Indonesia's Utut reaches FIDE World chess c'ships second round<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Grand Master Utut Adianto of Indonesia cruised
\nto the second round after overcoming International Master Imad
\nHakki of Syria 1.5-0.5 Victory Points (VPs) on the second day of
\nthe US$3.5 million 2000 FIDE World Championships in New Delhi
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
Utut, whose elo rating is 2583, had his turn to play the white
\npieces and opened the match by moving his d4 pawn. Hakki, with an
\nelo rating of 2429, put pressure on Utut to play his sharp Benoni
\ndefense but Utut calmly moved e3 to play with queen Gambit
\nopening.<\/p>\n
In the seventh move, Utut managed to fulfill his plan to force
\nfor a queen trade between the players. If Hakki turned down his
\noffer, he would have lost time.<\/p>\n
Utut had a second win at the 15th move when Ke4 forced for a
\ntrading of two bishops and one knight. That left a pair of rooks,
\na knight and six pawns on the chess board.<\/p>\n
In the 21st move, Utut forced a trade of knights and once
\nagain Hakki didn't refuse. But Hakki agreed to Utut's offer of a
\ndraw on the 35th move after he left one rook and two pawns on the
\nboard.<\/p>\n
"When I started my match, I had thought of winning it. But I
\ntold myself that I should not seek the chance of increasing my
\nelo rating in a major competition like this one. It's too
\nprecious," he said, as stated at www.ututadianto.com.<\/p>\n
"I sought a draw because I wanted to take a rest while the
\nother players are still playing their play-off matches," said
\nUtut, who is still suffering from influenza. "I'm going to visit
\nthe Indonesian embassy tomorrow and enjoy New Delhi in the chilly
\nweather."<\/p>\n
Utut managed to equal his result in the 1997 World Chess
\nChampionships in Groningen, the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
Utut will face Grand Master Peng Xiaomin of China with an elo
\nrating of 2657 on Thursday. Peng qualified for the second round
\nas his elo rating is above 2650.<\/p>\n
Utut has already met Peng at the Tan Chin Nam Cup in Beijing
\nin July. The match ended in a tie.<\/p>\n
The second round draw will take place after all of the players
\nhave finished their first round play-offs.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Reuters has reported that Joel Lautier of France,
\nseeded 30th, lost to Brazil's Rafael Leitao. He lost the first of
\ntwo games and was held to a draw in the second by a lower-rated
\nLeitao.<\/p>\n
Top names in the tournament, including defending champion
\nAlexander Khalifman of Russia, Britain's Michael Adams and Nigel
\nShort, and India's Viswanathan Anand, are not due to play until
\nthe second round.<\/p>\n
Russia's former champion Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik
\nare not participating after Kramnik beat Kasparov in an informal
\nworld title round in London earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Former FIDE world champion Anatoly Karpov was also skipping
\nthe event.<\/p>\n
In the women's section, world junior champion Hoang Thanh
\nTrang of Vietnam lost both her games against Viktorija Cmilyte of
\nLithuania and was eliminated.<\/p>\n
In the men's section, 36 first round winners and 28 seeds will
\nplay in the second round, while 29 winners and three direct seeds
\nwill compete in the women's second round. (yan)<\/p>",
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