Seeds win first games at junior chess meet<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Tournament seeds cruised past the opening round of the National
\nJunior Chess Circuit in Bekasi, a satellite city of Jakarta, on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
Ferry Ferdiansyah from Riau, top seed in the boys' 10-14
\ncategory, beat Ferdinand Hutabarat of Jakarta in 37 moves.<\/p>\n
Kaiser Jenius (South Sumatra) and Surya Wahyudi (Jakarta) also
\novercame their respective opponents, the former defeating Edi Hun
\nand the latter stopping Riyanta Mitra.<\/p>\n
The four-day tournament features 90 players from 14 cities and
\ntowns with the Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi) looking to
\nnet young talents for the Dream Team II project.<\/p>\n
The planned Dream Team II is supposed to deputize for Dream
\nTeam I, which comprises Tirta Chandra, Susanto Megaranto, Taufik
\nHalay and Andrean Susilodinata.<\/p>\n
\"We will be looking for between five and ten players. They
\nwill undergo an intensive training program at the Utut Adianto
\nChess School, and we'll see whether we can rely on their skills,\"
\nPercasi Executive Director Eka Putra Wirya said after the opening
\nceremony.<\/p>\n
The competing participants come to the tournament as the top
\nfive finishers in one of the previous five circuits in Medan,
\nJakarta, Bandung, Surabaya and Banjarmasin.<\/p>\n
In the boys' 15-18 category, Abuzar Fikri of Jakarta and
\nAprilias DS (East Java) cleared the first hurdle with wins over
\nFahriadi and Endi Gunawan.<\/p>\n
Almost all strong contenders in the girls' 10-14 category had
\nno difficulties in overcoming their unrated opponents, except for
\nGerhana Kartika.<\/p>\n
Gerhana, the champion in the U-8 category in the 2001 ASEAN
\nJunior Championship in Kuala Lumpur, was stunned by Tri Prisma.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Evi Lindiawati, a national team member in the 2000
\nChess Olympiad in Turkey, led the favorites' charge in the girls'
\n15-18 category with a win over Oktalina Anugrani.<\/p>",
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