Utut claims second win

Tue, 22 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Utut Adianto scored his second
straight win at the Gunadharma Grandmaster Chess Tournament
yesterday, beating Slovakia's Lajos Ftacnik after 39 moves.

Playing the disadvantageous black pieces, a victory-hungry
Utut followed up a Reti opening with a series of attacks to the
Slovakian's kingside board. It took Utut 25 moves of constant
pressure to gain pieces of better quality.

The win put Utut at third place in the provisional standings
with 3.5 points after six games. Michael Krasenkow of Poland
joined Utut as sixth-round winner after stopping Germany's Joerg
Hickl in the 24th move.

The three other matches yesterday ended in draws. (amd)

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