Antonio, Hamdani share lead

Antonio, Hamdani share lead

JAKARTA (JP): GM Rogelio Antonio of the Philippines and NM
Hamdani Rudin shared the lead at the Bali Jeff-RCA Grand Master
Chess Tournament Friday, each with 5.5 points.

Hamdani again scored a victory in the sixth round by defeating
his counterpart NM Tommy Supriyanto in the 28th move of the
French opening.

With this victory, Hamdani scored 5.5 victory points, the same
as Antonio who only drew with IM Danny Juswanto in the 18th move
of the Queen's Pawn opening.

GM Edhi Handoko had to struggle hard before outwitting his
junior NM Maksum Firdaus in the 65th move of the Sicilian
opening.

NM Kifly Tunasly, who won his first victory Thursday against
Tommy, suffered another defeat by GM Ardiansyah.

Filipino IM Nelson Mariano continued his supremacy by
overcoming IM Nasib Ginting in the 34th move of the Sicilian
opening.

Other results:

IM Bobby Kurniawan vs FM Irwanto 1-0, IM Tu Hoang Thong
(Vietnam) vs IM Ruben Gunawan 1/2-1/2, IM Cerdas Barus vs IM
Salor Sitanggang 1-0.

Rankings: Antonio and Hamdani 5.5 VP, Edhi, Cerdas, Bobby and
Ruben 5 VP, Danny and Hoang Thong 4.5 VP, Nasib and Mariano 4 VP,
Ardiansyah 3.5 VP, Irwanto 2.5 VP, Maksum, Salor 2.0 VP, Tommy
1.5 VP and Kifly 1.0 VP. (lnt)