Sunday, September 11, 2016

Utut Adianto Turun Gunung - Chess Olympiad 2016 Round 9

Indonesia legendary grandmaster, Utut Adianto, has finally comeback to (serious) chess competition. As we reported in previously, the 2016 chess Olympiad in Baku is going on and most of Indonesian top chess players are unable to travel due to local scheduling conflict.  In this case, GM Utut Adianto himself "down from the mountain" / turun gunung, for playing and defending Indonesia team. Thus making Indonesia's team for Baku 2016 become quite a legendary formation for years.

After 2016 round 9 in Baku, team Indonesia slowly climb back to position #67 by beating neighbor Malaysia team. GM Utut Adianto played board 1 started in round 6 and already score 3.5/4, he duly draw against very strong Montenegro grandmaster Nikola Djukic, while crushing all his lower rated opponents. GM Utut Adianto is having full time jobs and commitment as government legislative member. He is still an active player in Indonesia chess federation as mentor.

Remember GM Nigel Short's comments on Indonesian team ?
Well, we coming up with GM Utut Adianto with 2556 elo rating!

In ladies section, the Indonesian team lost their first 0-4 against team Colombia. The whole ladies section perhaps tired after nine rounds of roller coaster pairings. They are now in position 69.

Partai catur Utut Adianto vs Tze-Meng Mok 1-0, Baku 2016

Partai Catur Utut Adianto vs Nikola Djukic 1/2-1/2, Baku 2016

Partai Catur Soon Wei Yee vs Utut Adianto 0-1, Baku 2016

Grandmaster Utut Adianto akhirnya turun gunung juga membela tim Indonesia untuk event Chess Olympiad (Catur) di Baku 2016. Setelah rombongan team Indonesia berjerih lelah membela tim Indonesia hingga round 5, GM Utut terbang menuju negara Azerbaijan dan turun membela tim papan pertama mulai round 6. Setelah bermain sebanyak 4x, pak dewan Utut mengantongi "performance" 3.5/4. Semua lawan-lawan yang lebih lemah berhasil ditundukkan, hanya ketika bertemu lawan bergelar GM (Nikola Djukic) dari Montenegro, Utut menahan remis.

Walau demikian prestasi team Indonesia di Baku masih naik turun, di round 8 ketika bertemu team Montenegro, Indonesia musti kembali puas kalah tipis 1.5-2.5. Namun demikian posisi regu Indonesia yang juga diperkuat IM Muhammad Ali Lutfi dan IM Irwanto Sadikin lambat namun pasti mulai memperbaiki posisi. Berikut peringkat team-team catur di Baku 2016 hingga round 9:

Chess Olympiad 2016 , standings after round 9:
12
United States of AmericaUSA972016284,026,5103,00
25
UkraineUKR980116267,024,5106,00
31
RussiaRUS971115290,027,0104,00
420
GeorgiaGEO962114235,523,598,00
517
Czech RepublicCZE962114235,522,0105,00
69
IndiaIND970214234,023,5102,00
725
CanadaCAN961213247,526,095,00
84
Azerbaijan 1AZE961213235,024,099,00
946
IranIRI953113229,024,095,00
106
EnglandENG961213224,522,0100,00
6767
Indonesia                          INA950410144,022,075,00

Sementara itu, team puteri Indonesia musti menelan kekalahan pahit 0-4 di round 9 melawan tim Kolombia. Tim yang diperkuat WIM Chelsie Monica juga mengalami hasil pasang surut di pairing chess Olympiad 2016 ini. Dengan hasil round 9, bisa disimak urutan team di bawah ini :

Chess Olympiad Baku 2016 , standings after round 9 Women:
11
ChinaCHN972016261,026,096,00
27
PolandPOL971115277,528,093,00
32
UkraineUKR962114268,525,5103,00
43
RussiaRUS962114256,025,0101,00
55
IndiaIND962114232,524,094,00
66
United States of AmericaUSA970214231,023,095,00
74
GeorgiaGEO961213251,526,092,00
88
HungaryHUN953113230,023,093,00
910
GermanyGER953113219,023,093,00
1015
MongoliaMGL961213215,524,584,00
69112
Indonesia                       INA94149115,017,576,00

Indonesia chess team in Baku 2016 with GM Utut Adianto playing 1st board, IM Muhammad Ali, Rusdi Taher, IM Irwanto Sadikin - quite a strong team already
(photo dari media social)

Indonesia Women Chess Olympiad 2016 team - Chelsie Monica, Captain Lisa Lumondong (she was strong Indonesia player in the '90s), Regita Desyari, Julisa Pasaribu, Ayyun Afifa Faruq
(photo dari media social)

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