Priasmoro Novendra is Indonesia's Newest Chess Grandmaster

The young Priasmoro Novendra is Indonesian latest chess grandmaster. He earned it in Liberec Open chess tournament that held in Czech 22-29th February 2020. Novendra finalized his chances by defeating IM Klaudia Kulon rated 2335 from Polandia in 25th Trompowsky Attack game. This was his 7th consecutive wins. Novendra won the tournament as well.

photo from official Facebook https://web.facebook.com/czechtouren

 Novendra born Jakarta, 24 November 1999 is part of Indonesian "millenial" chess line up along new blood such as IM Sean Winshand, Jodi Setyaki, Theofilus Tahir etc. His favorites opening are Sicilian, King Indian, Ruy Lopez, French Defence and even the Reti. He is sponsored by United Tractor. After waiting for 16 years, Indonesian Chess Federation (Percasi) finally added their grandmaster title list.

GM Herman Suradiradja (1977)
GM Ardiansyah (1986)
GM Utut Adianto (1986)
GM Edhi Handoko (1994)
GM Ruben Gunawan (1999)
GM Cerdas Barus (2002)
GM Susanto Megaranto (2004).

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Hasil Kejurnas Catur 2017 - Priasmoro Novendra Juara

Kejurnas Catur 2017 telah selesai dilaksanakan di Cipayung, Bogor dari tanggal 17-22 Juli 2017. FM Priasmoro Novendra menuntaskan perjuangan dengan meraih juara pertama di kategori paling bergengsi yaitu kategori "Terbuka". Berikut hasil-hasil Kejurnas Catur 2017, Cipayung :

List of Indonesia 2017 Chess Championship Winners, Cipayung

Terbuka :
1. FM Priasmoro Novendra 8.5/10
2. FM Anjas Novita 8.0/10
3. GM Susanto Megaranto 7.5/10

Wanita
1. WFM Aay Aisyah Anisa 7.0/9
2. WNM Nadya Anggraini 6.5/9
3. Khadijah Qurrotain  6.5/9

Junior Putera A
1. FM Muhamad Agus Kurniawan 7.0/9
2. Akmalnaidi Akbar 6.5/9
3. Arifia Rizki Syahputra 6.5/9

Junior Puteri A
1. WFM Regita Desyari Putri 7.5/9
2. WFM Juwita Ardelia 6.5/9
3. WFM Alya Sekar Kinarsih 6.5/9

Junior Putera B
1. Ryan Maheswara 8.0/9
2. Ramadhani 7.0/9
3. FM Constantius Leornardo Pratama 65/9

Junior Puteri B
1. WNM Diajeng Theresa Singgih 7.5/9
2. WIM Shanti Nur Abidah 7.0/9
3. WFM Parahitha Millyena Legowo 6.5/9

FM Priasmoro Novendra clinched 1st place at the 46th Indonesian National Chess Championship 2017 - Juara 1 Novendra Priasmoro (alumni SCUA) , Juara 2 Anjas , Juara 3 Susanto Megaranto (Alumni SCUA) kategori Terbuka (Senior)  (Photo by pak Djoni Chess)

Juara 1 , Diajeng (SCUA Bekasi) , Juara 2 Shanti Nur Abidah (alumni SCUA Semarang), Juara 3 Parahita (SCUA Bekasi) dalam Kejurnas Catur 2017 utk kategori yunior putri B (Photo by pak Djoni Chess)

Hasil-hasil lain bisa dibuka di chess-results.com

1.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 TERBUKA
2.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 VETERAN
3.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPA A
4.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPI A
5.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPA B
6.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPI B
7.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPA C
8.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPI C
9.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPA D
10.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPI D
11.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPA E
12.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPI E
13.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPA F
14.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPI F
15.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPI F
16.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPA G
17.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 JUNPI G
18.	Kejurnas Catur 46 2017 WANITA
19.	Kejurnas CATUR ANTAR PENGURUS PROVINSI SE INDONESIA
20.	TURNAMEN CATUR WASIT DAN PANITIA

Mengapa Indonesia Akan Segera Menjadi Super Power di Catur - Terjemahan Artikel dari Chessbase India

Ini merupakan terjemahan dari artikel berbahasa Inggris yang dimuat di website Chessbase India, berjudul "Why Indonesia Will be a super power in chess soon". Artikel ini ditulis oleh IM Sagar Shah, yang merupakan salah satu penulis aktif di grup Chessbase. Inti dari artikel ini adalah pemaparan Sagar Shah mengenai even seminar catur oleh IM Jacob Aagaard yang diundang ke Indonesia bulan April 2017 lalu. Berikut terjemahan bebas dari artikel tersebut, semoga bermanfaat.

This is a loose translation of mr Sagar Shah's article that posted in Chessbase India, May 23rd 2017. As this translation intended to be read by Indonesia readers, yours truly had added slightly more background stories. 

Why Indonesia Will be a super power in chess soon - by Sagar Shah
Mengapa Indonesia Akan Segera Menjadi Super Power di Catur

Ketika India dan China telah menjadi kekuatan catur di Asia, sebuah negara dengan penduduk sekitar 250 juta jiwa sedang mempersiapkan dirinya untuk mencetak pecatur terbaik di dunia catur. Di artikel ini saya akan membawa pembaca mengikuti petualangan Jacob Aagard ke Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto di Bekasi. Dari pengalaman ini, kami memperkirakan dalam beberapa tahun mendatang, murid-murid catur di Indonesia akan segera mulai mengalahkan pecatur dunia. Ini merupakan artikel terakhir dari kisah tour Jacob Aagard ke Asia.

Catatan penulis : Jacob Aagaard adalah seorang International Master dari Inggris yang aktif menulis buku pelajaran catur. Sebagai penulis yang fasih dalam menerangkan pelajaran catur, Jacob Aagaard diundang ke Indonesia untuk memberikan seminar kepada pecatur dan penggemar catur di Indonesia.

Perhentian terakhir tour Asia Jacob Aagaard adalah di negara Indonesia. Setelah mengunjungi Indonesia, saya (Sagar Shah) sangat kagum dan yakin bahwa negara ini juga gila catur. Kamu bisa melihat bahwa masyarakat di sini gemar bermain catur. Menurut Sagar Shah, hanya dengan menyebutkan Percasi dan Utut Adianto, sudah cukup untuk membawa mereka dengan lancar ke meja imigrasi, dari kedatangannya di airport.

Penulis catur Jacob Aagaard sudah diminta meladeni hal bercatur di airport, dengan seorang drivernya. (Photo from Chessbase India)

team Jacob Aagaard dibawa ke markas bercatur di Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto, terlihat penulis memajang foto GM Utut dengan Gary Kasparov yang juga pernah datang ke Indonesia (Photo from Chessbase India)

Di era '90, Utut Adianto adalah salah satu pecatur terkuat dunia. Dia telah mengalahkan Anatoly Karpov, draw melawan Gary Kasparov dan bertukar jurus dengan berbagai pendekar catur kelas dunia. Sekarang Utut berusia 52 tahun dan menjabat sebagai anggota dewan. Utut juga menyempatkan diri turun di Olimpiade Catur di Baku tahun lalu dengan score 5/6. Ratingnya adalah 2566 dan masih merupakan pecatur Indonesia urutan satu (....Susanto Megaranto adalah di rating 2527 saat ini)

terlihat Utut berdialog dengan Sagar Shah dan Peter Long (baju biru), di belakang ada pak Kristianus Liem

Penulis (Sagar Shah) terkesan dengan pertemuan ini , di mana pak Utut membicarakan perkembangan catur di India dan Chessbase India. Tentunya Sagar Shah juga membujuk pak Utut untuk menunjukkan partai-partai catur nya kepada pembaca.

"Ada banyak partai catur", ujar Utut Adianto, tapi saya sekarang ingat yang ini. Yaitu partai Utut Adianto vs Vadim Milov, Biel 1994. 

Japfa Chess Festival 2017 - GM Susanto Megaranto First Place

Indonesian strongest chess open tournament, JAPFA Chess Festival 2017 just ended yesterday. The annual chess festival held from 15th to 19th May 2017 in Gedung Serbaguna Senayan Jakarta. As usual, the festival played in many categories with the strongest to be in Open category and special IM invited category.

Indonesian strongest player, GM Susanto Megaranto won the Open category with 8/9 points. Ahead of Susanto is FM Anjas Novita and IM Ivan Situru in 2nd and 3rd place. The Open category joined by more than 160+ players, coming from all Indonesian provinces.

The International Master section was also an interesting to observe. Joined by several international chess individual such IM Sagar Shah, IM Alina L'Ami and WGM Deysi Cori from Peru, the field was won by Phillipine IM Haridas Pascua. Haridas won the 10 swiss rounds with 7/10. 2nd place is FM Priasmoro Novendra and 3rd place by WGM Medina Aulia.

Famous chess columnist, IM Sagar Shah run into trouble against local FM Yoseph Taher. 

(photo by pak Djoni Chess)

FM Yoseph Taher vs IM Sagar Shah  

Partai Catur Novendra,Priasmoro vs Deysi,Cori T , Japfa 2017 Jakarta



Sepuluh Besar Peringkat Akhir Japfa Chess Festival 2017 - OPEN - Final Standings :
1 GM SUSANTO MEGARANTO 2537 JBR 8,0
2 FM ANJAS NOVITA 2447 JBR 7,5
3 IM M. IVAN SITURU 2364 PB 7,5
4 IM DANNY YUSWANTO IR. 2418 DKI 7,5
5 IM DEDE LIU 2394 DKI 7,0
6 FM DENI SONJAYA 2341 JBR 7,0
7 GM ARDIANSYAH HAJI 2235 RIAU 7,0
8 IM MUHAMMAD LUTHFI ALI 2396 JTG 6,5
9 NM FIKRUL SAIFUDIN 2211 PAP 6,5
10 IM FARID FIRMANSYAH 2320 JBR 6,5
full result

Peringkat Akhir Japfa Chess Festival 2017 - IM - Final Standings :
1 IM Pascua Haridas PHI 2437 7,0
2 FM Priasmoro Novendra INA 2368 6,5
3 WGM Aulia Medina Warda INA 2358 6,5
4 IM Vo Thanh Ninh VIE 2405 6,0
5 FM Taher Yoseph Theolifus INA 2369 6,0
6 FM Hafiz Arif Abdul INA 2396 5,0
7 IM L'ami Alina ROU 2303 4,5
8 WGM Cori T. Deysi PER 2428 4,5
9 WGM Hejazipour Mitra IRI 2356 4,0
10 IM Sagar Shah IND 2413 3,5
11 Surya Wahyudi INA 2229 3,5
12 FM Setyaki Azarya Jodi INA 2365 3,0

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

more results

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.

Novendra and Ummi Won Japfa Chess 2016

As reported in this post, the Japfa chess tournament 2016 had started and now they just finished. Japfa Master International chess tournament 2016 won by FM Priasmoro Novendra (2353) and Japfa Women International Chess 2016 won by WFM Ummi Fisabililla. Both are from host country, Indonesia. The tournament saw a battle of 9 swiss rounds, happening in Hotel Novotel Jakarta from 5th to 11st December 2016. Chess masters such as IM Alexander Wohl and IM Alina L'Ami participated in Japfa tournament 2016 also.

Final Standings Japfa Master Chess 2016 :

1	11	FM	Priasmoro Novendra	INA	2353	7,0	38,00	0,0	5
2	6	FM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi	INA	2303	6,5	36,50	0,0	3
3	9	IM	Duong The Anh	VIE	2321	6,5	33,00	0,0	3

Final Standing Japfa Woman Master Chess 2016 :

1	6	WFM	Fisabilillah Ummi	INA	2118	7,5	37,00	0,0	5
2	5	WIM	Fronda Jan Jodilyn	PHI	2165	7,0	35,75	0,0	5
3	3	WIM	Le Kieu Thien Kim	VIE	2215	7,0	34,50	0,0	5

Bapak Ir Rachmad dari pihak SPONSOR PT JAPFA COMFEED Tbk selaku sponsor JAPFA Master International Chess Tournament merangkul para alumni Sekolah Catur UTUT ADIANTO yang mnejadi Juara 1 yaitu Ummi Fisabililah utk kategori Women International Chess Tournamnet dan Novendra P utk kategori Master International Chess Tournament

Photo : Djoni Chess

Japfa Chess is Indonesian annual chess event that started many years ago. PT japfa Comfeed Tbk is the main sponsor.