Adianto to challenge Smyslov in six-round duel
Adianto to challenge Smyslov in six-round duel
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's number one chess player Utut Adianto
will challenge former world champion Vassili Smyslov in a five-
day, six-round duel at the Kelapa Gading Sports Club, North
Jakarta.
The match between the Indonesian grand master and the 1957-
1958 world champion is scheduled to start on Nov. 21 at 14.30 in
the Janur room of the club.
Smyslov, a co-founder of the prestigious Soviet School of
Chess, will arrive here on Nov. 19 together with Alexander Bach,
said Eka Putra Wirya, the owner of the Enerpac chess school which
arranged the meet, yesterday.
Bach acted as the manager for world number one Russian Anatoly
Karpov during last year's world chess duel against Dutchman Jan
Timman.
Eka said that during the five-day match an exhibition
tournament will be held on Nov.23. On that day the two grand
masters will play "rapid" chess in a brief 25 minutes.
"Utut needs a 3-1 victory to increase his elo rating by 10 to
2,600 and boost his world ranking from 72 to 60," said Eka,
explaining the reason behind his school's arrangement of the FIDE
sanctioned competition.
The winner will get a US$3,000 cash prize and the loser
$2,000, Eka added.
As of July, FIDE rated 29-year-old Utut at 2520, but he has
raised his elo rating to 2,590 after recently taking part in
various tournaments in Europe and the U.S.
Utut, who will come back on Monday from a 13-day stint with
Russian grand master Joseff Dorman in Paris, recorded his most
recent best performance when he became the champion of the Biel
Masters in Switzerland last August.
As for the Russian, 73-year-old veteran Smyslov, with an elo
rating of 2510, recorded his most recent best performance when he
beat Yasser Seirawan of the U.S. in the first round of the
prestigious tournament in Tilburg, the Netherlands, last month.
Cholid Gozali, the vice chairman of the Indonesian Chess
Association (PB Percasi) told reporters yesterday Smyslov's visit
should also be seen as preparing Utut for the Moscow Chess
Olympics slated for Nov. 30 to Dec. 17.
Cholid said he would be very happy if Utut and the best five
-- Eddy Handoko, Nasib Ginting, Ivan Jonathan Situru, Salor
Sitanggang and Cerdas Barus -- finished 20th in the upcoming
Moscow Olympics. Percasi selected the best five during the
national chess championships on July 4-18 in Yogyakarta. (arf)