Aditya Bagus Arfan and Arif Abdul Hafiz shine at Pertamina Indonesian GM and IM Tournaments 2024

by Kristianus Liem and Peter Long - 02/05/2024

IM Aditya Bagus Arfan (INA) scored an unbeaten 9.5/11 to win Pertamina Indonesian GM Tournament 2024. He finished a full point ahead of the field. Top seed GM Novendra Priasmoro (INA) scored 7.5/11 to finish second. GM Temur Kuybokarov (AUS) finished third scoring 7/11. No tie-breaks were needed for the top six finishers. In the IM tournament, FM Arif Abdul Hafiz (INA) and IM Farid Firman Syah (INA) scored 8/11 each. Arif won the tournament as he defeated Farid in the eighth round. Arif also earned his final IM-norm at this event and became an International Master. FM Khuyagtsogt Itgelt (MGL) and IM Mohamad Ervan (INA) scored 7/11 each. The former secured third place and also earned an IM-norm. Check out first round report written by Kristianus Liem, Tournament Director, translated to English by Peter Long. Photos: FM FT IA Peter Long

Report by Kristianus Liem, Tournament Director

Translated by Peter Long

GM tournament top 3 (L to R): 2nd GM Novendra Priasmoro (INA) 7.5/11, 1st Aditya Bagus Arfan (INA) 8.5/11 and 3rd GM Temur Kuybokarov (AUS) 7/11

The Pertamina Indonesian GM Tournament 2024 event was officially closed by the President of PERCASI (All Indonesian Chess Federation), GM Utut Adianto on May 1st 2024.

GM Utut Adianto closing the event

In his speech, Adianto said, "I am very happy, as the host, Indonesia won the GM and IM tournaments at the same time, this is beyond expectations," he said.

Adianto was not only happy, but also he is proud because Indonesian chess players are playing well. "The quality of the games was also good, and from the beginning Adit and Novendra started well," he said.

Eka Wirja Putra is a long time benefactor of Indonesian chess and is presenting the Prizes to the winners of the IM tournament. L to R: 3rd FM Khuyagtsogt Itgelt (MGL) 7/11, 1st FM Arif Abdul Hafiz (INA) 8/11 and 2nd IM Farid Firman Syah (INA) 8/11

The brilliant results achieved by these Indonesian chess players are certainly very encouraging. First place in the GM (Grandmaster) Tournament category was won by IM Aditya Bagus Arfan, second place was won by GM Novendra Priasmoro, both Indonesian chess players. Meanwhile, third place was occupied by Australian chess player GM Temur Kuybokarov.

In a dramatic last round, the 73-year-old Eugene Torre who became Asia’s first grandmaster 50 years ago, turned back the years in comprehensive victory over 2600 rated top seed Kuybokarov while Novendra overpressed in a drawn position against Singaporean IM Liu Xiangli in an attempt to win the tournament.

Meanwhile, in the IM (International Master) Tournament category, first and second place went to Indonesian chess players, FM Arif Abdul Hafiz took first place, IM Farid Firman Syah took second place, and third place was won by Mongolian chess player, FM Itgelt Khuyagtsogrt.

Head of Binpres PB Percasi, Kristianus Liem said, "In this championship, Arif received his third IM-norm, meaning that after this he can hold the IM title," he said.

Kristianus Liem together with Eka Wirja Putra are also the co-founders of the Utut Adianto Chess School which has branches all over Indonesia and has enabled generations of young talents

FM Kyuyagtsogt also made an IM-norm.

Located at Artotel Gelora Senayan, Jakarta. This tournament, which was attended by 24 chess players from 8 countries, and was an interesting chess competition, because it brought together a large number of chess players with even abilities.

Trophies for the prize winners

The closing proved to be very much a family affair as attended by PERCASI management, and was particularly colorful because the players competing and all the media covering it looked united and happy together.

Adit, still 17 years of age, performed perfectly without missing a beat, scoring 8.5 points to exceed the GM-norm requirements by half a point, and finished as champion alone.

The two trainers playing, both of them managed to finish last, respectively in the GM and IM tournaments

For PERCASI, under the leadership of GM Adianto, this was an unprecedented double success long overdue, finally a truly successful implementation and achievement, a first for a country that has invested so much in organising international round robin competitions to give local players opportunities for GM, IM, WGM and WIM norms.

Group photo

We look forward to the next in the series to be held in Bandung, Indonesia, in November 2024.

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Final standings in GM-group

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	9	IM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus	INA	2407	8,5	0	42,00	6
2	1	GM	Priasmoro, Novendra	INA	2494	7,5	0	38,75	5
3	6	GM	Kuybokarov, Temur	AUS	2600	7	0	34,50	5
4	7	GM	Megaranto, Susanto	INA	2504	6,5	0	31,50	3
5	5	IM	Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy	INA	2330	6	0	30,00	2
6	3	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	MGL	2442	5,5	0	28,50	2
7	11	IM	Liu, Xiangyi	SGP	2355	5	1	25,00	3
8	2	IM	Aulia, Medina Warda	INA	2372	5	0	26,50	1
9	10	IM	Taher, Yoseph Theolifus	INA	2445	4,5	1	20,00	2
10	12	GM	Torre, Eugenio	PHI	2425	4,5	0	24,75	2
11	4	IM	Setyaki, Azarya Jodi	INA	2384	3,5	0	17,25	0
12	8	GM	Dao, Thien Hai	VIE	2475	2,5	0	12,25	0

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Final standings in IM-group

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	9	FM	Hafiz, Arif Abdul	INA	2311	8	1	40,25	6
2	2	IM	Firman Syah, Farid	INA	2392	8	0	37,25	7
3	11	FM	Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt	MGL	2408	7	0,5	35,75	4
4	1	IM	Ervan, Mohamad	INA	2383	7	0,5	33,50	4
5	5	FM	Wahyudi, Surya	INA	2308	6	0,5	32,00	4
6	8	IM	Garcia, Jan Emmanuel	PHI	2408	6	0,5	28,50	3
7	4	FM	Kurniawan, Muhamad Agus	INA	2295	5,5	0,5	27,25	2
8	10	FM	Kosasih, Cecep	INA	2372	5,5	0,5	23,25	4
9	12	WGM	Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2179	5	0	20,75	3
10	6	IM	Wynn, Zaw Htun	MYA	2416	4	0	20,00	2
11	7	WIM	Fisabilillah, Ummi	INA	2187	3	0	13,00	1
12	3	FM	Long, Peter	MAS	2285	1	0	5,00	0

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