Irene conquers world champion<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Indonesian chess teenager Irene Kharisma stunned 2004 world
\nchamp Klaudia Kulon of Poland in the 10th round of the girls'
\nunder-14 event in the World Youth Chess Championships in Belfort,
\nFrance, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The victory brought 13-year-old Irene to fourth place with 7.5
\npoints. Elena Tairova of Russia tops the standings with 8.5
\npoints followed by Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine and Anastasia
\nBodnaruk of Russia, who are tied on eight points each.<\/p>\n
\"Kulon accepted the challenge resulting from Irene's sharp
\nbuildup of an Italian game, only to get battered by the
\nIndonesian girl in the end,\" team's manager Kristianus Liem said
\nvia email.<\/p>\n
\"Irene daringly sacrificed a knight on the 16th move to leave
\nthe opponent unable to reshuffle her king.<\/p>\n
\"Through cunning tactical moves, Irene managed not only to win
\nback a piece but take an advantage of being two pawns ahead as
\nwell being in a better position. In the rest of the game,
\nKlaudia's king was marauded into submission on move 31,\"
\nKristianus said.<\/p>\n
Aston Taminsyah, the only Indonesian in competition, also won
\nhis 10th round game over Guillaume Lamard of France in the boys'
\nunder-10, but the eight-year-old is still struggling at the
\nbottom with four points.<\/p>\n
Irene will play Sylvie Genzling of France in the final round
\nwhich will decide her position in the final rankings. Aston, who
\nrecently won the world school championship, meets Bobby Sky Cheng
\nof New Zealand.<\/p>\n
From Dieren, Netherlands, GM Susanto Megaranto chalked up his
\nsecond game at the Open Dutch Championships to join the leading
\npack with two points.<\/p>\n
Susanto defeated Dimitri Van Lennt on Wednesday as Indonesia's
\ntraveling contingent experienced mixed results.<\/p>\n
Taufik Halay drew with GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov while Tirta
\nChandra suffered a loss to GM Stanislav Novikov.<\/p>\n
The three are on a three-month European tour as part of their
\npreparations ahead of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Manila
\nin November.<\/p>\n
The Dieren event is their second stop after a strong
\ntournament in Amsterdam where all three snapped up good results.<\/p>",
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