Cerdas wins Olympiad chess gold

Tue, 12 Nov 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: RTR

BLED, Slovenia (JP): Indonesia's chess master Cerdas Barus
took the gold medal as the Best Chess Player of board three at
the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia, RI's grand master Utut
Adianto said in a release on Monday.

According to Utut, Cerdas had 8.5 points from ten rounds of
play (85%). The Men's overall Olympiad team championship went to
Russia with 38.5 points and the Women's champion was China with
29.5 points.

Utut also reported that Indonesia defeated Turkmenistan by a
score of 3-1 in the 14the round at the Olympiad. Indonesia
collected 30 total points and finished in a tie for 46th place
along with Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Norway, Scotland and Mexico in
the event that featured 141 teams.

The Indonesian team will leave Slovenia for Indonesia on
Monday and arrive in Jakarta on Tuesday, Utut said. (JP)

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