The Jakarta Post
October 27, 2004
RI beats Brazil at chess Olympiad
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Indonesia’s men’s squad beat Brazil while their female compatriots
held Luxembourg to a draw on Monday in the 10th round of the chess
Olympiad in Calvia, Spain.
International Master (IM) Susanto Megaranto, 17 years old, maintained
his winning streak by defeating Grand Master Henrique Mecking
to lead Indonesia to a 2.5-1.5 victory over Brazil, according to
The team’s other win was contributed by FIDE Master (FM) Taufik Halay,
who beat Ivan Nogueira while IM Dede Liu drew with IM Cicero Braga
and Tirta Chandra lost to FM Alexander Fier.
In the ninth round on Sunday, Susanto emerged the only winner as
Indonesia overcame New Zealand also with 2.5-1.5 victory.
Two back-to-back victories, which came at the backdrop of their
crushing defeat by the Philippines in the eighth round, gave Indonesia
an overall 21.5 points to stay in 45th place out of 129 teams from
128 countries.
Seven other teams collected equal points including England whom
Indonesia faced in the 11th of 14-round world chess team competition
on Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile, 14-year-old Irene Kharisma took her fourth consecutive win
but the Indonesian women’s team had to be content with a 1.5-1.5 draw
with Luxembourg.
On Monday, Irene delivered the only full point for the team with
her win over Myriam Pleim. Evi Lindiawati drew with Grazyna Bakalarz
while Norasa Verdiana was beaten by WGM Elvira Berend.
It was Irene’s sixth win during the tournament in addition to four
draws to put her as the fourth best performer on board three —
behind WGM Zhao Xue of China, IM Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine and WIM
Josefina Martinez of Venezuela — with personal collection of 8 points.
China dominated the women’s competition, topping the standings with
24.5 points. Hungary was in a distant second place with 20 points
followed by the United States, India and Georgia with 19.5 points each.
The men’s section saw Ukraine on top with 29 points, two points
above second-placed and reigning champion Russia, while Armenia was
in third with 26.5 points.