(1637) ROBERTO HERNANDEZ -- Palau's 2nd FIDE Arbiter (FA) TBN-March 18, 2019

: PALAU’S 1^ST AND 2^ND FIDE ARBITER (FA)

                    During the Awarding Ceremony of 3 previous tournaments, Palau’s first FA Eric Ksau Whipps, who gained his FA title in 2013 at the World Youth Chess Championship in Al Ain, UAE, awarded the certificate of getting an FA title to me. Thanks to all the support from players, organizers and the rest. Next on target is Jennifer Angeles, who is the Chief Arbiter of the ongoing 2019 PRCC. It’s 5^th and 6^th round on Sun. March 17, 2019 at Bethlehem Park.    (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

         ROBERTO HERNANDEZ ---

      Palau's 2nd FIDE Arbiter (FA)

A letter from FIDE dated March 12, 2019 at 09:18 Title FIDE Elista Office titles@fide.com wrote: “Dear Sirs, Please be informed that the decision on title application by the 1^st quarter PB 2019 which was held in Astana, KAZ on 4-6 March are as follows: FA Roberto Hernandez – YES    Thank you, Best regards, Baira Marilova, Elista FIDE Office.  A separate letter also state: “Dear All, Congratulations for your newly titled arbiter!

                In the other email, the fee for this title is 60 euros, 40% cheaper than my FIDE Instructor title gained in 2014 for 2 years. It was renewed in 2016 at World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan for another 4 years for 60 euros. As promised by newly elected FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, the fees to FIDE had been reduced 40%.

                In the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, Red Dumuk from the Philippines, is an FA assigned at that Olympiad. It’s an automatic International Arbiter (IA) norm if an FA became an Arbiter in a tournament with more than a hundred participants.

                Likewise in the 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, where I am the Team Captain of Palau’s Women Team, FA Yilderim Yucel from Turkey is our Arbiter in the 9^th round where we swept the Togo team with Joan Gemota at Board 1 prevailing over Kosife Esse Akija; Angelil Sisior over Ivana Claudia Eyram de Souza; WFM Angelica Parrado nipping Sename Ave Maria Dzoglo and Angelica Magno outwitting Ama Edoh.

                The next World Chess Olympiad is in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia again in 2020 (Aug. 1-14). They hosted the 39^th WCO in Sept. 19 –Oct. 04, 2010. It was the most organized Olympiad ever that’s why when they bid at 2016 WCO, they won easily. My prospect for this Olympiad is—if I would not qualify for that Olympiad and I would be invited by FIDE to be one of the Arbiters there, I will accept it to gain an IA norm and maybe get my final norm in the 2022 WCO in Minsk, Belarus.

                Jennifer Angeles is the Chief Arbiter of the ongoing 2019 Palau Rapid Chess Championship with 31 participants, including her, to make it one of the prospective FA norms and maybe she will get the 3^rd Palau FA title within this year for being the arbiter of 2019 PNCC to start on the last Sunday of June. If she would not qualify for 2020 Russia WCO, and FIDE would invite her to be one of the arbiters in that Olympiad, she would happily accept it as the date is summer vacation. The date of the 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia is just 2 weeks where the school started so she was not allowed to go by the principal of Palau Missionary Academy (PMA), where she teaches chess in Palau first Chess in School that started in Aug. 30, 2017.

GOOD LUCK, JENNIFER!



PAIRINGS AND RESULTS OF ROUND 5 & 6 OF 2019 PRCC:

ROUND 7 PAIRINGS: 

STANDINGS AFTER 6 ROUNDS:

                Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3484: 1. f8=R!! Kd6 2. Rd8#

                This week’s puzzle No. 3486: White to move and mates in 2 (Solution next issue)

Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez

               Tia Belau Newspaper

               Pages 9-10

               Volume 28

               Issue 22

               March 18, 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 -- March 18, 2019

              The History of Chess in Palau

              By Roberto Hernandez

              June 09, 2002 -- March 18, 2019

(1353) BLITZ IN APRIL, RAPID AND JULY AND PNCC IN SEPT. (TBN-March 13, 2017)

: DIFFERENT TEAM MEMBERS EVERY OLYMPIAD

                    2016 Baku, Azerbaijan World Chess Olympiad members-- from left, Dennis Gonzales, Paquito Suringa, Jr., Allan Alcid, Joselito Marcos and Roberto Hernandez. Taking this photo is Jeff Balbalosa. The Delegate is PCF President Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps. At the 2018 WCO in Batumi, Georgia, Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. and Baby Edna Mission qualified for winning the 2016 PNCC.

                                           (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

                BLITZ IN APRIL,

             RAPID IN JULY and

          P. N. C. C. in September  

 

THE FIRST Board Meeting of the newly elected officers of Palau Chess Federation was moved from Monday, March 06 to Tuesday, March 07 with me not realizing the postponement, still went to Bethlehem Park. Angie Sisior also didn’t know it but I informed her.

                The last one to come at the meeting was Angelo Salvadora, who came from Airai, with the meeting already ongoing with the first agenda already tackled—the new laptop for the PCF, to be kept by me. The old laptop is already 7 years old and defective. In the last Board Meeting of the old officers, it was not approved by members but PCF President Eric Ksau Whipps suggested to me to write a letter to his dad and it was approved, for the amount of $578.00.

                At 6:40, I left the meeting to work at Palau Royal Resort as musician from 7-11pm. I leave Angie my ball pen and 2 pieces of paper to write the other matters tackles during my absence.

                On the next day, Wed., I asked Eric on what to do first to get the laptop. He said to come to his office and get the check, I then proceed to Dennis to issue me a check and a receipt. I brought back the receipt to the lady who gave me the check and I proceed to the department store to buy the laptop that I surveyed a month ago (HP model with a price tag of $579.00). 

                That model is not at the shelves anymore. I was sold earlier and the lady supervisor suggested to me to get a Lesovo model worth $595.00. I checked the other model which is $200.00 more but bigger screen and more features. I decided to buy an HP brand worth $799.00 and used the check and an additional $181.05 which I paid using my Bank of Guam debit card. With a discount of $39.95, I paid a total of $759.05. Then I proceed to Jeff Balbalosa for him to install the basic things to install. The Swiss Perfect, Chessbase 12 and other chess programs to be installed next time.

                When I get the check, Angie returned to me the ball pen and the other matters discussed during the later part of the meeting. I mentioned to them that my day off is Monday and Sunday. The next meeting will be on Monday, April 10 at 5:45pm so that I can attend till the end of it.

                There are 4 possible venues for  Arbiters’ Seminar on May 17-19, 2017 to be conducted by IA and Deputy President of Asian Chess Federation Toti Abundo—Airai State Office, Airai View Hotel, Palasia Hotel and the Campaign Headquarters Office, in which if available, food will be provided.

                The confirmed attendees to that seminar are Dennis Gonzales, Angelo Salvadora, Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. Rustum Cabuso, me, Angie Sisior and Paquito Suringa, Jr. The seminar can have up to 20 participants with a fee of $50.00 each. Some players from Guam are requesting if they can attend that seminar which will requires at least 6 hours a day for 3 days to complete the course.

                Another way to represent Palau in Olympiad is if a player is also a FIDE Arbiter like Red Dumuk of the Philippines, who is one of the FIDE Arbiters in 2014 WCO in Tromso, Norway. If chosen to be an arbiter in an Olympiad, FIDE offers free accommodation, airfare and good pay for doing so.

                I and Salvadora have agreed to study the Swiss Perfect so that there are at least 2 different chess players that can be defended on especially in the Swiss pairings.

                Chess in Schools is also discussed that will start sometime in September this year. FIDE’s Chess in Schools Program Head Kevin O’Connel will be coming to Palau for this matter with his accommodation and other expenses being shouldered by FIDE for the development of Chess in Schools programs.

                The next tournaments of PCF are the Blitz Chess Championship in April, to be followed by Rapid Championship in July and the 2017 Palau National Chess Championship in September (including the qualifying to the Top 10 or Top 12 Division).

                The time control for Blitz is 5 minutes + 3 seconds increment, 20 minutes + 10 seconds increment for Rapid and 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment in the PNCC. The results of these tourneys will be reviewed first by the board before submitting to Jamie Kenmure, Palau’s rating officer.

                Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 4438: 1. …Qg5+ 2. Kf2 Qh4+ 3. Kg1 Nh3#

                This week’s puzzle No. 3857 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 23

              March 13, 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

             http://palau-chess.blogspot.com

             April 25, 2013 --March 13, 2017

             The History of Chess in Palau

             By Roberto Hernandez

             June 09, 2002 -- March 13, 2017   

(908) WORLD CHESS OLYMPIADS -- 1924-2018 (TBN-March 16, 2015)

SOME PALAU CHESS TEAM MEMBERS WITH ANATOLY KARPOV

                 L-R, FIDE Arbiter Red Dumuk, Joy Flores Whipps, Jeff Balbalosa, Gladys Anne Paloma, Dennis Gonzales, Cyril Montel, Jr. and former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov, middle, who is No. 2 in WCO winning percentage of 80.1% in 6 Olympiads.

     WORLD CHESS OLYMPIADS

                                1924-2018

THE 1^st unofficial Chess Olympiad (individual) was held in 1924 at Paris, France. Czechoslovakia won the Gold with 31 total points, Silver to Hungary (30), and Bronze to Switzerland (29).

1926 – Budapest, Hungary was the 2^nd unofficial Chess Olympiad then called The Team Tournament (Part of FIDE Summit) and won by Hungary (9), Yugoslavia (8) and Romania (5).

1927 –London, United Kingdom hosted the 1^st Chess Olympiad and won by Hungary again with 40 points, Denmark (38.5) and England (36.5).

1928 –The Hague, Netherlands was the location of the 2^nd Chess Olympiad this time with just a year interval. Hungary won its 3^rd consecutive Olympiad gold with 44 points, followed by USA (39.5) and Poland (37).

1930—Hamburg, Germany was the site of the 3^rd Olympiad with the gold going to Poland (48.5), silver to Hungary (47), and the host country finishing 3^rd for the bronze. 2 years is the interval this time.

1931 – Prague, Czechoslovakia hosted the 4^th Chess Olympiad with the USA claiming its 1^st Olympiad gold with 39 points, Poland (47) and bronze again to the host country by just half point (46.5).

1933 –Folkestone, United Kingdom was the host of 5^th Chess Olympiad won again by USA (39), Czechoslovakia (37.5) and the 3^rd place secured by Sweden (34).

1935 – Warsaw, Poland got the chance to host the 6^th Chess Olympiad and they finished 3^rd behind 3-time gold winner now USA (54), followed by Sweden (52.5) in their best-ever finished.

1936 –Munich, Germany was the site of the 3^rd unofficial Chess Olympiad (non-FIDE unofficial Chess Olympiad won for the 4^th time by Hungary (110.5), Poland (108) and host country again! (106.5).

1937—Stockholm, Sweden was the host of the 7^th Chess Olympiad won for the 4^th time by USA (54.5), Hungary (48.5) and Poland (47).

1939—Buenos Aires, Argentina hosted its first hosting of a Chess Olympiad (8^th), with Germany winning its first-ever gold with 36 points, Poland is just half point behind and the bronze to Estonia, its best place ever with 33.5.

1950 –After World War II, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia hosted the 9^th Chess Olympiad, winning it with 45.5 followed by Argentina (43.5) and West Germany (40.5), who split their country with East Germany. The succeeding Chess Olympiads are now every 2 years.

1952 –Helsinki, Finland hosted it with the winners USSR (21), Argentina (19.5), Yugoslavia (19).

1954 – Amsterdam, Netherlands with the same winners as in the 1952-(34), (27), and (26.5).

1956—Moscow, Soviet Union hosted the 12^th Chess Olympiad for the first time and USSR dominated the next 12 Chess Olympiads till the 1974 in Nice, France. The only things that changes were the venues…

1958 –Munich, West Germany –USSR (34.5), Yugoslavia (29) and Argentina (25.5)

1960 – Leipzig, East Germany – USSR (34), USA (29) and Yugoslavia (27)

1962 – Varna, Bulgaria – USSR (31.5), Yugoslavia (28) and Argentina (26)

1964 – Tel Aviv, Israel – USSR (36.5), Yugoslavia (32) and West Germany (30.5)

1966 – La Habana, Cuba –USSR (39.5), USA (34.5) and Hungary (33.5)

1968 – Lugano, Switzerland –USSR (39.5), Yugoslavia (31) and Bulgaria (30)

1970 – Siegen, West Germany –USSR (27.5), Hungary (26.5) and Yugoslavia (26)

1972 – Skopje, Yugoslavia –USSR (42), Hungary (40.5) an Yugoslavia (38)

1974 – Nice, France –USSR (46), Yugoslavia (37.5) and USA (36.5). It is in this 21^st Chess Olympiad that Eugenio Torre of the Philippines became Asia’s 1^st Grandmaster.

1976—Haifa, Israel hosted the 22^nd Chess Olympiad with USA getting the gold with 37 points, followed by Netherlands (36.5) and England (35.5). In this Olympiad, the USSR and other communist countries did not compete for political reasons.

1978 –Buenos Aires, Argentina’s 2^nd hosting of Chess Olympiad (23^rd) won for the 5^th time by Hungary (37). USSR is in a surprising 2^nd place with 36 and USA with 35.

1980 – Valletta, Malta’s first hosting of Chess Olympiad (24^th) with the previous winners except 3^rd (USA) trading places. The USSR has 39, Hungary (39) and USA (35). USSR won on tiebreak.

1982 – Lucerne, Switzerland’s turn this time with USSR (42.5) pulling away from Czechoslovakia (36) and USA (35).

1984 – Thessaloniki, Greece hosting of the 26^th Chess Olympiad is probably very good that they will host it again 4 years later with the same results of the gold and silver (Russia -41, England, 37 and USA, 35).

1986 – Dubai, UAE was first time host with the same results of the top 3 except the points, that only one point separating USSR-40, England 39 and USA 38.

1988 – Thessaloniki, Greece;                    1990 –Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

 1992 – Manila, Philippines 30^th Chess Olympiad was a breakthrough as the Soviet Union was divided into 12 States/Countries that participated for the first time separately with Russia (39) winning over Uzbekistan (35) and Armenia (34.5).

1994 – Moscow, Russia    1996—Yerevan, Armenia      1998 –Elista, Russia

2000 – Istanbul, Turkey    2002 – Bled, Slovenia             2004 – Calvia, Spain

2006 – Turin, Italy              2008 – Dresden, Germany (Now united since 1989)

2010 – In the Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia’s 39^th World Chess Olympiad, Palau was able to sent 2 players, one team captain (Australian) and a Delegate (Swedish).

2012 – Istanbul, Turkey – this time, 4 players for Open, a team captain and a Delegate.

2014 – Tromso, Norway –Open and Women’s team for the first time for Palau.

2016 – Baku, Azerbaijan –the birthplace of former world champion Gary Kasparov.

2018 – Batumi, Georgia;           2020 – Tokyo, Japan or Buenos Aires, Argentina

Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 4381: 1. …Qxf1+!! 2. Qxf1 Bxf3+ 3. Qxf3 Rg1 mate.

This week’s puzzle No. 4382: Black to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)

Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
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