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Sopiko Guramishvili entered the event as runner up of Girls World Youth Chess Championship U12 2003 at Halkidiki, Greece. Sukandar placed herself at 6-9 in the same event. The gap of class between these two was arguably noticeable as Guramishvili showed her domination throughout.

This event was a battle between two young players, 13 years old Irene Sukandar and 15 years old Anya Corke. Despite the age difference Sukandar showed to Corke that she was more than worthy opponent. Corke levelled the score line after a hard fought victory in the last round. In the next few years Corke has emerged as a Hong Kong number one.

Match between Indonesian young star Susanto Megaranto and the best Vietnamese player Đào Thiên Hải ended sharing the spoil 3-3. Đào lost the first two games before took over the lead in the end of the match. It was still a tie, 1-1, in the next two blitz games. The Vietnamese GM finally dispatched Susanto in a sudden death.

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.