The tournament filled the void of international chess events in Indonesia where non-rated players could play and get ratings. According to FIDE regulations, to get rated in a Swiss System tournament a non-rated player should play at least four players with ratings. FIDE will publish his/her rating after playing nine rated players.
Twenty eight players participated in this event. Among them were thirteen rated players. They mostly came from the cities of Java. Anderson Y Harun was the only Sumatera player. He was from Siak, Riau province. Keith Bean was an English who resided at Yogyakarta. Hisar Simanjuntak, Sutarno, and Jamaludin who scored 8 VP each were the three-way tie co-winners. Glad to know that the all non-rated players in this event, except Keith Bean, are now becoming rated.
The sponsor of the tournament was National Master Ruddy Lantang. He was no stranger in the chess patronage business. This was his third. His first was here.
Bing Sardjono was registered as a non-rated player. The truth was he should have a rating years ago. He had played in international tournaments such as Asian Masters 1976 and Asian Team Championship 1977. Bing had been one of the Indonesian leading players for the second half of 1970s. He remained unrated for an unclear reason. That could be the tournaments he played were not sanctioned by FIDE or the FIDE’s (and Percasi’s) recurrence of sloppiness.