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1st Japfa Festival, Jakarta 2003

24 Apr 2020Published

1st Japfa Festival Masters, Jakarta 2003

					VP	PS
1	Handoko, EdhiHandoko, Edhi FIDE ID: 7100043. POB: Solo . DOB: 1960.08.28. DOD: 2009.02.17. Peak Elo: 2520 (1993).	7100043	g	2424	7.5	40.5
2	Lioe, DedeLioe, Dede FIDE ID: 7100566. DOB: 1970.03.09. Peak Elo: 2425 (1995).	7100566	m	2406	7.5	40.0
3	Barus, CerdasBarus, Cerdas FIDE ID: 7100094. POB: Kabanjahe . DOB: 1961.01.01. Peak Elo: 2503 (2003).	7100094	g	2503	7.5	39.0
4	Rudin, HamdaniRudin, Hamdani FIDE ID: 7100213.	7100213	f	2363	7.5	34.5
5	Tan, Liong Soe ArisTan, Liong Soe Aris FIDE ID: 7100663. DOB: 1968. Peak Elo: 2285 (1996).	7100663		2269	7.0
6	Megaranto, SusantoMegaranto, Susanto FIDE ID: 7101384. POB: Indramayu . DOB: 1987.10.08. Peak Elo: 2569 (2007).	7101384	m	2422	7.0
7	TirtoTirto FIDE ID: 7101058. DOB: 1965.08.31. Peak Elo: 2429 (2006).	7101058		2164	7.0
8	JamaludinJamaludin FIDE ID: 7101716.	7101716			7.0
9	ArdiansyahArdiansyah FIDE ID: 7100027. POB: Banjarmasin . DOB: 1951.12.05. Peak Elo: 2480 (1987).	7100027	g	2407	7.0
10	Situru, Nathanael Ivan JonathanSituru, Nathanael Ivan Jonathan FIDE ID: 7100426. DOB: 1963. Peak Elo: 2420 (1995).	7100426	m	2375	6.5
11	Sitanggang, SalorSitanggang, Salor FIDE ID: 7100051. POB: Samosir . DOB: 1953.06.04. Peak Elo: 2425 (1995).	7100051	m	2397	6.5
12	Firdaus, MaksumFirdaus, Maksum FIDE ID: 7100833. POB: Medan . DOB: 1967.02.23.	7100833	f	2301	6.5
13	Juswanto, DennyJuswanto, Denny FIDE ID: 7100221. DOB: 1959.01.21. Peak Elo: 2520 (2002).	7100221	m	2505	6.5
14	Purba, CornelisPurba, Cornelis FIDE ID: 7101740. DOD: 1970. Peak Elo: 2203 (2005).	7101740			6.5
15	Inkiriwang, StanleyInkiriwang, Stanley FIDE ID: 7104146.	7104146			6.5
16	Agusta, LaksanaAgusta, Laksana FIDE ID: 7102941.	7102941			6.5
17	Pamungkas, Junaid JayaPamungkas, Junaid Jaya FIDE ID: 7100442.	7100442			6.5
18	Ahmad, RezaAhmad, Reza				6.5
	... (200 players)

VP	: Victory points.
PS	: Progressive scores (FIDE).

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Masters. 2003.03.19-23. Swiss 9 rounds. 200 players.
Woman Masters. 2003.03.19-23. Swiss 9 rounds. 40 players.
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GM Edhi Handoko, the champion of the masters category. Photo © Suara Merdeka.

This is when the legendary Japfa Chess Festival began. Following the successful chess events that they held in the past, Japfa Comfeed Indonesia decided to hold a giant chess event. They dubbed it as a festival rather than a tournament and they really meant it. The inaugural Japfa Festival broke the record as the chess event with the most participants in Indonesia. It had 556 players involved. As a comparison, the 2002 National Championship at Palembang had ‘only’ 424 players.

The players were distributed in many categories: masters, non masters, age groups, and the unique one, celebrities. The most prestigious category was certainly the masters. It was attended by 4 GMs, 5 IMs, 6 FMs, and other players with total 200 players altogether. Practically all Indonesian leading players, except GM Utut Adianto, participated.

The battle for the championship in the masters category went fiercely. In the end no less than 4 players, GM Edhi Handoko, IM Dede Lioe, GM Cerdas Barus, and FM Hamdani Rudin, scored the same VP, 7.5. Edhi was declared as the champion based on the progressive scores tiebreak.

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