Big chess meet set for anniversary<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): World number one Garry Kasparov and Poland's ace
\nYudith Polgar are expected to pit their wits here in an
\ninternational chess tournament held in conjunction with
\nIndonesia's 50th anniversary, official says.<\/p>\n
Cholid Ghozali, vice president of the Indonesian Chess
\nAssociation (Percasi), told reporters upon opening a simultaneous
\ngame featuring Russian player Master International Nikolai
\nAndrianov on Monday that the chess meet is restricted to the
\nworld's top 100 players with a minimum elo rating of 2,500.<\/p>\n
\"The tournament will be as big as that we organized more than
\na decade ago.\" Cholid said. More than 15 Grand Masters entered a
\nchess extravaganza held in Yogyakarta and Jakarta in 1982, vying
\nfor the Madame Tien Soeharto trophy.<\/p>\n
Cholid failed to mention the date of the invitational meet,
\nbut confirmed that it will take place after Aug. 17. \"Many of our
\nplayers will be wandering around the world for other tournaments
\nuntil August,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Percasi secretary Djamil Djamal added that, performance-wise,
\nonly Indonesia's number one GM Utut Adianto and number two GM
\nEdhi Handoko would qualify for the event. Utut is currently
\nranked 78 in the world with an elo rating of 2,585.<\/p>\n
Indonesia played host to the world championship sanctioned by
\nthe world chess body FIDE in October 1993 which pitted Russian
\nAnatoly Karpov and Jan Timman of the Netherlands. The match was
\nheld after defending champion Kasparov broke away from FIDE and
\nset up a rival body, the Professional Chess Association.<\/p>\n
Kasparov and FIDE's reelected president Florencio Campomanes
\nconsidered a reconciliation during the 31th Olympic of Chess in
\nMoscow in December last year. Kasparov led Russia I to win the
\nOlympiad.<\/p>\n
Chess Olympic<\/p>\n
Percasi, buoyed by a surprising result at the Chess Olympic,
\nis preparing to bid for hosting the 35th meet in 2002. \"We hope
\nto reach an optimum position when we host the world's biggest
\nchess meet,\" said Cholid, adding that the plan is in accordance
\nwith national sports strategy which sets 2002 as the start of a
\ngolden era.<\/p>\n
Indonesian men's team shot up to 28th place from its previous
\nranking of 40th during the Moscow chess Olympiad competition. In
\ncontrast, the national women's squad dropped its ranking by six
\nplaces from 18th of two years ago to 24th.<\/p>\n
Cholid said Percasi had hired Andrianov to train the national
\nteams for the upcoming Olympic in Yerevan, Armenia next year. The
\nRussian coach, who helped Indonesian top women's player Lindri
\nYuni attain her Master International title in 1993, will also
\ntrain players groomed for the junior championships.<\/p>\n
Andrianov scored 20 wins, four draws and three losses in his
\n27 rapid games on Monday night. Hastomo, a nine-year-old student
\nof Enerpac chess school, sprung a little bit of surprise when he
\nforced Andrianov to give up in the 23rd move. (amd)<\/p>",
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