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11th Indonesia National Championship, Jakarta 1970

22 Jul 2013Published

11th Indonesia National Championship Final, Jakarta 1970

					VP
1	ArdiansyahArdiansyah FIDE ID: 7100027. POB: Banjarmasin . DOB: 1951.12.05. Peak Elo: 2480 (1987).	7100027	m	Kalimantan Selatan	8.5
2	Rusli, EddyRusli, Eddy			Jakarta	8.5
3	Bessaria, KuntoroBessaria, Kuntoro			Jawa Barat	8.0
4	Hamdan AHHamdan AH			Kalimantan Selatan	7.5
5	Bachtiar, ArovahBachtiar, Arovah FIDE ID: 7100205. POB: Banjarmasin . DOB: 1934.03.25. Peak Elo: 2400 (1971).	7100205		Kalimantan Selatan	7.5
6	Salman, MSalman, M			Kalimantan Selatan
7	Sitompul, LeoSitompul, Leo			Jakarta
8	Nanjong, ViktorNanjong, Viktor			Sulawesi Selatan
9	Lumentut, Fabian JLumentut, Fabian J			Jakarta
10	Djamal, DjamilDjamal, Djamil FIDE ID: 7102593.	7102593		Jakarta
11	Suradiradja, HermanSuradiradja, Herman FIDE ID: 7100167. POB: Sukabumi . DOB: 1947.10.14. Peak Elo: 2380 (1981).	7100167		Jawa Barat
12	Susilo, Siswoko ArieSusilo, Siswoko Arie			Jawa Tengah
13	Jusuf, ZubirJusuf, Zubir			Sumatera Selatan
VP	: Victory points.

11th Indonesia National Championship Final Play-Off, Jakarta 1970

					VP
1	ArdiansyahArdiansyah FIDE ID: 7100027. POB: Banjarmasin . DOB: 1951.12.05. Peak Elo: 2480 (1987).	7100027	m	Kalimantan Selatan	1.0
2	Rusli, EddyRusli, Eddy			Jakarta	1.0
VP	: Victory points.

No games available.

Final. 1970.??.??-?. Round Robin 13 rounds. 13 players.
Final Play-off. 1970.??.??-?. Match 2 rounds. 2 players.

IM Ardiansyah. Photo © Putaran Ketiga Sirkuit Grandmaster Asia Pertama 1978.

The question on everybody lips ahead of the championship started was, could Ardiansyah defend the title? At the time the reigning champion Ardiansyah was still a teenager, 18 years old. Unlike the previous National Championship he entered the event not as a non-master anymore but as one of the three only Indonesian IMs following his success in the FIDE Zonal 10 Tournament 1969.

Ardiansyah proved that his last year win was no fluke. He won the National Championship second time in a row although this time he had a fierce challenge from the in-form-again Eddy Rusli (aka Ong Yok Hwa), the 1964 National Champion. Both players ended up with the same VP. The play-off between two players also ended in a tie 1-1. Ardiansyah was declared as the National Champion based on the better SB.

Jakarta and South Borneo showed their prowess through out the championship. Each had 4 players in the final phase. None of them finished outside the big 10. On the contrary the event turned out badly for North Sumatera which didn’t have any representative at all in the final. It was pity because the province was still considered as a chess power house in Indonesia.

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