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 ?

It is hard to believe that, in a country of 260 million, Indonesia couldn't find a reserve rated higher than 1860... https://t.co/WFTJwNqwlA

— Nigel Short (@nigelshortchess) September 5, 2016

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:

1	2		United States of America	USA	9	7	2	0	16	284,0	26,5	103,00
2	5		Ukraine	UKR	9	8	0	1	16	267,0	24,5	106,00
3	1		Russia	RUS	9	7	1	1	15	290,0	27,0	104,00
4	20		Georgia	GEO	9	6	2	1	14	235,5	23,5	98,00
5	17		Czech Republic	CZE	9	6	2	1	14	235,5	22,0	105,00
6	9		India	IND	9	7	0	2	14	234,0	23,5	102,00
7	25		Canada	CAN	9	6	1	2	13	247,5	26,0	95,00
8	4		Azerbaijan 1	AZE	9	6	1	2	13	235,0	24,0	99,00
9	46		Iran	IRI	9	5	3	1	13	229,0	24,0	95,00
10	6		England	ENG	9	6	1	2	13	224,5	22,0	100,00

67

67

Indonesia

INA

9

5

0

4

10

144,0

22,0

75,00

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:

1	1		China	CHN	9	7	2	0	16	261,0	26,0	96,00
2	7		Poland	POL	9	7	1	1	15	277,5	28,0	93,00
3	2		Ukraine	UKR	9	6	2	1	14	268,5	25,5	103,00
4	3		Russia	RUS	9	6	2	1	14	256,0	25,0	101,00
5	5		India	IND	9	6	2	1	14	232,5	24,0	94,00
6	6		United States of America	USA	9	7	0	2	14	231,0	23,0	95,00
7	4		Georgia	GEO	9	6	1	2	13	251,5	26,0	92,00
8	8		Hungary	HUN	9	5	3	1	13	230,0	23,0	93,00
9	10		Germany	GER	9	5	3	1	13	219,0	23,0	93,00
10	15		Mongolia	MGL	9	6	1	2	13	215,5	24,5	84,00

69

112

Indonesia

INA

9

4

1

4

9

115,0

17,5

76,00

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)

Muhammad Ali in Chess Olympiads 2016 - Round 5

It's turn out that our Muhammad Ali Lutfi is a minor sensation in Chess Olympiad 2016, currently held in Baku. Chess player Muhammad Ali Lutfi is part of Indonesia team for the olympiad. He ranked 2411 FIDE elo and titled International Master. The first sensation was when we held a draw against stronger grandmaster from England, GM Michael Adams in more than 100 moves. The chess reporting site begins to nickname him as "Muhammad Ali", surely a tribute to the legendary boxer.

In round 5, team Indonesian yet unable to overcome their opponent team Switzerland and down with score 1.5-2.5. All the three boards ended in draw against Switzerland, with notably Muhammad Ali hold draws GM Yannick Pelletier, but the last board Ivan Pasaribu was defeated by IM Richard Forster.

Bo.	67	Indonesia (INA)	Rtg	-	48	Switzerland (SUI)	Rtg	1½:2½
32.1	IM	Ali, Muhammad Lutfi	2411	-	GM	Pelletier, Yannick	2555	½ - ½
32.2		Taher, Yoseph Theolifus	2321	-	IM	Georgiadis, Nico	2475	½ - ½
32.3	IM	Sadikin The, Irwanto	2327	-	IM	Studer, Noel	2445	½ - ½
32.4	FM	Pasaribu, Ivan Maxmillian Putra	1860	-	IM	Forster, Richard	2459	0 - 1

Previously, Indonesian team got "razor-ed" by Canadian team, 0-4 in round 4. Giving that, the results against Switzerland is still quite a recovery. The current 2016 chess olympiad team for Indonesia composed with cross generation players, from senior IM Irwanto Sadikin, younger IM Muhammad Ali Lutfi, debutants Yoseph Tahir Theolifus and Ivan Putra Pasaribu.The country's strongest players such as GM Susanto Megaranto, IM Irene Sukandar, IM Medina Warda Aulia, IM Sean Winshand and others are not playing in Baku due to local scheduling conflict. Yet the good news is , rumored saying that Indonesian's senior GM Utut Adianto will played in Baku in the later rounds.

The conditions did at least attracted attention of one grandmaster ......

It is hard to believe that, in a country of 260 million, Indonesia couldn't find a reserve rated higher than 1860... https://t.co/WFTJwNqwlA

— Nigel Short (@nigelshortchess) September 5, 2016

Quote from chess.com "Are you seeing ghosts? No, this Muhammed Ali is an IM and top board for Indonesia!" -
"Apakah ini penampakan dari Muhammad Ali? Bukan, ini adalah IM dan pemain papan pertama untuk regu Indonesia!" , demikian laporan chess.com yang menampilkan IM M.Ali Lutfi yang hangat dibicarakan komunitas catur sehubungan dengan namanya yang mirip petinju legendaris USA itu.

Partai Catur IM Muhammad Ali Lutfi vs GM Yannick Pelletier 1/2-1/2, Olympiad 2016 Baku

The Indonesian ladies enjoyed their fifth round with a victory against Pakistani ladies :

Bo.	124	Pakistan (PAK)	Rtg	-	112	Indonesia (INA)	Rtg	½ :3½
35.1	WCM	Begum, Ghazala	1668	-	WIM	Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias	2199	0 - 1
35.2		Saira Rafique,	1104	-		Putri, Regita Desyari	1623	0 - 1
35.3		Wasif, Zenobia	1566	-		Pasaribu, Julisa	0	0 - 1
35.4		Mehak, Gul	0	-		Walukow, Theodora Paulina	0	½ - ½

Pecatur Muhammad Ali di Olimpiade Catur 2016

Ternyata nama IM Muhammad Ali Lutfi menjadi sensasi kecil di ajang Olympiade 2016 di kota Baku. Kehadiran pecatur Ali Lutfi ini menyita perhatian reporter-reporter catur di media online dikarenakan nama Muhammad Ali yang terkenal sebagai petinju legendaris dari USA. Sensasi ini tentu juga akibat permainan catur dari Ali Lutfi, yang memang di round-round sebelumnya sempat menahan remis lawan pecaturnya yang lebih kuat. (Lihat laporan Olympiade Catur sebelumnya). 

Memasuki babak 5, tim Indonesia masih musti berpuas dengan hasil kalah 1.5-2.5 melawan tim Switzerland. Meski demikian tiga papan pertama Indonesia berhasil menahan remis lawan-lawan pecaturnya yang lebih kuat (lihat hasil round 5 di atas). Hanya saja di papan 4, perbedaan rating lawan Ivan Pasaribu yang hingga 500-an elo rating terbukti terlalu jauh untuk beliau. Indonesia masih ada di urutan 105 hingga babak 5 ini.

Hasil menang dipetik regu puteri Indonesia di Olympiade Baku round 5. Tim puteri yang dipimpin Chelsie Monica menekuk regu Pakistan 3.5-1.5. Dengan hasil ini Indonesian girls naik ke urutan 54. 

Indonesian ladies playing in 2016 Baku Chess Olympiad

photo from official website  - the fifth player is Julisa Pasaribu not in picture

2016 Chess Olympiad Baku - round 5 standings :

1	11	Netherlands	NED	5	5	0	0	10	87,0	16,5	28,00
2	5	Ukraine	UKR	5	5	0	0	10	84,0	15,0	30,00
3	9	India	IND	5	5	0	0	10	79,0	16,5	26,00
4	17	Czech Republic	CZE	5	4	1	0	9	81,0	14,5	30,00
5	2	United States of America	USA	5	4	1	0	9	79,0	15,5	28,00
6	20	Georgia	GEO	5	4	1	0	9	74,5	15,0	26,00
7	23	Belarus	BLR	5	4	0	1	8	83,0	14,5	32,00
8	1	Russia	RUS	5	4	0	1	8	78,0	15,5	29,00
9	4	Azerbaijan 1	AZE	5	4	0	1	8	76,0	15,0	30,00
10	3	China	CHN	5	4	0	1	8	75,0	15,0	29,00

105

67

Indonesia

INA

5

2

0

3

4

28,5

9,5

25,00

2016 Chess Olympiad Baku Women - round 5 standings :

1	3	Russia	RUS	5	5	0	0	10	93,0	17,0	29,00
2	2	Ukraine	UKR	5	5	0	0	10	86,0	16,5	28,00
3	11	Romania	ROU	5	4	1	0	9	81,5	15,0	30,00
4	1	China	CHN	5	4	1	0	9	81,0	15,5	29,00
5	16	Azerbaijan 1	AZE	5	4	1	0	9	76,5	14,0	31,00
6	8	Hungary	HUN	5	4	0	1	8	80,0	14,0	30,00
7	4	Georgia	GEO	5	4	0	1	8	76,5	16,5	25,00
8	7	Poland	POL	5	4	0	1	8	74,5	17,0	25,00
9	5	India	IND	5	3	2	0	8	74,5	14,5	27,00
10	17	Turkey	TUR	5	4	0	1	8	69,0	15,5	23,00

54

112

Indonesia

INA

5

3

0

2

6

34,0

12,0

20,00

IM Irwanto Sadikin Kalahkan GM Luke McShane - Chess Olympiad Baku 2016 Round 2

Selesai pagelaran Olympiade musim panas di negara Brasil kota Rio, insan olahraga (catur) disambut dengan even Olympiade Catur di kota Baku negara Azerbaijan. Seperti diketahui, dikarenakan panjangnya (dan buanyaknya) proses tanding catur, apalagi per team, maka olahraga catur tidak bisa begitu saja nyunsep ke dalam even Olympiade seperti cabang bulu tangkis atau lomba lari. Sebab inilah, FIDE akhirnya musti menyelenggarakan Olympiade khusus catur setiap 2 tahun sekali.

Di tahun 2016 ini, Olympiade catur dilangsungkan dengan tuan rumah negara Azerbaijan. Bertepat di ibukotanya, Baku, Chess Olympiade 2016 berlangsung dari tanggal 1 September 2016 hingga 14 September 2016. Sebanyak 178 team bertanding di kategori Open dan 131 team di kategori Women (namun banyak juga yang no show alias nggak nongol...) membuat even seberat olympiade ini sungguh penuh dengan pemain hingga hampir ribuan pecatur termasuk official.

Tentunya team kesayangan dan kebanggaan kita, Indonesia, hadir di Olympiade ini. Pecatur IM Muhammad Lutfi Ali, IM Irwanto Sadikin, Taher Yoseph Theolifus dan FM Ivan Putra Pasaribu membela team putera Indonesia. Kabarnya GM Utut Adianto sendiri juga akan turun di olympiade ini. Team Women Indonesia chess 2016 adalah : WIM Monica Chelsie Sihite, WFM Afifa Ayyun Faruq, Putri Regita Desyari, Julisa Pasaribu, dan Theodora Walukow Paulina.
Sesi olympiade tahun ini, pecatur kenamaan Indonesia seperti Susanto Megaranto, Irene Sukandar, Medina Aulia, Sean Winshand, Pitra Andika dan kawan-kawan tidak hadir, sehingga kesempatan bermain di level olympiade sedikit banyak bisa disharingkan oleh potensi pecatur-pecatur baru.

Di babak pertama, seperti dilaporkan di chess-results.com, team putera Indonesia tampil mulus mengalahkan team Virginia Island (USA) 4-0. Namun team puteri musti bertemu tim kuat Swedia dan menelan kekalahan 0.5-3.5. Kekalahan team puteri membuat pairing di round 2 lebih ringan dengan dipertemukannya dengan team Suriname. Round 2 Chess Olympiade 2016 untuk Chelsie dkk pun berakhir mulus 4-0 untuk team srikandi Indonesia.

Sedangkan untuk round 2 team putera, Indonesia berhadapan dengan team lumayan kuat, England. Hasilnya juga lumayan untuk fans catur Indonesia. Di board 1, Muhammad Luthfi bermain panjang dan menahan remis GM Michael Adams. Bisa disimak partai caturnya di bawah ini yang dipublikasi oleh chess.com :


Partai IM Irwanto Sadikin vs GM Luke McShane juga dapat pujian dari chess.com, yang menulis :

England only defeated Indonesia 2.5-1.5 because there was an even bigger upset. IM Irwanto Sadikin The played the game of his life against GM Luke McShane.

Sadikin The, Irwanto (2327) vs. McShane, Luke J (2671)
Baku Chess Olympiad | Open | Baku | Round 2.3 | 3 Sep 2016 | 1-0



Dengan hasil ini, tim putera Indonesia akan bertemu Team Morroco di round 3, dan team puteri bertemu team Luxembourg.

Berita seru di round 2 Chess Olympiad adalah sudah turunnya Magnus Carlsen melawan team Bangladesh. Magnus membuat sensasi dengan memainkan pembukaan nyentrik 1.e3. Berikut partainya :


Partai yang langsung dikomentari rekan se regunya dari Norwegia, GM Ludvig Hammer :


Foto-foto team Indonesia dari sumber media sosial :

Irwanto Sadikin vs Luke McShane 1-0 2016

M. Lutfi Ali vs Michael Adams 1/2-1/2 2016

Olympiade catur Baku 2016 bisa disaksikan di website official . Link hasil di chess-results untuk Putera dan Puteri.

Irine Sukandar Wins Moscow 2015 Student Grandmaster's Cup

(Irine Juara Di Moscow, lihat di bawah)

With a round to spare and two points ahead her closest competitors, Irine Kharisma Sukandar of Indonesia wins Moscow Open Chess 2015 in style. Irine playing in group G or female Student Grandmaster's group. In round 8, Irine facing Altan-Ulzii Enkhtuul from Mongolia with black. The game start in side line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5, it soon went into nowdays popular rook endgame. Where with extra pawn, black can't pressed for full result and draw. Irine is then at 7/9 point. The other board of  Alina Kashlinskaya vs Dinara Saduakassova was won by Dinara, which mean both only get 5/9 to secure Irine's convincing victory in this group. Irine will then meet Alina in penultimate round 9, which is no more influence Irine's position (UPDATED: Irine vs Alina 1/2-1/2, Round 9). This is perhaps the only and historical tournament first place win by Indonesian player in Moscow ever.

Moscow 2015 Group G, Student Grandmaster's RSSU Cup, Final standing after round 9:
1. Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 7.5
2. Kashlinskaya, Alina 5.5
3. Saduakassova, Dinara 5
4. Papp, Petra 5
5. Mammadzada, Gunay 5
6. Drogovoz, Irina 4.5
7. Iwanow, Anna 4.5
8. Enkhtuul, Altan-Ulzii 4
9. Severina, Maria 2.5
10. Rodionova, Polina 1.5
UPDATED: 
Ernesto Inerkiev Wins 2015 Moscow Open Master Group A
WGM Lei Tingjie wins Moscow Female Open Group B
Sergey Galakhov wins Moscow U-2300 Group C
IM Evgenij Dragomarezkij wins Moscow Senior Open Group D
GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan wins Moscow Student Group F
IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar wins Moscow Student Female Group G

from round 8:
On Moscow Open Master Group A, Ernesto Inerkiev drew Tigran L. Petrosian on top board, with 7/9 point. Other players, Nepomniachtchi, Mamedov, Grachev and Artemiev, all splitting point too in round 8. This mean Inerkiev going for final round to decide the winner of this group by today, with Petrosian as his closest competitor with 6.5/9, but also a group of 14 player with 6 points in behind. See chess-result here. Other Indonesian players, GM Susanto Megaranto drew with black to Evgeny Alekseev, Susanto is undefeated after 8 rounds with 5.5/8. FM Muhammad Ali Lutfi came with tougher life with only 3.5/8, although noted he manage to win against GM Ivan Bukavshin and drew GM Boris Savchenko.

Official report on Irine Kharisma Sukandar's Convincing Victory in Moscow 2015

Hanya melalui delapan babak catur klasik dari sembilan babak yang dicanangkan, IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar menyabet juara satu  di Moskow. Melalui partai catur panas di ronde delapan melawan pecatur Mongolia  Altan-Ulzii Enkhtuul dengan buah hitam, Irine berhasil memaksa remis, walaupun sempat unggul satu bidak. Di endgame benteng yang lagi nge-trend di berbagai event catur minggu ini (lihat partai Howell vs Nakamura dan lain-lain), Irine unggul bidak setelah lawannya nge-pres menghindari posisi remis di babak tengah partai catur mereka. Hasil remis ini cukup untuk Irine meng-klaim posisi juara satu, karena di papan lain saingan terdekatnya, Alina Kashlinskaya ternyata dikalahkan Dinara Saduakassova. Kedua saingan dekat ini hanya memiliki nilai 5, sedangkan Irine sudah mengantongi nilai 7. Di babak terakhir, Irine baru akan berhadapan dengan lawan terberatnya Alina Kashlinskaya, di mana hasil ini hanya berpengaruh untuk menentukan juara dua (UPDATED: Irine vs Alina berakhir remis di ronde 9). Ini mungkin merupakan pertama kalinya pecatur Indonesia juara satu turnamen penting  di Moscow.

Sementara itu dua pecatur handal Indonesia, Susanto Megaranto dan FM Muhammad Ali Lutfi masih terus berjuang memperbaiki posisi. Hasil solid kembali ditunjukkan Susanto yang tampil tak terkalahkan hingga ronde 8 dan mengantongi nilai 5.5. Di babak delapan, Susanto menahan remis pecatur top Evgeny Alekseev dengan buah hitam. Sedangkan Ali Lutfi musti terus berjuang setelah hanya bisa mengantongi nilai 3.5 dari delapan babak. Perlu dicatat walau demikian Ali Lutfi berhasil menggebuk pecatur Rusia grandmaster Ivan Bukavshin di ronde dua, dan menahan remis GM Boris Savchenko di ronde lima. Keduanya bermain di grup A yang diikuti grandmaster catur kuat dari berbagai belahan dunia. Ernesko Inarkiev yang sedang berada di posisi satu hingga ronde delapan.

UPDATED: Round 9, Susanto Megaranto vs Alexander Kopylov 1-0, Ivan Uraev vs Muh Ali Lutfi 1/2-1/2

Susanto perbaiki peringkat di Moscow dengan mengalahkan Alexander Kopylov di babak terakhir, dengan nilai 6.5/9 Susanto ada di peringkat 17.

Final Standing, Moscow Open RSSU Cup 2015, Men Group A
1. Inarkiev Ernesto 8
2. Korobov Anton 7
3. Vallejo Pons Francisco 7
4. Petrosian Tigran L. 7
5. Artemiev Vladislav 7
6. Nepomniachtchi Ian 6.5
7. Grachev Boris 6.5
8. Volkov Sergey 6.5
9. Mamedov Rauf 6.5
10. Grigoriants Sergey 6.5
11. Kokarev Dmitry 6.5
12. Sanal Vahap 6.5
13. Khairullin Ildar 6.5
14. Khismatullin Denis 6.5
15. Shimanov Aleksandr 6.5
16. Usmanov Vasily 6.5
17. Megaranto Susanto 6.5
18. Xiu Deshun 6
19. Pridorozhni Aleksei 6
20. Kharchenko Boris 6
full result

Partai Catur Altan-Ulzii Enkhtuul vs Irine Kharisma Sukandar 1/2-1/2 , Moscow 2015 Group G Round 8


Partai Catur Evgeny Alekseev vs Susanto Megaranto 1/2-1/2, Moscow 2015 Group A Round 8
Pembukaan Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz


Partai Catur Muhammad Ali Lutfi (2404) vs Ivan Bukavshin (2622) Moscow Open A 2015, Rd 2
Pembukaan Sicilian Kan




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Round 3

Cheparinov Wins Albena - Megaranto Juara 3 di Bulgaria 2014

The Grand Europe "Albena" Cup had been concluded on round 9. Ivan Cheparinov who is the participant with highest Elo rating wins this open tournament by defeating close rival Vladimir Akopian. Ivan scored 7.5/9 results, with second and third place shared by Petar Drenchev (Bulgaria) and Indonesian Susanto Megaranto. This is part of two series of tournament, the next one will be on Golden Sands (Bulgaria), started 10th to 18th June 2014.

Indonesia sent all their top player to participate in this tournament, about ten players on the list. Their participation did not wasted because of good result by Susanto Megaranto. Susanto remained undefeated, his draws included with Vladimir Akopian. IM Farid Firmansyah also enjoy some moment by defeating GM Dusan Popovic from Serbia. The most breakthrough results scored by Priasmoro Novendra. Priasmoro is junior who experience in the School chess competition previously. In Albena he upset several titled players, wins against IM Veselin Pantev (round 2), IM Nikolov Sasho (round 6) and GM Ristic Nenad (round 7). He scored 5.5/9 with only two loses against GMs. Not sure if he confirmed a titled-norm, but it should be.

The best result from the ladies come from WGM Medina W. Aulia. She scored 5/9 with additional 9.9 elo point bonus. WGM Irene K. Sukandar only come with 4.5/9, she suffered minus elo point. On the paper it seems like Medina has finally catch up Irene by elo rating.

Official Website (oftenly not working!)
Final Standing - Grand Europe Albena Cup 2014 - Bulgaria
1. GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 7.5
2. GM Drenchev Petar BUL 7.0
3. GM Megaranto Susanto INA 7.0
4. GM Esen Baris TUR 6.5
5. GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 6.5
6. IM Bernadskiy Vitaliy UKR 6.5
7. GM Bachmann Axel PAR 6.5
8. GM Solak Dragan TUR 6.5
9. GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 6.5
10. GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 6.5
complete results

Selama sepekan pecatur-pecatur top Indonesia bertanding di negara Bulgaria. Mereka bertanding tepatnya di turnamen The Grand Europe "Albena" Cup 2014. Turnamen yang berkaitan erat dengan asosiasi catur Eropa yaitu European Chess Union, di mana presiden ECU adalah Silvio Danailov, sang manajer eksentrik yang kerap kontroversi dengan pandangan-pandangan garis kerasnya, yang juga pernah menjadi manajer Veselin Topalov. Veselin Topalov sendiri sekarang lagi bermain di Norwegia melawan Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Kramnik dan sebangsanya. Ini merupakan ajang TRY OUT tim Olimpiade catur.

Pecatur tuan rumah Ivan Cheparinov menjuarai ajang ini. Namun berita terbaik datang dari Susanto Megaranto yang berhasil mencapai posisi 3. Susanto memiliki nilai sama dengan peringkat kedua (lihat urutan ranking di atas), namun kalah di tie break. Susanto Megaranto membukukan hasil tanpa kekalahan, dia juga berhasil GM Vladimir Onischuk di ronde terakhir, remis melawan pecatur kondang GM Vladimir Akopian di ronde 8. Nilai akhir Susanto Megaranto adalah 7.0/9. Hasil sangat bagus juga dibukukan pecatur Priasmoro Novendra, yang menjadi the giant-killer di turnamen ini. Priasmoro yang sebelumnya hanya dikenal di partisipasinya di ajang festival catur antar pelajar mengalahkan beberapa pemain bergelar:  IM Veselin Pantev (round 2), IM Nikolov Sasho (round 6) and GM Ristic Nenad (round 7). Priasmoro hanya kalah dua kali melawan pecatur bergelar GM, dan berhasil mengumpulkan nilai 5.5/9. UPDATE: Priasmoro Novendra meraih norma IM, dengan elo rating. Tim kemudian akan bermain di seri ke-2 di Golden Sands 10-18 Juni 2014.

berita dari Facebook Percasi Catur Indonesia

Di urutan kedua pecatur Indonesia adalah IM Farid Firmansyah dengan nilai 6.0/9. Farid mengalahkan GM Dusan Popovic di ronde terakhir. Pecatur M. Luthfi Ali meraih nilai 5.5/9.  Dari pecatur puteri, WGM Medina Warda Aulia adalah yang paling tinggi hasilnya dengan nilai 5.0/9. Dari pantauan di chess-result, hasil ini membuat Medina meraih sekitar 9 elo rating lagi. Sementara itu WGM Irine ada di hasil tengah dengan 4.5/9, tapi Irine akan hilang 3 elo rating. Dengan hasil ini tampaknya Medina akan segera melewati Irine sebagai pecatur wanita dari segi elo rating. Irine sendiri musti konsentrasi untuk follow up prestasinya sebagai juara individu Asia tahun ini.

Hasil-hasil pecatur Indonesia di Bulgaria 2014:

26. IM Farid Firmansyah INA 6.0

31. Priasmoro Novendra INA 5.5
43. FM Muh Luthfi Ali INA 5.5
49. WGM Medina Warda Aulia INA 5.0
71. WGM Irine Kharisma Sukandar INA 4.5
85. WIM Chelsie Monica Sihite INA 4.5
88. CM Setyaki Azarya Jodi INA 4.5
94. WFM Dewi Aa Citra INA 4.0
141. WFM Ummi Fisabilillah INA 2.5

Partai Catur GM Susanto Megaranto vs WGM Medina Warda Aulia 1-0

Trompowski Attack

Yu Yangyi and Goryachkina 2013 World Junior Chess Champions

World Junior Chess Championship 2013 concluded by round thirteen. GM Yu Yangi and WGM Alexandra Goryachkina became the champion on Open section and Girl section. GM Alexander Ipatov took the second rank and Santosh Gujrathi Vidit took the third place in the open category. In the Girls category, the second place goes to 13-years old sensation from Kazakhstan Zhansaya Abdulmalik and third place is Alina Kashlinskaya.

The top seeds in Open reflected closely to the final ranking. Except GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and GM Nils Grandelius that catapulted out of the top ten, despited they seeded quite high in the tournament.

Top Ten Result for 2013 Junior Chess Championship, Kocaeli Turkey
1. (1) GM YU YANGYI 2662 CHN 11
2. (2) GM  IPATOV ALEXANDER 2601 TUR 10½
3. (8) GM VIDIT SANTOSH GUJRATHI 2565 IND 9½
4. (3) GM  CORI JORGE 2587 PER 9½
5. (9) GM SETHURAMAN S.P. 2553 IND 9
6. (45) IM VAKHIDOV JAHONGIR 2385 UZB 9
7. (10) GM  WEI YI 2551 CHN 9
8. (13) IM DUDA JAN-KRZYSZTOF 2534 POL 8½
9. (12) IM  INDJIC ALEKSANDAR 2549 SRB 8½
10. (70) WANG YIYE 2258 CHN 8½

24. (64) CM  MUHAMMAD LUTHFI ALI  2277 INA 7½
76. (28) IM FARID FIRMAN SYAH 2433 INA 6   - more results

While in Girl section, the seed is more spread into the final ranks. Zhansaya in 2nd place is one of great surprises of the event.

 Top Ten Result for 2013 Junior Chess Championship GIRLs, Kocaeli Turkey 
1. (3) WGM GORYACHKINA ALEKSANDRA 2418 RUS 10½
2. (13) WIM ABDUMALIK ZHANSAYA 2277 KAZ 9½
3. (1) WGM KASHLINSKAYA ALINA 2434 RUS 9
4. (14) WIM HEJAZIPOUR MITRA 2256 IRI 9
5. (5) WGM BULMAGA IRINA 2387 ROU 8½
6. (2) WGM CORI T. DEYSI 2433 PER 8½
7. (7) WGM SADUAKASSOVA DINARA 2326 KAZ 8½
8. (8) WGM PADMINI ROUT 2312 IND 8½
9. (16) WIM RODRIGUEZ RUEDA PAULA ANDREA 2225 COL 8½
10. (11) WIM  MEDINA WARDA AULIA 2301 INA 8

20. (12) WIM  SIHITE CHELSIE MONICA 2282 INA 7½

We also need to give more attention to the new talents and title holders by now, as the norm produced in Kocaeli. Newest GM is Duda Jan-Kryzsztof from Poland.

Kejuaraan dunia catur Junior 2013 di kota Kocaeli, Turki telah berakhir. Pemenang untuk Juara Junior 2013 ini adalah GM Yu Yangyi dari China. Grandmaster Yu Yangyi kelahiran kota Huangshi, umur 19 memang adalah seeded/unggulan pertama. Yu Yangyi sudah sangat sering bermain di turnamen manca negara dan kerap kali memenangkannya. Ini adalah gelar  terbaik Yu Yangi. Runner up adalah pecatur tuan rumah Alexander Ipatov.

Di bagian puteri, unggulan ketiga Alexandra Goryachkina jadi juaranya. Kekalahan satu-satunya Goryachkina ini adalah di tangan Medina Aulia. Alexandra melaju dengan nilai 9 dari 13 babak. Di susul pecatur belia usia 13 tahun dari Kazakhstan , Zhansaya Abdumalik, yang sama seperti Medina, akan memperoleh gelar WGM. Zhansaya dikabarkan adalah puteri kedua termuda yang meraih gelar WGM setelah Hou Yifan, hanya kalah tua 2 bulan-an.

Selamat bagi pecatur Indo yang main di Kocaeli Turki: Farid Firmansyah, Muh Luthfi Ali, Chelsie Monica Sihite dan Medina Aulia Warda. Oleh-oleh dari Kocaeli adalah gelar WGM untuk Medina. Sedangkan untuk Luhfi Ali, dikabarkan ini adalah norm IM pertama-nya.

World Junior Chess Championship 2013 Turkey - Random photo gallery
Photos by: Zeynep Yetisgin and Bengu Atli

2013 Girl Champion - WGM Alexandra Goryachkina - just 15 years old in about two days (born 28-Sept-1998)

Indonesia's Chelsie Monica Sihite

#30 WFM Irina Petrova 2117 UKR 7

#21 WFM Sarvinoz Kurbonboeva 2120 UZB  7½

2013 Junior Chess World Champion - GM Yu Yangyi  余泱漪

Zhansaya Abdumalik , 13 years old WGM- elected by now and 2013 Girl Runner Up

#51 Zsofia Edes 2044 SVK 6

Former Chess World Champion Garry Kasparov in Turkey 2013

World Junior 2013 Round 1 Luthfi Ali defeated Samvel Ter-Sahakyan

Partai Catur ada di bawah...

In a busy week of chess where Sinquefield Cup, AC Rapid Cup and Women World Championship on going, the World Junior Chess Championship kick ass altogether as well. After the opening ceremony of WJCC 2013 was held on 13th Sep.2013 at The Ness Hotel, round one starts off.

Interesting top seed are #1. GM YU YANGYI 2662 CHN, #2. GM IPATOV ALEXANDER 2601 TUR #3. GM CORI JORGE 2587 PERU, #4. GM GRANDELIUS NILS 2576 SWE, #5. GM TER-SAHAKYAN SAMVEL 2575 ARM and  #10. GM WEI YI 2551 CHN... then all the rest are juniors that haven't make significant name in chess scenes. While in Women, #1 WGM KASHLINSKAYA ALINA 2434 RUS, #2 WGM CORI T. DEYSI 2433 PERU, #3 WGM GORYACHKINA ALEKSANDRA 2418 RUS and hardly any other else 'star' .. except perhaps PADMINI ROUT of India.

the Indonesian delegations are a quartet in number:
28 IM FARID FIRMAN SYAH 2433 INA
64 CM MUHAMMAD LUTHFI ALI 2277 INA

11 WIM MEDINA WARDA AULIA 2301 INA
12 WIM SIHITE CHELSIE MONICA 2282 INA

On round 1 result... the top results are:
1 GAEHWILER GABRIEL 2287 SUI  - GM YU YANGYI 2662 CHN 0-1
2 GM IPATOV ALEXANDER 2601 TUR vs KULKARNI RAKESH 2283 IND 0-1
3 FANG YAN 2281 CHN vs GM CORI JORGE 2587 PER  ½ - ½
4 GM GRANDELIUS NILS 2576 SWE vs FM TOMAZINI ZAN 2277 SLO  1 - 0
5 CM MUHAMMAD LUTHFI ALI 2277 INA vs GM TER-SAHAKYAN SAMVEL 2575 ARM 1 - 0
10 GM WEI YI 2551 CHN vs CM EMIROGLU CANKUT 2260 TUR 1 - 0


As can be seen on round 1 result, there was a major upset for board 5. Indonesian M. Luthfi Ali defeated Armenian GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan in Sicilian Najdorf game.  The official website reported:
Although the rating favorite Ter-Sahakyan Samvel had a very long theory and had the position he planned, he missed the 26...e4 move and couldn't value the pawn that he sacrificed and lost the game.

Although Houdini evaluation looks equal, White side Muhammad Luthfi Ali  will later outplayed his Grandmaster opponent in a very sharp and tactical middle game, where pieces are all flying in the air.

See game  below..

Turnamen Juara Internasional Catur Junior 2013 yang berlangsung di Turki 2013 berjalan dengan baik untuk kontingen Indonesia. Di babak pertama ke empat wakil Indonesia memetik kemenangan, kecuali satu remis. Hasil nya adalah:

5 CM MUHAMMAD LUTHFI ALI 2277 INA 1 - 0 GM TER-SAHAKYAN SAMVEL 2575 ARM
28 IM FARID FIRMAN SYAH 2433 INA ½ - ½  BUYUKASIK DIYAP 2046 TUR
11 KRUMOVA ANI 1993 BUL 0 - 1 WIM MEDINA WARDA AULIA 2301 INA
12 WIM SIHITE CHELSIE MONICA 2282 INA 1 - 0 WFM SAVANT RIYA 1960 IND

Seperti tertulis, Luthfi Ali berhasil menumbangkan pecatur unggulan dari Armenia yang tiga ratus elo rating lebih tinggi dari Luthfi. Dalam permainan Sisilia Najdorf yang sangat tajam tersebut, putih seakan siap dihujani serangan perwira-perwira dari Hitam, namun putih punya jawaban untuk semua komplikasi taktik yang berlangsung.


Lihat Partai Catur Sisilia 
M. Luthfi Ali vs Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1-0, World Junior 2013
B90 Sicilian Najdorf

Bulletin issue with the games analyzed

2012 Chess Olympiad Round 10-Indonesia defeats Denmark

In the second final round of 2012 Chess Olympiad in Turkey, team Armenia defeat Netherland in significant margin of 3-1 to jump in the tie break galore of 17 points together with China and Russia. Round 10 saw  team China removed United States of America hope to compete in medal receiver with a narrow win 2.5-1.5. Alexander Onischuk was unable to defend rook+pawns endgame against Ding Liren. Russia also get a narrow won 2.5-1.5 against Argentine with Dmitry Jakovenko gone into inferior position all the time against Sandro Mareco but Sergey Karjakin won in encounter with Diego Flores. This tie break will decided in final round on Sunday where the pairing will be Ukraine-China, Armenia-Hungaria, Russia-Germany. So about five team are plausible for medals. In the South East Asian derby Vietnam played draw to Phillipine. Le Quang Liem split point to Wesley So in top board.

The Women room also saw China and Russia tie break on 17 point. In Round 10 surprisingly China girls lost a full point and must satisfy with 2-2 against Kazakhstan, where board four Ding Yixin lost to Madina Davletbayeva. The Russian beauties dominantly destroy Armenia 3.5-0.5. Ukraine and French ladies still behind the leader with wins.

In Indonesia stories. Both team against Scandinavian's 'viking'. The men's team didn't make it survive against Finland. Susanto Megaranto able to stop Tommy Nyback, but board 2 and 3 lost. In last board, Luthfi Ali was score upset to 2300 opponent Daniel Ebeling. With this Indonesia boys were on minus score , way rank below their previous Olympiad achievement. Final round see Indonesia face Iraq.

Indonesian girls get the better momentum by defeat Denmark. While top board Medina only able to split point with her lower rated opponent, board 2 and 3 , Chelsie Monica and Dewi Citra give a full score. Board four saw Anisa lost to her slightly upper hand opponent. The girls were in better ranking of 35th position , after round 10. Chelsie Monica is at 7/9, so far best performer in Indonesian team.

2012 Chess Olympiad after round 10
1 China 17
2 Armenia 17
3 Russia 17
4 Ukraine 16
5 Hungary 15
6 United States Of America 15

2012 Chess Olympiad after round 101 China 17
2 Russia 17
3 Ukraine 16
4 France 15
5 Kazakhstan 15
6 Germany 15
7 India 15

Di babak last two, ronde sepuluh Olimpiade Catur 2012 di Turki, tim putera harus menyerah melawan tim 'Viking' Finlandia. Walaupun sebelumnya tim Indonesia konsisten mempertahankan pola menang-kalah-menang-kalah, tapi di ronde ini lawanpun semakin berat. Susanto Megaranto bertemu lawan GM Tomi Nyback tapi berhasil menahan remis. Susanto dan Tomi mengakhiri permainan saat pertemuan benteng dan kuda ternyata tidak menghasilkan timbang kekuatan setelah 40 langkah. Papan dua dan tiga kalah, Taufik Halay bertahan cukup lama di permainan akhir benteng melawan benteng + 2 bidak. Komputer memberi angka 0.xxx untuk hitam (Taufik) tetapi kendala waktu sepertinya membuat Taufik musti menelan kekalahan. Farid juga bertahan cukup solid setelah masing-masing saling gempur di permainan Sisilia, Farid membuat dua kesalahan di langkah 39 dan 40 injury time dan terpaksa menyerah setelah hitam dengan leluasa melayangkan benteng dan ratu di depan raja putih. Kemenangan hiburan diperoleh Luthfi Ali melawan Daniel Ebeling yang 300 point lebih tinggi. Memegang hitam di permainan Sisilia Luthfi Ali berhasil menekan hingga unggul bidak di permainan akhir dan menang.

Puteri Indonesia juga melawan tim Skandinavia lainnya, kali ini mereka yang menang melawan Denmark. Walaupun tertahan seri oleh lawan yang rating lebih rendah sedikit, remisnya Medina bisa ditebus dua kemenangan Chelsie Monica dan Dewi Citra. Tetapi papan terakhir masih kecolongan angka karena Aisyah dikalahkan Marie. Dengan hasil ini tim puteri lebih naik posisi menjadi peringkat sementara 35. Pecatur puteri Chelsie Monica Sihite sementara adalah pemain Indonesia dengan performer tertinggi di angka 7/9. Sedangkan tim putera jatuh ke angka minus melalui hasil ronde sepuluh ini, Susanto cs akan menghadapi tim Irak di ronde sebelas dan Chelsie cs menghadapi tim Yunani.

Di babak sepuluh papan atas. Tim Rusia mengalahkan Argentina, Armenia menang mutlak atas Belanda dan China mengalahkan USA. Sehingga ada tiga tim dengan angka 17 di papan atas yang berarti kemungkinan pembagian medali terpaksa melalui tie break karena ketiga tim ini Armenia, Rusia dan China saling bertemu lawan yang berbeda di babak terakhir. Di bagian puteri persaingan tim Rusia dan China terus berlanjut dan keduanya akan membagi medali melalui tie break juga seandainya kedua tim menang di babak terakhir.

Laporan official dari Tim Merah Putih dalam bahasa Indonesia semua tersedia di blog http://potretcatur.blogspot.com

68 Indonesia - 52 Finland 1½:2½
36.1 GM Megaranto, Susanto 2529 - GM Nyback, Tomi 2638 ½ - ½
36.2 IM Halay, Taufik 2361 - IM Karttunen, Mika 2448 0 - 1
36.3 CM Firmansyah, Farid 2318 - IM Agopov, Mikael 2429 0 - 1
36.4 CM Muhammad, Luthfi Ali 2078 - FM Ebeling, Daniel 2350 1 - 0

  54 Indonesia - 51 Denmark 2½:1½
21.1 WFM Medina, Warda Aulia 2218 - WIM Vovk, Oksana Romanovna 2159 ½ - ½
21.2 WIM Sihite, Chelsie Monica 2162 - WFM Guindy, Esmat Susanne 2132 1 - 0
21.3 WFM Citra, Dewi 2143 - WFM Fredericia, Louise Winther 2091 1 - 0
21.4 Aay, Aisyah Anisa 1818 - WFM Frank-Nielsen, Marie 1983 0 - 1

Farid Firmansyah - Mikael Agopov 0-1
Chess Olympiad 2012 Turkey, Round 10, B38 Accelarated Dragon Maroczy Bind

Daniel Ebeling - Luthfi Ali, M 0-1
Chess Olympiad 2012 Turkey, Round 10, B33 Pelikan Chelyabinsk