JAPFA, Enerpac lead Group A, B

JAPFA, Enerpac lead Group A, B

JAKARTA (JP): Favorite Japfa Chess Club (CC), which boasts
four Grand Masters on its book, beat Semen Padang club 4-0 in the
Group A first round match of the Indonesian Chess League 2000 in
Surabaya on Saturday.

Indonesia's top player GM Utut Adianto beat Johan Rahangiar on
the first table, GM Alex Wojkiewicz (Poland) defeated National
Master (NM) Dody Asrialdi, GM Darryl Johansen (Australia)
overcome NM Unus Prayitno and GM Edhi Handoko outclassed the
Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi) Master (PM) Masjidil.

In another Group A match, BTPN from Bandung beat Bali team 3-1
and Gunadarma of Jakarta won 4-0 against East Java women's team.
South Sulawesi team got a bye, said league spokesman Kristianus
Liem in a press release.

In Group B, BNI 46 narrowly won 2.5-1.5 against South Sumatra,
the Enerpac chess school team of Jakarta, who have four members
of the Dream Team plus International Master (IM) Bong Villamayor
of the Philippines, beat Jayakarta Muda of Jakarta 3-1.

East Java men's team won 3.5-0.5 against South Kalimantan team
while Bali Jeff team, which has Philippines GM Eugene Torre and
GM Rogelio Antonio Jr., got a bye.

East Java Governor Imam Utomo opened the league on Saturday
which will last until Wednesday.(ivy)