
The Telin Chess International Tournament
Text and photos by Anastasiya Karlovich and Kristian Liem
Telin Chess International Tournament 2011 is taking place from April 1st to
7th, 2011, in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the only international open tournament
in Indonesia, but the local Chess Federation plans to continue organising such
type of tournaments in the future.
The organisers of the event are the Indonesian Chess Federation and Telin
Indonesian Telcom. Telin is a main sponsor of the event and a subsidiary company
of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk., the biggest telecommunication services
and networking provider in Indonesia.
110 chess players from seven countries are participating in the nine round
Swiss tournament with time controls of 90 minutes for the whole game with a
30 seconds increment for every move starting from the first move. Two special
rules from the organisers: a “no-draw offer” rule until 30 moves,
and the "zero tolerance" rule which force chess players to be seated
at their boards when the games are scheduled to start.
The organisers provided an impressive prize fund: more than 25 thousand dollars
in total. The prizes are 1st: US $5,000, 2nd: $3,000, 3rd: $2,000, 4th: $1,500,
5th: $1,250, 6th: $1,000, 7th-2th: $750, 13th-20th: $500. The best female players
gets 1st: US $1,500, 2nd: $1,000 and 3rd: $500.

Tournament hall at the Telin Chess International in Jakarta

The winner with 7.5/9 points: "amateur" GM Cerdas Barus
Cerdas Barus was born in Karo, North Sumatra, on January 1st 1961. What makes
him unique as a chess player is not only he is a GM but he is deaf. He learnt
Karo chess, which has different rules, at the late age of 14, but switched to
classical chess when his family moved to Medan in 1978. He was really talented
and picked it up quicly. His international career began in 1983 as a team member
of Medan City team who participated in Asian Cities Championship in Hong Kong
then it was followed by Chess Olympiad in Greece a year later. After this Olympiad
1984 he had been practically involved in the most, if not all, of Indonesian
important chess events until 2002. Cerdas might recall 2002 as the golden year.
In addition to being National Champion, he was also the winner of Hamzah Haz
Open Jakarta and the runner-up of Wismilak International. In November he hit
his peak on Chess Olympiad held at Bled, Slovenia. Cerdas won a gold medal for
the third board after collecting 8.5 VP out of 10 games. The achievement also
gave Cerdas the third (the last) GM norm. [Source: Muhammad
Isfendiyar, IndonesiaBase]

Second: GM Merab Gagunashvili GEO, with 7.0/9 points

Third: GM Dao Thien Hai of Vietnam, with 7.0/9 points
Final top standings after nine rounds of play
# |
Ti |
Player |
Nat. |
Rtng |
Pts |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
1 |
GM |
Barus Cerdas |
INA |
2443 |
7.5 |
52.0 |
48.0 |
44.0 |
2 |
GM |
Gagunashvili Merab |
GEO |
2599 |
7.0 |
53.5 |
49.5 |
44.0 |
3 |
GM |
Dao Thien Hai |
VIE |
2507 |
7.0 |
53.0 |
49.5 |
44.5 |
4 |
GM |
Torre Eugenio |
PHI |
2495 |
7.0 |
51.5 |
48.5 |
45.0 |
5 |
IM |
Liu Dede |
INA |
2418 |
7.0 |
51.5 |
47.5 |
42.5 |
6 |
GM |
Zhang Zhong |
SIN |
2592 |
6.5 |
52.5 |
49.0 |
44.5 |
7 |
IM |
Irwanto Sadikin |
INA |
2417 |
6.5 |
52.0 |
48.5 |
44.5 |
8 |
FM |
Wahono Awam |
INA |
2372 |
6.5 |
50.5 |
46.5 |
42.0 |
9 |
IM |
Halay Taufik |
INA |
2346 |
6.5 |
49.5 |
46.0 |
41.0 |
10 |
GM |
Megaranto Susanto |
INA |
2533 |
6.5 |
49.0 |
45.5 |
41.5 |
11 |
|
Gunawan Johan |
INA |
2269 |
6.0 |
51.0 |
47.5 |
42.5 |
12 |
|
Sutarno |
INA |
2255 |
6.0 |
49.0 |
46.0 |
42.5 |
13 |
GM |
Ardiansyah H |
INA |
2373 |
6.0 |
48.0 |
44.0 |
40.0 |
14 |
GM |
Barua Dibyendu |
IND |
2468 |
6.0 |
47.0 |
47.0 |
42.0 |
15 |
IM |
Sitanggang Salor |
INA |
2383 |
6.0 |
46.5 |
43.0 |
39.0 |
16 |
|
Zulkhairi |
INA |
2281 |
6.0 |
45.5 |
42.0 |
38.0 |
17 |
IM |
Purnama Tirta Chandra |
INA |
2404 |
6.0 |
43.5 |
43.5 |
39.0 |
18 |
|
Pitra Andika |
INA |
2303 |
6.0 |
43.5 |
40.5 |
37.0 |
19 |
FM |
Novita Anjas |
INA |
2344 |
6.0 |
41.5 |
39.0 |
35.0 |
20 |
|
Prayitno Sugeng |
INA |
2348 |
5.5 |
47.5 |
44.5 |
40.0 |
21 |
FM |
Mahmud Syarif |
INA |
2315 |
5.5 |
47.5 |
43.5 |
39.0 |
22 |
FM |
Firdaus Maksum |
INA |
2269 |
5.5 |
47.5 |
43.5 |
39.0 |
23 |
|
Ediyanto |
INA |
2355 |
5.5 |
45.0 |
42.0 |
38.5 |
24 |
FM |
Hamdani Rudin |
INA |
2368 |
5.5 |
43.5 |
40.5 |
37.0 |
25 |
|
Achmad Basofi |
INA |
2133 |
5.5 |
43.0 |
40.0 |
36.0 |
26 |
FM |
Askali Nurdin |
INA |
2312 |
5.5 |
43.0 |
39.5 |
35.0 |
27 |
|
Sean Winshand Cuhendi |
INA |
1945 |
5.5 |
42.0 |
39.5 |
36.0 |
28 |
FM |
Tjhin Irawan |
INA |
2345 |
5.5 |
41.0 |
38.0 |
34.0 |
29 |
IM |
Suhendra Andi Supardi |
INA |
2230 |
5.5 |
40.5 |
38.0 |
34.5 |
30 |
|
Aris T.L.S. |
INA |
2232 |
5.5 |
39.0 |
39.0 |
35.5 |
31 |
WGM |
Karlovich Anastazia |
UKR |
2204 |
5.5 |
36.0 |
35.0 |
31.5 |
32 |
WFM |
Medina Warda Aulia |
INA |
2035 |
5.0 |
52.0 |
47.5 |
42.5 |
The table shows the results of players who scored 5.5/7 or higher, plus the
top result of players with 5.0/7. We included this to inform our readers on
progress of WFM Warda Aulia Medina, who featured prominently in our previous
report. Unfortunately this very talented 13-year-old lost her last two games,
against GM Dibyendu Barua of India and FM Irawan Tjhin of Indonesia (rated 2345).
We do not have the games of the final rounds yet, but the tournament bulleting
gives us an inkling of what transpired in round eight:
Persaingan para pecatur andal memang sayang untuk dilewatkan, namun perkembangan
pecatur muda MFW Medina Warda Aulia (2035) juga pantas diikuti. Walau harus
mengakui kehebatan GM Dibyendu Barua (2468) di babak kedelapan, tapi Medina
paling tidak berhasil belajar banyak dari kekalahannya.
Nicely put, right. Anyway, we are sure to report on this very interesting young
lady again soon.

Round one, with Warda Aulia playing black against IM Ronny Gunawan, rated
2420,
who played 1.b4 to confuse the child. Guess who got punished – in 42 moves.

In round five Warda Aulia faced GM Eugenio Torre, who finished the event
in 2-5 place

She had good drawing chances at move 17, was essentially lost at move 20
but kept
the experience grandmaster busy for 52 moves, with drawing chances again at
move 49.

Another interesting player: Indonesia's top female, WGM Irine Kharisma Sukandar,
19

In round three Irine faced GM Zhang Zhong in a game she lost after 37 moves

Girl power in Indonesia!

Dinner with coconut drinks in typical Indonesian style after the round
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