Bobby sent to world chess meet

Fri, 22 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

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)

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