Teens dominate Anniswati Cup chess tourney<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Two international masters (IMs) crashed in the fifth round of the
\nAnniswati Cup women's chess tournament on Friday as teenage Evie
\nLindiawati kept her one-point lead intact with two rounds to go.<\/p>\n
Lisa Lumongdong and Upi Darmayana Tamin were the biggest
\ncasualties during Friday's fourth and fifth rounds, in which
\nteenage players dominated their seniors.<\/p>\n
Lisa, who is one of Indonesia's few IM players, is rusty after
\nbeing absent from the sport since 1997.<\/p>\n
After escaping with a narrow win over Amalia Andra, the 34-
\nyear-old stumbled against 12-year-old Irene Sukandar.<\/p>\n
Upi, who drew with Evie earlier, missed a glaring chance to
\ncheckmate Yulianti Tjindarbumi and lost by default as her time
\ncontrol fell. The game lasted for 43 moves in Sicilian defense.<\/p>\n
Lisa surrendered in 30 moves of Sicilian game, blaming poor
\nphysical shape for the defeat.<\/p>\n
\"I built a better position in the middlegame. I somehow
\nslipped up. My physical form did not compromise. It caused me to
\nlose concentration,\" Lisa told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Lisa was stung by a quickfire combinational attack by Irene
\nduring the middlegame which resulted in the loss of bishop for
\nthe former. Lisa could only take a pawn as compensation.<\/p>\n
\"That's the game of chess. We can slip up anytime,\" she said.<\/p>\n
She however offered her praise to her younger opponent, saying
\nthat Irene played well.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Evie collected another one-and-a-half points from
\nFriday's pairings, drawing with Upi and winning over Norasa
\nVerdiana.<\/p>\n
Evie, 16, has now amassed four-and-a-half points, one point
\nover close rival Irene, whose big scalp of Lisa came on the back
\nof her defeat of Tuti Rahayu.<\/p>\n
Other teenagers rising to the top included 14-year-old Stefani
\nDian and 15-year-old Norasa. Both joined a four-way tie for third
\nposition with three points, with Lisa and Yulianti.<\/p>\n
Stefani won games against Imasniti and Susianah Handayani,
\nwhile Norasa overcame Yulianti before losing to Evie.<\/p>\n
Upi has to be content with two-and-a-half points collected
\nfrom Susianah and Tuti Rahayu. Sulung Wahyuni, Neiko Rasaki and
\nAmalia Andra are tied on two points each while Imasniti is last
\non one-and-a-half points.<\/p>\n
Lisa's poor performance might overshadow her comeback after a
\nsix year absence.<\/p>\n
Asked if she still had hopes for being shortlisted for the
\nnext Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam, Lisa said: \"Let's
\nsee if I can still hang on in the next games.\"<\/p>\n
The tournament, which will play seven rounds of classic games
\nand nine rounds of rapid games until Tuesday, provides two places
\nin an initial shortlist of eight. The team is then whittled down
\nto four to join Evie and Upi as automatic team members for the
\nVietnam games, where chess makes its debut.<\/p>\n
The players have a break on Saturday and will resume play on
\nSunday with two last rounds.<\/p>",
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