Cerdas Barus -

Cerdas Barus

Published on February 17, 2011

Updated on March 7, 2014

FIDE ID 7100094. Born at Kabanjahe, North Sumatera, 1961.01.01 (age 53). Peak rating 2503 (2003). NM 1982, IM 1993, GM 2003. National champion 1987, 1999, 2002. 6th Indonesian GM.

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Cerdas Barus's rating changes history:

• 1984.01.01		2205
• 1985.01.01		2295
• 1988.01.01		2330
• 1989.01.01		2335
• 1991.01.01		2375
• 1993.07.01		2405
• 1995.01.01		2415
• 1995.07.01		2410
• 1997.01.01		2440
• 1997.07.01		2445
• 1998.01.01		2470
• 1998.07.01		2465
• 2000.01.01		2445
• 2000.07.01		2435
• 2000.10.01		2456
• 2002.10.01		2479
• 2003.01.01		2501
• 2003.04.01		2503
• 2004.01.01		2479
• 2008.04.01		2456
• 2009.04.01		2458
• 2011.03.01		2443
• 2011.07.01		2420
• 2011.09.01		2438
• 2011.11.01		2403
• 2012.08.01		2400
• 2012.11.01		2396
• 2013.11.01		2392

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FIDE Zonal 12, Jakarta 1993

					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	VP	SK
1	Rogers, Ian	3200019	g	2575	1	0	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	9.0	68.5
2	Johansen, Darryl Keith	3200035	m	2500	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	8.0	70.0
3	Barus, Cerdas	7100094	f	2375	1	0	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	8.0	68.5
4	Bancod, Ronald	5200938			1	½	0	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	½	7.0	71.5
5	Rodriguez, Ruben	5200040	m	2415	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	7.0	64.0
6	Wahyuwidayat, Utut Adianto	7100019	g	2490	1	1	½	1	0	0	1	½	1	0	½	6.5	71.0
7	Yang, Xian	6000150	f	2415	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	6.5	63.5
8	Gunawan, Ruben Muljadi	7100248	f	2265	½	½	½	1	1	½	0	1	0	1	0	6.0	57.5
9	Handoko, Edhi	7100043	m	2475	½	1	1	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	1	5.5	69.0
10	Hsu, Li Yang	5800080	f	2370	0	½	1	0	½	1	½	½	½	0	1	5.5	56.0
11	Carag, Elmer	5200946			1	0	1	½	0	0	½	1	½	1	0	5.5	55.5
12	Juswanto, Denny	7100221	f	2280	½	1	0	0	1	1	½	½	0	0	1	5.5	54.5
13	Từ, Hoàng Thông	12400076	m	2435	½	½	0	1	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	5.0	73.5
14	Wohl, Aleksandar H	3200345		2360	0	0	1	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	5.0	49.5
15	Mok, Tze Meng	5700329		2200	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	0	½	4.5	52.5
16	Nishimura, Hiroyuki	7000081		2325	0	1	0	1	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	4.0	55.5
17	Ker, Anthony F	4300084	f	2320	0	0	½	1	½	½	1	0	½	0	0	4.0	51.5
18	Reilly, Timothy	3200302		2350	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	1	0	3.5	52.5
19	Abdullah, Mohammad Kamal	5700086		2230	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	2.5	51.5
20	Norris, Damian C	11400048		2235	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	54.0
VP	: Victory points
SK	: Solkoff

Jakarta

. 1993.02.??-?. 11 rounds Swiss. 20 players. Rating average 2351. IM norm.

National Invitation, Jakarta 1997


1	Sadikin, Irwanto	7100590	f	2280	1
2	Ginting, Nasib	7100060		2420	½
3	Antonio, Rogelio M Jr	5200032	g	2525	½
4	Handoko, Edhi	7100043	g	2470	0
5	Supriyanto, Tommy	7100728		2325	1
6	Ardiansyah	7100027	g	2443	1
7	Sitanggang, Salor	7100051	m	2415	1
8	Tunasly, Zulkifly	7100884		2315	1
9	Rudin, Hamdani	7100213		2320	1
10	Firdaus, Maksum	7100833		2375	1
11	Juswanto, Denny	7100221	f	2430	1
12	Mariano, Nelson II	5200610	m	2490	½
13	Kurniawan, Bobby	7100515	m	2405	1
14	Từ, Hoàng Thông	12400076	m	2475	½
15	Gunawan, Ruben Muljadi	7100248	m	2460	½

Jakarta

. 1997.06.21-07.06. 15 rounds Round Robin. 16 players. Rating average 2412. Category VII. 1st GM norm.

Vũng Tàu Intourco GM Circuit 1st Leg, Vũng Tàu 2000

					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	VP	SB
1	Barus, Cerdas	7100094	m	2445		½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	8.0	40.50
2	Villamayor, Buenaventura	5200393	m	2474	½		½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	8.0	40.00
3	Đào, Thiên Hải	12400084	g	2550	½	½		½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	7.5	37.50
4	Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg	4900340	g	2473	½	½	½		0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7.0	33.00
5	Simanjuntak, Sebastian	7100116		2313	0	½	½	1		1	0	½	0	½	1	1	6.0	29.75
6	Từ, Hoàng Thông	12400076	g	2515	0	½	½	½	0		½	1	1	0	1	1	6.0	28.00
7	Lioe, Dede	7100566	m	2370	0	0	½	½	1	½		½	0	1	½	1	5.5	25.75
8	Bitoon, Richard	5201110		2436	½	0	0	½	½	0	½		½	½	1	1	5.0	22.00
9	Wynn, Zaw Htun	13002783		2524	½	0	0	0	1	0	1	½		0	½	1	4.5	21.00
10	Roca, Petronio	5200180		2362	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	1		½	½	4.0	18.25
11	Ardiansyah	7100027	g	2396	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½		1	3.0	12.50
12	Myo, Naing	13002430	m	2545	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0		1.5	9.75
VP	: Victory points
SB	: Sonneborn berger

Vũng Tàu

. 2000.05.30-06.07. 11 rounds Round Robin. 12 players. Rating average 2450. Category VIII. 2nd GM norm.

Wismilak International, Surabaya 2002

					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	VP	SB
1	Stefanova, Antoaneta	2902257	m	2497		½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	9.5	47.00
2	Barus, Cerdas	7100094	m	2456	½		½	1	1	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	8.0	41.50
3	Juswanto, Denny	7100221	m	2520	0	½		½	1	½	0	1	½	½	1	½	6.0	30.00
4	Zaw, Win Lay	13000098	g	2531	½	0	½		½	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	6.0	29.25
5	Sadikin, Irwanto	7100590	f	2362	0	0	0	½		1	1	½	½	1	1	½	6.0	27.25
6	Megaranto, Susanto	7101384		2364	0	0	½	½	0		1	1	0	1	1	1	6.0	26.00
7	Paciencia, Enrique	5201322	m	2483	½	½	1	½	0	0		½	1	0	½	½	5.0	28.00
8	Handoko, Edhi	7100043	g	2431	0	0	0	1	½	0	½		1	1	0	1	5.0	22.50
9	Ardiansyah	7100027	g	2411	0	1	½	0	½	1	0	0		1	0	½	4.5	25.00
10	Kosasih, Cecep	7101040		2422	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	0	0		½	1	3.5	16.75
11	Rudin, Hamdani	7100213	f	2375	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	½		½	3.5	15.25
12	Nay, Oo Kyaw Tun	13000110	m	2504	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	0	½		3.0	15.50
VP	: Victory points
SB	: Sonneborn berger

Surabaya

. 2002.07.22-29. 11 rounds Round Robin. 12 players. Rating average 2446. Category VIII. 3rd GM norm.

35th Olympiad, Bled 2002


1	Luga, Allan				1
2	Schandorff Madsen, Lars	1400070	g	2546	½
3	Damljanović, Branko	900125	g	2550	1
4	Nguyễn, Anh Dũng	12400025	g	2540	½
5	San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo	2200082	g	2523	½
6	Thórhallsson, Thröstur	2300109	g	2443	1
7	Lane, Gary William	3203301	m	2436	1
8	Pacheco, Marco	3800989		2284	1
9	Khairallah, Faisal	4628250		2228	1
10	Dineley, Richard	1800680		2284	1

Bled

. 2002.10.25-11.11. 14 rounds Swiss Team. 8.5 VP in 10 games. Opponents’ rating average 2403. 4th GM norm. The minimum rating of 2500 surpassed. GM title completed.

GM Cerdas Barus. Photo © Chessbase. What makes Cerdas Barus a unique chess player is not only he is a GM but he is deaf.

Cerdas hails from Kabanjahe, Tanah Karo. Tanah Karo is known with a tradition of producing many excellent chess players such as Narsar Karokaro, Si Tumbuk, Si Ngukum, Merlep Ginting, Monang Sinulingga to name a few.

He knew chess at the late age of 14. It was not even the ‘ordinary’ chess, but Karo chess which has the different rules. He only focused more to the ordinary chess when his family moved to Medan in 1978. At this city he honed his skill with national class players like David Purba and Thomas Ginting. Cerdas was really talented. He could catch up quickly. In 1981 he came second in North Sumatera Provincial Chess Championship. In his first National Championship, Bandung 1982, Cerdas won National Master title.

His international career began in 1983 as a member of Medan team which participated in Asian Cities Championship in Hong Kong. It was followed by Chess Olympiad in Greece a year later. After this Olympiad 1984 he had been practically involved in the most, if not all, of Indonesian important chess events for almost three decades.

Cerdas might recall 2002 as the golden year. In addition to being National Champion, he was also the winner of Hamzah Haz Open Jakarta and the runner-up of Wismilak International. In November he hit his peak on Chess Olympiad held at Bled, Slovenia. Cerdas won a gold medal for the third board after collecting 8.5 VP out of 10 games. The achievement also meant Cerdas had completed the requirement of GM title. Actually Cerdas didn’t need a norm anymore but the Bled Olympiad raised his rating above 2500, the minimum requirement for GM title. He got other three GM norms in National Invitation Jakarta 1997, Vũng Tàu Intourco 2000, and previously mentioned Wismilak Surabaya 2002.

Since getting his GM title Cerdas Barus has been continuously being part of Indonesia chess élite. At the twilight of his chess career, he was still able to prove that he was good enough to be a member of Indonesian team for SEA Games 2011.

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