Can Li Chao Defend His Title?
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Kristianus Liem Can Li Chao Defend His Title? 2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2012 Inside This Issue: Cover 1 Inside This Issue 2 Today’s Review 2 Behind these bulletin : Prizes 4 Kristianus Liem Peter Long Results Round 8 5 Stefani Dian Cheri Virda Rizka Aulia Tournament Schedule 6 Evi Lindiawati Interview with Player : Yu Yangyi 7 Medina Warda Aulia 8 Pictures Gallery 11 Games 13 Today’s Review The Pre Tournament Favorites All Have A Chance to Win IOCC 2012 Going Into the Last Round In an all China encounter, tournament leader Yu Yangyi crushed Lu Shanglei's Sicilian Dragon to cement his lead at the top of the standings and to all but ensure he will be the champion of the Indonesia Open Chess Championship (IOCC) 2012 with one round to go. Yu who now has seven points from eight games has only one real challenger left in defending champion Li Chao who beat Armenia's Avetik Grigoryan to be a half point behind on 6.5/8. But Yu and Li have already met each other in round seven where a hard fought game ended in a draw. Top seeded Ivan Sokolov who now represents the Nederlands recorded his sixth win to be on 6/8, this time over at the expense of Boris Chatalbashev of Bulgaria. He will now be playing Yu in the final round with the white pieces and still has a chance for a share of first place if he wins. Also in contention a point behind the leader and joining Sokolov in third to fifth places are Vladislav Tkachiev who plays for France and Vietnam's Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son. Issue 6 Page 2 2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2012 Further behind but still in contention for prizes on five and a half points are a large group of players, Lu, Grigoryan, Viorel Iordachescu, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Sergey Fedorchuk, Marat Dzumaev, Nguyen Duc Hoa, Dimitri Bocharov, Oleg Korneev, Merab Gagunasvili, Lou Yiping and Haridas Pascua. Leaders amongst the women on 4.5/8 are Vietnam's Pham Le Thao Nguyen, Hungary's Hoang Thanh Trang, China's Guo Qi and India's Tania Sachdev and they are followed by Indonesians Irine Sukandar and Medina Warda Aulia who have four points each. Top 25 after Round 8 Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2651 7 0 41 35,8 2 GM Li Chao B CHN 2681 7 0 41 32,3 3 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2690 6 0 39 28 4 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2635 6 0 39 28,5 5 GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2662 6 0 37 27,5 6 GM Lu Shanglei CHN 2526 6 0 44 27,8 7 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2610 6 0 42 26,3 8 GM Grigoryan Avetik ARM 2572 6 0 41 25,5 9 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2584 6 0 39 24,3 10 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2603 6 0 39 24,3 11 FM Pascua Haridas PHI 2350 6 0 37 20,8 12 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2557 6 0 36 24,5 13 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2637 6 0 36 24,3 14 IM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2494 6 0 35 22 15 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. UKR 2647 6 0 35 23,3 16 GM Korneev Oleg ESP 2591 6 0 35 22,5 17 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2516 6 0 34 21,3 18 IM Lou Yiping CHN 2444 6 0 30 19 19 GM Xu Jun CHN 2506 5 0 39 21,8 20 IM Wang Chen CHN 2469 5 0 39 22,3 21 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2535 5 0 37 20,3 22 FM Wei Yi CHN 2454 5 0 36 19,3 23 GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2575 5 0 35 20 24 GM Bitoon Richard PHI 2430 5 0 34 18,5 25 IM Wahono Awam INA 2389 5 0 31 16,3 Issue 6 Page 3 2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2012 PRIZES 1st : 10.000 USD BEST WOMEN 2nd : 7.000 USD 1st : 2.500 USD 3rd : 5.000 USD 2nd : 1.500 USD 4th : 3.000 USD 3rd : 1.000 USD 5th : 2.500 USD th 6 : 2.000 USD BEST JUNIOR U-20 th th st 7 - 12 @1.500 USD : 9.000 USD 1 : 1.500 USD 13th - 20th @ 750 USD : 6.000 USD 2nd : 1.000 USD 21th - 25th @500 USD : 2.500 USD 3rd : 500 USD *) Prizes are equally shared among players who have the same Victory Points. More about 2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2012 The official website : http://indonesiaopen.chessdom.com Results : http://www.chess-results.com/tnr82574.aspx?lan=1 Live games : http://indonesiaopen.chessdom.com/category/live -games/ Online streaming webcam : http://www.useetv.com/ Issue 6 Page 4 2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2012 Results Round 8 Bo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name 1 GM Yu Yangyi 6 1 - 0 5½ GM Lu Shanglei 2 GM Grigoryan Avetik 5½ 0 - 1 5½ GM Li Chao B 3 GM Chatalbashev Boris 5 0 - 1 5 GM Sokolov Ivan 4 FM Wei Yi 5 0 - 1 5 GM Tkachiev Vladislav 5 GM Iordachescu Viorel 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 6 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 5 1 - 0 5 GM Xu Jun 7 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 4½ 1 - 0 5 IM Wang Chen 8 GM Xiu Deshun 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. 9 GM Dzhumaev Marat 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Krasenkow Michal 10 IM Nguyen Duc Hoa 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Ehlvest Jaan 11 IM Purnama Tirta Chandra 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Bocharov Dmitry 12 GM Korneev Oleg 4½ 1 - 0 4½ IM Dimakiling Oliver 13 Wan Yunguo 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Gagunashvili Merab 14 GM Megaranto Susanto 4½ 0 - 1 4½ IM Lou Yiping 15 FM Pascua Haridas 4½ 1 - 0 4 GM Paragua Mark 16 GM Barus Cerdas 4 0 - 1 4 GM Barbosa Oliver 17 WGM Pham Le Thao Nguyen 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Gomez John Paul 18 IM Wahono Awam 4 1 - 0 4 IM Nguyen Van Huy 19 GM Ardiansyah H 4 ½ - ½ 4 IM Shyam Sundar M. 20 FM Hamdani Rudin 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 21 IM Gao Rui 4 ½ - ½ 4 WGM Guo Qi 22 GM Bitoon Richard 4 1 - 0 4 IM Lioe Dede 23 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Dao Thien Hai 24 IM Farid Firman Syah 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Cao Sang 25 GM Torre Eugenio 3½ 1 - 0 3½ FM Kaisar Jenius Hakiki 26 IM Milliet Sophie 3½ 0 - 1 3½ FM Kasmiran 27 Bai Jinshi 3½ 0 - 1 3½ IM Irwanto Sadikin 28 IM Juswanto Denny 3½ 1 - 0 3½ WIM Sihite Chelsie Monica 29 IM Tania Sachdev 3½ 1 - 0 3½ CM Azarya Jodi Setyaki 30 FM Novita Anjas 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ FM Tunasly Kifly 31 Eshbaev Avazbek 3½ 0 - 1 3½ IM Sitanggang Salor 32 IM Halay Taufik 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ FM Marentek Hanny 33 Sutarno 3 0 - 1 3 GM Gordon Stephen J 34 IM Tirto 3 ½ - ½ 3 Aris T.L.S. 35 WIM Medina Warda Aulia 3 1 - 0 3 CM Muhammad Luthfi Ali 36 GM Suradiradja Herman 3 0 - 1 3 FM Khairul Anam 37 Taher Yoseph 3 1 - 0 3 IM Situru Muhammad Ivan 38 Sinurat Tumpak 3 1 - 0 3 Purba Cornelis 39 Supriyono Eko 3 1 - 0 3 Panggabean Hasian 40 FM Pitra Andika 2½ 0 - 1 3 Suyud Hartoyo Issue 6 Page 5 2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2012 41 Pamungkas Junaid 2½ 0 - 1 2½ Jafar Sofyan 42 FM Gunawan Johan 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ FM Bersamina Paulo 43 Hartono 2½ 1 - 0 2½ Jamaludin 44 Margana Adhy 2½ 0 - 1 2½ Fauzan M 45 Ali Sadikin 2½ 0 - 1 2 FM Prayitno Sugeng 46 FM Laksana Agusta 2 ½ - ½ 2 FM Sonjaya Deni 47 Surya Wahyudi 2 1 - 0 2 Fahmi Jauhari 48 FM Mahmud Syarif 2 0 - 1 2 Sean Winshand Cuhendi 49 WFM Dewi Aa Citra 1½ 1 - 0 1½ WFM Aay Aisyah Anisa 50 Ferdiman Tersiman 1½ + - - 1½ Hidayat Arifin 51 Masruri Rahman 1½ 1 - 0 1½ WFM Ummi Fisabilillah 52 Hukom David 1½ + - - 0 Suryanto Tournament Schedule Wednesday, Oct 10 Arrival Opening Ceremony 19:00 Thursday, Oct 11 Technical Meeting 10:00 Round 1 15:00 - 19:00 Friday, Oct 12 Round 2 09:30 - 13:30 Round 3 16:30 - 20:30 Saturday, Oct 13 Round 4 09:30 - 13:30 Round 5 16:30 - 20:30 Sunday, Oct 14 Rest Day Activity Monday, Oct 15 Round 6 09:30 - 13:30 Round 7 16:30 - 20:30 Tuesday, Oct 16 Round 8 15:00 - 19:00 Wednesday, Oct 17 Round 9 10:00 - 14:00 Closing Ceremony 19:00 Thursday, Oct 18 Departure Issue 6 Page 6 2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2012 Interview with Player GM Yu Yangyi 'I only want to play well' China's GM Yu Yangyi is the fourth seed and one of the favourites to win Indonesia Open Chess Championship (IOCC) 2012. Yet the tournament leader after seven rounds of play insists that all he wants to do is to play well and will be talking the tournament game by game. This has always been the approach of the young 18 year old chessplayer who finished in an unbeaten fifth place in the recent World Junior Chess Championship despite playing the best chess there. Yu speaks very little other languages beside his native Mandarin and we have to thank Li Chao for helping translate the questions and answers for this interview.