Dede Liu wins rapid chess Fair Play crown

JAKARTA (JP): International Master (IM) Dede Liu won the one- day rapid chess Enerpac Fair Play tournament at the Utut Adianto chess school in Bekasi on Saturday.

Dede defeated Fide Master Kasmiran and collected 5 Victory Points (VPs). IM Danny Kuswanto also collected 5 VPs after beating Fide Master Awam Wahono.

Dede won the tournament because his progressive scoring of 17 was better than Danny's 16.

Dede received Rp 400,000 and Danny got Rp 300,000.

Third to fifth places went to Awam, FM Hamdani Rudin and Grand Master Adriansyah. They each scored 4.5 VPs. Awam received Rp 200,000, while Hamdani and Adriansyah each got Rp 100,000.

In the sixth to 10th places were Kasmiran, Asrul Aray, IM Cerdas Barus, National Master (NM) Cecep Kosasih and NM Sugeng Prayitno. They each collected 4 VPs and took home Rp 100,000.

The tournament was participated in by 20 players, divided into Group A and Group B. Group A included players above the national elo rating of 2200, while Group B included those below it.

In rapid chess, each player is only given 25 minutes to play. A player who collects 5 VP and has better progressive scorings automatically becomes the winner.

A total cash prize of Rp 2 million was offered for the rapid chess tournament.

Solihin Daud of the Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi) provided the Rp 2 million. He was surprised that the contestants played very sportingly.

"I got the idea of holding a rapid chess tournament after I held talks with Eka Putra Wirya, also from Percasi. He agreed to the idea and hoped that such a tournament could be held regularly," Solihin said. (lnt)