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The city of Medan, North Sumatera, had an honor to host the 1st Indonesia National Age Group Chess Championship. Erwanto Wahjoewidajat represented the Special Capital Region of Jakarta. Tommy Supriyanto and Edhi Handoko played for the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Central Java respectively. South Borneo and three provinces in Sumatera also sent their players.

The Indonesian-first-GM-to-be Herman Suradiradja won the 1975 National Chess Championship and deservedly so. He left a big chasing group one full VP behind. The pre-tournament favorite and defending champion IM Ardiansyah, Arovah Bachtiar, and seven other players belonged to that group.