FIRST TIME TO BE FEATURED AT CHESSMATE.
Three
employees of Palau Royal Resort got their chances to be featured in
this column. They are (from left) Security Officer Rhine Saburo, Cashier
Remelyn Pascual, a participant in the Women's Division of 2013 Palau
National Chess Championship, and Pastry Chef Mark Montales, who is
learning chess by watching beginner players play at PRR Dorm 1.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
CYRIL STILL AT TOP;
CABUSO SURGES AT 7TH
THE
new ratings for Palau chess players have been published at
www.fide.com for the month of November 2013. A
total of 46 active players are now listed with Palau no. 1 Cyril Tomas Montel,
Jr. keeping the spot but lost 19 points and dropped to 1895 from his previous
1914.
At
no. 2 is the retired Menandro Manuel at 1852 while the eventual champion Jose
Celiz dislodged no. 3 Roberto Hernandez with a gain of 38 points from his
previous 1791 and is now 1835. Had he won his final game against Nilo de Jesus,
he should have overtaken Cyril at top.
Hernandez
(1850) lost 21 rating points and settled at 4th with 1829. At 5th
is Tito Cabunagan, who lost 7 games, won 3 and drew 1. He is the 2nd
biggest loser of points (57). His previous 1842 rating is now 1785.
Candidate Master Bernardo Garcia
(1722), who finished 2nd in the 2013 PNCC, gained 45 points to
improve to 1767 and keep his 6th spot a little farther than the
surging Rustum Cabuso, who has a 6-2 win-loss record before bowing to Celiz in
the 9th round.
If that tournament is a World
Chess Olympiad, Cabuso would have been a FIDE Master. A player who scores 6
points in 9 games in an Olympiad will automatically become a FIDE Master (FM).
Cabuso’s initial rating is 1739 followed by the improving Eugenio Pastrana
(1702), who gained 20 points for finishing 4th. His victories over
Cyril and Rustum are criticized for his inability to update his score sheets
during the game, which is not allowed in serious chess competitions.
First Palau Woman National
Master Angie Parrado (1673) gained only 6 rating points because the Women’s
Division was not fully rated because there’s not enough rated players, at least
1/3, in that division. There are 12 players in there and only 3 rated players
(Angie, Baby Edna Mission and Paz Ngiratechekii).
There is a law in FIDE
Handbook, 6.3 and 6.33 that if a women’s
national chess championship will be held, it needs only 2 rated players to make
it a fully FIDE rated event. But this exemption to the rule was not honored by
FIDE’s chief rating officer.
The biggest loser of points in
the Top 12 Division is Paquito ‘Pax’ Suringa, Jr. (58) but he made it to the top
10 at 1659 from his previous 1717. He scored only a win, a draw and lost 9
games mainly because his games had to be played in special time and date
because he don’t have a Sunday day off.
At 11th is Dennis
Gonzales (1671), who lost 33 points because of his poor performance (2 wins, a
draw and 8 losses) followed by Jeff Balbalosa(1612), who gained 25 points and
has 1637 now.
The biggest gainer of points is
Nilo de Jesus –104! His previous 1520 is now 1624 for the 13th
place. Unrated Rafael Paloma got his initial rating of 1602 for winning 3,
drawing 1 and losing 7 games.
Gonzalo Escapatoria (1599) is
now at 15th while Remrel Dizon and Alfredo Pacenos, Jr. are tied at
16th with an identical 1559 rating. They are tied also at 2nd
place in the Reserves Division.
Miguel Hilario, Jr. is at 18th
spot while Baby Edna Mission is at 19th and lost 4 rating points. At
20th is Eugene Labarda (1529) and Destiny Sisior gained 29 points
for finishing 2nd in the junior division and is now 1519—good for 21st
place.
At 22nd is Mohammad
Manik Hossain, who finished 5th in the Reserves Division and gained
only 9 points and improved from 1489 to 1498. The Reserves Division champion
Manuel ‘Jun’ Mahor gained 65 points to climb at 23rd from 1410 to
1475.
Junior champion Ksau Anthony
Whipps gained 80 points! But it’s good only for 24th spot as his
previous 1382 is not enough to catch up with Destiny. At 25th is
Luciano Sibayan (1462) of Palau Royal Resort; 26th –Elpidio
Manaligod (1456); 27th –Ferdinand Gutierrez (1452)
At 28th is Jaime dela
Cruz, who lost 87 points and is now 1433 from his previous 1520 which is the
same previous rating of Jon “Sib” Manuel Reyes, the biggest loser of points
–117. He now has 1403.
Tied at 30th are PCF
President Eric Ksau Whipps and Senator Mlib Tmetchul, who will be the Head of
Delegation of Palau Chess Team to 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway.
They’ve got their initial rating of 1394.
At 32nd is Geoff
Martin (1370); 33rd –Dan Roldan (1370); 34th –Mary
Frances Lopez (1356) and next at 35th is the daughter of Cyril,
Cyrelle Ann Montel at 1346.
At 36th is Angelil
Sisior, who lost 63 points and is now 1343 from her previous 1406; 37th—Glen
Navarosa (1294); 38th—Zachary Techall Whipps (1289). He lost 81
points. At 39th is Paz Ngiratechekii, who lost 8 points and is now
1266 from her previous 1274.
The last 7 in the list got their
initial rating – 40. Fernan John Velarde (1261) 41. John Joseph Pabiona
(1214) 42. Geaury Ken Pastrana
(1199) 43. Dichem Tmetchul (1199) 44. Ronald Mission (1159) 45. Kyarii Sisior (1122) and 46. Kate Celiz
(1073).
Solution to last week’s puzzle:
1. Qb3+ Ka5 2. Qxb5+!! axb5 3. Ra8 mate.
This week’s puzzle: White to
move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 9 & 10
Volume 22
Issue 88
November 04, 2013
