Irene gets silver at chess Olympiad<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
Irene Kharisma secured a silver medal at the chess Olympiad in
\nCalvia, Spain, while fellow young star Susanto Megaranto helped
\nIndonesia's men's team improve their rank from last season.<\/p>\n
The biennial world's team chess tournament, which featured
\n1,100 players from 128 countries, concluded its 17-day and 14th
\nround competition on Friday with Ukraine winning the men's trophy
\nand China retaining the women's trophy, according to www.chess-
\nolympiad.com.<\/p>\n
Irene, collected 10 points from 12 games with personal point
\npercentage of 83.3 to emerge as the second best performer on
\nboard three behind Zhao Xue of China.<\/p>\n
Irene, 12, becomes the fourth player in the list of
\nIndonesia's medal winners in the history of chess Olympiad.<\/p>\n
GM Utut Adianto, who skipped this year's event, won silver on
\nboard two in 1986 and gold on board one in 2000. Women's player
\nLindri Juni Wijayanti took silver on board one in 1992 and GM
\nCerdas Barus played on board two in 2002 to win gold.<\/p>\n
Irene completed her unbeaten run with success to attain a FIDE
\nMaster (FM) title. After being rested in the 12th and 13th
\nrounds, she returned on Friday to help Indonesia win 3-0 over
\nFiji.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's women's team, whose other members included Evi
\nLindiawati, Stefani Dian Cheri and Norasa Verdiana, collected a
\ntotal 20 points -- from five wins, three draws, six losses -- to
\nfinish in 59th place out of 87 teams.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, their male compatriots improved Indonesia's ranking
\nfrom 65th in Slovenia in 2002 to 48th in Spain, thanks to an
\nimpressive performance by 17-year-old Susanto. Indonesia did not
\nsend a women's team to Slovenia.<\/p>\n
Susanto played in all 14 rounds to amass nine points from
\nseven wins, four draws and three losses. With opponents holding
\nratings above his average, the point collection gave Susanto,
\nwhose rating is 2439, a performance rating of above 2600 when the
\ncompetition entered its 12th round. This automatically earned him
\na GM title.<\/p>\n
A good run was also displayed by other young players with
\nTirta Chandra contributing seven points from 13 games and Taufik
\nHalay scoring 6.5 points from 10 games.<\/p>\n
More experienced Dede Liu gave a poor performance, registering
\nonly four points from 13 games while Ruben Gunawan, who was
\nsidelined by illness since round eight, notched up three points
\nfrom six games.<\/p>\n
Indonesia overcame Tajikistan 2.5-1.5 in the final round on
\nFriday. Susanto and Taufik chalked up a full point with a win
\nover Suhrob Khamdamov Suhrob and Negmat Ziyaev respectively.<\/p>\n
Dede drew with Jamshed Isaev while Tirta Chandra lost to
\nRashid Khouseinov.<\/p>",
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