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One Indonesian Player Sharing the Lead with a Perfect Score of Two Points at the 3Rd Indonesian Open Chess Championship Kristianus Liem One Indonesian player sharing the lead with a perfect score of two points at the 3rd Indonesian Open Chess Championship is FM Anjas Novitas (2328). Anjas has done this is the best possible way, with back to back wins against Grandmasters. His first victory came against GM Mark Paragua (2571) from the Philippines and the second against GM Dao Tien Hai (2500) from Vietnam. 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2013 Inside This Issue: Cover 1 Behind these bulletin : Inside This Issue 2 Kristianus Liem Peter Long Today’s Review 2 Stefani Dian Cheri Virda Rizka Aulia Tournament Schedule 3 Taufik Halay Nadya Anggraini Results Round 2 4 Evie Lindiawati Interview with Player : Tuvshintugs Batchimeg 5 Pictures Gallery 8 Games 10 Today’s Review ROUND TWO REPORT After two rounds of play, no less than sixteen players share the lead at the Indonesia Open Chess Championship (IOCC) 2013 with a perfect two from two. Of the top seeds, GMs Alexander Moiseenko and Aleksey Dreev look to be in good form with easy wins over the Vietnamese duo of GM Cao Sang and Nguyen Van Huy respectively, but GMs Surya Sekhar Ganguly and Ivan Ivanisevic are also playing well and together with somewhat less fancied Igarza Renier Vazquez, Avetik Grigoryan, Jan Ehlvest, Suri Vaibhav, Vadim Malakhatko, and Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan are also comfortably getting the job done. The top two women in GMs Antoaneta Stefanova and Hoang Thanh Trang are also among the leaders while of the locals, FM Anjas Novitas continues to impress, this time taking down GM Dao Thien Hai in a nice game. GM Nigel Short was fortunate to win against IM Rolando Nolte who pressed hard from the beginning and then in a drawn position chose to be passive and this game, bit by bit, the second seed increased chances to try for the full point and this was duly achieved in the last game to finish. A large group are also on 1.5/2 and while GMs Oliver Barbosa, Salem A R Saleh, Sandro Mareco and Ehsan Ghaem Maghami would be happy to have recovered somewhat with Issue 3 Page 2 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2013 wins, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son continues to lose ground with a second successive draw. WGMs Tuvshintugs Batchimeg and Maria Manakova on the other hand would be pleased to be only half a point behind a leaders with draws against GM Rustam Khusnutdinov and IM Ronny Gunawan respectively. Other notable results include the young Anton Smirnov holding veteran GM Eugene Torre, once again in a game with repetition of moves! Torre must be thinking how for the second game in a row how he could make such a slip in the final stages after doing all the hard work! Two seriously veteran Indonesian GMs in Herman Suradiraja and Herman Ardiansyah were for a long time the centre of attention and while it was heartbreak for the frail and ailing Suradiraja who collapsed in a winning endgame against WGM Dinara Sadakassova, while WIM Chelsie Monica Sihite made the mistake of leaning back after winning the exchange against Ardiansyah who then turned back the years with a vintage attacking performance to force her resignation. It will be hard day in the office tomorrow in Rounds 3 and 4 as it will be the first of three double round days. rd More about 3 Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2013 The official website : http://indonesiaopen.chessdom.com/ Results : http://chess-results.com/tnr113218.aspx?lan=1 Live games : http://indonesiaopen.chessdom.com/2013/indonesia-open-2013-live/ Issue 3 Page 3 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2013 Results Round 2 Bo. Name Pts. Res. Pts. Name 1 GM Moiseenko Alexander 1 1 - 0 1 GM Cao Sang 2 IM Nolte Rolando 1 0 - 1 1 GM Short Nigel D 3 GM Dreev Aleksey 1 1 - 0 1 IM Nguyen Van Huy 4 GM Hossain Enamul 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Iturrizaga Eduardo 5 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 1 1 - 0 1 IM Yap Kim Steven 6 GM Cherniaev Alexander 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Sokolov Ivan 7 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 1 1 - 0 1 GM Bitoon Richard 8 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 1 1 - 0 1 IM Munkhgal Gombosuren 9 IM Irwanto Sadikin 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Gupta Abhijeet 10 GM Ehlvest Jaan 1 1 - 0 1 IM Fernandez Daniel Howard 11 WGM Karavade Eesha 1 0 - 1 1 GM Grigoryan Avetik 12 GM Barus Cerdas 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Shyam Sundar M 13 IM Farid Firman Syah 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Megaranto Susanto 14 WGM Pham Le Thao Nguyen 1 0 - 1 1 GM Vaibhav Suri 15 GM Malakhatko Vadim 1 1 - 0 1 IM Purnama Tirta Chandra 16 IM Wahono Awam 1 0 - 1 1 GM Gomez John Paul 17 GM Khusnutdinov Rustam 1 ½ - ½ 1 WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 18 FM Novita Anjas 1 1 - 0 1 GM Dao Thien Hai 19 GM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan 1 1 - 0 1 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 20 Sutarno 1 0 - 1 1 GM Laylo Darwin 21 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 1 1 - 0 1 Mohamad Ervan 22 Margana Adhy 1 0 - 1 1 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 23 FM Le Tuan Minh ½ ½ - ½ ½ GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 24 CM Muhammad Luthfi Ali ½ 0 - 1 ½ GM Barbosa Oliver 25 GM Salem A R Saleh ½ 1 - 0 ½ WIM Medina Warda Aulia 26 Panggabean Hasian ½ 0 - 1 ½ GM Mareco Sandro 27 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan ½ 1 - 0 ½ IM Senador Emmanuel 28 GM Gopal G N ½ 1 - 0 ½ FM Firdaus Maksum 29 GM Torre Eugenio ½ ½ - ½ ½ FM Smirnov Anton 30 WGM Paehtz Elisabeth ½ ½ - ½ ½ Suyud Hartoyo 31 IM Juswanto Denny ½ 1 - 0 ½ FM Lorparizangeneh Shahin 32 WGM Manakova Maria ½ 1 - 0 ½ IM Gunawan Ronny 33 GM Paragua Mark 0 1 - 0 0 FM Bilguun Sumiya 34 GM Batchuluun Tsegmed 0 1 - 0 0 Surya Wahyudi 35 IM Nguyen Duc Hoa 0 ½ - ½ 0 FM Pitra Andika 36 FM Sonjaya Deni 0 ½ - ½ 0 IM Khamrakulov Djurabek 37 WIM Davletbayeva Madina 0 ½ - ½ 0 WGM Milliet Sophie 38 Teh Eu Wen Aron 0 ½ - ½ 0 IM Lioe Dede 39 GM Ardiansyah H 0 1 - 0 0 WIM Sihite Chelsie Monica 40 Sinurat Tumpak 0 0 - 1 0 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 41 IM Dimakiling Oliver 0 1 - 0 0 FM Mahmud Syarif Issue 3 Page 4 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2013 42 Masruri Rahman 0 1 - 0 0 Yoseph Theolifus Taher 43 FM Tran Tuan Minh 0 1 - 0 0 Fauzan M 44 Bachtiar Ahmad Ina 0 ½ - ½ 0 FM Hamdani Rudin 45 GM Suradiradja Herman 0 0 - 1 0 WGM Saduakassova Dinara 46 Pradeep Kumar R A 0 1 - 0 0 Sucipto Haryadi 47 WFM Dewi Aa Citra 0 1 - 0 0 WGM Zozulia Anna 48 IM Tirto 0 1 - 0 0 FM Marentek Hanny 49 FM Bersamina Paulo 0 1 - 0 0 Purba Cornelis 50 IM Bancod Ronald 0 ½ - ½ 0 WIM Tamin Upi Darmayana 51 FM Khairul Anam 0 ½ - ½ 0 CM Azarya Jodi Setyaki 52 Capitelli Paolo 0 0 - 1 0 FM Hakiki Kaisar Jenius 53 Emperado Emmanuel 0 1 - 0 0 WFM Brokko Margit 54 Lim Kian Hwa 0 0 - 1 0 IM Situru Muhammad Ivan Tournament Schedule Wednesday, Oct 9 Arrival & Registration Opening Ceremony 19:00 Thursday, Oct 10 Technical Meeting 10:00 Round 1 15:00 - 19:00 Friday, Oct 11 Round 2 15:00 - 19:00 Saturday, Oct 12 Round 3 09:30 - 13:30 Round 4 16:30 - 20:30 Sunday, Oct 13 Round 5 15:00 - 19:00 Monday, Oct 14 Round 6 09:30 - 13:30 Round 7 16:30 - 20:30 Tuesday, Oct 15 Round 8 15:00 - 19:00 Wednesday, Oct 16 Round 9 09:30 - 13:30 Round 10 16:30 - 20:30 Thursday, Oct 17 Round 11 11:00 - 15:00 Closing Ceremony 19:00 Friday, Oct 18 Departure Issue 3 Page 5 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2013 Interview with Player Tuvshinugs Batchimeg "It is nice to be a woman chessplayer" INTRODUCTION Mongolia is also present and well represented at the Indonesia Open Chess Championship (10CC) 2013. One of their best woman players is WGM Tuvshintugs Batchimeg 2376 and she is also here in Jakarta. Batchimeg, who played in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2012-2014 has started IOCC with a win in the first round. While it is likely that IOCC 2013 will be her last tournament this year, the young lady who also loves dance has a long term plan to fully realise her potential and shared her aspirations with us. INTERVIEW Bulletin Team : When did you first become acquainted with chess? Batchimeg : I was taught to play chess by my father when I was 6 years old. My family has a unique engagement with the game as we have always been close to it! Everyone in my family plays chess. My father who is also my mentor and inspiration is an International Master and so we study chess and then follow tournaments together. Chess is like the history of our family! Also in Mongolia many people play chess, starting in the 70's and 80's when it became widely popular. Bulletin Team : So how is chess now in your country? Batchimeg : From young, children are taught chess in my country. Today Mongolia has 4 GMs and 2 WGMs. Now we want to promote the game even more but need the support of the government like it is happening in Indonesia. I happy and impressed to see the development of chess here going so well with great leadership and excellent organisation and for sure chess In Indonesia can only keep increasing its popularity. I can confidently say this because I have played with Indonesian players before and they have become strong players.
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