Utut unqualified for world meet<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Utut Adianto fell short of taking one of the ten
\nplaces for the 2001 World Chess Championship after managing to
\ncollect only 6 points at the Asian Cup, which ended in Calcutta,
\nIndia, on Friday.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian grand master won his last two games -- over
\nMoradiabadi Elshan (Iran) in the tenth and Ziaur Rahman
\n(Bangladesh) in the eleventh rounds respectively -- but the
\nvictories failed to lift his points total sufficiently. Utut
\nfinished in 24th place.<\/p>\n
The failure means that Utut will not take part in the world
\nevent, to be held in Monte Carlo next November, for the first
\ntime in four seasons. Utut played in Lausanne, Las Vegas and New
\nDelhi.<\/p>\n
The other Indonesian contender, IM Dede Liu, stumbled to an
\neven worse result, taking 4.5 points in 11 rounds.<\/p>\n
GM Xu Jun of China won the tournament with 8.5 points, and was
\nentitled to a US$12,000 purse. The runner-up position and a
\n$10,000 prize went to GM Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan, who was
\na half-point below the winner. (01)<\/p>",
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