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.