Utut suffers another defeat

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Grandmaster Utut Adianto suffered another defeat in the Grandmasters Championships in Calicut, India, Tuesday.

Utut's defeat came from International Master Ziaur Rachman from India in the 41st move of the Tartakower opening. The other defeat was from IM Abhijit Kunte, also from India, on the same day.

With this defeat, Utut again slipped to sixth place together with GM Yurtaev, who lost to Indian GM Thipsay. Both Utut and Yurtaev recorded 3 points.

Kunte took over the standings from Russian GM Komliakov with 4 points. Kunte defeated Komliakov, putting the Russian player in second place along with Indian IM Sashikiran with 3.5 points. Sashikiran drew with IM Muringan. (lnt)