First world youth win for Indonesia's Boy Reinhard

First world youth win for Indonesia's Boy Reinhard

Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Boy Reinhard chalked up his first win in his international
debut at the World Youth Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar,
Spain on Thursday while Susanto Megaranto's winning streak came
to a halt after he declared a draw in his fifth round game.

Boy, who is taking part in the U-10 category, beat Pedro Rego
of Portugal in 36 moves.

"Although he was in a losing position at one stage, Boy
rebounded to checkmate Rego's Black King with his liberated g-
pawn. What a tragic end for the Portuguese player," Kristianus
Liem, a team official, said in a release on Friday.

The game between Susanto and top seed IM (International
Master) Evgeni Tomashevsky came to a draw after 44 moves in four
hours in their U-14 category match. Yet the Indonesian remained
on top with 4.5 points but shared the lead with another three
players.

Joining him at the top were Victor Erdos of Hungary, Radoslaw
Wojtaszek of Poland and FM (FIDE Master) Ante Brkic of Croatia,
the three winning their matches on Thursday.

The Tomashevsky-Susanto game was tight with the pair holding
typical positions in the buildup.

"Although he was playing black, Susanto appeared to always
take the initiative. Tomashevsky looked content waiting for a
counter-chance," Kristianus said.

But the 13-year-old native of the West Java town of Indramayu,
about 170 kilometers east of Jakarta, played accurately in his
almost perfect game, Kristianus added.

Tomashevsky offered a draw after seeing no other chance for
building an advantage.

Andrean Susilodinata also settled for a draw with Ildar
Khairoulline of Russia, a decision which coach GM Utut Adianto
deplored.

"When the opponent offers a draw, you should be more observant
about his position and why he did so," Utut told Andrean after
the match.

Utut said if Andrean had pushed his f6-pawn on move 24 he
would have had the upper hand, although he admitted that it would
have needed more moves to build a winning position.