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FM Awam Wahono lost to FM Anjas Novita in the ultimate round. This loss caused the two players plus IM Nathanael Situru to have same VP, 8.5. Based on PS Wahono and Situru were ranked first and second respectively. To decide the eventual winner Wahono and Situru had to play playoff of two 5-minute blitz games which was won by Wahono.

This was the first international match between junior players held in Indonesia. The two players had the same age, 11 years old. Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn became the champion in Junior Word Championship U10 2000. Andrean Susilodinata was at 7th place in that event. Nguyễn defeated Andrean 4.5-1.5.

Three players with highest ratings Dorfman, Torre, and Averbakh shared first place. Handoko won 4 games, 3 of them against his compatriots. Sounds familiar? Indonesian players were not the only ones who had trouble grasping the idea of fair play, take a close look at Torre’s games against his country fellas and be judge for yourself.

In his first contibution to IndonesiaBase, Irawan Suryo Handoko shares his analysis and tips in chess opening phase to dear readers. Irawan calls them Mini ECO (Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings).

Irene Sukandar marked her era in Indonesian women chess by winning the event in convincing fashion. This was her first national champion title. Many pundits predicted that her status as Indonesian Chess Queen would be untouchable for many years to come since she was only fourteen years old at that time.