Kristianus Liem

Cenderawasih Dance from Bali, performed at Opening Ceremony, beautiful dancing and beautiful dancer. Bali is a province in Indonesia. Bali is known as an Island of God, because its beautifulness.

2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2012 Inside This Issue:  Cover  Inside This Issue  Today’s Review  Tournament Schedule  List of Players  Interview with Player : Sophie Milliet  Prizes  Pictures Gallery

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Behind these bulletin : Kristianus Liem Stefani Dian Cheri

Peter Long Virda Rizka Aulia

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Today’s Review

Colourful Opening Ceremony Indonesia Open Chess Championship The 2nd Indonesian Open Chess Championship 2012 was officially opened today by Deputy Sports Minister Prof. Djoko Pekik Irianto in a colourful ceremony featuring Indonesia dance from different parts of this vast country. In attendance was Adi Suyoso who represented Major General Toni Suratman, President of the powerful Indonesia National Sports Committee (KONI) and Grandmaster Utut Adianto, Deputy Preisdent of PERCASI (All Indonesia Chess Federation), various officials, as well as most of the 27 Grandmasters, the top 50 Indonesian players and some 40 other internationals who had arrived in time. Adi Suyoso who was earlier mistaken by some players to be an Indian Grandmaster reaffirmed KONI's ongoing and deep support for Indonesia chess and its aspirations. In his turn, Utut Adianto in his speech confirmed that the Sports Minister had now agreed to continue to support the Indonesian Open next year while congratulating the Organising Committee on holding the second tournament because to have an event for the second time was always more difficult that to start it! Now a Senator, GM Adianto especially took the opportunity to welcome the players from his generation participating while paying particular tribute to Grandmaster Eugene Torre, Asia's first GM and whom he acknowledged to be the reason why he took up chess and who was his major influence during his time as a player. He also expressed his hope that local hero Susanto Megaranto could emerge the champion!

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Tournament Schedule Wednesday, Oct 10

Arrival Opening Ceremony

19:00

Thursday, Oct 11

Technical Meeting Round 1

10:00 15:00 - 19:00

Friday, Oct 12

Round 2 Round 3

09:30 - 13:30 16:30 - 20:30

Saturday, Oct 13

Round 4 Round 5

09:30 - 13:30 16:30 - 20:30

Sunday, Oct 14

Rest Day Activity

Monday, Oct 15

Round 6 Round 7

09:30 - 13:30 16:30 - 20:30

Tuesday, Oct 16

Round 8

15:00 - 19:00

Wednesday, Oct 17

Round 9 Closing Ceremony

10:00 - 14:00 19:00

Thursday, Oct 19

Departure

List of Players No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

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FED Rtg

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Sokolov Ivan Li Chao B Tkachiev Vladislav Yu Yangyi Fedorchuk Sergey A. Iordachescu Viorel Krasenkow Michal Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son Ganguly Surya Shekhar Ehlvest Jaan Bocharov Dmitry Korneev Oleg Gagunashvili Merab Barbosa Oliver Grigoryan Avetik

NED 2690 CHN 2681 FRA 2662 CHN 2651 UKR 2647 MDA 2637 POL 2636 VIE 2635 IND 2610 USA 2607 RUS 2603 ESP 2591 GEO 2584 PHI 2575 ARM 2572

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Name

FED Rtg

Ghaem Maghami Ehsan Gordon Stephen J Paragua Mark Chatalbashev Boris Megaranto Susanto Lu Shanglei Xiu Deshun Dao Thien Hai Gomez John Paul Nguyen Van Huy Dzhumaev Marat Cao Sang Xu Jun Torre Eugenio Nguyen Duc Hoa

IRI ENG PHI BUL INA CHN CHN VIE PHI VIE UZB VIE CHN PHI VIE

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Name IM

FED Rtg

Shyam Sundar M. IND 2494 Wan Yunguo CHN 2477 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2470 IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2470 IM Wang Chen CHN 2469 FM Wei Yi CHN 2454 IM Lou Yiping CHN 2444 IM Gao Rui CHN 2443 GM Bitoon Richard PHI 2430 IM Milliet Sophie FRA 2421 IM Irwanto Sadikin INA 2412 IM Juswanto Denny INA 2412 IM Tania Sachdev IND 2401 GM Barus Cerdas INA 2400 WGMGuo Qi CHN 2391 IM Wahono Awam INA 2389 IM Lioe Dede INA 2387 WGMPham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2387 IM Ginting Nasib INA 2385 IM Purnama Tirta Chandra INA 2384 FM Tunasly Kifly INA 2376 GM Ardiansyah H INA 2371 IM Sitanggang Salor INA 2367 IM Halay Taufik INA 2366 WGMSukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2362 FM Prayitno Sugeng INA 2351 FM Pascua Haridas PHI 2350 FM Pitra Andika INA 2340 FM Novita Anjas INA 2339 FM Hamdani Rudin INA 2328 IM Farid Firman Syah INA 2326 IM Tirto INA 2322 WIM Medina Warda Aulia INA 2311 FM Kasmiran INA 2310 FM Khairul Anam INA 2308 FM Laksana Agusta INA 2305 Surya Wahyudi INA 2293 FM Mahmud Syarif INA 2291

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69 Jafar Sofyan 70 FM Kaisar Jenius Hakiki 71 IM Situru Muhammad Ivan 72 FM Sonjaya Deni 73 FM Gunawan Johan 74 Sinurat Tumpak 75 WIM Sihite Chelsie Monica 76 Supriyono Eko 77 Bai Jinshi 78 Sutarno 79 GM Suradiradja Herman 80 Aris T.L.S. 81 FM Marentek Hanny 82 Hartono 83 Margana Adhy 84 Pamungkas Junaid 85 CM Muhammad Luthfi Ali 86 FM Bersamina Paulo 87 Panggabean Hasian 88 Purba Cornelis 89 Fahmi Jauhari 90 Sean Winshand Cuhendi 91 Suyud Hartoyo 92 Jamaludin 93 Ali Sadikin 94 WFM Dewi Aa Citra 95 Eshbaev Avazbek 96 Suryanto 97 Hidayat Arifin 98 Masruri Rahman 99 Hukom David 100 CM Azarya Jodi Setyaki 101 Ferdiman Tersiman 102 Jelsen Yemi 103 WFM Aay Aisyah Anisa 104 WFM Ummi Fisabilillah 105 Fauzani M 106 Taher Yoseph Issue 1

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Interview with Player

Sophie Milliet INTRODUCTION Our first arrival on the evening of 8 October was IM Sophie Milliet of France. The charming Milliet has finally come to Indonesia after twice in the past being unable to accept invitations but the lure of a country she has heard so much about and the strength of a top class field was simply irresistable. The young French born Montpellier resident will regretfully not be able to celebrate her birthday with us on 2 November but is already revelling in the warmth of Jakarta which is according to her a stark and most welcome contrast to the weather now in Europe.

INTERVIEW Team Bulletin: Welcome to Jakarta! We are hope you are rested from your long flight and are ready for what Indonesia has to offer! Sophie Milliet: Thank you! I did come directly from Paris where I played a Rapid event and I am already enjoying myself here. Unfortunately I will have to go right back after this tournament as I have a prior obligation. TB: I certainly hope you will find some time to see some of Jakarta. SM: Yes. I intend to try and go to see the old city tomorrow. The weather is really agreeable with me as I prefer the warmth to the winter now coming to Europe. For sure I will be anyway coming back in the future! TB: Tell us something about you aspirations for the Indonesian Open. SM: Well, to start with I would like to finish as the top woman player. I think I am in good form as in the recent World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul as I collected 6.5 points while only losing one game and before that I had finished as the runner-up in a tournament in France. Issue 1

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2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2012 TB: You have played chess since 4 years of age, competed from 7, and became National Junior Champion in 2001 while currently ranked third among women in your country. How do you see your progress? You are an IM which is a big title for a woman player and do you think the GM title is possible? SM: In terms of elo (ranking) points I am very near our number two ranked player and so I am targeting a performance in the Indonesia Open which with some luck will improve my ranking or at least bring me much closer. I also believe I am still improving and am ambitious on my own. When playing chess I always try to find the best move and I work hard off the board as well to become a better player. This attributes I especially admire in my heroes Gary Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen. TB: Let's talk about your other interests. Indonesia is football crazy like many Asian countries! Do you follow and have a favourite team? What else do you enjoy besides chess? SM: Olympic Marseille of course! They just drew their match with PSG and that is a fantastic result for us! I do like football and enjoy many sports but for me chess has always been my game. I enjoy the movies, listening to music, reading, and most sports. But I mainly play badminton for physical training reasons. TB: I have really enjoyed talking to you. Thank you for your time. We wish you every success in the tournament and in your career! SM: Thank you!

PRIZES 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th - 12th @1.500 USD 13th - 20th @ 750 USD 21th - 25th @500 USD

: 10.000 USD : 7.000 USD : 5.000 USD : 3.000 USD : 2.500 USD : 2.000 USD : 9.000 USD : 6.000 USD : 2.500 USD

BEST WOMEN 1st : 2.500 USD nd 2 : 1.500 USD rd 3 : 1.000 USD BEST JUNIOR U-20 1st : 1.500 USD nd 2 : 1.000 USD rd 3 : 500 USD

*) Prizes are equally shared among players who have the same Victory Points.

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Pictures Gallery Opening Ceremony of 2nd IOCC. Ketua Panitia Vickner Sinaga (1); Perwakilan PB Percasi GM Utut Adianto (2); Perwakilan KONI Adi Suyoso (3); Perwakilan Menpora Prof. Djoko Pekik Irianto (4); Pembukaan 2nd IOCC ditandai dengan pemukulan gong (5); Suasana acara pembukaan (6-8); Aneka tari yg meramaikan Pembukaan IOCC (9-11). Photos by Team Bulletin.

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