Indonesia gears up for Chess Olympiad final
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Indonesia’s men’s chess team will take on Singapore in the final round of the 11-round Chess Olympiad in Dresden. The team’s officials have called on the players to put up a fight worthy of Farid Firmansyah inspired display Sunday.
The competition, which features 154 men’s and 114 women’s teams from 152 countries, recessed Monday ahead of the final round Tuesday.
In the Indonesia-Venezuela match Sunday, 14-year-old Farid launched an inspired attack against chessmaster Oliver Soto Paez, who holds a higher rating than all of Indonesia’s team members. Although the match ended in a draw, Farid was hailed for his attacking mentality.
“Farid is incredible,” trainer Lasha Jangjagava said in a release. “Attack and attack again. If you want to win you must attack.
“I like Farid’s attacking style,” said the Georgian grandmaster hired to assist in the team’s preparations for the Olympiad.
“The others disappointed us because they were playing for a draw,” team manager Riskie Dharma Putra said.
The Indonesia-Venezuela encounter finished 2-2 with all four matches ending in draws. The other three matches pitted Susanto Megaranto against Eduardo Itturrizaga, Irwanto Sadikin against Johann Alvarez Marquez and Yohannes Simbolon against Rafael Prasca Sosa.
The draw left Indonesia with 11 points and in 49th position.
Armenia and Ukraine top the standings tied with 17 points each, followed by Israel and China on 16 points each.
Singapore, which comprises Enrique Paciencia, Weiming Goh, Timothy Chan Wei-Xuan and Daniel Chan Yi-Ren, is in 59th place with 11 points.
Meanwhile, Indonesia’s women, who lost to Spain 3-1 on Sunday, will face Tajikistan on Tuesday.
Dewi Citra won Indonesia’s only points Sunday with a win over Mairelys Crespo Delgado.
Irene Kharisma Sukandar, Evi Lindiawati and Desi Rachmawati all lost in their games against Monica Calzetta, Sabrina Vega Gutierrez and Patricia Llaneza Vega, respectively.
Dewi and her teammates dropped to 49th place in the provisional standings. The team’s officials urged the players to win their final games to finish in the top 40 to equal their result two years ago.
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