Upi, Irene, Evi win opening games

Sat, 22 Oct 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: WIM Upi Darmayana Tamin and fellow Indonesian WFM
Irene Kharisma chalked up wins in the opening round of the
Women's International Chess Tournament at Kartika Chandra Hotel
here on Friday.

Upi defeated WIM Adelaida Zakharova of Russia in 46 moves in
their Carokann game while Irene, who at 14 is the youngest among
the 12 participants in the planned weeklong event, upset more
experienced, fellow Indonesian WIM Lisa Lumongdong in a Sicilian,
80-move game.

Evi Lindiawati stopped Hui Dawn of Singapore in only 19 moves.
In the other pairings WGM Nana Alexandria of Georgia beat Sri
Vidawati of Indonesia, WIM Jana Krivec of Slovenia edged Stefani
Dian Cheri of Indonesia and WIM Angela Khegai of Uzbekistan
prevailed over Malaysian Roslina Marmono.

Two rounds will be played on the second day of the US$7,000
11-round tournament on Saturday. --JP

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