Bobby sent to world chess meet

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Chess Association yesterday sent Master International Bobby Kurniawan to the 33rd World Junior Chess Championship in Halle, Germany, in the hope that he will finish among the top 10.

The association also sent budding young player Neiko Rasaki to the 12th World Junior Girls' Chess Championship, to be held in the same German city and over the same period, namely Sept. 23 to Oct. 8.

Bobby won the Asian junior championship in Brastagi, North Sumatra, in 1991 when he was 16. His present elo rating is 2,330. He earned his Master International title at the Gunadarma Grand Master Chess tournament in Yogyakarta in June. (arf)