Utut likely to finish second in chess meet

Utut likely to finish second in chess meet

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's number one chess player Utut Adianto
is likely to finish second after the ninth and last round of the
Gunadharma International Chess Tournament today.

Yesterday Utut agreed to cash in on an early draw with Lajos
Portisch of Hungary on the 10th move after his favorite defense,
Queen's Gambit, was accepted.

With the draw, Utut lies second with five points while
Portisch is first with six. Eugenio Torre of the Philippines, who
beat Utut's compatriot Dede Liu on the 58th move on a Sicilian
defense, shares second place with Utut.

Today Torre takes on Portisch while Utut faces Mikhail
Gurevich of Belgium, who drew with Ivan Sokolov of Bosnia-
Herzegovina on the 16th move on an Indian Nimzo defense
yesterday. Gurevich's standing last night was sixth with 3.5
points and Sokolov's was fourth with 4.5 points.

Portisch, who is unbeaten in the tournament, seems to be too
strong to be toppled by Torre and, given their standings, Utut
should beat Gurevich.

International judge Djamil Djamal said that if Utut draws with
Gurevich today, his present elo rating of 2,605 will not be
affected.

The other results yesterday were Lubomir Ftacnik of Slovakia
drew with Germany's Joerg Hickl on the 46th move on a Queen's
Pawn defense; Michael Krasenkow of Poland who beat Ruben Gunawan
on the 32nd move on a Indian Bogo defense. (arf)