Percasi will not seek Andrean replacement<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi) has decided not to
\nrecruit a replacement for Andrean Susilodinata, choosing to
\ncompete at the World Youth Chess Olympiad with just four players,
\na Percasi official said.<\/p>\n
The tournament, which will take place in Kuala Lumpur,
\nMalaysia, from Aug. 21 to Aug. 27, is a team competition in which
\nparticipating countries are allowed to bring an extra player, in
\naddition to the mandatory four.<\/p>\n
\"We don't need to include a new player. I think we will be
\nable to handle it with four players because the tournament only
\nlasts nine rounds,\" Eka Putra Wirya, Percasi's executive
\ndirector, told The Jakarta Post here on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The four players taking part in the tournament are Susanto
\nMegaranto, Tirta Chandra, Taufik Halay and Surya Wahyudi.<\/p>\n
Susanto and Tirta are currently training with Jakarta's Japfa
\nChess Club. Taufik is training in Samarinda, East Kalimantan,
\nwhile Surya is preparing for the tournament with the Utut Adianto
\nChess School in Bekasi, West Java.<\/p>\n
Andrean was removed from the team because his parents insisted
\non accompanying him to Malaysia, which Percasi opposed.<\/p>\n
Eka said the chess association and Andrean's parents had
\ndifferent ideas about what it took to make a player more mature
\nfor the sake of his chess career.<\/p>\n
Despite his chess talent, Andrean, 12, is said by observers to
\nbe too dependent on his parents, which, according to Percasi,
\nwill impede his progress.<\/p>\n
\"We have tried everything to help make him a world champion in
\nthe future. But he doesn't appear to be trying to become more
\nmature.<\/p>\n
\"If he remains spoiled and overly dependent on his parents he
\nis unlikely to become champion,\" Eka said.<\/p>\n
Andrean's parents, according to Eka, are reluctant to allow
\ntheir son to travel without them to tournaments.<\/p>\n
Andrean was also denied a place at the International Wismilak
\nChess Tournament last month because his parents insisted on
\naccompanying him.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kristianus Liem, a team official, said Andrean's
\nexclusion should pave the way for newcomer Surya Wahyudi to prove
\nhimself.<\/p>\n
\"If paired against each other Andrean should be able to beat
\nSurya. But Surya has the kind of motivation that Andrean does
\nnot,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The four players going to Malaysia will play against members
\nof the Gunadarma and BNI chess clubs in a two-day warm-up on
\nThursday and Friday.<\/p>",
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