Pertamina Indonesian GM and IM Tournaments 2024 start in Jakarta

by Kristianus Liem and Peter Long - 24/04/2024

Pertamina Indonesian GM and IM Round-Robin tournaments started on 23rd April 2024. Pertamina and Bank Mandiri are the two sponsors of the tournaments with the former, Pertamina being the main sponsor. The total prize fund is US$ 20900. Each of the two events features 12 players making a total of 24 players participating from eight different countries across the world. The objective of this tournament is to produce more GMs and IMs. The President of PERCASI (All Indonesian Chess Federation) - GM Utut Adianto officially opened the tournament. Check out first round report written by Kristianus Liem, Tournament Director, translated to English by Peter Long. Photos: FM FT IA Peter Long

Report by Kristianus Liem, Tournament Director

Translated by Peter Long

The Pertamina Indonesian GM Tournament 2024 was officially opened by the President of PERCASI (All Indonesian Chess Federation), GM Utut Adianto on 23 April 2024.

GM Utut Adianto (INA)

The tournament is taking place at Artotel Gelora Senayan, Jakarta. A total of 24 chess masters from eight different countries, resulting in an attractive competition mix with each having individual motivations to succeed.

The opening ceremony was attended by Dr. Drs. Yohan, M.Si (Staf Ahli Bidang Inovasi Kepemudaan dan Keolahragaan Kemenpora RI), Lukman Djajadikusuma (Sekjen KONI) , Teuku Ali Usman (Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary Bank Mandiri Group), and Sendy Nurulita (Corporate Brand Officer PT Pertamina), as well as PERCASI Management Board Members.

Opening Ceremony

In his speech, Dr. Drs Yohan, M.Si in discussing sports development, congratulated PERCASI as an example of a sports body that is collaborating with Pertamina for the development of its athletes.

This was well received by the GM Adianto, who after thanking both sponsors Pertamina and Bank Mandiri, expressed his hope that Pertamina would be able to continue its collaboration with PERCASI in sponsoring tournaments, increasing to two at the start, to help more Indonesian chess players achieve the grandmaster title.

Players and officials in good spirits

In response, Sandy Nurulita stated that this was not the first time that Pertamina has stepped forward to support chess but this time has taken on the role of being the main sponsor.

The Pertamina Indonesian GM Tournament 2024 is taking place from 23rd April to 1st May 2024 and has two sections, GM and IM, each 12 player round robins, with all expenses paid together with stipends, and boasts a total prize fund of US$ 20900.

Two legends?

Head of Appeal Maung Maung Lwin, Deputy Chief Arbiter Stefanie Dian Cherie, Chief Arbiter Agus Subandrijo, and Kristianus Liem, Tournament Director

Long - Kosasih, Round 1

Position after 24.cxd5

Here, after my opponent’s 24...Qa4 I should have continued with Rd3 as planned but forgot I was not young anymore and instead of then simple 25.Rxc8 and 26.Rd3 as originally planned, I calculated a non-existent attack with 25.d6 Rxc1 26.Bxc1 b5 27.Rc7 b4 and then realised that 28.Bb2 did not work and had to play 28.Bc1 and after 28...Qxa2 I was just losing as the b-passed pawn was too strong.

Replay Round 1 GM group games

Replay Round 1 IM group games

Round 1 results in GM group

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	1	2494	GM	Priasmoro, Novendra	1 - 0	GM	Torre, Eugenio	2425	12	PGN
2	2	2372	IM	Aulia, Medina Warda	0 - 1	IM	Liu, Xiangyi	2355	11	PGN
3	3	2442	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	1 - 0	IM	Taher, Yoseph Theolifus	2445	10	PGN
4	4	2384	IM	Setyaki, Azarya Jodi	0 - 1	IM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus	2407	9	PGN
5	5	2330	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	½ - ½	GM	Dao, Thien Hai	2475	8	PGN
6	6	2600	GM	Kuybokarov, Temur	1 - 0	GM	Megaranto, Susanto	2504	7	PGN

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	9	IM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus	INA	2407	1	0	0,00	1
	11	IM	Liu, Xiangyi	SGP	2355	1	0	0,00	1
3	1	GM	Priasmoro, Novendra	INA	2494	1	0	0,00	1
	3	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	MGL	2442	1	0	0,00	1
	6	GM	Kuybokarov, Temur	AUS	2600	1	0	0,00	1
6	5	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	INA	2330	0,5	0,5	0,25	0
	8	GM	Dao, Thien Hai	VIE	2475	0,5	0,5	0,25	0
8	2	IM	Aulia, Medina Warda	INA	2372	0	0	0,00	0
	4	IM	Setyaki, Azarya Jodi	INA	2384	0	0	0,00	0
	7	GM	Megaranto, Susanto	INA	2504	0	0	0,00	0
	10	IM	Taher, Yoseph Theolifus	INA	2445	0	0	0,00	0
	12	GM	Torre, Eugenio	PHI	2425	0	0	0,00	0

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	12	2425	GM	Torre, Eugenio		GM	Megaranto, Susanto	2504	7
2	8	2475	GM	Dao, Thien Hai		GM	Kuybokarov, Temur	2600	6
3	9	2407	IM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus		IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	2330	5
4	10	2445	IM	Taher, Yoseph Theolifus		IM	Setyaki, Azarya Jodi	2384	4
5	11	2355	IM	Liu, Xiangyi		IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2442	3
6	1	2494	GM	Priasmoro, Novendra		IM	Aulia, Medina Warda	2372	2

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Round 1 results in IM group

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	1	2383	IM	Ervan, Mohamad	1 - 0	WGM	Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung	2179	12	PGN
2	2	2392	IM	Firman Syah, Farid	0 - 1	FM	Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt	2408	11	PGN
3	3	2285	FM	Long, Peter	0 - 1	FM	Kosasih, Cecep	2372	10	PGN
4	4	2295	FM	Kurniawan, Muhamad Agus	½ - ½	FM	Hafiz, Arif Abdul	2311	9	PGN
5	5	2308	FM	Wahyudi, Surya	½ - ½	IM	Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	2408	8	PGN
6	6	2416	IM	Wynn, Zaw Htun	½ - ½	WIM	Fisabilillah, Ummi	2187	7	PGN

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	10	FM	Kosasih, Cecep	INA	2372	1	0,00	1
	11	FM	Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt	MGL	2408	1	0,00	1
3	1	IM	Ervan, Mohamad	INA	2383	1	0,00	1
4	4	FM	Kurniawan, Muhamad Agus	INA	2295	0,5	0,25	0
	5	FM	Wahyudi, Surya	INA	2308	0,5	0,25	0
	6	IM	Wynn, Zaw Htun	MYA	2416	0,5	0,25	0
	7	WIM	Fisabilillah, Ummi	INA	2187	0,5	0,25	0
	8	IM	Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	PHI	2408	0,5	0,25	0
	9	FM	Hafiz, Arif Abdul	INA	2311	0,5	0,25	0
10	2	IM	Firman Syah, Farid	INA	2392	0	0,00	0
	3	FM	Long, Peter	MAS	2285	0	0,00	0
	12	WGM	Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2179	0	0,00	0

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	12	2179	WGM	Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung		WIM	Fisabilillah, Ummi	2187	7
2	8	2408	IM	Garcia, Jan Emmanuel		IM	Wynn, Zaw Htun	2416	6
3	9	2311	FM	Hafiz, Arif Abdul		FM	Wahyudi, Surya	2308	5
4	10	2372	FM	Kosasih, Cecep		FM	Kurniawan, Muhamad Agus	2295	4
5	11	2408	FM	Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt		FM	Long, Peter	2285	3
6	1	2383	IM	Ervan, Mohamad		IM	Firman Syah, Farid	2392	2

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