JAPFA: Where everyone knows your name (part two)

by Alina l'Ami
6/6/2017 – Concluding her joyful visit to Indonesia, Alina L'Ami shares more gorgeous photography, her meeting with editor and found of ChessBase India, IM Sagar Shah, and much more. You will also find a selection of games and positions that illustrate the dreadful (blackouts) and wonderful (fine positional ideas), all with high-resolution photos.
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We might contemplate the idea of chess bringing people together but seeing the whole lot of chess players spontaneously acting as one is a slightly different story.

Digital friends before and now for real! Happy to have finally met Sagar and Amruta

Good times and crazy friends do make the best tournaments!

"I am not looking for trouble..."

"What a horrible way to live!"

The witty lines taken from a recent movie could be perfectly applicable for our chess adventures. Coming to Jakarta straight from Mexico, with a 12 hour time difference was asking for a bit of trouble. For other players, having zero time for pre-tournament preparation was also asking for trouble. But also for the locals, having to pass law exams or attend university classes (no idea where they fit that in the schedule) was not a picnic either. Nevertheless, would anyone refuse an invitation to JAPFA? Obviously not.

We all had our share of blackouts, missed opportunities and inexplicable episodes.

However frustrating that is, I just love this event, it abounds in interesting moments thanks to the uncompromising playing style of every participant.

Blackouts

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43.Qd2? Medina was much better throughout the game but finishing it off is never easy. And this very last move made it impossible... 43.Qf1 keeps it all protected, with an unclear position. 43...Rg4+ 44.Rg2 Qb1+ 45.Kf2 Rf4+ 46.Kg3 Qe4 47.Qe2 47.h3 doesn't work either Rf3+ 48.Kh2 Rxh3+! 47...Rf3+! somehow this mate appeared out of nowhere. 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Medina Warda,A-Novendra,P-0–12017C74TOURNAMEN 20171.1
Azarya Jodi,S-Deysi,C-0–12017C11TOURNAMEN 20171.3
Mitra,H-Shah,S-1–02017E01TOURNAMEN 20177.5
Ninh,V-Medina Warda,A-1–02017A00TOURNAMEN 20179.5
Novendra,P-Deysi,C-1–02017C10TOURNAMEN 20178.3

One cannot be upset for too long for some unfortunate games of chess when surrounded by such lively people

Gens Una Sumus

We did have quite some fun!

We are one family beyond the chess board too. Sometimes we might forget that, generously helped by mass media. But the country with the largest Muslim population in the world welcomes its guests regardless of their religious or spiritual backgrounds. The serene magnificence of the Buddhist temple, Borobudur, and the dramatic sight of the Hindu sanctuary, Prambanan, inclined your author for:

… a moment of meditation …

Borobudur

Prambanan

Now back to the board for the final set of chess examples: attacking feels good, defending is necessary, but training your positional skills is a must as well

Hafiz - L'Ami

How would you continue with Black?

Positional technique

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How would you continue with Black? 33...Nb8 I loved this move! Truth be told, to my shame and in the heat of the time trouble moment, I offered a draw here. I simply didn't realize that Black is taking over. Luckily, neither did my opponent. 34.f4 draw offer declined - as a small parenthesis: this is typical behaviour in Indonesia, playing all out! Nc6 35.Qc5 Nxa5! This is what I initially missed when I offered a peaceful end after Nb8. 36.Qxa5 36.bxa5 Qxb1+-+ 36...Ra8 37.Qc5 Rxa2 38.b5 Ra8 More accurate is 38...Qa8! ∆39.b6 Qa4 40.b7 Qc2 41.b8Q+ Kh7-+ That would have been a nice end... 39.b6 Rc8 40.Qa5 c3 41.Qa7 Rb8 42.Qa4 Ra8 43.Qb4 d4-+ 44.Qxd4 Ra2 45.Qd8+ Kh7 46.Qd3+ g6 47.Qf3 c2 48.Rc1 Qxb6+ 49.Kf1 Qb1 0–1
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  • Download&Clip PGN/GIF/FEN/QR Codes. Share the game.
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Arif Abdul,H-Alina,L-0–12017B52JAPFA 20178.4
Deysi,C-Shah,S-1–02017D02JAPFA 20179.4
Yoseph Theolifus,T-Alina,L-½–½2017B90JAPFA 201710.5

How do the participants of the 10th JAPFA chess festival feeling about all of it? That it is one of the finest tournaments we ever played.

10/10 from us!

Alina is an International Master and a very enthusiastic person in everything she does. She loves travelling to the world's most remote places in order to play chess tournaments and report about them here on ChessBase! As chance would have it Alina is also an excellent photographer.

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