Irene leads RI against S'pore in chess meet<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Irene Kharisma, who finished ninth in the girls' U-12 category
\nat the 2003 World Chess Championships, will lead Indonesia's
\nyouth team in a three-way chess matchup against Singapore
\nstarting on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Irene will be paired against To Li Cheng, the 2003 ASEAN
\n(Association of Southeast Asian Nations) girls' U-12 champion.<\/p>\n
The other two pairings will pit Samuel Siahaan and Olrenzo
\nJohan of Indonesia against Terry Chua and Graham Chua of
\nSingapore, respectively.<\/p>\n
Samuel was the 2002 national champion in the boys' U-10 while
\nOlrenzo was the 2003 champion. Terry Chua was 2003 ASEAN champion
\nin the boys' U-10 while Graham was champion in the U-8 category.<\/p>\n
The Singaporean youngsters will be led by their coach
\nInternational Master (IM) Rico Mascarinas of the Philippines.<\/p>\n
The contest will coincide with the opening of the Utut Adianto
\nChess School II at Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Four matches -- two normal chess and two rapid chess -- will
\nbe played over two days.<\/p>\n
The organizers said that it would be a match to highlight the
\nyoung generation of chess from the two countries.<\/p>\n
\"We have chosen Singapore's players as our opponents because
\nSingapore has been making rapid progress in chess development in
\nthe past five years,\" Eka Putra Wirya, the chairman of the
\norganizing committee, said.<\/p>\n
For Irene, the matches will be a warmup ahead of her series
\nagainst the world's number two player Sopiko Guramavilli of
\nGeorgia scheduled for July 12-16 in Jakarta.<\/p>",
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