Past stars to join Anniswati chess event<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Indonesian chess veterans Upi Darmayana Tamin and Lisa Lumondong
\nare set to take part in the inaugural Anniswati Memorial Cup, the
\norganizing committee says.<\/p>\n
The Anniswati Cup, a national women's chess tournament, will
\ntake place over three series with the opening round scheduled for
\nMay 20-26. The second round will be from Oct. 12 to Oct. 19 and
\nthe third round from March 3 to March 9, 2003.<\/p>\n
The top ten players from the first and second series, which
\nare scheduled to be played under the Swiss system, will qualify
\nfor the final stage where the competition will shift to a KO
\ncontest.<\/p>\n
The organizer said that the event would also aim to monitor
\ntalented players to be recruited for a national team for the 2003
\nSEA Games.<\/p>\n
\"We are going to prepare a team which is ready for the SEA
\nGames,\" Eka Putra Wirya, the committee chairman, told a press
\nconference here on Friday. He was accompanied by Machnan
\nKamaludin, the chairman of the Indonesian Chess Association
\n(Percasi).<\/p>\n
Upi and Lisa were part of the four-strong Indonesian team
\nwhich finished in an unprecedented 11th position at the 1996
\nChess Olympiad, a feat their male compatriots have never equaled.<\/p>\n
Upi, who followed up her impressive team's performance by
\nbecoming the Asian champion in the same year, has since played
\nrarely, not only in international competition but also in
\nnational tournaments due to work commitments.<\/p>\n
Her latest appearance was in the 2000 Olympiad in Turkey, but
\nshe failed to inspire her teammates this time.<\/p>\n
Lisa too has made a rare appearance. After her poor
\nperformance in the 1997 Stahl International Invitation in
\nJakarta, she has since disappeared from the national chess scene.<\/p>\n
The Anniswati Cup could have been an emotional reunion of the
\nformer 1996 squad, but the other two members -- Lindri Yuni and
\nMaria Lucia -- are unlikely to turn up as they failed to respond
\nto the invitation.<\/p>",
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