Shukran(Arab), Selamat (Indonesia)…

570. CM570    Chess Mate is 11 Years; PCF Website-2 Years Old           Jan. 06, 2014

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2014/01/chessmate-marks-11th-year-pcf-website.html

        And finally last year, the 12^th year of Chess Mate with its 620^th issue. Only Roberto knows how many issues has been published in those 12 years.

620. CM620     CHESS MATE Marks 12^th YEAR with ITS 620^th ISSUE            Dec. 28, 2014 (Sunday)

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com/2015/01/chessmate-marks-12th-year-with-its.html

Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3800: 1. Qxh7+!! Nxh7 2. Bxh7+ Kh8 or Kf8 3. Ng6 mate.

SPECIAL 13^th ANNIVERSARY PUZZLE: Roberto will give $13.00 each for the first 3 persons who will solve this puzzle. There will be an additional $7.00 for each person who will solve the 2^nd solution to this puzzle.

WHITE TO PLAY AND MATES IN 2:

This position allegedly occurred during a tournament in the old USSR. White looks to have no hope but suddenly finds a move that leaves Black staring at an unstoppable mate. A couple of clues: Firstly, the board is the right way around, etc. Secondly, the mating idea would not be allowed these days (since 1988 at least) but may have worked at a time the tournament was supposed to be held.

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

              Tia Belau Newspaper

              Pages 9 & 11

              Volume 24

              Issue 104

              December 28, 2015

             Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)

             The Beginning of Chess in Palau

             By Roberto Hernandez

             June 09, 2002 -- December 28, 2015

             To be published as a book in the future

             The History of Chess in Palau

             By Roberto Hernandez

             June 09, 2002 -- December 28, 2015

              Music and Me

              By Roberto Hernandez

              Tia Belau Newspaper

              March 15, 2012 -- April 2013

              http://palau-chess.blogspot.com

              April 2013 -- December 28, 2015   

(1127) PAX DEALT CYRIL HIS FIRST LOSS (TBN-Nov. 30, 2015)

FIRST LOSS OF CYRIL IN 2015 PNCC

                 Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr., middle, of Palau Royal Resort, swept PPR players Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., left, and CM Bernardo Garcia at PRR Dorm 1 on 2 consecutive weeks. Is it home-court advantage? Earlier in the 2015 PNCC, the 2 PRR players swept Roberto Hernandez, right, in return. The event will conclude on Dec. 06.

PAX DEALT CYRIL HIS FIRST LOSS

 

In another special game held at Palau Royal Resort Dormitory 1 on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, 6^th seed Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr., the Chief Cook at PRR Cafeteria, dealt 2^nd seed Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. his first loss in the 6^th round of 2015 Palau National Chess Championship.

                Cyril set their match on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 26) in the morning but Pax will be off duty at 6pm and will be available any day starting at 6pm. No response from Cyril for 2 days until he informed NM, FI and top seed Roberto Hernandez that he will play Pax at 6 pm on Sat.

                Their Nimzo-Indian Defence (Leningrad Variation) game went by the book until they exchanged all of their minor pieces (bishops and knights) on the 17^th move. Both players didn’t castle after those exchanges. Cyril blundered away his queen for a rook on the 21^st move and since then, it’s all clinical for Pax to force Cyril’s resignation on the 33^rd move.

THE MOVES: Suringa, Jr., Paquito (1706) - Montel, Jr., Cyril Tomas (1837) [E30]

2015 PNCC (6), 28.11.2015

          1. d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 b6 6.f3 Nc6 7.e4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Qd4 Ng6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 Nf4 13.g3 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 d6 15.Ne2 Bb7 16.Nf4 Qe7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 f5 19.Kd2 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Kd7 21.Rae1 Rae8 22.Qf5+ Kd8 23.Rxe7 Rxe7 24.Qf6 Rhe8 25.Re1 Kd7 26.Rxe7+ Rxe7 27.Qxh6 c5 28.Qf6 b5 29.h4 b4 30.cxb4 cxb4 31.h5 a5 32.h6 a4 33.h7     1–0

In the 7^th round action held at Bethlehem Park on Nov. 22 (Sunday), Jeff Balbalosa’s bid to become the next National Master of Palau was stalled by Angelo Salvadora when the latter upset him in 43 moves of French Defence (Exchange Variation). Jeff blundered away a bishop on the 15^th move and lost his queen for a rook and a bishop on the 41^st move. He is about to lose another rook when he resigned facing more material losses. It was the 9^th and final game of Salvadora, who finished his first National Championship participation with 6 losses and 3 wins slate. THE MOVES: Balbalosa, Jeffrey (1738) - Salvadora, Angelo [C01]   2015 PNCC (6), 22.11.2015

          1.e4 e6 2.d4 c6 3.Bd3 b6 4.Nf3 h6 5.0–0 Bb7 6.Re1 d6 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.Nf1 Ne7 9.Ne3 d5 10.e5 Qc7 11.Bd2 0–0–0 12.c4 Ba6 13.Qa4 Qb7 14.b4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 b5 16.Bxb5 Bxb5 17.Qb3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.a4 Bc4 20.Qc3 Kc7 21.b5 c5 22.e6 fxe6 23.Rxe6 Bd6 24.dxc5 Bxc5 25.Rc6+ Kb8 26.Bf4+ Ka8 27.Nd4 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 g5 29.Bg3 Rc8 30.Re6 Nc5 31.Rae1 Ne4 32.Rc6 Nxg3 33.hxg3 Rce8 34.Kh2 h5 35.Rb1 g4 36.a5 h4 37.Kg1 hxg3 38.fxg3 Qh7 39.Qb2 Qh2+ 40.Kf2 Re2+ 41.Qxe2 Bxe2 42.Kxe2 Qxg2+ 43.Ke3 Qe4+    0–1

            Meanwhile, Hernandez played his last game also against 7^th seed Dennis Gonzales. They moved their table to the front bai when it started to rain. On the 37^th move, Hernandez sacrificed his rook for a knight with the idea of winning back the rook with a check on g2. While Dennis is thinking, Roberto’s former employer for 13 years Margarita Borja Dalton arrived at the site. He hasn’t seen her for more than a year and they exchange some warm greetings and hugs. Roberto took her new cell phone and house numbers for future conversation especially about Roberto’s un-posted Social Security payment from 1998-2004.

            After Dennis accepted the sacrificed rook, the moves Qg2+ Ke3 and Qxa2 occurred twice (on the 38^th and 44^th move) which is quite amazing. Facing the loss of his queen, Dennis resigned on the 50^th move and thus Roberto also finished all his games with 3 wins, 5 losses and a draw. THE MOVES:

Gonzales, Dennis (1680) - Hernandez, Roberto (1840) [A85]

2015 PNCC (9), 22.11.2015

          1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 0–0 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.e3 Nc6 10.Be2 b6 11.0–0 Bb7 12.Re1 d6 13.Qc2 g5 14.Nd2 Rf7 15.Rf1 Ne7 16.Bf3 d5 17.g3 g4 18.Bg2 h5 19.a4 h4 20.a5 hxg3 21.fxg3 Qh6 22.Kf2 Rb8 23.a6 Ba8 24.Rh1 dxc4 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.Nxc4 Nd5 27.Qd3 Nf6 28.Ne5 Ne4+ 29.Ke2 Rh7 30.Raf1 Qg5 31.Qc4 Qe7 32.Ng6 Qd6 33.Nh4 b5 34.Qb4 Qxa6 35.Ra1 Qc6 36.Rhc1 Nd6 37.Ra2 Rxh4 38.gxh4 Qg2+ 39.Kd3 Qxa2 40.Rc2 Qd5 41.Qb1 Qe4+ 42.Ke2 Nc4 43.Qc1 f4 44.Ra2 Qg2+ 45.Kd3 Qxa2 46.exf4 Qxh2 47.Qe1 Qh3+ 48.Kc2 Qg2+ 49.Kd1 Nb2+      0–1

            Felix Oling, Jr. continued his dominance in the Reserves Division with another masterful conquest of Gonzalo Escapatoria, Jr. in 39 moves of Modern Defence. Rafael Paloma is trailing by a point after winning over Arnolfo Inres.

            Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3796: 1. Nc2+! Bxc2 2. Rb7+ Nb5 3. R7xb5 mate.

            This week’s puzzle No. 3797: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)

 Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

               Tia Belau Newspaper

               Pages 9-10

               Volume 24

               Issue 96

               November 30, 2015 

(1126) PHOTOS -- PENULTIMATE ROUND OF 2015 PALAU NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

6th seed Paquito 'Pax' Suringa, Jr. was informed by NM, FI, Asst. Chief Arbiter of 2015 Palau National Chess Championship Roberto Hernandez, that he should not write his move first before making a move. He said that if he would erase it, it will be cheating like what Roberto has told to the IA in 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, when Palau is playing Guyana in the 11th and final round of the event. Guyana's board 1 player was informed that if he would erase what he has writer prior to making a move, it would be cheating and it might cause him that game. The hardheaded Pax answer is, "But I'm very sure that it would be my move." Roberto answered back that it's possible during the early days but not in today's play.
He also stop writing moves when he still have more than an hour left in his clock. Roberto informed him that if he was still behind in writing his moves, he can't offer a draw.
                            The position above is where he move the knight on f3 to d5. He wrote if first before making the move.

Sources:

The History of Chess in Palau

By Roberto Hernandez

June 09, 2002 -- November 29, 2015

To be published as a book in the future

Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)

The Beginning of Chess in Palau

By Roberto Hernandez

Music and Me

By Roberto Hernandez

Tia Belau Newspaper

March 15, 2012 -- April 2013

http://palau-chess.blogspot.com

April 2013--November 2015  

(1122) PHOTOS -- ROUND 7 OF 2015 PALAU NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (Nov. 22, 2015)

Special game of Manuel Mahor, Jr., left, vs. Roberto Hernandez, right, on Nov. 21, 2015 at Bethlehem Park watched by Palauan youngsters. The game ended a draw in 104 moves!
                                                (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Angelo Salvadora, left, finished the 9-round 2015 Palau National Chess Championship with 3 wins and 6 losses. One of the wins is against 4th seed Jeffrey Balbalosa, who is projected to be the next National Master of Palau. With his 2nd loss, Jeff's bid for an NM title is somehow stalled.
                                           (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

THE MOVES OF FELIX OLING, JR. (Left), VS. GONZALO ESCAPATORIA, JR.:

[Event "2015 PNCC"] [Site "Bethlehem Park Koror, Palau"] [Date "2015.11.22"] [Round "7"]
[White "Escapatoria, Jr., Gonzalo"] [Black "Oling, Jr., Felix"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"]
[White Elo "1608"] [Black Elo "1465"] [PlyCount "78"]
          1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Be2 Qa5 8. O-O
a6 9. a3 Bg4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rd8 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. f4 c5 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 c4 17. Qc3 b5 18. f5 Qa7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. h4 h6 21. fxg6 fxg6
22. Bg4 Nf6 23. Be6+ Kh7 24. g4 Rf8 25. Rf4 Nd7 26. Rdf1 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Rf8 28.
Bd2 Rxf4 29. Bxf4 Nf8 30. e5 dxe5 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Nxe6 33. dxe6 Qb6+ 34.
Kg2 Qxe6 35. Kf3 h5 36. Qd4 Qxg4+ 37. Ke3 Qxd4+ 38. Kxd4 g5 39. hxg5 h4     0-1

The 9th and final round game of top seed Roberto Hernandez, right, against 7th seed Dennis Gonzales. It's amazing to think that the 38th, 39th, 44th and 45th move by black (Roberto) is the same!
THE MOVES:

[Event "2015 PNCC"] [Site "Bethlehem Park Koror, Palau"] [Date "2015.11.22"] [Round "9"]
[White "Gonzales, Dennis"] [Black "Hernandez, Roberto"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A85"]
[White Elo "1680"] [Black Elo "1840"] [PlyCount "98"]
          1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 d6 13. Qc2 g5 14. Nd2 Rf7
15. Rf1 Ne7 16. Bf3 d5 17. g3 g4 18. Bg2 h5 19. a4 h4 20. a5 hxg3 21. fxg3 Qh6
22. Kf2 Rb8 23. a6 Ba8 24. Rh1 dxc4 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxc4 Nd5 27. Qd3 Nf6 28.
Ne5 Ne4+ 29. Ke2 Rh7 30. Raf1 Qg5 31. Qc4 Qe7 32. Ng6 Qd6 33. Nh4 b5 34. Qb4
Qxa6 35. Ra1 Qc6 36. Rhc1 Nd6 37. Ra2 Rxh4 38. gxh4 Qg2+ 39. Kd3 Qxa2 40. Rc2
Qd5 41. Qb1 Qe4+ 42. Ke2 Nc4 43. Qc1 f4 44. Ra2 Qg2+ 45. Kd3 Qxa2 46. exf4 Qxh2
47. Qe1 Qh3+ 48. Kc2 Qg2+ 49. Kd1 Nb2+ 0-1







Source: The History of Chess in Palau
             By Roberto Hernandez
             June 09, 2002 -- November 22, 2015