Irene Sukandar Won Alexander the Great 2013 Chess Tournament

On her social network, Indonesian WGM Irene Kharisma Sukandar informed us that she just won the chess tournament somewhere in Mediterranean sea. When we checked, indeed she duly won 5th INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT “ALEXANDER THE GREAT 2013” held in seaside tourism resort city in Halkidiki, Northern Greece from 7 May (1st round) to 12 May 2013 (7th round).

Irene is traveling overseas along with her sister.  This is her first tournament overseas and we proudly reported her great result. She informed that she ".....gained back 25 elo points. My live rating is now 2395, 5 more to go to break the 2400 mark".  And that she going to be in Hungary next. She won the tournament 1st prize and best Women title. The result strengthen Irene reputation as South East Asia's most stubborn female fighter. She is also the held Asian Individual winner title. The news also can be found at this website.

Melalui jejaring sosialnya, Grandmaster catur wanita Indonesia Irene K. Sukandar menginformasikan bahwa dia memenangkan turnamen catur "Alexander the Great" di negara Yunani. Bertualang bersama Diajeng adiknya, semula sang grandmaster hanya bermaksud menemani si adik, tetapi kemudian keikutsertaanya di turnamen terbuka membawa hasil yang menggembirakan. Irene mengakhiri turnamen dengan skor 6 point dari 7 ronde. Berikut papan skor final dari turnament tersebut dan partai catur Irene melawan master setempat melalui partai yang dibuka dengan pembelaan Empat Kuda / Four Knight Game defence.

Final Result for 5th Alexander the Great 2013, Greece

1 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2370 6.0 2 IM Erdogdu Mert TUR 2422 5.5 3 IM Itkis Boris ROU 2395 5.0 4 GM Tadic Branko SRB 2517 5.0 5 IM Arsovic Zoran SRB 2434 5.0 6 WIM Djukic Sandra SRB 2199 5.0 7 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2473 5.0 8 IM Sapar Emelbek KGZ 2339 4.5 9 IM Miljkovic Miroslav D SRB 2471 4.5

Chess-result page

from Chessdom report

Preview Game:
WGM Irene K. Sukandar - IM Emelbek Sapar 1-0 , Round 4
Ruy Lopez, Four Knight Variant EC48

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