Nigel Short takes his time to defeat Utut Adianto<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's number one chess player, Grand
\nMaster Utut Adianto, yesterday ran short of ideas against Briton
\nNigel Short when their first of the scheduled six-round games
\ncame to the 58th move.<\/p>\n
Throughout the match, which lasted about six and a half hours,
\nthe world number 14, Short, gained the upper hand with his
\nfavorite e4 first move, which developed into the Caro-Kann
\nadvanced variant defense.<\/p>\n
He ruthlessly gave Utut, ranked 50 in the world, no
\nopportunity to catch a breath. Utut was on the receiving end of
\nthe game from beginning to end.<\/p>\n
\"His moves were very accurate, with danger lurking
\nunderneath,\" Utut said after the match.<\/p>\n
The London-born grandmaster said the match reminded him of his
\nmatch against Anatoly Karpov \"with one exception.\"<\/p>\n
\"There is an unprecedented move by Utut (which did not occur
\nin Short's match against Karpov) so that at some point during the
\nmatch I was anxious to see whether Utut would be able to escape
\nthe trap,\" Short said. Short did not say which move he meant.<\/p>\n
Short beat Karpov in the world chess championship qualifying
\nround in 1993 to take on Jan Timman in the final. But then the
\nBriton started a breakaway chess organization with title holder
\nGarry Kasparov of Russia. The chess wizards set up the
\nProfessional Chess Association and staged the first championship
\nbetween them.<\/p>\n
Short assured himself of a 1-0 lead when he put his queen to
\nadd force to his raids to Utut's rook and bishop at the cost of
\ntwo pawns.<\/p>\n
\"The moment I moved my queen I knew the game was mine,\" Short
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
International judge Djamil Djamal, who administered the match,
\ntold The Jakarta Post that at the start, when the match was still
\nin balance, it seemed as if the match would end in a draw.<\/p>\n
\"I thought Utut had a chance to escape from Short's vicious
\nattacks because he had a free pawn on the queen side. Utut could
\nhave used it at the end of the game,\" he said.<\/p>\n
But the 30-year-old Indonesian was unable to divert the match
\nto his queen side. Short's attacks were constantly directed on
\nUtut's king side. And Utut had no other choice but to follow the
\npath and meet his Waterloo. (arf)<\/p>",
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