Nine men's chess players advance to second round

Nine men's chess players advance to second round

JAKARTA (JP): Nine men cruised into the second round of the
34th Chess Olympic Games national selection tournament on
Wednesday.

FIDE Master (FM) Awam Wahono of West Java posted a comfortable
2-0 win over National Master (NM) Mirwansyah of East Kalimantan.
NM Nessy Suheri of East Java overcame NM Sugeng Prayitno of
Jakarta 2-0, while International Master (IM) Dede Liu of Jakarta
beat NM Ali Bahar of Aceh 2-0. NM Sebastian Simanjuntak of Bali
survived his first test with a 2-0 victory over FM Irwin Irnandi
of West Java.

NM Suyud Hartoyo of East Java, FM Hamdani Rudin of West Java,
NM Cecep Kosasih of West Java, NM Yosep R. Majella of Jakarta and
FM Syarif Mahmud of Jakarta all posted 1.5-0.5 victories over IM
Salor Sitanggang of West Java, NM Yusdi Mursalin of South
Kalimantan, Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi) Master (PM)
Taufik Halay of West Java, NM Susanto Megaranto of West Java and
NM Ruby Tamono of West Sumatra, respectively.

The spokesman of the Indonesian Chess Association, Kristianus
Liem, said the men's event used a knock-out system while the
women's event was employing the seven-round Swiss system. The
tournament will end on Aug. 10.

Four winners on the men's side and two from the women's will
join the national teams for the chess Olympics in Istanbul from
Oct. 28 to Nov. 14.

Six men's players will take part in a play-off after ending
the first two rounds tied 1-1. They are NM Deni Sonjaya of West
Java who will play IM Nathanael Situru of Jakarta, NM Yansen
Lokananta of East Java who will face NM Irawan Thjin of Jakarta,
and FM Kasmiran of South Sumatra who will confront FM Irwanto of
Jakarta.

The six will play rapid matches of 25 minutes each for the
two-round play-off. Should they end this round in a tie, they
will compete in another round of rapid chess under sudden death
rules, where white chess will be played in five minutes and black
chess in four minutes. The white side will be declared the loser
in the event of a draw.

On the women's side, NM Suyati of Central Java and NM Yulianti
Tjindarbumi of Jakarta earned two points a piece in the first two
rounds.

Suyati beat NM Iis Aisyah of West Java and NM Imasniti of
Jakarta, while Yulianti overcome NM Tuty Rahayu of North Sumatra
and NM Endang Sriwulan of East Java. (ivy)