Hamdani, Antonio draw in Bali

Hamdani, Antonio draw in Bali

JAKARTA (JP): NM Hamdani Rudin showed both poise and skill
when he drew with GM Rogelio Antonio of the Philippines in the
fifth round of the Bali Jeff-RCA Grandmaster Chess Tournament
Wednesday.

Hamdani secured the draw on the 16th move through a Nimzo
Indian opening. It meant Antonio moved on to four Victory Points
(VP) and Hamdani on to 3.5 VP.

GM Edhi Handoko is also on four VP after beating NM Kifly
Tunasly. Kifly has lost all five of his matches.

Edhi and Antonio lead the tournament.

In other matches, IM Salor Sitanggang made the biggest upset
by inflicting a second defeat on GM Ardiansyah on the 45th move
after a Queen's Gambit opening. The latter's first lost was in
the third round to NM Tommy Suprianto.

"I played bad. But I hope to improve my performance in the
remaining matches," Salor said.

Other results:

IM Cerdas Barus vs NM Tommy Supriyanto 1-0, NM Firdaus Maksum
vs IM Nasib Ginting 1/2-1/2, IM Danny Juswanto vs FM Irwanto 1/2-
1/2, IM Nelson Mariano vs IM Ruben Gunawan 1/2-1/2, IM Bobby
Kurniawan vs IM Tu Hoang Thong 1/2-1/2.

Rankings: Antonio and Edhi 4.0 VP, Cerdas 3.5 VP, Ardiansyah,
Nasib, Dany, Irwanto, Bobby and Hoang Thong 2.5 VP, Maksum and
Mariano 2.0 VP, Salor and Tommy 1.5 VP. (lnt)