Jan Emmanuel Garcia (right, without cap) shown here playing against Sherwin Tiu, a frequent visitor to the Malibay Chess Club, during the Shell Active Chess finals in 2008.As much as possible, I want to feature all of the reported Filipino participants in Aeroflot 2009 (if ever their participation pushes through).
I’ve already done some posts about GM Wesley So and Haridas Pascua.
This time I want to focus the spotlight on the 14-year old(?) Jan Emmanuel Garcia.
I personally saw Jan Emmanuel play during the 1st Mayor Alfredo Lim Rapid Chess Tournament and the 1st Bangkal Rapid Chess Tournament.
Interestingly, a man (I guess it’s his father) was in the playing area watching intently and listing down the moves being made throughout the course of the game.
Perhaps it’s their style of improving the boy’s game performance. As you all know, recording of moves is not required in rapid games.
I just don’t know if chess tournaments really allow parents in the playing area (just asking).
During the 1st Bangkal Rapid Chess Tournament, I can still remember that he played against the ace player of the Malibay Chess Club – Merben Roque, the tournament’s eventual champion.
They were playing on Board 1 (in the penultimate round, I guess), with Jan Emmanuel winning the game.
However, the young boy made a mistake in the endgame and lost.
He was teary, almost in the brink of shedding rich tears from his youthful eyes. It’s understandable, he’s still a kid for heaven’s sake!
The sadder part is that (if my observation serves me right), he received some not-so-good words from people close to him instead of consolation. It was like pouring salt into a fresh, open wound.
Ironically, the boy received encouraging words from his opponent Roque, the topseed of the event which drew roughly 100 players.
As Roque put it, “Magaling ka na talaga. Muntik na ako matalo.”
Magaling na ba talaga?
Well, he’s a member of the Philippine team (GM Wesley So, Haridas Pascua, Alcon John Datu, and himself) to the World U-16 Olympiad (Turkey, August 16-25, 2008) where they placed 3rd out of 26 teams.
Manning Board 4, he scored 7.0 points out of 10 games.
Also, let’s watch his game against a much higher rated opponent in the name of David Elorta.
ELORTA,David (2405) - GARCIA,Jan Emmanuel (2232)
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1.Nf3 g6 2.h4 Nf6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 h6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.e4 e6 8.Bd3 Qe7 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 0-0 11.g4 c5 12.g5 Nh5 13.gxh6 Bxh6 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.dxc5 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qf3 Qxc5 18.0-0-0 Bc6 19.Be4 Rac8 20.Rhg1 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Nf6 22.Qd3 Rfd8 23.b4 Qxf2 24.Rdf1 Qxg1 0-1
Black to move. Position after 24.Rdf1.
Black unleashed 24. . . Qxg1! White resigned.
We wish Jan Emmanuel good luck!
3 Comments:
Great. Another overbearing parent trying to boost up their own ego by riding on their son's successes but wouldn't take his failings ... what a pathetic dad.
Your comment is unkind and without basis. How do you know that his Dad is overbearing and riding on his own ego and has had failings? You are the one who is pathetic.
Uwak
You're so dense. Re-read the post above. Anyone could deduce the same conclusion I arrived at based on the Dad's behavior when his son lost his game. It's bad enough that his son lost the game but to scold him publicly is just totally uncalled for. That's NOT how you teach a son in dealing with losses.
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