Dream Team wins in simultaneous chess

JAKARTA (JP): Young chess players grouped in the Dream Team of the Utut Adianto Chess School beat 20 seniors in a simultaneous chess event at the Indonesian Christian University (UKI) complex in Cawang, East Jakarta, on Saturday.

Susanto Megaranto, 14, won 15-5, Taufik Halay, 14, won 20-0 and Andrean Susilodinata, 11, won 19.5-0.5. Among their opponents were the East Jakarta mayor, East Jakarta police chief, top officials, students from the UKI and members of the local community.

UKI's assistant rector for student affairs, Adrianus Siregar, expressed his astonishment at the youngsters' victory when closing the event, which capped a three-month chess festival at the university.

"I'm impressed with the young chess players, who have great self-confidence in facing opponents who are so much bigger in size than them," he said, adding that the festival would take place again next year. (ivy)