Utut draws with Sokolov in opener
<p>Utut draws with Sokolov in opener</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's number-one chess player, Utut
Adianto, drew with Ivan Sokolov of Bosnia-Herzegovina at the 48th
move on the first day of the Gunadarma International Grandmaster
Chess Tournament here yesterday.</p><p>Utut, who has played Sokolov several times before, succeeded
in forcing his favorite Queen's Indian defense.</p><p>Playing the disadvantage of the black, Utut, whose elo rating
is 2,605, played cautiously. But so did his Bosnian opponent,
whose elo rating of 2,670 outshines the 10 other participants in
the tournament.</p><p>Eight grandmasters and two international masters are competing
in the nine-round tournament which opened yesterday and will end
on Oct. 24.</p><p>Of the eight grandmasters, Filipino Eugene Torre has the
lowest elo rating, 2,535.</p><p>Ruben Gunawan and Dede Liu of Indonesia are the two
international masters in the tournament.</p><p>In the other matches, Lubomir Ftacnik of Slovakia drew after
24 moves with Mikhail Krasenkow of Poland, who developed a
Grunfeld defense. Krasenkow's elo rating is the same as Utut's.</p><p>Joerg Hickl of Germany, who shared glory with Utut in the BNI
International Chess Championship in July, proved too strong
yesterday for Lajos Portisch of Hungary. Hickl, despite playing
the black, managed to outwit Portisch after 28 moves.</p><p>Torre won by outsmarting Mikhail Gurevich of Belgium at the
38th move. Like Hickl, Torre played black, but opted for an
Indian Nimzo defense.</p><p>Under tournament rules, each participant must make up to 40
moves within two hours, then 20 moves in one hour and then all
remaining moves in 30 minutes.</p><p>Cash prizes are worth US$15,000 in total, with the winner
receiving $5,000, the runner-up $3,000, $2,000 for third, $1,000
each for fourth and fifth place and $750 each for sixth and
seventh places, while the bottom three players will receive $500
each. (arf)</p>
Adianto, drew with Ivan Sokolov of Bosnia-Herzegovina at the 48th
move on the first day of the Gunadarma International Grandmaster
Chess Tournament here yesterday.</p><p>Utut, who has played Sokolov several times before, succeeded
in forcing his favorite Queen's Indian defense.</p><p>Playing the disadvantage of the black, Utut, whose elo rating
is 2,605, played cautiously. But so did his Bosnian opponent,
whose elo rating of 2,670 outshines the 10 other participants in
the tournament.</p><p>Eight grandmasters and two international masters are competing
in the nine-round tournament which opened yesterday and will end
on Oct. 24.</p><p>Of the eight grandmasters, Filipino Eugene Torre has the
lowest elo rating, 2,535.</p><p>Ruben Gunawan and Dede Liu of Indonesia are the two
international masters in the tournament.</p><p>In the other matches, Lubomir Ftacnik of Slovakia drew after
24 moves with Mikhail Krasenkow of Poland, who developed a
Grunfeld defense. Krasenkow's elo rating is the same as Utut's.</p><p>Joerg Hickl of Germany, who shared glory with Utut in the BNI
International Chess Championship in July, proved too strong
yesterday for Lajos Portisch of Hungary. Hickl, despite playing
the black, managed to outwit Portisch after 28 moves.</p><p>Torre won by outsmarting Mikhail Gurevich of Belgium at the
38th move. Like Hickl, Torre played black, but opted for an
Indian Nimzo defense.</p><p>Under tournament rules, each participant must make up to 40
moves within two hours, then 20 moves in one hour and then all
remaining moves in 30 minutes.</p><p>Cash prizes are worth US$15,000 in total, with the winner
receiving $5,000, the runner-up $3,000, $2,000 for third, $1,000
each for fourth and fifth place and $750 each for sixth and
seventh places, while the bottom three players will receive $500
each. (arf)</p>