Upi gears up for Asian chess meet

Upi gears up for Asian chess meet

JAKARTA (JP): International Master Upi Darmayana Tamin will be
the only Indonesian to contest the Asian Women's Chess
Championships next week in Tamil Nadu, India.

The Indonesian Chess Association has informally named the
country's female number-one chess player as its representative
for the biennial tournament.

Upi, who recently inspired Indonesia's commendable play in the
Chess Olympics in Armenia, is expected to become a grandmaster
while playing the 13 matches on her Indian tour.

"I'm very tired after the Chess Olympics, but I'm ready to
fight it out in the Asian meet," Upi was quoted by Antara as
saying yesterday.

Upi led an Indonesian quartet to finish 10th from 78 teams in
the Chess Olympics. Indonesia only managed 24th place in the
chess Olympics in Moscow two years ago. (amd)