Maria suffers first loss

Sun, 16 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): Breaking the time limit, Maria Lucia,
Indonesia's 1991 Asian Junior Chess Champion, was declared the
loser by international judge Mukmin Panggabean in a game against
Georgian grandmaster Nana Alexandria in their first duel in
Surabaya on Friday.

Maria's time flag fell just as she was about to make her 40th
move, shifting her king to h8 in response to Nana moving her
queen to d4. In a chess duel, each side has to complete 40 moves
within two hours before an additional hour is granted to finish
the game. Maria has to play Nana in three other matches
yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Maria was actually in the better position when her time ran
out. This kind of failure shows Maria's lack of professionalism,
experience and composure, a problem which also characterized Upi
Darmayana Tamin's earlier loss to Nana in Jakarta on June 9. Upi
is projected by the Indonesian Chess Association to be the first
Indonesian woman to earn a grandmaster title. (arf)

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