Adianto to challenge Smyslov in six-round duel<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's number one chess player Utut Adianto
\nwill challenge former world champion Vassili Smyslov in a five-
\nday, six-round duel at the Kelapa Gading Sports Club, North
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
The match between the Indonesian grand master and the 1957-
\n1958 world champion is scheduled to start on Nov. 21 at 14.30 in
\nthe Janur room of the club.<\/p>\n
Smyslov, a co-founder of the prestigious Soviet School of
\nChess, will arrive here on Nov. 19 together with Alexander Bach,
\nsaid Eka Putra Wirya, the owner of the Enerpac chess school which
\narranged the meet, yesterday.<\/p>\n
Bach acted as the manager for world number one Russian Anatoly
\nKarpov during last year's world chess duel against Dutchman Jan
\nTimman.<\/p>\n
Eka said that during the five-day match an exhibition
\ntournament will be held on Nov.23. On that day the two grand
\nmasters will play \"rapid\" chess in a brief 25 minutes.<\/p>\n
\"Utut needs a 3-1 victory to increase his elo rating by 10 to
\n2,600 and boost his world ranking from 72 to 60,\" said Eka,
\nexplaining the reason behind his school's arrangement of the FIDE
\nsanctioned competition.<\/p>\n
The winner will get a US$3,000 cash prize and the loser
\n$2,000, Eka added.<\/p>\n
As of July, FIDE rated 29-year-old Utut at 2520, but he has
\nraised his elo rating to 2,590 after recently taking part in
\nvarious tournaments in Europe and the U.S.<\/p>\n
Utut, who will come back on Monday from a 13-day stint with
\nRussian grand master Joseff Dorman in Paris, recorded his most
\nrecent best performance when he became the champion of the Biel
\nMasters in Switzerland last August.<\/p>\n
As for the Russian, 73-year-old veteran Smyslov, with an elo
\nrating of 2510, recorded his most recent best performance when he
\nbeat Yasser Seirawan of the U.S. in the first round of the
\nprestigious tournament in Tilburg, the Netherlands, last month.<\/p>\n
Cholid Gozali, the vice chairman of the Indonesian Chess
\nAssociation (PB Percasi) told reporters yesterday Smyslov's visit
\nshould also be seen as preparing Utut for the Moscow Chess
\nOlympics slated for Nov. 30 to Dec. 17.<\/p>\n
Cholid said he would be very happy if Utut and the best five
\n-- Eddy Handoko, Nasib Ginting, Ivan Jonathan Situru, Salor
\nSitanggang and Cerdas Barus -- finished 20th in the upcoming
\nMoscow Olympics. Percasi selected the best five during the
\nnational chess championships on July 4-18 in Yogyakarta. (arf)<\/p>",
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