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Ardiansyah is one of the best Indonesian chess player ever. He possesses world class tactical skill and amazing fantasies but lack of understandings of many modern-and-not-so-modern openings, sometimes-anti-positional approaches, and above all erratic forms prevent him to break 2500 rating barrier.

Computers are becoming too strong, and too cruel, for their human counterpart. Even a player with Utut Adianto caliber couldn’t manage to register a point. The best Indonesian player was Taufik Halay with 1.0. Susanto Megaranto followed with half points. The computers whitewashed Tirta Chandra Purnama and Utut Adianto.

Twenty one years old Denny Juswanto became the champion of DKI Jakarta for the second time. The first was in 1973 when he was only 14 years of age. The win was decided in the ultimate round when he beat Fabian Lumentut. The future Indonesian ace Utut Adianto had no better than 13th place.

The best Indonesian players, Handoko, Ardiansyah, and Kileng, could only grab runner up positions. Indian Raja Ravisekhar won the event. For the host players Syarif Mahmud and Achmad Fauzi, the tournament was their first international appearance. Both players had respectable places on the table.

Utut Adianto tried very hard to prove that he was the best Indonesian player there was. He prevailed. Despite significant rating gaps he lead Indonesian team to successfully beat their guests. ROW players, especially Erik van den Doel and Darryl Johansen, seemed not ready for tough battle and played with vacation mode on.