FIDE Master Ruben beats Ardiansyah<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Using the popular Sicilian opening, FIDE Master
\nRuben Gunawan beat Grand Master Ardiansyah 1-0 at the 19th move
\nto take the lead in the eighth round of the second leg of the
\nGunadarma International Master Chess Tournament yesterday.<\/p>\n
Ruben, whose elo rating is 2,345, collected 6.5 points,
\nqualifying for an international master (IM) title. He will obtain
\nthe IM title if he manages to repeat yesterday's result at
\nanother international tournament, the match's referee, Mukmin,
\nannounced yesterday.<\/p>\n
During the sixth round completed on Sunday, Ardiansyah, who
\nhas an elo rating of 2,425, tied with Ruben as they both
\ncollected five points.<\/p>\n
Mukmin said the other Indonesian players who still have a
\nchance to qualify for an international master title during the
\nongoing tournament are FIDE Master Denny Juswanto and Dede Liu.
\nAt present, Denny and Dede have an elo rating of 2,325 and 2,315
\nrespectively.<\/p>\n
Up to the end of the eight round, Denny played a draw at the
\n10th move with Cerdas Barus, one of the six men's chess players,
\nwhom the Indonesian Chess Association has picked for the Moscow
\nOlympics from Nov. 30 to Dec. 17. Dede fell 0-1 to Sebastian
\nSimanjuntak at 42nd move.<\/p>\n
The international tournament, sponsored by the Gunadarma
\ncomputer school, has been on since Oct. 26. It will finish on
\nNov. 2 at the school's chess center in Kelapa Dua, Depok, Bogor.<\/p>\n
Six countries, China, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia,
\nAustralia and host Indonesia, are taking part.<\/p>\n
The ninth round, slated for today, will feature six matches.
\nThese will include Singaporean Teo Kok Siong versus Andi
\nSuhendra, Filipino Bancod Ronald versus Ardiansyah, Nathanael
\nSituru and Ruben Gunawan. (arf)<\/p>",
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