Chess in Indonesia: a portrait of Medina Warda Aulia

by Arne Kaehler
7/15/2020 – With a rating of 2360 Medina Warda Aulia is currently 11th on Indonesia's ranking list, and number two on Indonesia's women's ranking list - number one is Irine Kharisma Sukhandar. The 23-year old Aulia is an International Master, Indonesia's youngest Women Grandmaster, and in 2015 she had a peak rating of 2415. But as she told the Indonesian magazine "Tempo" she now studies chess harder than ever before. | Photo: Medina Warda Aulia's Instagram Account

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Medina Warda Aulia

Quotes from the Tempo article ("From Barbies to Chess Pieces") about Medina Warda Aulia.

Despite only being able to play online, the Woman Grandmaster still prepares herself to participate in a number of tournaments next year. Medina, who is coached by Russian Grandmaster Ruslan Shcherbakov, plans to take part in the Chess Olympics, the World Chess Championship, SEA Games, and the National Games. "Many tournaments have been cancelled, there will be more competitions next year," said the Philippines SEA Games gold medalist.

She also said that there are three stages in a game of chess. The first stage is like mathematics with numerous formulas and theories involved in the opening moves. The second stage is where players act like magicians as they employ strategies to deceive their opponent. In the final stage, they change their behaviour again, this time mimicking that of an accountant who moves carefully and precisely. "One wrong step, and it is game over," she said. "This also applies in personal life."

12-hour live stream of an online simul by Medina Warda Aulia

Three games by the Indonesian IM and WGM

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.0-0 Nge7 9.Re1 0-0 10.h3 Kh8 11.Bb3 h6 12.Nf1 f5 13.a4 Qe8 14.Ne3 Nd8 15.exf5 gxf5 16.d4 e4 17.Nh2 Ne6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 c6 20.Bxe6 Bxe6 21.Bf4 Rd8 22.Nf1 Bc4 23.Ng3 Kh7 24.b3 Be6 25.Rb1 Bf6 26.Qd2 Qg6 27.Kh2 Rg8 28.Rg1 b5 29.Ne2 Qf7 30.axb5 axb5 31.b4 Bc4 32.Be3 Bxe2 33.Qxe2 Bg5 34.f4 Be7 35.Ra1 Ra8 36.g4 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.Kg3 Qb3 39.Kh4 Kg7 40.d5 Qxd5 41.Bd4+ Kf7 42.Qxh5+ Ke6 43.Rxa8 Rxa8 44.Qh7 Kd7 45.Bf6 Qe6 46.Kh5 e3 47.Qxe7+ Qxe7 48.Bxe7 Kxe7 49.Kg6 Ra3 50.Kxf5 Rxc3 51.g6 e2 52.g7 e1Q 53.Rxe1+ Kf7 54.Re7+ 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Aulia,M2375Sokolov,I25951–02019C75Yogyakarta Japfa2
Aulia,M2380Gareyev,T2592½–½2018B74Surakarta Japfa6
Dobrov,V2515Aulia,M23510–12014A14Golden Sands Europe op 3rd3

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Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.

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