Erwin in Paris for rapid chess

Erwin in Paris for rapid chess

JAKARTA (JP): Chess whiz kid Erwin Yulianto will represent Indonesia at the Second Disneyworld Rapid Chess Championships scheduled from Dec. 15 to Dec. 18 in Paris.

Erwin, 14, has won the junior national chess championship title four times in a row. He won the title for the first time in 1992 in Jakarta and has successfully defended it ever since. This year he retained the title in the similar championship in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, last July.

Erwin, son of a watch repairer, has been studying with the Jakarta-based Enerpac chess school on a scholarship for one year. In the championships which is sponsored by Paris Disneyland, Erwin will take part in the boy's 14 and under event.

Meanwhile, the Indonesian Chess Association will also send five male and four female chess players to the Asian Team Chess Championship in Singapore, scheduled for Dec. 14 to Dec. 23.

The five are Grand Master Edhi Handoko, Awam Wahono, Cecep Kosasih, Master International Cerdas Barus and MI Nasib Ginting. Their female teammates are MI Maria Ratna Lucia, MI Upi Damayana Tamin, Trihoni Nalesti Dewi and MI Lisa K. Lumondong.

Some countries from the former Soviet republic, now regarded as part of Asia, will take part in the Singapore championship for the first time. (arf)