Utut wins in final round game at Aeroflot Open

Utut wins in final round game at Aeroflot Open

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

After drawing in his last two matches, Grand Master (GM) Utut
Adianto bounced back with victory, beating Zhao Xue in the final
round of the Aeroflot Open chess tournament in Moscow on
Wednesday.

Utut, who played black, stopped the Chinese women's grand
master in 34 moves of a Queen's Gambit defense, according to
Utut's companion, Kristianus Liem, in a release here on Thursday.

The result earns Utut an overall 5.5 points, and, according to
Kristianus, Utut will probably finish in 35th place among the 201
participants in the final standings.

"His rating will also improve. Though, it is not a significant
addition of points," Kristianus said.

Belarusians Aleksei Fedorov, Alexei Aleksandrov, Peter Svidler
of Russia and Viktor Bologan of Moldova ended the tournament at
the top with 7 points each.

Separately in Jakarta, Tirta Chandra and Tirto maintained
their shared place at the top at the Gunadarma "elo-rating" chess
tournament after both drew in their game in the eighth round on
Thursday.

The joint leaders were involved in a 57-move, French game
before agreeing to a draw.

Both have collected 5.5 points each, half a point over a pack
of five players, namely GM Edhi Handoko, GM Ruben Gunawan, GM
Ardiansyah, FIDE Master (FM) Irwanto Sadikin and Susanto
Megaranto.

Susanto and Tirta are the only two juniors among 14 seniors in
the competition. Susanto took a scalp by defeating Ardiansyah on
the day and now needs another five points to earn a full
International Master (IM) title.