Irene sparks RI's win in chess meet<\/p>\n
Musthofid, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Unmatched Irene Kharisma led Indonesia's three-strong young
\nchess team to a 7.5-4.5 point victory over their Singaporean
\nopponents in the Clash of the Future Generation which ended here
\non Sunday.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's points were largely contributed by 12-year-old
\nIrene, who blanked teenager To Li-Cheng for a 4-0 win in the two-
\nday chess contest that played two apiece in the normal and rapid
\ngames at the Utut Adianto Chess School II in Kelapa Gading in
\nNorth Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Samuel Siahaan, who took the two games on Saturday, suffered
\nlosses in the other two games on Sunday to end his match against
\nTerry Chua in a 2-2 draw while Olrenzo Johan was beaten 2.5-1.5
\nby Graham Chua.<\/p>\n
\"Their games are still volatile,\" Kristianus Liem, a chess
\nobserver, said of Samuel and Olrenzo.<\/p>\n
\"Olrenzo has the ability, as he showed during the games, to
\ndiscover a very good move. But he may at times make a glaring
\nslip in which he overlooks a clear winning move,\" Kristianus
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
After sharing the points in the opening day, Olrenzo and
\nGraham Chua entered Sunday's match with a normal game, which
\nallows 90 minutes of thinking time compared to rapid's 25
\nminutes.<\/p>\n
Toward the end of the game, the 11-year-old held an advantage
\nof controlling a better position before he let the winning chance
\nevaporate and had to be content with a draw after Terry
\noverlooked his own chance as well.<\/p>\n
Samuel at the other board was dealt a blow, punished by Terry
\nChua for the former's attacking rush at the King's side.<\/p>\n
Olrenzo and Samuel were then unable to lift their performance
\nto end up losing in the rapid games later in the day.<\/p>\n
Irene, meanwhile, proved too strong for To Li-Cheng, the 2003
\nASEAN champion.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian, who finished ninth at the 2003 World Chess
\nChampionships, put in a commanding play throughout the encounter
\nto win all four games.<\/p>\n
It was a good warmup for her ahead of her match against Sopiko
\nGuramavilli of Georgia, the runner-up in the world championships,
\nover July 12 to July 16.<\/p>\n
Tournament director Eka Putra Wirya hailed his proteges'
\nperformance, saying that the two sides were considering making
\nthe contest a regular meet.<\/p>\n
\"They (Singapore) will invite us for another match by the end
\nof this year,\" Eka said, adding that the number of players could
\nbe increased to eight per team.<\/p>",
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