Dream Team faces former champions

Tue, 19 Jun 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): The four players in the "Dream Team" -- National
Master (MN) Susanto Megaranto, MN Taufik Halay, MN Tirta Chandra
and MN Andrean Susilodinata -- are undergoing tryouts to be
selected to compete at the ASEAN Open Chess Tournament in Brunei
Darussalam next month.

The tryouts began on Sunday and will end on Wednesday at the
Utut Adianto Chess School in Bekasi. The boys will be challenging
former national champions Grand Master (GM) Ardiansyah (national
champion in 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976 and 1988), International
Master (MI) Salor Sitanggang (champion in 1986 and 1993), 1972
champion MN Jacobus Sampouw and 1980 champion MN Sutan Aritonang.

The Scheveningen system will be used in the tryouts where each
player will meet once in a 75-minute match of 40 moves.

Ututadianto.com reported that only one player of the Dream
Team would be selected on Thursday for the ASEAN Open. The chosen
player will be sponsored by the Indonesian Chess Association
(Percasi) official in charge of development, Eka Putra Wirya.
(yan)

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