Angpin Cup Age Group

Rhal surprisingly scored 4.5 points, on 4 wins and 1 draw, in 7 games to finish in a tie for 8th to 11th place, and placed 10th after the tie breaks, in the Angpin Cup Age Group Tournament - 12 Under category.

Rk.			Name				FED	Rtg				Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w
1			Bersamina Paulo				PHI	1982				7,0	0,0	31,5	31,50	2257	0	0
2			Maliam Elijah				phi	1748				6,0	0,0	28,5	24,00	1858	1	0
3			Mendoza Shania Mae				phi	0				5,5	0,0	28,0	20,50	1654	0	0
4			Samantila Daryl Unix				phi	1638				5,0	0,0	35,0	22,00	1631	1	0
5			Donguines John Fleer				PHI	1700				5,0	0,0	34,0	21,00	1548	1	0
6			Pangilinan Stephen Rome				PHI	0				5,0	0,0	29,5	17,00	1635	1	0
7			San Diego Marie Antoinette				PHI	1744				5,0	0,0	27,0	16,50	1358	0	0
8			Curioso Romulo				phi	0				4,5	0,0	27,0	15,25	1508	0	0
9			Marce Jasper Gerald				phi	0				4,5	0,0	26,0	13,50	1521	0	0
10			Sol Cruz Jr Raul				phi	0				4,5	0,0	24,5	12,75	1502	0	0
11			Miranda Stephen Matthew				phi	0				4,5	0,0	22,5	12,75	1430	0	0
12			Flores Keneth				phi	0				4,0	0,0	31,0	14,50	1477	0	0
13			Viernes Tucker Howard Elsteine				phi	0				4,0	0,0	29,0	14,50	1384	0	0
14			Geraldino Cyrey				phi	0				4,0	0,0	29,0	11,25	1465	1	0
15			Gonzales Vladimir				phi	0				4,0	0,0	27,5	13,00	1390	0	0
16			Caranyagan Carlo				phi	1920				4,0	0,0	26,5	13,75	1328	0	0
17			Garcia Danrev				phi	0				4,0	0,0	23,5	9,50	1428	0	0
18			Lim Samson Chiu Chin Iii				phi	0				4,0	0,0	22,0	9,75	1321	0	0
19			Jallorina Alder Baldwin				phi	1515				3,5	0,0	30,5	11,75	1312	1	0
20			Presente Juan Carlos				phi	1783				3,5	0,0	30,0	12,75	1338	0	0
21			Docena Jesca				PHI	0				3,5	0,0	26,5	11,00	1200	0	0
22			Limocon Mark Vincent				phi	0				3,5	0,0	26,5	9,50	1278	0	0
23			Yap Eric Robert				phi	0				3,5	0,0	20,0	8,75	1200	0	0
24			Limocon Marvin				phi	0				3,0	0,0	26,5	6,00	1414	1	0
25			Polancos Anne Klein				phi	0				3,0	0,0	25,5	8,50	1166	0	0
26			Berongoy Gilbert				phi	0				3,0	0,0	25,0	6,50	1253	0	0
27			Tomines Christian Jake				phi	0				3,0	0,0	24,5	7,50	1150	0	0
28			Abucejo Francis Albert				PHI	0				3,0	0,0	22,5	6,50	1308	0	0
29			Perez Daniel				phi	0				3,0	0,0	22,5	5,50	1253	0	0
30			Pascua Jr. Anatoly				phi	1725				3,0	0,0	21,5	7,00	1233	0	0
31			San Diego Jerlyn Mae				phi	0				3,0	0,0	21,5	5,00	1128	0	0
32			Tan Joshua				phi	0				3,0	0,0	21,0	8,75	1225	0	0
33			Villaflor Ralph				phi	0				2,5	0,0	22,0	3,75	1007	0	0
34			Petalver Allen Lark				phi	0				2,5	0,0	19,0	2,75	1143	0	0
35			Ablang Danica Alexis				phi	0				2,0	0,0	22,5	3,75	927	0	0
36			Tinaza Earl Micael				phi	0				2,0	0,0	21,5	2,50	927	0	0
37			Galan Colin Anand				phi	0				2,0	0,0	21,5	2,00	400	0	0
38			Gonzales Mark Angelo				phi	0				2,0	0,0	20,0	2,50	1015	0	0
39			Bricia Demarcus				phi	0				1,0	0,0	16,0	1,00	400	0	0
40			Lumbera Galin Mak Kyhle				phi	0				0,0	0,0	25,5	0,00	0	0	0
41			Lumbera Galin Julian Mikheil				phi	0				0,0	0,0	22,0	0,00	0	0	0

Annotation:
Tie Break1: The results of the players in the same point group#results against
Tie Break2: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Tie Break3: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break variable

http://chess-results.com/tnr35344.aspx?art=1&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000

Still unrated, starting rank of #35, Rhal was able to draw with Jallorina who is rated at 1515 and won over Presente rated at 1783. He got a tournament performance rating of 1502 in the process. Below are his round by round opponents:

http://chess-results.com/tnr35344.aspx?art=9&lan=1&fed=phi&turdet=YES&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000&snr=35

JBMC Performance

Best GS Player: Balaoing Memorial Cup

Dellota tops Jose Balaoing Chess Cup - Bandera:

"Special awards went to Kenneth Ende of Ramon Magsaysay Cubao High School for the Best High School Player and La Salle Greenhills bet Rhal Sol Cruz Jr. for the Best Grade School Player."

Results of Balaoing Memorial Cup

Lopez Link

Hataw Online

http://www.hatawtabloid.com/sports/17716-cruz-andan-angat-sa-meralco-chess-club-tourney

Lirazan vs Sol Cruz

Araw ng Kalayaan Cup
MERALCO Chess Camp
MMLDC, Antipolo City
W: Jay-R Lirazan [Bonifacio Integrated School]
B: Rhal Sol Cruz [La Salle]

1.e4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 d6 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.a3 Be6
Faced with an unfamiliar opening system, Rhal remembered GM Bong's advise - simply develop your pieces and castle early.

8.O-O Qd7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Re1 Ne7 12.d4 Bg4
Better is exd4 in order to give the dark squared bishop an open diagonal.

13.dxe5 Bxf3 Bxe5 15.Bg2 f5?16.Bh3
Better is exf5, to open the e-file for the rook.

16... Qc6
In all cases, it is well to unpin the piece in question as quickly as possible, not only to give it back its freedom of action, but also to liberate the masked piece.
The Game of Chess

17.Bxf5
Again, better is exf5.

17... Nxf5 18.exf5 Rxf5
We exchange in order to seize or open a file or diagonal without loss of time.

My System

19.Qg4? 

Better is Qd5+, forcing Q-to-Q.

19... Raf8

Connect your rooks; they work best together.

Best Lessons of a Chess Coach

20.Re2 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc3

Rhal has a 1-pawn advantage.

22.Rae1 Qf6

The best is Rxf2!

23.f4 Qd4+ 24.Kg2 Qd5+ 25.Kf1??

Better is Re4.

25... Qh1+ 

First break up the position, then you penetrate with the Queen.

Best Lessons of a Chess Coach

26.Kf2 Qxh2+

Rhal now has a 2-pawn advantage.

27.Ke3 Qh5

Simplification is desirable if we have superiority in material.

My System

28.Qxh5 Rxh5

And Rhal won in the endgame. 

Result: 0-1

Sol Cruz vs Moje

[Event "Araw ng Kalayaan Cup"]

[Site "MMLDC, Antipolo City"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sol Cruz, Rhal Jr"]
[Black "Moje, JD."]
[ECO "B22"]


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bg4 6. Bb5 Qd7?? 7. d5 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qc8 9. dxc6 +-

Result: 1-0

4th Gold: Kalayaan Cup

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Rhal scored 3 wins and 2 draws (with Kenneth of Magsaysay HS and JC of Ateneo) to finish in a tie for 1st with identical 4 points with JC in the MERALCO Chess Camp's Kalayaan Cup, a 6-boy round-robin on 25-25 minutes time control sponsored by the so-called Good Samaritans of MERALCO, MERALCO Employees Workers Association (MEWA), and Casiano Sol Cruz Foundation.

NM Bernardino vs Sol Cruz

MERALCO Chess Camp
MMLDC, Antipolo City
W: NM Marlon Bernardino
B: Rhal Sol Cruz, Jr.

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.e4 Be7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.g4 Ne5 10.Rg1

10... Nexg4??
NM Marlon recommends 10... c5, to counter with a queenside expansion.

11.Bxg4 Nxg4 12.Rxg4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Re8 14.Nd5 c6
g6 is necessary in order to prevent Nf5.

15.Nf5 Bf8
The best defense is Bf6.

16.Bg5
The NM missed Nh6+ followed by Nxf7++

16... Qc8??
Rhal missed Rxe4+.

17.Nf6+

Result: 1-0

Sol Cruz vs Ende

[Event "Araw ng Kalayaan Cup"]

[Site "Antipolo"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sol Cruz, Rhal Jr."]
[Black "Ende, Kenneth"]
[ECO "B22"]


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. dxc5 Be6 8. g3 h6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Qc2 Bh3 13. Rfe1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Qe2 Bxc5 21. Nf3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Ng4 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. h3 Nf6 25. Qe6 Qb5 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 f4 28. Re7 fxg3 29. fxg3 b6 30. c4 a5 31. Ne5 Kg8 32. Ng6 1/2-1/2

1st Chess Camp with FM Chris Castellano

Rhal attended his first chess camp at MMLDC in Antipolo City with 5 of his chess buddies, namely (L-R) Kenneth, Aaron, Jay-R, JD, and JC (not in the picture).

Instructors at the 2-day camp were NM Marlon Bernardino and FM Chris Castellano.

Aside form chess, the boys played basketball and went swimming all inside the MMLDC.