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        "id": 1038944,
        "msgid": "polgar-pledges-to-play-her-best-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-12-10 00:00:00",
        "title": "Polgar pledges to play her best",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Polgar pledges to play her best JAKARTA (JP): Hungarian Grandmaster Judith Polgar promised she would play to her best when she takes on Indonesian GM Utut Adianto in a special chess duel. \"I will show my best play although I know that Utut Adianto is a good player,\" Judith said on her arrival at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Sunday.",
        "content": "<p>Polgar pledges to play her best<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Hungarian Grandmaster Judith Polgar promised she<br>\nwould play to her best when she takes on Indonesian GM Utut<br>\nAdianto in a special chess duel.<\/p>\n<p>\"I will show my best play although I know that Utut Adianto is<br>\na good player,\" Judith said on her arrival at Soekarno-Hatta<br>\nInternational Airport Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Cholid Ghozali, deputy chairman of the Indonesian Chess<br>\nAssociation (Percasi) and Eka Putra Wirya, Percasi's training<br>\ndirector welcomed the entourage, which included Judith's sister<br>\nSofia and their parents, at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>Judith has an elo rating of 2,675 and is ranked 19th in the<br>\nworld. She is Hungary's number one player and always wants to<br>\nchallenge male players.<\/p>\n<p>Judith and Utut will play four simultaneous 25-minute games<br>\nand two rounds of blind chess, a format where neither player sees<br>\nthe game board.<\/p>\n<p>The players will vie for US$16,000 (Rp 33.5 million) in cash<br>\nprizes of which the winner will receive $10,000 and the loser<br>\n$6,000. The contest will run for seven days from Dec. 12 to Dec.<br>\n18 at Wisma Tugu. It is open to the public and a large monitor<br>\nshowing the moves will be provided to facilitate viewing.<\/p>\n<p>Eka said that after Judith's duel with Utut, she will also<br>\nplay a simultaneous game with 25 players from the Gunadarma chess<br>\nschool. \"Judith will receive $2,500 for the game.\"<\/p>\n<p>The contest is being staged by Percasi in cooperation with a<br>\npharmacy firm.<\/p>\n<p>According to Judith, she has never met Utut before but she has<br>\nstudied Utut's style of play. \"I have already prepared myself for<br>\nthe match including analyzing Utut's play. I am confident I can<br>\nshow my best play.\"<\/p>\n<p>While Judith is concentrating on her contest with Utut, Sofia<br>\nwill play a simultaneous game with Indonesian players MI Maria<br>\nRatna Lucia, MI Upi D. Tamin and MI Lisa Lumondong. Sofia will<br>\nplay two games with each of the local players.<\/p>\n<p>Sofia will receive $2,500 as a fee for her appearance. (lnt)<\/p>",
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