Utut Adianto
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Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat (born 16 March 1965 in Jakarta
, Indonesia
) is an Indonesian chess
Grandmaster
. He is Indonesia's top-rated player of all-time with an Elo rating of 2548.
has become a GM at the age of 17 years. Between 1995 and 1999 Adianto was included among the elite group of Grandmasters with an Elo rating over 2600.
In 1999, he participated in the FIDE Knock-out world chess championship in Las Vegas
, losing to Daniel Fridman
in the first round.
Utut Adianto is chairman of the Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi). With Machnan R. Kamaluddin, Eka Putra Wirya and Kristianus Liem, he founded a chess school in Indonesia, which has produced several national players.
In 2005, Adianto was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
On May 9 2009, he was elected to the Indonesian Senate.
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Game played in New York, 1993, Caro-Kann Defense
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6
5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5
9.Nf4 a6 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Bg2 Nexg4
13.Nfxd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxg4 O-O 16.Bxd5 Qc7
17.f4 Rad8 18.Rhe1 Qa5 19.Bf2 Bxc5 20.Re5 Qa4
21.Bb3 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 Rd8+ 23.Kc1 Qb4 24.Be1 Qd4
25.a3 Bxa3 26.c3 Qb6 27.Qh4 Bd6 28.Rd5 Re8
29.f5 Qxb3 30.Rxd6 Bxf5 31.Rd2 Qa2 0-1
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
) is an Indonesian chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
. He is Indonesia's top-rated player of all-time with an Elo rating of 2548.
Biography
Utut Adianto learned the game of chess at the age of six. He won the Jakarta Junior Championship at the age of 12. In 1982, he won the Indonesian national championship. He was awarded the GM title in 1986, becoming at the time the youngest Indonesian to do so at the age of 21 years. Since then, Susanto MegarantoSusanto Megaranto
Susanto Megaranto is an Indonesian chess Grandmaster.He became the youngest Indonesian GM ever at 17, beating out Utut Adianto's record by four years....
has become a GM at the age of 17 years. Between 1995 and 1999 Adianto was included among the elite group of Grandmasters with an Elo rating over 2600.
In 1999, he participated in the FIDE Knock-out world chess championship in Las Vegas
FIDE World Chess Championship 1999
The FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 was held in Las Vegas, United States, between 31 July and 28 August 1999. The championship was won by Russian Alexander Khalifman, making him the FIDE World Chess Champion.-Format:...
, losing to Daniel Fridman
Daniel Fridman
Daniel Fridman is a German chess master who originates from Latvia. He was Latvian champion in 1996 and German champion in 2008.-Early chess career:...
in the first round.
Utut Adianto is chairman of the Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi). With Machnan R. Kamaluddin, Eka Putra Wirya and Kristianus Liem, he founded a chess school in Indonesia, which has produced several national players.
In 2005, Adianto was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
On May 9 2009, he was elected to the Indonesian Senate.
Sample game
In the game below http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1015192, Adianto beats four-time U.S. chess champion Alexander ShabalovAlexander Shabalov
Alexander Shabalov is an American chess grandmaster, the multiple winner of the U.S. Chess Championships; he was the 2007 US Champion. He was born in Latvia, and like his fellow Latvians Alexei Shirov and Mikhail Tal he is known for courting complications even at the cost of objective soundness...
:
- White: Shabalov
- Black: Adianto
Game played in New York, 1993, Caro-Kann Defense
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6
5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5
9.Nf4 a6 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Bg2 Nexg4
13.Nfxd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxg4 O-O 16.Bxd5 Qc7
17.f4 Rad8 18.Rhe1 Qa5 19.Bf2 Bxc5 20.Re5 Qa4
21.Bb3 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 Rd8+ 23.Kc1 Qb4 24.Be1 Qd4
25.a3 Bxa3 26.c3 Qb6 27.Qh4 Bd6 28.Rd5 Re8
29.f5 Qxb3 30.Rxd6 Bxf5 31.Rd2 Qa2 0-1