Sat, 15 Jun 2002

Indonesia's chess juniors whitewashed: With 17 players in the squad, Indonesia returned home empty-handed from the ASEAN Age- Group Chess Championships on Friday, while Vietnam predictably dominated, winning ten out of the 12 gold medals at stake. The best achievement the Indonesians could do was take a silver thanks to Taufik Halay, who competed in the boys' U-16 category. Singapore and the Philippines grabbed a gold each. -- JP