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Utut Adianto tried very hard to prove that he was the best Indonesian player there was. He prevailed. Despite significant rating gaps he lead Indonesian team to successfully beat their guests. ROW players, especially Erik van den Doel and Darryl Johansen, seemed not ready for tough battle and played with vacation mode on.

Indonesian hopeful young player, a high school student Darmayanti D Tamin, failed to win the event. She had to satisfy with runner up position to the champion Imasniti with 1.5 points cushion. The failure didn’t stop Darmayanti winning Women National Championship 1980 at Salatiga two months later.

Nigel Short lived up his reputation as an ex World Champion Challenger by beating the host player Utut Adianto 4.5-1.5. Adianto defeat was largely attributed to the holes of his repertoire as black player. Adianto had no answer to Advance variation of Caro-Kann defense played by Short. Adianto lost twice and escaped with draw once with black pieces.

We don’t have the exact time when the exhibition took place. A game from the exhibition appeared on page 189 of British Chess Magazine May 1914 edition. So far this is the oldest game on IndonesiaBase. The age is not only the interesting part of the game but also the extra ordinary stalemate position.

The tournament was the open version of Japfa Classic Chess Tournament held several days earlier at the same city. Indonesian players failed to win this event. Four overseas players were in pole positions: Damien Sadvakasov, Nordmund Miezis, Buenaventura Villamayor, and Jaan Ehlvest.