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8th Japfa Festival WGMs, Jakarta 2013

14 Jul 2014Published14 May 2015Updated

8th Japfa Festival WGMs, Jakarta 2013

					1	2	3	4	5	6	VP	SB
1	l'Ami, Alinal'Ami, Alina FIDE ID: 1210246. DOB: 1985.	1210246	wg	2330		½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	½ ½	1 0	6.0	29.25
2	Milliet, SophieMilliet, Sophie FIDE ID: 623725.	623725	m	2394	½ ½		0 1	0 ½	1 ½	1 1	6.0	26.50
3	Sihite, Chelsie Monica IgnesiasSihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias FIDE ID: 7101198.	7101198	wm	2271	½ 0	1 0		½ 1	½ 1	½ ½	5.5	26.50
4	Kochetkova, JuliaKochetkova, Julia FIDE ID: 4139690. DOB: 1981.	4139690	wg	2314	0 ½	1 ½	½ 0		1 0	½ 1	5.0	23.50
5	Aulia, Medina WardaAulia, Medina Warda FIDE ID: 7101570. POB: Jakarta . DOB: 1997.07.07. Peak Elo: 2355 (2014).	7101570	wm	2321	½ ½	0 ½	½ 0	0 1		1 1	5.0	21.75
6	Benmesbah, NatachaBenmesbah, Natacha FIDE ID: 642002.	642002	wm	2261	0 1	0 0	½ ½	½ 0	0 0		2.5	14.00
VP	: Victory points.
SB	: Sonneborn berger.

		PGN 2015.05.13. 30 games. Complete.
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2013.04.14-19. Double Round Robin 10 rounds. 6 players. g/90/30. Rating average 2315. Category III. WGM norm 6.5.

The champion WGM Alina l'Ami of Romania. Photo © Chessbase.

The champion WGM Alina l'Ami of Romania. Photo © Chessbase.

WIM Chelsie Monica Ignesias Sihite and WIM Medina Warda Aulia fell short in the 8th Japfa Chess Festival WGMs Tournament. Sihite scored well enough for a plenty of more ratings but not a WGM norm. Aulia was yet to rediscover her last year form when she played amazingly in the Indonesia-France Women Match.

The tournament which was held at Serba Guna Building, Senayan, Jakarta on April 14-19, 2013, was co-championed by Romanian WGM Alina l’Ami and French IM Sophie Milliet. They both collected 6 VP. l’Ami edged out Milliet on a better tie-break to claim the top prize.

The players of 8th Japfa Chess Festival WGMs, Jakarta 2013. Photo © Tribun Sport.

The standing table shows how tight the competition was. Except WIM Natacha Benmesbah of France who was lagged behind, the other players had fought fiercely to become the champion. l’Ami needed a last round victory to catch up Milliet. At the same round Milliet failed to notch a full point against Slovak WGM Julia Kochetkova while two Indonesian players who still had a shot for the first place drew their game. The tournament was concluded with only a point that separated between the number one (l’Ami) and the number five (Aulia).

Although the host failed to deliver a WGM norm, Eka Putra Wirya, the head of the organizer and a Percasi (All Indonesia Chess Federation) official, had only a praise to the players, “Their WGM title is only a matter of time. Their performances were quite satisfactory.”

Selected Games (viewer © ChessTempo)