Utut vs Zhu in blindfold chess game<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
GM Utut Adianto, Indonesia's number one chess grand master, is
\nscheduled to take on world women's champion GM Zhu Chen of China
\nin a two-game blindfold match on Sunday in a prelude to the
\nMakita-Lakoni International Grand Master Tournament.<\/p>\n
While not playing their moves on a chessboard, Utut and Zhu
\nwill announce their moves through chess notation and match
\nofficials will move the pieces for them.<\/p>\n
Two games will be played, with 25 minutes of thinking time for
\neach player permitted.<\/p>\n
The first will be screened live on ANTV from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
\nat the Graha Kita Karya building, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
"If they draw they will play a blitz game," organizing
\ncommittee member Eka Putra Wirya told The Jakarta Post here on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
A blitz game allows a player with white pieces six minutes of
\nthinking time and black five minutes. In the event of a draw, the
\nplayer with black pieces is declared the winner.<\/p>\n
Despite being an exhibition match, a total of US$3,000 in cash
\nprizes is up for grabs, with the winner taking two-thirds of the
\nsum.<\/p>\n
The blindfold game will be a curtain-raiser ahead of the six-
\nway Makita tournament in which Utut and Zhu, who is scheduled to
\narrive on Saturday, will be paired against four other players.<\/p>\n
The tournament will run from Feb. 16 to 25 with three
\nIndonesian male players being pitted against three visiting women
\ngrand masters. Claimed as a match between Kings of Indonesia and
\nQueens of the World, the tournament offers a total US$12,500 in
\ncash prizes.<\/p>\n
The other Indonesians are International Master (IM) Danny
\nJuswanto and IM Susanto Megaranto.<\/p>\n
2002 European champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria and
\n2000 Asian champion IM Hoang Thanh Trang of Vietnam are the other
\ntwo foreign contenders.<\/p>\n
Hoang and Stefanova are scheduled to arrive on Friday.<\/p>\n
With a players' rating of 2495 on average, the tournament is
\ncategorized as 10th-rated, which means, according to chess
\ncolumnist Kristianus Liem, a player will need to collect at least
\nseven points from ten rounds to gain a GM norm.<\/p>\n
Kristianus, who is the spokesperson of the Indonesian Chess
\nAssociation (Percasi), said that all the matches would use a
\ndigital electronic smartboard, which would enable chess fans to
\nfollow games live from twelve TV screens installed outside the
\nbuilding.<\/p>\n
The matches can also be viewed on www.sekolahcatur.com.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/utut-vs-zhu-in-blindfold-chess-game-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }