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Three best Indonesian players joined three world class women players to participate in this unique event. Indonesian players were hand in hand to lift Utut Adianto to the top spot but failing miserably. Adianto got 3.5 points of possible 4 from Indonesian players. Another sad day for fair play.

Ardiansyah edged out Fabian Lumentut with better solkoff to grab number one spot. Defending champion Denny Juswanto found himself at 8th. The Indonesian first GM, Herman Suradiradja, was anonymous most of the time. Losing to unheralded players like Hengky Wijaya was simply unacceptable for a player of his stature.

Edhi Handoko rekindled the memory of 1978 National Championship when he won the event as a teenager. New kid in town Nasib Ginting caught everyone off guard by taking runner up position only half points shy from Handoko. Amongst his victims are Ardiansyah and Ronny Gunawan.

Jana Krivec and Nana Alexandria came out on top. Indonesia hopeful young talent Irene Kharisma Sukandar respectfully claimed third place. An experienced Sri Vidawati was supposed to be less than happy to find her self at tenth place out of 12 players. This was her last appearance in an international event to date.

Indonesia registered the country’s 8 best players, excluding Utut Adianto, out of 12 participants in this event. Unfortunately no one could manage to claim the champion trophy. The only girl Antoaneta Stefanova saw off the competition, scored 1.5 points above his nearest contender Indonesian’s Cerdas Barus.