BEATEN BY A LAZY VARIATION

Just got hold of a copy of GM Tiger Hilarp Persson's Chess Book
" Tiger's Modern ". The book is well written and mainly focus on
the 4...a6- Modern system. There is also a discussion on variations
where Black does not play 4...a6, one of which is the so called Lazy
variation. After a quick look of Chapter 9 of the Book, I was amused
to find-out that the so called Lazy variation was the one employed
against me by IM Oliver Barbosa during his 2009 Toril simul exhibition.

For more detailed result of the said simul plus pictures just click
http://metrolirot.blogspot.com/2009/11/im-oliver-barbosa-scores-15-wins-2.html



( IM OLiver Barbosa making his move against Caissa's Father during
the 2009 Toril Simul ).


I am hereby posting the game with some annotations.


[Event "2009 Toril Chess Simul"]
[Site "Toril District Plaza, Toril, Davao City, Philippines "]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "IM Oliver Barbosa"]
[Black "Atty. Jong Guevarra Jr."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2452"]
[BlackELO "1835"]

1. e4 g6!?

I discarded my favorite Sicilian Dragon in favor of the more solid
Modern Defense. I was somewhat intimidated by IM Barbosa's stature
and accomplishments ( 2009 New York International Open champion )
and was afraid to lose early. At hindsight, the strategy was wrong.
According to NM Alex Lupian who watched the simul, the players
should strive for a complicated position so that the Master would
spend time finding the correct move, considering the number of his
opponents.

2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O



This is the so called Lazy variation against the Modern.

GM Persson: The c3- lines are the least ambitious of White's choices
against the Modern, but that does not mean they are all bad. By
pampering the d-pawn early on White is free to finish development
behind the centre and does not worry too much about what Black is
doing.

6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. Nbd2 Nc6



GM Persson: The Knight at c6 is not a very good square of the knight.
Instead, it is better at Nbd7 supporting the push e5. The Re8 should
also be avoided due to the push d5, when the rook is badly placed on
e8 and - at some point - will have to go back to f8, eventually losing
two tempi.

10. dxe5

In his book, GM Persson prefers the move 10. d5. He further stated
that it is generally to Black's advantage if White exchanges on e5.

10...dxe5 11. Nc4 a6 12. Ne3 b5



GM Larsson: The only condition for the a6-b5 system to work is that
White has played Nc3 or else b5 will strike thin air and c5 will be
easily met by c3.

In other words, the 4...a6-b5 system is not advisable against the
Lazy variation as it merely weakens Black's queenside. The b5 pawn
would be vulnerable to White's attack as what happened in this game.

13. Qc2 Bb7 14. b4! Nb8 15. a4! c6 16. c4 Nbd7 17. Rfd1 Rc8

18. axb5 axb5 19. c5 Ra8 20. Nf1 Qc7 21. N1d2 Nf8 22. Nb3 Ne6

Black has emerged from the opening with a solid but passive position.
White continues to maneuver his pieces to improve his position while
Black tries to find ways to hold the position.

23. Bf1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Ne1 Bb7

27. f3 Nh5?

This move started Black's downfall. I should have played 27...g5 first
before playing Nh5. This omission proves fatal as the game wears on.

28. Qa2 Bc8 29. Qa8 Kh7 30. Na5 Bd7 31. Be7!



If Black had only played 27.. g5 then the White bishop could not have
reached e7. Now it had joined the action to further suffocate Black's
position.

31... Nd4 32. Bd6 Qc8 33. Qxc8 Bxc8

After the exchange of Queens I thought that I can still hold the
position. My position was still passive but White would be hard
pressed to penetrate my position. The rest of the participants
were also struggling with their games thus maybe IM Barbosa would
be kind enough to allow me a draw, or so I think.

34. Nd3 f6 35. Kf2 g5 36. Nc1 Nf4 37. g3 Nfe6 38. Bh3 Kg8

39. Ncb3 Nxb3 40. Nxb3 Kf7 41. Na5 Bd7 42. Bg4



Black is now in a virtual zugzwang. Only his g7 bishop can be
moved without losing the game. In the other boards, Adrian Llanos
who is a varsity player of the University of Mindanao just scored
a draw while in another board IM Barbosa was a pawn down in an
opposite bishop ending. At this point there were only three players
including me whose gave was not yet finished. My chance to hold a
draw has became more dimmer.

Bh8 43. h4 Bg7 44. Bh5+ Kg8 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Bg4 Kf7

47. Nb7 Bc8 48. Nd8+ Nxd8 49. Bxc8



At this point I stopped recording the moves. I resigned a few moves
later as White's King was able to penetrate my position via the Kg2-
h3-g4-f5 route. At any rate Black's chance to hold the position is
quite remote considering that there were only two players including
me that were left battling it out with IM Barbosa thus his entire
concentration could now be focused in our game. Incidentally, IM
Oliver Barbosa scored 15 wins and yielded only 2 draws in the said
Simul.

1-0

Replay the game below.

WINNING WITH THE PENANG ATTACK

I have been using the Sicilian Sozin Velimirovic Attack when faced with the Sicilian Defense from the time I became a member of the University of Mindanao varsity chess team in the late 1980's. However, I came across the July 8, 2005 Chess Piece Column of Bobby Ang which was published in the Business World where Bobby wrote about the Penang Attack and featured three brilliant games of our very own NM Glenn Bordonada to whom this opening line was attributed. This made me reassessed the way I was handling White's Attack in the Sozin Velimirovic line. Nonetheless, I had no opportunity to test the line in tournament play as I shut-out myself from local tourneys during that time to concentrate on my work.

In 2007, I was able to borrow from my neighbor Austin Jacob Literatus, who incidentally was recently crowned 2010 ASEAN 14 and under champ, a book " THE SICILIAN SOZIN ", by GM Mikhail Golubev. The book was sent to him by his uncle IM Marlo Micayabas who was the 1983 Asian Junior champ and who is now based in the U.S. This further galvanized my resolve to play the Penang Attack in tournament play if given the opportunity. The following year I was able to used the line and won against Atty. Bernie Cataluna in the Eastern Mindanao IBP chess competition where I placed runner-up. However, I was not able to record our game as it was a 15 mins/game tourney.

Several months after, I was again given the opportunity to used the line in the 2008 Cong. Ungab Cup team tourney. Players were allotted 1 hour each play to finish thus I had the time to record the game. By the way, my opponent in this game was among the top players of Davao City in the late 80's and early 90's but has already retired from competition. This was his first tournament after more than 10 years of absence thus he was a little bit rusty.

The other featured game is a miniature win at chesscube.com. Hope that you enjoy the two featured games. The annotations are just for fun and without the aid of chess program thus may not be the strongest continuation.


[Site "Guevarra Bldg., De Guzman St., Toril, Davao City, Philippines"]
[Date "2008.10.2"]
[Round "5th"]
[Event " 2008 Cong. Ungab Cup Team Tourney"]
[White "Atty. Jong Guevarra Jr."]
[Black "Glen Paclar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "1835"]
[BlackELO "?"]

SICILIAN SOZIN VELIMIROVIC ATTACK

Annotations by Caissa's Father


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6
6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7



This is the tabia position of the Sozin Velimirovic Attack. There are two
ways upon which White proceeds with his attack:

a.) 10. g4 followed by g5 and h4 where white tries to smash Black's
king side position. This was the line I was using before I shifted to
the Penang Attack.
b.) 10. Rg1 followed by g4 and Qh5 where White creates mating threats
with the help of his queen, rook and bishop. This is the so called
Penang Attack.

10. Rhg1 Na5!

According to GM Golubev, not good for Black is 10... 0-0 as 11. g4
is attractive for White as he is a tempo up in the main line not having
played Bb3. Another interesting try is 10... Nxe4 which Lito Laput played
against me in the 2009 Bob Bula Cup. I emerged with a slight advantage in
the opening but almost lost the game due to a premature piece sacrifice.

11. Bd3 b5 12. g4 Bb7 !?

(In the game Shvidenko-Kurass, Kiev 1970 black essayed the move 12.. b4!
13 Nb1 Bb7 14. Nd2 d5 15. f3 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nd7 with equality )

13. g5 Nd7 14. Kb1 Ne5?!



Black should have commenced counter-play at this stage by 14... b5 15. Na4 d5!

15. f4 Nxd3 16. cxd3! Nc6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. f5 b4

Too late..

19. Nd1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 e5 21. Bb6 Bd8 22. Bf2 Qb5 23. Ne3 Rc8 24. Nc4



White has emerged in the opening with a clear advantage. Black's pieces
lacks coordination with no immediate counter-play in sight.

24... Bc7 25. f6 g6 26. Rc2 h5 27. gxh6 Rxh6 28. Be3 Rh5 29. Qg4 Qd7?

Black blunders in a difficult position.



30. Qxh5!

Black resigns..

1-0

Replay the game below..



Last month, I played a 3 minute game at chesscube.com and used NM Glenn
Bordonada's attacking strategy in coming up with this beautiful miniature.
By the way, my username at chesscube is bw-metrolirot.


[Event "ChessCube Game"]
[White bw-metrolirot@chesscube.com]
[ Chesscube rating "2030 "]
[Black slider_k999@chesscube.com]
[Chesscube rating "2026 "]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Result "1-0"]

Brief annotations by Caissa's Father
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 Nc6
7. Be3 e6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. g4

The game started with the g4 line of the Velimirovic attack but eventually
transposed to the Penang Attack

O-O 10. g5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. O-O-O Rc8
15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Rhg1 Nc5? 17. Bf6!



This Bishop incursion is thematic in the Penang Attack and should have been prevented by Black. Black is just routinely playing the standard counterplay
unaware of the mating sequence that follows..

b4 18. Qh5! bxc3?



18... Rd8 is the only move to prevent mate

19. Qh6!


Final position.

Black resigns as mate cannot be prevented..

1-0

GM Golubev's conclusion: By responding correctly to 10.Rhg1,
Black solves his problems. Nevertheless, when played against
an unprepared oponent, this idea can have an impressive effect.

Replay the game below.

FISHER'S REMAINS TO BE EXHUMED

Below is a feature from Chessbase in the continuing legal battle for Bobby Fischer's estate. What arose my excitement and attention was the fact that among the protagonists was Fisher's alleged child Jinky Young whose mother Marilyn Young is from Davao City, Philippines. According to one news report, the Young's are now residing in a two storey house in Davao City which they acquired from the money send to them by Bobby Fischer. Since I'm also residing here in Davao City, maybe we are just neighbors with the Young's ?

Bobby Fischer with Jinky Young and "live-in partner" Marilyn Young in 2004

Icelandic Court: Fischer’s remains can be exhumed
18.06.2010 – On April 1st of this year we reported – and it was not a tasteless April Fool's joke – that the remains of former World Champion Bobby Fischer could be exhumed to settle a paternity dispute. The District Court of Reykjavik did not allow it, but now the Iceland Supreme Court has overturned this ruling after receiving new evidence from the claimant Marilyn Young. The story is in the international news.

Fischer’s remains to be exhumed

In our April report we provided details of the court appeals. Samuel Estimo, the lawyer representing Fischer's alleged Filipino child Jinky Young, told us that Judge Sigrun Gudmundsdottir of the Icelandic probate court found no DNA samples of Fischer at the National Hospital in Iceland, where the ex-world champion died on January 17, 2008 of renal failure. Because of this development, Estimo and his collaborating Icelandic lawyer, Thordur Bogason, requested the court to issue an order for the exhumation of Bobby's remains for DNA samples to be tested with the blood samples extracted from Jinky when she went to Iceland in December last year.

In our article we also described an inexpensive and uncomplicated alternative to digging up the remains of Fischer to extract DNA samples for testing against those of Jinky Young. The company 23andMe, a privately held personal genomics and biotechnology company (co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, who is married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin) provides a service that genotypes DNA samples and can map the ancestry of a subject.

A single sample – in the form of saliva – taken from Jinky Young will provide a map of her DNA family tree, going back many generations. If the map shows ancestry in Hungary and the US, where Fischer's parents originated, then further tests are justified. If they are only in Asia or the Philippines then it would be clear that Fischer is not the father of Jinky – without having to extract DNA from an exhumed body. The cost of a 23andMe is $399 for ancestry. The DNA mapping can also be conducted by many hospital facilities.

Fischer's friends in Reykjavik

One of Fischer's Icelandic friends and member of the RJF Committee Einar S. Einarsson told us that "many of Bobby's friends doubt very much that he is the biological father of Jinky Young." He and others are against the exhumation and argues that "it is easy and possible nowadays to get a DNA from a postage stamp that has been licked, or even from a hair, which should be quite easy to get from his appartment, which has been sealed off since he died. To exhume his body for DNA samples, which could be retrieved by other means, is simply a brutal and a rude thing to do. It distrub the sanctity of the grave and is a very serious matter."

Einar sent us the above picture, which is probably the very last taken of Fischer. It was during a privat New Year's party, with Kantathi Suphanongkhon, who had represented Tailand at FIDE and Asian Zone meetings, GM Helgi Ólafsson arrange the party, and his uncle Thorgeirsson was the host.

Just click the link below for the complete story..
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6435

THE PELAGIO GUEVARRA MEMORIAL

Just came across the result of the 1st Pelagio Guevarra Memorial Chess tournament held way back in 2002 in the internet while surfing for data for my feature of NM Allan Macala. To those outside the loop, The Pelagio Guevarra Memorial was an open chess tournament held in Davao City in 2002 and 2003 which I sponsored and organized as a tribute to my grandfather Pelagio Guevarra as well as to give chance to up and coming players to test their chess skills against seasoned players in this part of Mindanao. It was also during this period that chess tournaments came in trickles in Davao region thus adding to its significance.

The First Pelagio Guevarra Memorial Active Open Chess tournament was held on June 22-23, 2002 at the Toril Gym, Davao City with 8 National Masters in attendance . Cotabato National Master (NM) Roger Sarif tallied 6.5 points to emerge champion. Sarif pocketed a cash prize of P4,000 along with a trophy in the seven-round Swiss System 30-minute active chess tournament organized by the Metro Toril Chess Association (MTCA) under its president lawyer Dionisio "Jong-Jong" Guevarra.

The runner-up prize of P2,500 went to Panabo City's NM Cedric Magno who earned 6.0 points while Cagayan de Oro City's Abu Reynaldo had 5.5 points for third place and P1,500 cash prize. Reynaldo edged Davao City's Allan Macala via a higher tiebreak of 30 to Macala's 28 in the event sanctioned by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines under regional director Ronnie Tabudlong. In fifth was James Infiesto of Davao City (5.0) whose 24.5 tiebreak points was enough to eclipse General Santos City's NM Ric-Ric Portugalera 5.0 (24.0).

Completing the top ten finishers were Davao's Reynaldo Quinonez (4.5, 32.5) in seventh, NM Miguel Te (4.5, 31) eighth, General Santos City's NM Ferdinand Leysa (4.5, 24.5) ninth and NM Kaharudin Tayuan of Davao City (4.0, 30.5) tenth. The chessfest drew 36 woodpushers of the region, including Davao City lady bets Jennifer Catilo and Rowela Acedo, both members of the Holy Cross of Davao College chess varsity team. Acedo tallied 2.5 while Acedo got 1.5 points.

The 2nd Pelagio Guevarra Memorial was held on July 11-12, 2003 at the Spazio of Gaisano Mall of Davao City. The 2nd edition was a round robin competition among 13 players who qualified for the grand finals. There were 3 qualifying tournaments, 1 open and 2 thematic (Sicilian Defense and French Defense ) upon which participants were given points corresponding to their ranking.

The 2nd edition was ruled by Reynaldo " Bembem " Quinonez who finished with a total of 11 pts ( 11 wins and a single loss to Engr. Nofre Reyes). Engr. Nofre Reyes took runner-up honors with 9 wins against 3 losses inflicted by Johnny Salud, Engr. Anselmo " Jun " Atmosfera Jr. and James Infiesto. Shell National Youth Active chess contender Brene parreno settled for the 3rd spot with 8 points on account of 7 wins and 2 draws. The champion received P 5,000.00, a trophy and an MTCA t-shirt, the 2nd placer P 2,500.00 plus MTCA t-shirt while the 3rd placer received P 1,500.00 plus MTCA t-shirt.

2nd Pelagio Guevarra Memorial
Final standing:

11 pts. - Reynaldo " Bembem " Quinonez
9.0 " - Engr. Nofre Reyes
8.0 " - Brene Parreno
7.0 " - NM Sammy Yu
6.5 " - John Ritter Belocura
6.0 " - James Infiesto, Johnny Salud
5.0 " - Vien Tipay, Henry Fajardo
4.5 " - Sherwin Orbeta
4.0 " - Atty. Jong Guevarra Jr.
3.0 " - Engr. Jun Atmosfera, Engr. Werner Priete


I stopped organizing the tournament for the next and succeeding years for many reasons. First and foremost is the financial aspect and secondly i momentarily lost interest in chess due to minimal number of players participating. However, the past couple of years showed a renaissance of chess activity in the Davao region and the emergence of new breed of chess players thus rekindling my interest to the sport. Hopefully , a 3rd edition of the Pelagio Guevarra Memorial will be organized this year.

THE 2010 NATIONAL AGE- GROUP CHESS TOURNEY - " UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL "

From May 15 to 19, 2010 I was at the NCCC Mall located at Matina, Davao City watching the new crop of Pinoy chess players battle each other during the 2010 National Age-group Chess Tourney hosted by Davao City for the 1st time. My two daughters, Caissa Jane ( 12 and under) and Florence Faith ( 10 and under ) played their first natl age group competition together with my two nephews Darren John ( 10 years old), Jose Danilo ( 8 years old ) and their sister Alyssa Daniele (12 years old). By the look in their face I could see that my kids and their cousins were having fun joining the competition and met new friends along the way.



( My eldest daughter Caissa Jane, seeing action in the 12 and under category )


I was also there as an invited guest of NCFP Region XI coordinator James Infiesto in my current capacity as President of the Metro Toril Chess Association ( MTCA) and as one of the minor sponsors of the event. MTCA sponsored 3 Toril junior players namely Neptali Batucan, Adrian Llanos and Anthony Mosqueda with additional help from chess patron Glen Paclar. Our new group Chess Excellence Limited Co., also provided t-shirts and allowance of P 500 each to 4 selected Davao players namely Austin Jacob Literatus, John Ray Batucan, Rowelyn Joy Acedo and Ella Grace Moulic.



( Caissa's Father with boys 14 and under champ Austin Jacob Literatus and
Toril players Erwin Tubog, Adrian Llanos, Anthony Mosqueda, and Neptali
Batucan III )



Competition was keen and heated especially in the 14, 16 and under 20 ( boys
and girls competition) with majority of the RP's big guns in action. The
competition in the under 20 girls feature some of RP's national players who are not
only good in chess but good looking as well.



( RP national team members in action: Jedara Docena ( w/green jacket),
Christy Lamiel Bernales (w/ violet t-shirt), and Akiko Charmaine Suede
(w/ polka-dot shirt) who incidentally finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the
under 20 girls, respectively)



( Winners of the under 20 girls with newly elected councilor Atty. Melchor
Quitain ).


Five Davao City players qualified for the ASEAN age- group to be held in Subic,
Philippines this coming June 4 to 13, 2010 namely Austin Jacob Literatus ( champ-
14 and under boys), Irish Yngayo ( 2nd-8 and under girls), Ella Grace Moulic ( 3rd-
12 and under girls) Donna Yngayo (3rd- 14 and under girls) and Nikki Erica Yngayo
(1 6 and under ).



( Caissa's Father and Nofre Reyes of Chess Excellence Ltd. Co. together with
Alfred Moulic ( father of Ella Grace), Austin Jacob Literatus and Ella Grace
Moulic ).




( Caissa's Father with kids Florence Faith and Caissa Jane and their cousins
Alyssa Daniele and Darren John ),


( The winners in the 12 and under boys category. The champion Paolo
Bersamina ( center, w/ blue jogging pants) also topped the National Juniors
competition that followed and was awarded the national master title, the
youngest to be awarded such title).


( Posing with the champ: Alfred Moulic, Glen Paclar, Caissa's Father, Austin
Jacob Literatus, Engr. Enrico Vanta, Charles Maxey, Sammy Yu, and IM Candidate
Reggie Olay ).

The event was organized by the National Chess Federation Region (NCFP) in coordination with

the City Government of Davao, Growee Vitamins, JCI Durian City, Inc. and Jewm Eggs. Kudos to the

chess enthusiasts and organizations who workied together to stage this event. For the main core committee: FA James Infiesto, NA Engr. Allan Diez, Secretariat Chair Gogo Alba, Maning Eva of Multicar and Engr. Enrico Vanta of Chadric Builders. With added support from Robert "Bob" Bula, MTCA President Atty. Jong Guevarra and Tony Dacudao.

NM ALLAN " AKI " MACALA - " A DAVAO PLAYER MAKING GOOD AS LUNETA CHESS TERROR "

( NM Allan Macala against GM Li Chao of China in the 2010 AIC )


NM Allan Macala honed his skills playing at Osmena Park chess club here in Davao City. He is a many time member of the Davao City chess team to the inter-cities until he was pirated by the multi-titled Tagaytay team.

For a time, he was one of those strong non-masters who don't want to be promoted to National Masters at it would preclude their participation in non-masters tournament which they are dominating and would downgrade their value to their team in the Inter-cities and Provincial team competitions of which they are the scoring machines dominating their lower board assignments. Last year NCFP President Cong. Prospero Petchay awarded the National Master title to Allan Macala by virtue of his tying for 1st in 2009 Asian Intercontinental Chess challenge held at Subic, Philippines. He is known here in Davao as " Aki" which is a common nickname for Muslims here in Davao City.

Among his chess accomplishments include tying Rainier Labay and Noel de la Cruz for 1st in the 2008 Philippine Open Chess Challenge.All three players finished with similar scores of 6.5 points at the end of the nine-round tournament which served as side event of the foreign-flavored Philippine Open. Labay, De la Cruz and Macala shared the total cash prizes of P75,000 for the top three finishers.

Allan Macala, also tied for 1st along with Raymond Salcedo, Alcon John Datu and Sheider Nebato in the 2009 Asian Continental Chess Challenge at the Subic Exhibition and Convention Center in Subic with identical score of seven points in 9 rounds. Macala subdued Nelson Villanueva, Datu humbled John Ranel Morazo and Nebato crushed Ritchie Evangelista to catch Salcedo in a four-way tie for first. Salcedo emerged champion via tiebreak to clinch the title in the five-day tournament held as a side event of the Asian Continental individual chess championship.

NM Allan Macala was the early sensation in the 2010 Asian Intercontinental Chess Championships held at Subic, Philippines scoring a couple of upset wins against titled foreign opponents. Let us take a look in some of his wins.

[Event "9th Asian Continental/Individual (Open)"]
[Site "Subic Bay Free Port"]
[Date "2010.04.21"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "MACALA, Allan"]
[Black "HARIKA, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.04.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Kg2 Nd7
14. Rb1 Nc5 15. Qc2 a5 16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Qd1 a4 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. Bc3 Ne5
20. Bd4 c6 21. Nc3 a3 22. b3 Ne6 23. Qc2 Nxd4 24. exd4 Nd7 25. Rbd1 Nf8
26. Bf3 Ne6 27. d5 Ng5 28.Rd3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 c5 30. Re1 Qd7 31. h4 Rxe1
32. Qxe1 Re8 33. Qc1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Qf5 35. Qd1 Ne4 36. Kg2 Nf6 37. Rd2 Qe5
38. Qc1 Ra8 39. Re2 Qd4 40. h5 Nd7 41.Qg5 Ne5 42. Qe7 b5 43. h6 bxc4
44. bxc4 Rf8 45. Re4 Qb2 46. Qxd6 Nd3 47. Re3 Qd2 48. Be2 Ne1+ 49. Kg1 Qd4
50. Qe7 Nc2 51. Re5 Qa1+ 52. Kh2 Qc1 53. f4 1-0






Here is his win against GM Thong of Vietnam.


[Event "9th Asian Continental/Individual (Open)"]
[Site "Subic Bay Free Port"]
[Date "2010.04.24"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "MACALA, Allan"]
[Black "TU, Hoang Thong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2010.04.21"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O dxc4
8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. b3 a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nf3 e4 13. Nd4 Qa5
14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bd2 Qh5 16. Nce2 Ne5 17. f3 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 exf3 19. Rxf3 Bg4
20. Ng3 Qe5 21. Rf2 Rac8 22. Qd3 h5 23. Re1 h4 24. Nf1 h3 25. Ng3 hxg2
26. Bc3 Nd5 27. Bb2 Nb4 28.Qd2 Nc2 29. Rb1 Red8 30. Rf4 Nxe3 31. Re4 Nf1
32. Qxg2 Qc5 33. Kxf1 Bxd4 34. Rxg4 Bxb2 35. Qxb2 Qe3 36. Re4 Qf3+
37. Kg1 Rc3 38. Rbe1 f5 39. Re6 Kh7 40. b4 Rdd3 41. Qe2 Qf4 42. Nf1 Qxb4
43. Qg2 Qg4 44. Qxg4 fxg4 45. Re7+ Kh6 46. Rxb7 Rd4 47. Rb6 Rxa4 48. Ree6 a5
49. Rxg6+ Kh7 50. Rge6 Rc7 51. Kg2 Rf7 52. Ne3 Ra2+ 53. Kg3 a4 54. Nxg4 a3
55. Ra6 Ra1 56. Kh4 a2 57. Re2 Rg1 58. Rexa2 Rf4 59. Rh6+ Kg7 60. Ra7+ Kg8
61. h3 Rgf1 62. Rc6 Rf8 63. Rcc7 Rd8 64. Rh7 Rd6 65. Nh6+ 1-0

2010 National Age-Group Chess Championships May 15-19, 2010, NCCC Mall Davao, McArthur Highway, Davao City

The National Age-group and National Juniors will be held in Mindanao for the first time particularly in Davao City this coming May 15-19, 2010 at NCCC Mall Davao and on May 20-24, 2010, Gaisano Grand Citimall, Illustre St., Davao City,respectively. The objective of this hosting is to provide the Davaoenos and Mindanaoans a chance to qualify in ASEAN and Asian Competitions with minimal expense. The organizers are urging young chess enthusiasts to participate and take advantage of this event. There will be separate divisions for Boys and Girls..

A lot of chess enthusiasts and organizations are working together to stage this event. For the main core committee: FA James Infiesto, NA Engr. Allan Diez, Secretariat Chair Gogo Alba, Maning Eva of Multicar and Engr. Enrico Vanta of Chadric Builders. We also have support from Robert "Bob" Bula, MTCA President Atty. Jong Guevarra and Tony Dacudao.

Other coordinating agencies:

*Hon. Prospero Pichay Jr., National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) President

*Sports Development Division-City Mayor's Office (SDD-CMO)

*JCI Durian City, Inc. under its president, JCI Mem. Frederick Puyod III

*DEPED with Dr. Helen Paguican, Schiool Division Superintendent and Dr. Susana Estigoy, Regional Director

*Office of Councilor Mabel Acosta

*Office of Councilor Nilo Abellera

*City Tourism Office under CTO Head Bong Aportadera

This event is organized by National Chess Federation Region (NCFP) in coordination with City Government of Davao, Growee Vitamins, JCI Durian City, Inc. and Jewm Eggs.

Official resort: Bluejaz Beach Resort and Waterpark

National Age-group Venue: NCCC Mall Davao

National Juniors Venue: Gaisano Grand Citimall

Secretariat Committe: Bonjee Entertainment Services, (0910) 2041199, (0932) 5771098, (082) 2976776.

Special Thanks to:*Councilor Mabel Acosta,*Congressman Isidro Ungab and *Atty. Mylene Garcia.

Registration: P 350.00 per participant with 1 bottle of 120 mL Growee Vitamins, 1 Tumbler, 1 Baller and Certificate of Participation

Age Group Categories:

20 Years old & Below (Boys & Girls) – born on or after January 1, 1990

16 Years old& Below (Boys & Girls) – born on or after January 1, 1994

14 Years old & Below (Boys & Girls) – born on or after January 1, 1996

12 Years old & Below (Boys & Girls) – born on or after January 1, 1998

10 Years old & Below (Boys & Girls) – born on or after January 1, 2000

8 Years old & Below (Boys & Girls) – born on or after January 1, 2002

CHAMPION P 5,000.00 plus Medal and Certificate 2^nd 2,500.00 plus Medal and Certificate 3^rd 1,500.00 plus Medal and Certificate 4^th 1,000.00 plus Certificate 5th 500.00 plus Certificate

Top three in each category will represent the Philippines in the 11^th ASEAN AGE-GROUP CHESS

CHAMPIONSHIP to be held in Subic Bay, Olongapo City on June 4-13, 2010.

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2010 National Juniors Chess Championships

May 20-24, 2010, Gaisano Grand Citimall, Illustre St., Davao City

Registration: P 350.00 per participant with Certificate of Participation

Age Group Categories:

- 20 Years & Below (Boys) – born on or after January 1, 1990

- 20 Years & Below (Girls) – born on or after January 1, 1990

Prizes: (Boys Category)

Champion P 12, 000.00 + Medal and Certificate

2^nd 8, 000.00 + Medal and Certificate

3^rd 5, 000.00 + Medal and Certificate

4^th 4, 000.00 + Certificate

5^th 3, 000.00 + Certificate

6^th 2, 000.00 + Certificate

7^th 1, 500.00 + Certificate

8^th,9^th & 10^th 1, 000.00 each + Certificate

Prizes: (Girls Category)

Champion P 8, 000.00 + Medal and Certificate

2^nd 6, 000.00 + Medal and Certificate

3^rd 5, 000.00 + Medal and Certificate

4^th 3, 500.00 + Certificate

5^th 2, 000.00 + Certificate

6^th 1, 500.00 + Certificate

7^th, 8^th,9^th & 10^th 1, 000.00 each + Certificate

The Champion will advance in the ASIAN JUNIOR U20 CHAMPIONSHIP on June 4-13, 2010 in Chennai, India or at the Asian Youth Championship on July 1-10, 2010 in Beijing, China.

Note: There will be separate divisions for Boys and Girls.

Also, please emphasize that this is the first time that the National Age-group and National Juniors will be held in Mindanao, particularly in Davao City. Again the objective of this hosting is to provide the Davaoeños and Mindanaoans a chance to qualify in ASEAN and Asian Competitions with minimal expense. We are urging them to take advantage of this event.

A lot of chess enthusiasts and organizations are working together to stage this event. For the main core committee: FA James Infiesto, NA Engr. Allan Diez, Secretariat Chair Gogo Alba, Maning Eva of Multicar and Engr. Enrico Vanta of Chadric Builders. We also have support from Robert "Bob" Bula, MTCA President Atty. Jong Guevarra and Tony Dacudao.

Other coordinating agencies:

*Hon. Prospero Pichay Jr., National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) President

*Sports Development Division-City Mayor's Office (SDD-CMO)

*JCI Durian City, Inc. under its president, JCI Mem. Frederick Puyod III

*DEPED with Dr. Helen Paguican, Schiool Division Superintendent and Dr. Susana Estigoy, Regional Director

*Office of Councilor Mabel Acosta

*Office of Councilor Nilo Abellera

*City Tourism Office under CTO Head Bong Aportadera

This event is organized by National Chess Federation Region (NCFP) in coordination with City Government of Davao, Growee Vitamins, JCI Durian City, Inc. and Jewm Eggs.

Official resort: Bluejaz Beach Resort and Waterpark

National Age-group Venue: NCCC Mall Davao

National Juniors Venue: Gaisano Grand Citimall

Secretariat Committe: Bonjee Entertainment Services, (0910) 2041199, (0932) 5771098, (082) 2976776.

Special Thanks to:*Councilor Mabel Acosta,*Congressman Isidro Ungab and *Atty. Mylene Garcia.