Friday, October 28, 2011

2011 Japfa Chess Jakarta - WGM Event

From 23rd October 2011 and last for about a week, there were Japfa Chess holding in Jakarta. Japfa is a chess festival with multi events for chess player of all level. The highlight of the event is the Japfa WGM tournament. Invited in this events are three oversea WGMs to compete with three locals female players. In the early rounds, WGM Anna Burtasova was surprises by the competitive level of local girls and must donate a few rating to their opponents. In the end, highest rated WGM Sopiko Guramishvili claimed the first place. Indonesian highest rated female player, WGM Irene K. Sukandar was playing in China League and did not participate in Japfa 2011.

Japfa WGM 2011 final result after round 10:
‎1 WGM Guramishvili Sopiko 2359 GEO 6.5

2 WGM Krivec Jana 2290 SLO 6.0
3 WGM Burtasova Anna 2271 RUS 5.5
4 WFM Medina Warda Aulia 2112 INA 5.0
5 WIM Sihite Chelsie Monica 2100 INA 4.5
6 WFM Dewi Aa Citra 2083 INA 2.5

The other highlight is Japfa Open 2011. The events is followed by most of Indonesian players around the provinces. GM Megaranto Susanto leading the field with current 5 points out of 5 rounds so far, he present as Western Java province player. Chess result link here.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

2011 6th Japfa Chess Jakarta

There will be another chess festival at Jakarta, Indonesia. The tournament will be held on 24th to 28th October 2011 location should be Hotel Kartika Chandra, Jakarta. Groups are UMUM (Open), Women, Veteran (>55), Junior Boys/Girls (14-20), Junior (<10), Team etc. Information to be on telephone line 021-573-1340, 08788-1761625, JAPFA Office Tlp 021-2561-7010 ext 11236, 0812-9056652. For those who missed Indonesia Open last week, this is the chances to air travel to Indonesia and enjoy the hostility of South East Asian hugest population and tradition.

Japfa Chess Festival is established tradition that was included Judit Polgar, Khalifman, etc in the past. The Japfa had been running since 2000 having been internationally success chess event to be held in Indonesia. Some facts on Japfa Chess :


Japfa 2008 - Megaranto vs Wesley SO (1-5) and WGM mini tournament won by Li Ruofan
2007 - Megaranto vs Zhang Zhong, (can't confirmed final result)
2005 - Megaranto vs Dao Thien Hai (3-3 classical,4-5 tiebreak)
2002 - Kosteniuk vs Megaranto, Tirta Chandra Purnama, Andrean Susilodinata (all won by Kosteniuk)
2000 - Judith Polgar won a strong tournament in Bali with Khalifman, Adianto etc playing

http://red-white-chess.blogspot.com/2010/04/japfa-2010-day-1-irene-win.html


Saksikan dan ikutilah pertandingan catur 6th JAPFA CHESS FESTIVAL berhadiah total sekitar Rp 100 juta di Kirana Ballroom, Hotel Kartika Chandra, Jl Jend Gatot Subroto , Jakarta pada tgl 24-28 Okt 2011 jam 10:00 pagi utk berbagai macam Kelompok : Umum, Wanita, Veteran (usia > 55 thn), Junior Putra /Putri (14-20thn), Junior dibawah 10thn , Beregu antar instansi . Tempat Pendaftaran : Kantor PB PERCASI , Senayan, tlp 021-573-1340, 08788-1761625, Kantor JAPFA Tlp 021-2561-7010 ext 11236, 0812-9056652, kantor pusat SCUA (Sekolah Catur UTUT ADIANTO) tlp 021-82412452, 824-00821 (Ibu Imel/mbak Dwi). Info bagi yg berminat utk buka cabang SCUA di wilayah masing2 dpt hub ke 0859-59-121-122


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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Women Chess GP, Zhao Xue and Their Romantic Scoresheet

October 2011 is a warm month full of romantic chess news. First it is Morozevich who finished ahead their opponents in full points in Saratov 2011. Secondly Yasser Seirawan put his buttock on the chess chair again after about decade of absentus, and tie first in Ciutat de Barcelona.

The most sensational news is from the Chinese girl GM Zhao Xue, winning the Women GP in Nalchik with two rounds to spare. This romantic scoresheet is the reflection on how the gap between one player to other in women's chess. Notice that the "peak time" of each player is also rotaring faster than men's, in other words, less consistency on these girls.

In Fide Women GP Nalchik 2011, Zhao Xue finished 8.5/9 out of 11 rounds, and her closest competitor Ju Wenjun and Russian Ekaterina Kovalevskaya are 2.5 points behind. This GP session did not included Hou Yifan , who usually the protagonist of such score achievement, and GM Konery Humpy. Nevertheless Zhao Xue "peak" time now victimized:

Round 1 - European Champion Victoria Cmilyte
Round 2 - World Champion Alexander Kosteniuk.
Round 3 - Alisa Galliamova
Round 4 - Batkhuyag Munguntuul
Round 5 - European Individual Champion Kateryna Lahno
Round 6 - World Champion Zhu Chen
Round 7 - Ekaterina Kovalevskaya
Round 8 - Russian Women Champion Nadezhda Kosintseva
Round 9 - World Champion Antoneata Stefanova
Round 10 -
Round 11 -

List of FIDE Women GP Champions (and their gap...) :

Istanbul 2009 :
1 GM KONERU Humpy 2621 IND 8½
2 IM DANIELIAN Elina 2496 ARM 8 ½
3 GM HOU Yifan 2571 CHN 8

Nanjing 2009
GM Xu Yuhua 2485 CHN 8
GM Dzagnidze Nana 2535 GEO 7½
GM Zhao Xue 2542 CHN 7

Nalchik 2010
1 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2524 RUS 9
2 GM Hou Yifan 2570 CHN 7½
3 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2479 GEO 7

Jermuk 2010
1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2478 GEO 9
2 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2534 RUS 7½
3 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2477 ARM 6½

Ulaanbaatar 2010
1 GM Hou Yifan 2577 CHN 8
2 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2560 BUL 7½
3 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2562 RUS 6½

Qatar 2011
1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 IND 8
2 GM Danielian Elina 2454 ARM 8
3 GM Sebag Marie 2489 FRA 7

Rostov 2011
1 GM Hou Yifan 2575 CHN 8
2 GM Lahno Kateryna 2536 UKR 7
3 IM Muzychuk Anna 2538 SLO 6½

Shenzhen 2011
1 GM Hou Yifan 2578 CHN 8
2 IM Muzychuk Anna 2545 SLO 7
3 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 CHN 6½


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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Indonesia Open 2011: Li Chao and Ganguly Tie First

The last round of Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2011 decided two players as top point receiver. Li Chao crack Argentinian GM Mareco Sandro to catch Surya Ganguly on top with 7 points out of 9 rounds. Surya Ganguly unable to upgrade his position as he wasn't able to get full point against GM Wang Yue. Li Chao and Ganguly accurately represent two of Asia's powerhouse in chess in this decade.

On the second layer of 6.5/9 point receiver are : Oliver Barbosa, Tkachiev, Wang Yue, Wesley So and Aleksey Dreev. Then the highest host player GM Megaranto Susanto catch up in the third crowd with 6.0/9 , along with FM Awam Wahono who in this tournament defeated three GMs: Dmitry Reinderman, Elshan Moradiabadi and Mark Paragua, Awam finished the tournament with 2608 performance and likely will get a prize of title norm.

Top result of Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2011, Hotel Le Meredien Jakarta:
1 GM Li Chao b CHN 2710 7.0
2 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2631 7.0
3 GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2538 6.5
4 GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2631 6.5
5 GM Wang Yue CHN 2716 6.5
6 GM So Wesley PHI 2655 6.5
7 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2711 6.5
8 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2530 6.0
9 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2597 6.0
10 FM Wahono Awam INA 2379 6.0
11 GM Shabalov Alexander USA 2529 6.0
12 GM Kotanjian Tigran ARM 2546 6.0
13 GM Zhao Jun CHN 2587 6.0
14 GM Laylo PHI 2534 6.0
  --- chess result URL ---
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Partai Catur Indonesia Open 2011 Tigran Kotanjian vs Tirta Chandra Purnama

IM Tirta Chandra get a nice win against visiting GM from Armenia Tigran Kotanjian. Here the game preview and copied analysis (in Bahasa Indonesia) for our Indonesian reader. The game done in a Classic Queen Indian defence.




After eight rounds, Indian Surya Ganguly position himself as sole leader with 6.5/8. He will be challenge by another five players with half point behind : GM Barbosa Oliver, GM Wang Yue, GM Li Chao b , Aleksey Dreev Aleksey and  GM Mareco Sandro. Then Wesley So, Megaranto and Tkachiev are among the 5/8 points next.

Round 9 will be follow today, and pairing that will affected final position as followed:

1 1 GM Wang Yue 2716 6 6½  -  GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2631 5

2 2 GM Dreev Aleksey 2711 6 6 - GM Barbosa Oliver 2538 14
3 3 GM Li Chao b 2710 6 6 - GM Mareco Sandro 2597 7
4 4 GM So Wesley 2655 5½ 5½ - IM Bitoon Richard 2504 22
5 6 GM Tkachiev Vladislav 2631 5½ 5½ - GM Dao Thien Hai 2493 23
6 9 GM Zhao Jun 2587 5½ 5½ - GM Megaranto Susanto 2530 17






Monday, October 17, 2011

Indonesia Open 2011 - Game Aleksey Dreev vs Susanto Megaranto

Here some games from the Indonesia Open 2011. Highlight is the game between Aleksey Dreev and Susanto Megaranto, in a complicated pieces manuevering, Dreev blundered on move 49.Ng3?? , allowing Black to penetrated into White king's defence. Analysis in Bahasa Indonesia by Kris Liem, info provided by mr. Djoni. Courtesy of bpk Kristianus Liem (PB PERCASI / SCUA )



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Selected PGN from round 3:
[Event "Indonesia Open 2011"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Wesley So"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[Black "GM Dao Thien Hai"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Result "½–½"]
[ECO "C42"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c3 f5 10.Qb3 Na5 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Ba6 Bxf3 13.Bxb7 O-O 14.Nd2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Bd6 16.Nf3 Ne7 17.Bxa8 Qxa8 18.Qd7 Ng6 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.Ng5 Rf6 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nh6+ Kh8 23.Nf7+ ½–½

[Event "Indonesia Open 2011"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Oliver Barbosa"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[Black "FM Wahomo Awam"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.Rd1 c6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.c5 Ne8 12.Na4 Qe7 13.Ng3 Bf6 14.Bc4 Ng7 15.O-O Ne6 16.Qa5 Re8 17.Kh1 Ndf8 18.Ne2 Bg5 19.Bg1 h5 20.Qc3 Nf4 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.Nxf4 Bxf4 23.Rd6 Kh7 24.Rfd1 h4 25.Bf2 Bg5 26.b4 Bf6 27.a4 Bg7 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Be6 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Rxc6 h3 32.g3 Red8 33.Rcd6 Bxc4 34.Qxc4 Ne6 35.Qf1 Nd4 36.Nd5 Qa7 37.Rxd8 Rxd8 38.c6 Qa4 39.c7 Rf8 40.Rc1 Nxf3 41.Qxh3+ 1–0

[Event "Indonesia Open 2011"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[Black "GM Megaranto Susanto"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.c4 b6 13.Bb2 Bb7 14.Re1 Qf4 15.Qd2 Qxd2 16.Nxd2 Rfd8 17.a4 Nb8 18.a5 Nc6 19.axb6 axb6 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Ra1 Rxa1+ 22.Bxa1 Kf8 23.f3 Ke7 24.Kf2 h6 25.Bb2 Ba6 26.Ke3 Kd7 27.Ba3 Ne7 28.Nb1 Bb7 29.Nc3 Bc6 30.g4 h5 31.h3 hxg4 32.fxg4 Bg2 33.g5 Nh5 34.Bxe7 Kxe7 35.Be2 Ng3 36.Bd1 Bc6 37.Kf4 Nf1 38.Nb1 f6 39.h4 e5+ 40.dxe5 fxe5+ 41.Kxe5 Nh2 42.Be2 Bf3 43.Bd3 Bc6 44.Be4 Ng4+ 45.Kf4 Bxe4 46.Kxe4 Kd6 47.Nc3 Kc5 48.Kf4 1–0

[Event "Indonesia Open 2011"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Cao Sang"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[Black "GM Li Chao"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 e5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nd5 O-O 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nxe7+ Qxe7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd2 Qg5 13.f4 exf4 14.Qf3 Qf6 15.Qxf4 Qxb2 16.Qxd6 Qxc2 17.Nc4 Be6 18.Rfc1 Qe2 19.Ne5 Rab8 20.Re1 Qd2 21.Nxc6 Rb2 22.Qg3 Kh7 23.Red1 Qc3 24.Rac1 Qa3 25.Rf1 Rxa2 26.Kh1 a5 27.Qd6 Ra8 28.Qxc5 Qxd3 29.Qe5 Rc2 30.Nd4 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Rd8 32.Nf3 a4 33.h3 a3 34.Qh5 Kg8 35.Qa5 a2 36.Kh2 Kh7 37.Ra1 Rd7 38.Qa4 Qb1 0–1

[Event "Indonesia Open 2011"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Mark Paragua"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[Black "GM Dewi Aa Citra"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bf4 O-O 8.e3 d5 9.Rd1 Qa5 10.a3 Be7 11.Bg3 a6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bd3 h6 14.O-O Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qxa3 16.Nd2 e5 17.Bc4 Qc5 18.Qe4 b5 19.Ba2 Bb7 20.Nf3 Bd6 21.Nh4 Bc7 22.Bb1 g6 23.Nxg6 f5 24.Qh4 Rf7 25.Qxh6 Rh7 26.Ba2+ 1–0

[Event "Indonesia Open 2011"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM Aleksey Dreev"]
[Black "GM Susanto Megaranto"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7 9.g3 O-O 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qf5 14.Qxf5 gxf5 15.Rfd1 Nb6 16.Be2 Rfd8 17.Be1 g6 18.Rac1 Kg7 19.Bf3 Rh8 20.Bg2 Ng4 21.h3 Nf6 22.Rd3 a5 23.a3 a4 24.Rdd1 Nbd5 25.Ne2 Ne4 26.Rd3 Bg5 27.Rc2 Bh6 28.Nc3 Nd6 29.Nb1 Ra6 30.Nd2 Re8 31.Kf1 b5 32.Ke2 Rb8 33.f3 Nc4 34.Nf1 Bg5 35.e4 Ndb6 36.exf5 exf5 37.f4 Bf6 38.Bxc6 Nc8 39.Bg2 Re6+ 40.Kf2 N8d6 41.Bc3 Rbe8 42.Bf3 Ne4+ 43.Bxe4 Rxe4 44.Kf3 Kg8 45.Rh2 Kf8 46.Rg2 Ke7 47.g4 Kd6 48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Ng3 Re3+ 50.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 51.Kf2 Bh4 52.Be1 Kd5 53.Kf1 Rf3+ 54.Ke2 Rb3 55.Bc3 Nxb2 56.Nxf5 Rxc3 57.Nxh4 Rxh3 58.Nf3 f6 59.Rg6 Ke4 60.Rxf6 Rxf3 61.Re6+ Kf5 62.Re5+ Kxf4 63.Rxb5 Rb3 64.Rc5 Rxa3 65.Kd2 Ke4 66.d5 Kd4 67.Rb5 Nc4+ 68.Ke2 Rb3 0-1

games from official bulletin.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

2011 Indonesia Open Round 5

After round 5, nobody come with perfect score anymore. GM Vladislav Tkachiev and GM Oliver Barbosa was the clash to decide the (halfway) tournament leader but ended in a draw, so both standing at 4.5/5. Behind them now are eight players including Wesley So (won over GM Shabalov), Megaranto Susanto, Wang Yue, Li Chao etc.

Indonesian untitled Surya Wahyudi score another upset to GM Dmitry Reinderman. Previously he upset Eugenio Torre, draw to GM Cao Sang and now following the tournament with 2664 rating performance. He is going to play GM Laylo on round six.

Susanto Megaranto lost to Tkachiev but keep the full score on all the rest four games, including to GM Aleksey Dreev. Now playing on 2700+ performance as well and going to play Argentinian GM Marco Sandro.

The other victory worth mentioned, IM Tirta Chandra won over GM Tigran Kotanjian on round 2 and FM Anam Khairul won over GM Eugenio Torre on round 4.

Indonesian Open 2011, happening in Jakarta Hotel Le Meredien. Partial standing after round 5:

1 GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2631 4.5
2 GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2538 4.5
3 GM So Wesley PHI 2655 4.0
4 GM Wang Yue CHN 2716 4.0
5 IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2449 4.0
6 GM Li Chao b CHN 2710 4.0
7 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2530 4.0
8 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2597 4.0
9 GM Kotanjian Tigran ARM 2546 4.0
10 GM Fier Alexander BRA 2583 4.0
11 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2493 3.5
12 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2631 3.5
13 Surya Wahyudi INA 2255 3.5
14 GM Paragua Mark PHI 2533 3.5
15 GM Moradiabadi Elshan IRI 2549 3.5
16 GM Laylo PHI 2534 3.5
--- reporting from Chess-result ---
Chessdom's report with photos
and photos from Percasi official mr. Djoni:
Dewi AA Citra taking good result against fellow GM Cerdas Barus
(photo from Djoni Chess)



Turnament bergengsi tahun ini, Indonesia Open 2011 sedang berlangsung dari tanggal 15-Oktober 2011. Hingga ronde lima, pecatur asing asal Prancis, GM Vladislav Tkachiev bercokol di posisi puncak dikawani pecatur Filipina GM Oliver Barbosa. Keduanya bermain remis di ronde lima.

Sementara itu, GM Megaranto Susanto masih yang tertinggi pointnya hingga ronde lima, Susanto mengalahkan pecatur kawakan asal USA GM Alexey Dreev dan mengantongi nilai 4 dari 5 babak. Susanto mengalahkan semua lawannya di empat partai lain tapi menyerah di pertemuannya dengan Vladislav Tkachiev.

Pecatur Indonesia lain yang berprestasi sensasional hingga saat ini adalah Surya Wahyudi. Surya mengalahkan Grandmaster Eugenio Torre di babak pertama dan kembali menelan seorang grandmaster lain GM Dmitry Reinderman dari Belanda. Hingga saat ini Surya telah mengumpulkan nilai performance yang cukup baik, barangkali norma untuk gelar master bisa jadi telah dipenuhi.

Turnamen Indonesia Open berlangsung di Jakarta di lokasi Hotel Le Meredien. Turnamen dihadiri pecatur-pecatur kaliber dunia seperti GM Wang Yue dan GM Wesley So. Ini barangkali turnament paling bergengsi yang telah diselenggarakan Percasi tahun ini, semoga tradisi ini bisa tetap diselenggarakan dan sponsor tetap bermunculan.
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