Utut scores first win at Gunadarma tournament<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): After three draws and one loss, Indonesia's
\nnumber one chess player Utut Adianto notched up his first win at
\nthe Gunadarma International Grandmaster Chess Tournament on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old grandmaster easily outwitted his opponent and
\nfriend, international master Ruben Gunawan, on the 28th move,
\nafter Ruben blundered on the 12th move.<\/p>\n
Utut, who developed the King's Indian defense of the Samisch
\nvariance, said that the blunder cost Ruben dearly and gave him
\nample room to position his resources for a great battle in the
\nnext three steps.<\/p>\n
Unprepared for the battle, Ruben tried to defend his pieces as
\nhard as he could, but the exchange of Utut's bishop with Ruben's
\nknight on the 15th move eroded Ruben's strengths so much that he
\nhad to admit defeat 13 steps later.<\/p>\n
The win did not affect Utut's standing very much. Utut placed
\nthird in the standing table with 2.5 points, behind Lajor
\nPortisch of Hungary with 3.5 points and Ivan Sokolov of Bosnia-
\nHerzegovina with 3 points.<\/p>\n
Portisch beat Michal Krasenkow of Poland on the 58th move on a
\nKing's Indian defense, after the two were involved in a series of
\nfierce attempts to occupy each other's strategic territories. The
\nwin earned Portisch 3.5 points and placed him on top of the
\nstanding table.<\/p>\n
Eugenio Torres of the Philippines actually earned the same
\namount of points as Portisch, after drawing with Germany's Joerg
\nHickl on the day. Portisch, however, placed first because he
\nstill had a game against Ruben, which he won yesterday at the
\n41st move on a Slavia defense. The game was scheduled for Friday,
\nbut was delayed because Ruben had to sit for an exam.<\/p>\n
In other matches, international master Dede Liu carved out
\nanother impressive performance when he managed to tie with
\nMikhail Gurevich of Belgium on the 28th move. Previously, Liu had
\nsuccessfully forced Sokolov, whose elo rating is 205 higher than
\nhis, to a draw. Sokolov himself drew with Lubomir Ftacnik of
\nSlovakia on the 44th move on a Grunfeld defense. (arf)<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/utut-scores-first-win-at-gunadarma-tournament-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}