Cerdas wins Olympiad chess gold

Tue, 12 Nov 2002 | 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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