GM Utut falls to amateurs

GM Utut falls to amateurs

JAKARTA (JP): Grand Master Utut Adianto ultimately bowed out
to amateur chess players during his warm-up tour prior to the
JAPFA Classic International Chess Tournament 2000 in Sanur, Bali,
from April 22 to May 2.

Michael and M. Arief Ujianto, both JAPFA employees, beat Utut
in a three-hour match in his 200th chess game on Thursday.
Overall, Utut played 200 chess games and only tied seven times.

The next games will be held at Sahid Hotel, Lampung, on
Monday, with the tour to end on March 31 at Gedung Bundar Sultan
Suriansyah in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, JAPFA's spokeswoman
Artsanti Alif said on Friday.

The US$56,500 JAPFA tournament in Bali is limited to
international players with elo ratings over 2600, including GM
Anatoly Karpov (Russia, 2656), GM Alexander Khalifman (Russia,
2656), GM Judith Polgar (Hungary, 2658) and Jan Tinman (the
Netherlands, 2655).

Utut, who has an elo rating of 2584, will represent Indonesia
in the tournament, along with Ruben Gunawan (2510). (ivy)