Monday, March 22, 2010
ABS CBN: SOL CRUZ Wins MERALCO Chess title
LSGH bet Sol Cruz wins Meralco Chess title
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 03/21/2010 3:47 PM
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MANILA, Philippines – La Salle Greenhills (LSGH) bet Raul “Rhal” Sol Cruz, Jr. captured the juniors title in the 107th anniversary of Meralco dubbed as the Battle of Meralco Grandmasters Chess Championships.
Sol Cruz, a Grade 6 pupil mentored by International Arbiter-National Master (NM) Erwin Carag, swept his all matches in the five-round Swiss-system on Saturday at the Meralco head office in Ortigas in Pasig City.
He bested Ronald Dimaguila, Amiel Christian Emata, Jose Lorenzo Masa, JC Andan and Elmer del Rosario in the event supervised by NM Eduardo Agagon.
High school bets Marc Alexis Marcalinas of Binangonan, Rizal and Miguel Thaddeus Vergara of Bocaue, Bulacan were the second and third placers, respectively, with 4 points each.
Sol Cruz, who teamed up with fellow LSGH ace Giovanni “Gio” Mejia, took the team bronze medal in this year's National Capital Region (NCR) Palarong Pambansa, representing Mandaluyong City.
Sol Cruz, who teamed up with fellow LSGH ace Giovanni “Gio” Mejia, took the team bronze medal in this year's National Capital Region (NCR) Palarong Pambansa, representing Mandaluyong City.
Sol Cruz also took the silver medal in the 2010 Xavier Interscholastic grade school chess championships in San Juan City. – by Marlon Bernardino
Sunday, March 21, 2010
3rd Gold: MERALCO Jr. Grandmaster
Rhal won over a fellow grade schooler (Jose Masa) and 4 highschoolers (Emata, ?, Andan, & del Rosario) to top the BATLLE of MERALCO JR. GRANDMASTERS, a 5-round Swiss Rapid Play with 10 minutes per player, on MERALCO's 107th Anniversary.
For the feat, he won a gold medal, a per win incentive of P100, and the top prize of P500.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
HATAW: Employees Day Simul
| Written by Lovely Icao |
| Monday, 15 March 2010 00:07 |
NAGPAKITANG gilas ang dating World Chess Olympiad member National Master Mirabeau Maga matapos talunin ang Meralco Chess Club woodpushers, 7.5-1.5, sa rare nine-board simultaneous chess exhibition na ginanap sa Lopez Building sa Meralco head office sa Pasig City. Nagtala si NM Maga ng 7 wins, 1 draw kay junior player at Palarong NCR bronze medalist Rhal Sol Cruz Jr., at 1 loss kay 2009 MACE Co-Champion Jay Dicen ng Security, na lusot din kina NM Almario Bernardino sa 1st simul event last week at naka draw kay Asia’s First GM Eugene Torre sa PARA-Fund-Raising Simul last September. Ito ang second Simultaneous Match chess activities para sa Meralco Employees’ Day celebration sa March 20. Ang nasabing simul ay parte rin ng preparation para sa 1st MVP (Manny V. Pangilinan) Olympics kung saan ang chess ay isa sa events. |
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
NM Mirabeu Maga
MERALCO Employees' Day
Simultaneous Match
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4
The first principle of opening play is rapid development of all the pieces.
Yusupov in Build Up Your Chess
7... dxe5 8.dxe5 Ndb4 9.Qd8+
Don't complicate. Exchange Qs and leave a R and 2 or 3 minor pieces on the board.
Kotov in Think Like a Grandmaster
9... Nxd8 10.Bb3 Nd3 11.Ke2 Nxc1 12.Rxc1 Nc6 13.Ba4
Don't lose time by moving the same piece twice.
Evans in The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes
[13.Nc3]
Neglected development of one's forces during the opening stage will often permit your opponent to exact a crushing toll later on.
Reinfeld in The Complete Chess Player
13... Bd7
14.Bxc6
Don't trade your B for a N unless you receive some other compensation.
Heisman in Elements of Positional Evaluation
[14.Nc3]
14... Bxc6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Rd1
In the middlegame, seize the open files and command them with your Rs.
Chernev in Logical Chess Move by Move
16... Be7 17.g3 g5
18.h4
[18. Nd4]
Post your pieces centrally, so long as you can do so safely, without inviting the advance of the pawn-rollers.
Nimzovich in My System
18... gxh4 19.Nxh4 Bxh4 20.gxh4 Rg8 21.Rg1
Fight for possesion of open files.
Heisman in Elements of Positional Evaluation
21... Ke7 22.Rg3
You should then endeavor to double your Rs, that is, to place them one before the other on the same file.
Nimzovich in My System
22... Rxg3 23.fxg3 Rg8 24.Kf2 Rg4 25.Rd1
Result: 1/2-1/2
This is Rhals third draw with a titled player: first was vs NM Vasquez in VCR Cup Simul in July 2009 and second was vs GM Antonio in 1st PARA Fund-Raising Simul in August 2009.
Simultaneous Match
Lopez Bldg., Pasig City
W: SOL CRUZ, Rhal Jr.
B: NM MAGA, Mirabeu
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4
The first principle of opening play is rapid development of all the pieces.
Yusupov in Build Up Your Chess
7... dxe5 8.dxe5 Ndb4 9.Qd8+
Don't complicate. Exchange Qs and leave a R and 2 or 3 minor pieces on the board.
Kotov in Think Like a Grandmaster
9... Nxd8 10.Bb3 Nd3 11.Ke2 Nxc1 12.Rxc1 Nc6 13.Ba4
Don't lose time by moving the same piece twice.
Evans in The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes
[13.Nc3]
Neglected development of one's forces during the opening stage will often permit your opponent to exact a crushing toll later on.
Reinfeld in The Complete Chess Player
13... Bd7
Don't trade your B for a N unless you receive some other compensation.
Heisman in Elements of Positional Evaluation
[14.Nc3]
14... Bxc6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Rd1
In the middlegame, seize the open files and command them with your Rs.
Chernev in Logical Chess Move by Move
16... Be7 17.g3 g5
[18. Nd4]
Post your pieces centrally, so long as you can do so safely, without inviting the advance of the pawn-rollers.
Nimzovich in My System
18... gxh4 19.Nxh4 Bxh4 20.gxh4 Rg8 21.Rg1
Fight for possesion of open files.
Heisman in Elements of Positional Evaluation
21... Ke7 22.Rg3
You should then endeavor to double your Rs, that is, to place them one before the other on the same file.
Nimzovich in My System
22... Rxg3 23.fxg3 Rg8 24.Kf2 Rg4 25.Rd1
Result: 1/2-1/2
This is Rhals third draw with a titled player: first was vs NM Vasquez in VCR Cup Simul in July 2009 and second was vs GM Antonio in 1st PARA Fund-Raising Simul in August 2009.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Sol Cruz vs NM Bernardino
1st Pre-Employees' Day Simul
Lopez Bldg, MERALCO, Pasig City
W: Rhal SOL CRUZ, JR
B: NM Marlon BERNARDINO
Result: 0-1
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