RI men tie, women win in Istanbul

RI men tie, women win in Istanbul

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia men chess players only managed a draw,
but the women won in their final matches Sunday at the 34th Chess
Olympiad in Istanbul.

Playing without Grand Master (GM) Utut Adianto, whose elo
rating is 2571, the men's team had to offer a 2.0-2.0 tie to
Argentina. GM Edhi Handoko, with an elo rating of 2435, had to
bow out to GM Daniel Campora in the 62nd move.

GM Ruben Gunawan, whose elo rating is 2503, managed to equal
the match after he bested GM Alejandro Hoffman 1.0-0.0 in the
40th move.

International Master (MI) Danny Juswanto failed to score and
lost 0.0-1.0 to MI Guillermo Soppe in the 48th move. Luckily MI
Cerdas Barus equaled by defeating Fernando Bertona in the 63rd
move.

Indonesia collected a total point of 30.0 VPs to finish in
44th place in the overall standing.

Russia won the Olympiad, which took place from Oct. 28 to Nov.
12, after scoring 38.0 VPs followed by Germany with 37.0 VPs and
Hungary with 35.5 VPs.

Russian Alexander Morozevich also received the Best Tournament
Performance Rating Men's Section award.

Utut won the gold in the first board of the Individual Board
Prizes. The 35-year-old player won six and had three draws from
his nine matches to collect 7.5 VPs.

Indonesian women players managed to defeat Mexico 2.0-1.0 to
finish 55th in the overall standing with a total 20.5 VPs.

Upi D Tamim had to offer a draw in the 28th move to Yadira
Hernandez. Teammate Ai Zakiah, after a long battle, was also
drawn by Alejandra Guerrero in the 60th move.

Evi Lindiawati contributed a victory after beating Edith
Garcia 1.0-0.0 in the 56th move.

China won the women's Olympiad with a total 32.0 VPs followed
by Georgia with 31.0 VPs and Russia with 28.5 VPs.

Chinese Zu Chen also won the Best Tournament Performance
Rating Women's Section award.

The Olympiad was officially closed on Sunday. (yan)