Zaw beats Yoseph in Wotulo Memorial opener<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Grand Master (GM) Zaw Win Lay of Myanmar, whose
\nelo rating is 2537, put on a skillful display of chess in
\ndefeating Indonesian FIDE Master (MF) Yoseph R. Majella (2321) on
\nthe opening day of the Wotulo Memorial International Grand Master
\nChess Tournament here.<\/p>\n
Zaw employed the French defense to great effect, capturing
\nYoseph's king in the 34th move.<\/p>\n
The match was even until the 14th move when Yoseph, a student
\nat Gunadarma University, which is organizing the tournament,
\nexchanged his rook for a knight at f3.<\/p>\n
He then made two ill-advised moves, with his king capturing
\nZaw's knight at f3.<\/p>\n
"Yoseph should move his king to e5 and the match would have
\ndeveloped into a tie," Zaw said.<\/p>\n
In other matches, GM Darryl Johansen of Australia (2520)
\ndefeated GM Stefan Djuric of Yugoslavia (2465) in the 55th move
\nusing the Spanish defense.<\/p>\n
MF Cecep Kosasih of Indonesia (2420) forced a draw with
\ncompatriot MF Awam Wahono (2401) in the 34th move. Cecep employed
\nthe Petroff defense.<\/p>\n
The second round of the tournament will begin at 2:30 p.m. on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
The Category IX tournament has attracted seven foreign GMs to
\nhonor the late International Master (MI) Max Arie Wotulo. The
\ntournament is being held at the Clarion Golden Hotel on Jl.
\nGunung Sahari in Central Jakarta, and will continue until April
\n3.<\/p>\n
Others taking part in the tournament are GM Krunoslav Hulak of
\nCroatia (2546), GM Normunds Miezis of Latvia (2601), GM Dashzeveg
\nSharavdorj of Mongolia (2441) and GM Krishnan Sasikiran of India
\n(2601).<\/p>\n
Indonesians competing in the event are International Master
\n(MI) Danny Juswanto (2487), MI Dede Liu (2378), MF Sugeng
\nPrayitno (2391) and MF Eko Supriyono (2252).<\/p>\n
Wotulo, who was also a lecturer at Gunadarma University,
\nrepresented Indonesia at five Chess Olympics between 1960 and
\n1978. He was also Indonesia's first International Referee.<\/p>\n
His widow, Biki Petrovic, and daughter, Mona Wotulo, attended
\nthe opening ceremony of the tournament on Friday. Petrovic moved
\nthe first chess piece to symbolically start the tournament. (nvn)<\/p>",
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