Kasmiran gets FIDE title

Kasmiran gets FIDE title

JAKARTA (JP): Kasmiran clinched a FIDE Master title after beating Sandhi Sunardi at an elo rating chess tournament here on Tuesday. FIDE is the world chess governing body.

The win raised the points Kasmiran collected during the 10- session tournament to seven. This boosted his present elo rating of 2,270 by 35 to 2,305. Kasmiran is a teacher at the Enerpac chess school in West Jakarta, the organizer of the tournament which was scheduled to end yesterday.

A player is entitled to a FIDE Master title if he or she has reached a minimum elo rating of 2,300 and has competed for a minimum of 24 sessions during various elo rating tournaments. Kasmiran played 10 sessions at the Gunadarma rating tournament last year and 12 sessions at another rating tournament in Ujung Pandang a few months ago. (arf)