Chess team to meet Megawati

Chess team to meet Megawati

JAKARTA (JP): A team from the Indonesian Chess Association
(Percasi) is scheduled to meet Vice President Megawati
Soekarnoputri at the vice president's palace on Monday at 9:30
a.m.

Percasi's spokesman Kristianus Liem said on Saturday that the
meeting with Megawati was to ask the Vice President to open the
Japfa Classic International Chess Tournament in Sanur, Bali on
April 22.

"We have asked the Vice President to provide a trophy for the
women's national chess tournament which will be held in August,"
Kristianus said.

The team includes Wismoyo Arismunandar (National Sports
Council chairman), Machnan R Kamaluddin (acting Percasi
chairman), Eka Putra Wirya (Percasi), Grand Master Utut Adianto,
Syamsir (Japfa Comfeed) and Tjokorda Ngurah Agung Kusumayudha
(Percasi's Bali chapter).

The Japfa Classic will be held from April 22 to May 2. The
tournament, included as category 16, will be participated in by
top grandmasters from various countries, such as Anatoly Karpov
from Russia (FIDE world champion 1975-1985 and 1993-1999) and
Alexander Khalifman (FIDE world champion 1999-2000), also from
Russia.

Indonesia will be represented by Utut and Ruben Gunawan. (lnt)