Local chess queens to challenge top kings<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Three of Indonesia's best women chess players
\nand three male juniors will be put in a group to oppose six top
\nmale players in an elo rating match, starting from April 23 to
\nMay 7 here.<\/p>\n
Cholid Ghozali, vice chairman of the Indonesian Chess
\nAssociation, told a press conference yesterday that three
\nnational women chess players have gathered with the juniors to
\nimprove the skills of the women players.<\/p>\n
The match is replacing an international tournament between the
\nthree women national masters and Nana Alexandria of Georgia,
\nscheduled for this month.<\/p>\n
Group A, comprising Upi Darmayana Tamin, whose elo rating is
\n2,135, Lisa K Lumongdong (2,105), Maria Ratna Lucia (2,190),
\nJansen Lokananta, Erwin Yulianto and Anjas Novita, will play
\ntheir group B male counterparts Oscar Iman Santoso, Eko
\nSupriyono, Novian Siregar, Asrul Aray, Lauw Seng Hong and Tommy
\nSupriyanto, who each has an elo rating of 2,300, in the
\nScheveningen 10-round system match. Each player of group B will
\nmeet his or her opponent twice.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the change of plan, Cholid said: \"Since
\nAlexandria has a very tight schedule, we will replace the match
\nwith this event. But she will come to oppose our best women from
\nJune 7 to 22,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Upi is scheduled to meet Alexandria first in Jakarta, Maria
\nwill have the next turn to meet the Georgian in Surabaya and Lisa
\nwill be the last rival for Alexandria. All three contests will be
\nfour-round matches.<\/p>\n
SEA Games<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Cholid again launched his idea of including chess
\nin the upcoming 19th Southeast Asian Games here.<\/p>\n
\"Among Southeast Asian countries, the Philippines and Vietnam
\nare our only worthy opponents,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Cholid believes that if the National Sports Council agrees to
\ninclude chess, then the sport will contribute 11 gold medals for
\nthe country.<\/p>\n
Eight of the medals will be given to players who collect the
\nhighest points on board one, board two, board three and board
\nfour for each gender. Two medals will go to the winners of the
\nmen's and women's teams, while the other medal will go to the
\noverall winner.<\/p>\n
As for the 14th National Games (Sept. 9 to Sept. 20), which he
\nexpects to feature chess for the first time, the qualifying
\nrounds have been completed, Cholid said.(05).<\/p>",
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