Irene held to draw in Greece

Irene held to draw in Greece

JAKARTA: The opening day of the 2003 World Youth Chess
Championships, involving 1,000 young chess players from 79
countries, gave Irene Kharisma Sukandar, 11, a modest result as
she was held to draw by Amy Officer of Scotland in Halkidiki,
Greece, on Thursday.

Holding the white pieces, Irene, who is competing in the
girls' under-12 division, grabbed material advantage but a
blunder on move 26 gave her the draw after being involved in 50
moves of the game, according to a release.

"I made a blunder. It might be that I was just tired," she
said after the game as quoted by team manager Kristianus Liem.
The championships feature 10 age-group events in the boys and
girls category. --JP