Telin International: sensational performance by 13-year-old girl
4/6/2011 – A field of 110 players from seven countries, 37 with FIDE titles, including nine GMs, are participating in this Swiss tournament in Jakarta, Indonesia. All eyes are on WFM Medina Warda Aulia, who is 13 and rated 2035. After seven rounds she is tenth on the table, with a score of 5.0/7. WGM Anastasiya Karlovich and sports trainer Kristian Liem have sent us this giant pictorial report.
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.
Top standings after seven rounds of play
| # | Ti |
Player | Nat. | Rtng | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 |
IM |
Irwanto Sadikin |
INA |
2417 |
6.0 |
29.0 |
26.5 |
23.0 |
| 2 |
GM |
Gagunashvili Merab |
GEO |
2599 |
5.5 |
32.0 |
29.5 |
25.5 |
| GM |
Dao Thien Hai |
VIE |
2507 |
5.5 |
32.0 |
29.5 |
25.5 |
|
| 4 |
GM |
Torre Eugenio |
PHI |
2495 |
5.5 |
32.0 |
29.0 |
25.5 |
| GM |
Barus Cerdas |
INA |
2443 |
5.5 |
32.0 |
29.0 |
25.5 |
|
| 6 |
|
Gunawan Johan |
INA |
2269 |
5.5 |
30.0 |
27.0 |
23.5 |
| 7 |
GM |
Zhang Zhong |
SIN |
2592 |
5.5 |
29.5 |
27.5 |
24.0 |
| 8 |
|
Prayitno Sugeng |
INA |
2348 |
5.5 |
24.5 |
22.0 |
19.0 |
| 9 |
IM |
Liu Dede |
INA |
2418 |
5.0 |
31.5 |
28.5 |
24.5 |
| 10 |
WFM |
Medina Warda Aulia |
INA |
2035 |
5.0 |
31.0 |
27.5 |
23.5 |
| 11 |
|
Sutarno |
INA |
2255 |
5.0 |
29.0 |
26.5 |
23.5 |
| 12 |
GM |
Ardiansyah H |
INA |
2373 |
5.0 |
29.0 |
26.0 |
22.0 |
| 13 |
GM |
Megaranto Susanto |
INA |
2533 |
5.0 |
28.5 |
26.5 |
24.0 |
| 14 |
GM |
Barua Dibyendu |
IND |
2468 |
5.0 |
27.0 |
27.0 |
23.5 |
| 15 |
IM |
Purnama Tirta Chandra |
INA |
2404 |
5.0 |
25.5 |
25.5 |
22.0 |
| 16 |
|
Zulkhairi |
INA |
2281 |
5.0 |
25.5 |
22.5 |
19.5 |
| 17 |
|
Pitra Andika |
INA |
2303 |
5.0 |
25.0 |
23.0 |
20.5 |
| 18 |
IM |
Halay Taufik |
INA |
2346 |
4.5 |
31.5 |
29.0 |
25.0 |
| 19 |
FM |
Wahono Awam |
INA |
2372 |
4.5 |
30.5 |
27.5 |
24.5 |
| 20 |
FM |
Firdaus Maksum |
INA |
2269 |
4.5 |
29.5 |
26.0 |
22.0 |
| 21 |
|
Ediyanto |
INA |
2355 |
4.5 |
27.0 |
24.5 |
22.0 |
| 22 |
|
Surya Wahyudi |
INA |
2234 |
4.5 |
26.5 |
24.0 |
21.5 |
| 23 |
|
Aris T.L.S. |
INA |
2232 |
4.5 |
23.5 |
23.5 |
21.0 |
| 24 |
FM |
Tjhin Irawan |
INA |
2345 |
4.5 |
23.0 |
20.0 |
17.0 |
| 25 |
IM |
Suhendra Andi Supardi |
INA |
2230 |
4.5 |
22.0 |
20.5 |
18.0 |
WFM Medina Warda Aulia, 13, of Indonesia, rated 2035
The sensation in this event is the excellent performance of one of Indonesia's young stars, Medina Warda Aulia, a world school champion U11 (Singapore 2008) and bronze-medallist in the World Youth in 2008. In this event she quite sensationally is in place ten after seven rounds, with a score of 5.0/7. In the Jakarta Globe we read:
Indonesian teen chess prodigy Medina Warda Aulia displayed more of her promise at the Telin Chess International Tournament over the weekend. Medina, 13, claimed a stunning victory over the country’s first and only women’s grandmaster, Irene Kharisma Sukandar, at Telkom Grha Citra Caraka in Jakarta on Sunday. It was her fourth victory after six rounds of play and Medina moved up to eighth in the standings with 4.5 points. Irene is in 32nd with 3.5 points. “It was a tough match. Though she played black, Irene was very aggressive and tried to attack me from early on,” Medina said after the match. “However, she failed and that created more advantages for my moves before I took my chance to win the game. I’m really proud of myself because this victory will likely secure my place in the national team for the Southeast Asian Games,” she added.
And in another article:
Medina Warda Aulia is one of 14 women and 95 men competing in the Telin Chess International Tournament, and the 13-year-old hopes to spring a surprise in a field that includes some of Southeast Asia’s best players. “My goal is to reach grandmaster status in two years,” said the teenager, who hails from Bekasi, West Java. Medina was encouraged by her father to take up chess full-time, meaning she had to give up her other hobby, painting. “My father was the one who noticed my talent in chess, so he really wanted me to develop that,” she said.
As you can see in the above table the 13-year-old with a 2035 rating has been playing at full GM strength, with a performance rating approaching 2600. In round eight she has white against GM Dibyendu Barua, a somewhat make-or-break encounter.
The Kartika Chandra four-star Hotel which hosts the participants of the
tournament and
will be used as a playing venue for Asian Cities Chess Championship (21-29 of
April 2011)
Partcipants, officials and spectators on the opening ceremony
A special musical program, where the dancer symbolises the white pieces
Girls from the Indonesian Chess Federation sing and perform on the opening
ceremony. The girls
learnt a special song which motivates players before the games, in a camp for
athletes of Indonesia
Indonesian chess-players during the opening ceremony
The President of the Indonesian Chess Federation, Hashim Djojohadikusumo
and
the Minister of Youth and Sport Andi Mallarangeng make the first symbolic moves
The officials watch an exhibition blitz game (three minutes time control)
between Indonesian WFM Medina Warda Aulia and me. My opponent played better,
but I played faster and won on time. The spectators seemed satisfied.
The playing venue
The highest rated Indonesian player, GM Megaranto Susanto, vs Andreas Susanto
Elo favourite GM Merab Gagunashvili from Georgia
Indonesian IM Denny Juswanto
GM Eugenio Torre from the Philippines
GM Cerdar Barus from Indonesia, who won his first five games, played in
the
national team at the 2002 Olympiad in Bled, winning the gold medal on board
three
Zhang Zhong, Chinese GM who lives in Singapore
19-year-old chess star Irene Kharisma Sukandar
Irina is a WGM and has a rating of 2354. She is the current Indonesian women's champion, a member of Indonesian women's team and the winner of the Asian Youth Championships. Beside of chess she also studies English literature at the University.
15-years-old WFM Chelsie Monica Ignesias Sihite from Indonesia is Asean
champion U16 (2010)
and repeated champion of Indonesia in different age groups. She also enjoys
taking photos.
Indonesian WFM Dewi Anastasia Ardhiani was a silver medallist
in the world school championship U-15 (Greece, 2009)
Norasya Verdiana from Indonesia is a woman national master
The girls enjoy lunch in a friendly atmosphere
The hospitality of the organizers knows no bounds: amongst many other things
they gave the players an opportunity to visit different restaurants in Jakarta
every evening. This time company is gathered in Indian restaurant.
And for relaxation GMs Barua Dibyendu and Zhang Zhong try their skill at
pool billiard
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