Utut keeps on winning in Biel
Utut keeps on winning in Biel
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Grand Master Utut Adianto maintained
his winning form on the second day of the Biel Master chess
tournament in Switzerland on Tuesday.
Utut used the full advantage of playing white to beat host
player International Master Hans Juerg Kaenel after 32 moves of
the two-hour game. The Indonesian exploited the Queen Gambit
opening to wear out his opponent's patience.
Utut admitted Kaenel, whose elo rating of 2,395 is far below
his mark of 2,610, offered strong resistance throughout the game.
"It was a tough match in which I had to sacrifice one of my
knights in the 13th move. The match developed into a more
complicated one after 22 moves," Utut said in his faxed release
made available to The Jakarta Post yesterday.
Running out of time, the Swiss failed to keep his composure in
the intricate game. A blunder just a few minutes before the clock
cost him the match. A player is given two hours in the first 40
moves.
Russian IM Alexander Cherniaev produced the biggest upset of
the day when he scalped top seed GM Vadim Milov of Switzerland.
Cherniaev has an elo rating of 2,415 compared to Milov who is
2,640.
The victory put Utut on top of the standings together with
Cherniaev, Yugoslavia's GM Milos Pavlovic and IM Dejan Antic, IM
Tomas Polak of the Czech Republic and IM Alexander Mikhaellevski
of Israel.
In the third round, Utut will play Polak, whose elo rating of
2,525 matches that of a Grand Master.
Earlier on Monday, Utut got his title bid off to a flying
start with a win over GM Neboisa Ilijin of Rumania in the 43rd
move through Sicilian Dragon defense. This defense is Utut's
favorite variant.
It took Utut four hours to force the Rumanian to resign.
A total of international 58 players are competing in the
annual chess meet, vying for the total purse of 42,000 Swiss
francs. Of the participants, 13 are Grand Masters -- including
one female -- 14 International Masters and 15 FIDE International
Masters.
The winner will receive 7,000 Swiss francs. (lnt)