Susanto Megaranto & Medina Aulia Juara Asia 2019

Kabar gembira dari dunia percaturan Indonesia hadir kembali di bulan April 2019. Menjelang hangatnya suasana menjelang pemilu / pilpres , pecatur Indonesia grandmaster Susanto Megaranto dan grandmaster wanita Medina Aulia Warda berhasil menjadi juara pertama di tournament catur berskala internasional di Mongolia.

Susanto Megaranto dan Medina masing-masing meraih posisi puncak di turnament Eastern Chess Championships 2019. Eastern Chess Championship ini merupakan kualifikasi Zone 3.3 dan diselenggarakan dari tanggal 6-16th April 2019 di kota Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Di round terakhir yaitu babak 9, Megaranto mengalahkan IM Sumiya Bilguun dari Mongolia untuk meraih nilai 7. Di sepanjang turnament, Susanto Megaranto kembali memperlihatkan soliditas permainan caturnya dengan tanpa kekalahan selama 9 rounds. Beberapa pecatur bergelar grandmaster juga termasuk lawan Susanto. Di turnament ini Susanto berhasil menambah 13.7 FIDE elo rating.

Di kategori Woman, Medina mengalahkan WFM Munkhzul Turmunkh di round 9 untuk juga meraih nilai 9. Langkah Medina menjuarai turnamen ini termasuk mengalahkan dua rekan setanah air, yaitu IM Irine Sukandar dan WIM Monica Chelsie Sihite. Medina hanya menderita satu kekalahkan melawan pecatur wanita kawakan asal tuan rumah Mongolia yaitu IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag. Batkhuyag beserta pecatur Munkhzul juga memperoleh nilai 7, namun Medina Aulia akhirnya yang menjadi juara pertama karena perhitungan tie break nya yang lebih tinggi.

Susanto Megaranto and Medina Aulia Warda are winner of Eastern Asia Chess Championship 2019 held in Ulaan Baatar Mongolia

photo from Medina Aulia's Facebook

Selamat kepada kedua pecatur, Susanto Megaranto dan Medina Aulia yang sekaligus meraih tiket menuju kejuaraan catur dunia yang lebih lanjut. Susanto dan juara dua Sugar Gan-Erdene akan berangkat ke turnamen Chess World Cup 2019 Championship yang rencananya digelar di bulan September di kota Khanty-Mansiysk.  Ini merupakan turnamen Piala Dunia / Chess World Cup yang kesekian kalinya bagi Susanto Megaranto. Sedangkan bagi Medina, penulis belum memperoleh info mengenai Woman Chess Championship 2019 atau 2020.  Medina akan ditemani wakil Asia yang juara dua yaitu IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag juga.

Top Ten Final Standings Eastern Asia Chess Championship 2019 - Woman
1 Aulia Medina Warda INA 7,0
2 Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 7,0
3 Munkhzul Turmunkh MGL 7,0
4 Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 6,0
5 Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 6,0
6 Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 6,0
7 Hoang Thi Bao Tram VIE 5,5
8 Vo Thi Kim Phung VIE 5,5
9 Nomindalai Tumurbaatar MGL 5,5
10 Mendoza Shania Mae PHI 5,5

Top Ten Final Standings Eastern Asia Chess Championship 2019 - Open
1 Megaranto Susanto INA 7,0
2 Gan-Erdene Sugar MGL 7,0
3 Nguyen Van Huy VIE 7,0
4 Nasanjargal Urtnasan MGL 6,0
5 Gomez John Paul PHI 6,0
6 Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan MGL 6,0
7 Bersamina Paulo PHI 6,0
8 Amartuvshin Ganzorig MGL 5,5
9 Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 5,5
10 Batchuluun Tsegmed MGL 5,5

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2017 FIDE ZONE 3.3 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS Concluded

The 2017 edition of FIDE ZONE 3.3 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS has concluded at Sunday March 5th 2017. The event played in Tagaytay Phillipine. Zone 3.3 Championship runs to award the best chess player in this zone 3.3, which is comprised most of Eastern Asia and South East Asian chess federation, excluded China and India.

The Open event is won by Malaysian FM Yeoh Li Tian, which is "only" seeded #10. This must be Malaysia's best achievement over many years.

WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung, 23 years old from Vietname is the new Zone 3.3 champion for 2017

In the female section, young Vietname player WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung won the first prize. Vo Thi Kim Phung had been the winner of 2007 Asian Youth Chess Championships U14 Asian age classes in United Arab Emirates . Then the 2011 blitz champion for ages U18 in Philippines. Vo Thi Kim Phung was seeded #9 for this event. The first seed was actually our own IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar. She seems to be underperformed and finished fifth place.

The opening of ZONE 3.3 Chess in Tagaytay, featuring Indonesian Irene Sukandar and GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son

There is one interesting insight over the tournament by SIngaporean IM Kevin Goh Wei Ming :



"I'll probably blog more about this a little later but amidst Li Tian Yeoh's record breaking effort at the Zonals, there was a incident in the last round that I feel is worth sharing.
My Olympiad teammate, IM Tin Jingyao was playing the young Indonesian player Setyaki Azarya Jodi with the black pieces. Setyaki needed a win to make his 2nd IM norm. In an equal-ish to drawn ending, Setyaki made his 40th move, got up and went to the rest room. Jingyao unfortunately forgot about the clock and didn't make his 40th move in time. Setyaki came back to the board, realized what happened, and in an incredible gesture of sportsmanship, offered a draw despite the high stakes. Unfortunately, the arbiter intervened and said that the game has ended officially when Jingyao's time ran out.

This just goes to show that results are sometimes not everything, and even young players can also be gentlemen. Setyaki proved to be a huge credit to the Indonesian Chess Federation and Singaporeans can hardly do better than to learn from his example." - Kevin Goh Wei Ming 

Final Standings 2017 FIDE ZONE 3.3 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS OPEN :

1	FM	YEOH Li Tian	MAS	7,0
2	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	7,0
3	IM	DIMAKILING Oliver	PHI	6,0
4	FM	LIU Xiangyi	SGP	6,0
5	GM	MEGARANTO Susanto	INA	5,5
6	IM	NGUYEN Van Huy	VIE	5,5
7	IM	PASCUA Haridas	PHI	5,5
8	IM	BERSAMINA Paulo	PHI	5,0
9	FM	ANDYKA Pitra	INA	5,0
10	FM	SETYAKI Azarya Jodi	INA	5,0

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Final Standings 2017 FIDE ZONE 3.3 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN :

1	WIM	VO Thi Kim Phung	VIE	7,0
2	WGM	HOANG Thi Bao Tram	VIE	6,5
3	WIM	GONG Qianyun	SGP	6,5
4	IM	PHAM Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	5,5
5	IM	SUKANDAR Irine Kharisma	INA	5,5
6	WGM	NGUYEN Thi Thanh An	VIE	5,5
7	WGM	LE Thanh Tu	VIE	5,5
8		LUONG Phuong Hanh	VIE	5,0
9	WIM	FRONDA Jan Jodilyn	PHI	4,5
10	WFM	MENDOZA Shania Mae	PHI	4,5

Both FM Yeoh Li Tian and Vo Thi Kim Phung will be confirmed taking part in the next FIDE Chess World Cup cycle.

Pecatur Indonesia Juarai 17th ASEAN Age Chess Championships 2016

Beberapa pecatur Indonesia yang diturunkan di ajang ASEAN Age Chess Championship kembali menoreh prestasi. 17th ASEAN Age Chess Championship digelar di Thailand, tepatnya di kota Pattaya - Chon Buri. Ajang ASEAN Age ini dipenuhi pecatur-pecatur junior dan juga veteran. Pesta catur ini diikuti oleh sangat banyak pecatur dari kelas U8 hingga U20. Indonesia memiliki banyak prestasi di ajang ini dari tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Berhubung banyaknya kategori yang dipertandingkan maka saya hanya posting results dari pecatur Indonesia.

17th ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships 2016 Standard chess - Open 16 INDONESIAN Results
SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Rk.	Group
13		Arfan Aditya Bagus	1398	INA	7.5	1	Open 10 Standard
6	FM	Muhamad Agus Kurniawan	2120	INA	6.5	2	Open 20 Standard
1		Singgih Diajeng Theresa	1746	INA	6.5	1	Girls 12 Standard
4		Chandra Vania Vindy	1792	INA	4.5	12	Girls 16 Standard
9	WFM	Anisa Aay Aisyah	1927	INA	5.5	6	Girls 18_20 Standard
12	WFM	Karenza Dita	1896	INA	6.5	1	Girls 18_20 Standard

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Full report available di website chess-results

Sekedar mengingatkan prestasi-prestasi Indonesia di level ASEAN, berikut laporan-laporan ASEAN Age Chess Championship sebelumnya :

10th ASEAN Age Chess Championship 2009 - Medina juara 1, Dita Karenza juara 3 di kelasnya

11th ASEAN Age Chess Championship 2010 - Monica Chelsie, Anastasia Patric, Dita Karenza juara 1 

12th ASEAN Age Chess Championship 2011 - Arif Abdul, Monica, Ananda Astri juara 1

15th ASEAN Age Chess Championship 2014 - Diajeng juara 1