JAPFA INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER AND WOMEN GRANDMASTER TOURNAMENT 2018
For the first time, The Japfa International Grandmaster and Women Grandmaster Tournament were held in Solo City, one of the cities in Central Java Province, Indonesia, started from 25th April until 3rd May 2018. All the previous event of Japfa Chess Festivals were held in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. The tournaments were divided into two sections, namely The Japfa Grandmaster and The Japfa Women Grandmaster Tournaments. The participants were :
Grandmaster Section
1. GM Anton Demchenko 2679 (RUS)
2. GM Ma Qun 2645 (CHN)
3. GM Timur Gareyev 2592 (USA)
4. GM Susanto Megaranto 2528 (INA)
5. GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2468 (VIE)
6. IM Kevin Goh Mei Ming 2472 (SGP)
7. FM Novendra Priasmoro 2449 (INA)
8. IM Sean Winshand 2439 (INA)
9. FM Muhamad Lutfi Ali 2413 (INA)
10. WGM Medina Warda Aulia 2380 (INA)
11. FM Yoseph Theolifus Taher 2375 (INA)
12. GM Jayson Gonzalez 2364 (PHI)
Women Grandmaster Section
1. IM Alina L’Ami 2316 (ROU)
2. WGM Keti Tsatsalasvilli 2307 (GEO)
3. WGM Janelle Mae Frayna 2304 (PHI)
4. WFM Dewi AA Citra 2286 (INA)
5. WIM Tijana Blagojevic 2254 (SRB)
6. WFM Ummi Fisabilillah 2225 (INA)
7. WIM Mila Zarkovic 2214 (SRB)
8. WIM Chelsie Monica Sihite 2209 (INA)
9. WGM Anda Safranska 2200 (FRA)
10. WFM Retno Wijayanti 2168 (INA)
11. WFM Baiq Vina Lestari 2137 (INA)
12. WIM Nur Abidah Shanti 2128 (INA)
The schedule was with no rest day, fortunately we had a city tour after the tournament :
24th April 2018 10.00 Arrival
20.00 – 21.00 Player’s Meeting
25th April 2018 15.00 – 16.00 Opening Ceremony
16.00 – 20.00 Round 1
26th April 2018 : 09.00 – 13.00 Round 2
16.00 – 20.00 Round 3
27th April 2018 : 09.00 – 13.00 Round 4
16.00 – 20.00 Round 5
28th April 2018 : 15.00 – 19.00 Round 6
29th April 2018 : 09.00 – 13.00 Round 7
16.00 – 20.00 Round 8
30th April 2018 : 09.00 – 13.00 Round 9
16.00 – 20.00 Round 10
1st May 2018 : 09.00 – 13.00 Round 11
16.00 – 17.00 Closing Ceremony
2nd May 2018 : 09.00 – 13.00 City Tour
The Prize Money were as followed :
Grandmaster section :
1st USD 2.000
2nd USD 1.500
3rd USD 1.000
4th USD 750
5th USD 600
6th – 7th @USD 500
8th – 9th @USD 400
10th – 12th @USD 350
Women Grandmaster section:
1st USD 1.500
2nd USD 1.000
3rd USD 750
4th USD 650
5th USD 500
6th – 7th @USD 400
8th – 9th @USD 300
10th – 12th @USD 250
The city tour was arranged to visit Keraton Mangkunegaran (Mangkunegaran Palace), Sukuh Temple and traditional Batik Market. The players were happy and wished to comeback to play in the next Japfa tournament. The players also tried some traditional food right after the closing ceremony, thanks to the organizer PT. Japfa Comfeed Tbk, Mr. Kristianus Liem and Ms. Merry Damayanti who accompanied the players.
We witnessed two games from both of the winners in the final round to clinch their titles :
Gareyev,Timur (2592) – Megaranto,Susanto (2592) [E11]
The Japfa Grandmaster (11), 01.05.2018
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Nxd2 Bb7 7.b4 0–0 8.Bb2 d6 9.e3 Nbd7 10.f3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Be2 Nfg4 13.fxg4 Bxg2 14.Kf2 Bxh1 15.Qxh1 Qf6+ 16.Kg3 Qh6 17.Qe4 f5 18.Qf4 Qe6 19.g5 Ng6 20.Qd4 Qe7 21.Bf3 Rae8 22.Kf2 c5 23.Qc3 Ne5 24.h4 Ng4+ 25.Bxg4 fxg4+ 26.Kg2 Rf7 27.Re1 Ref8 28.Re2 Qb7+ 29.Kg1 Qd7 30.Rg2 Qa4 31.Kh2 Qd7 32.Qd3 Qe6 33.b5 Re8 34.e4 Ref8 35.Qd5 Qg6 36.Rxg4 Kh8 37.Bc3 Rf2+ 38.Kg1 Re2 39.Rf4 Rg8 40.Qf7 Re3 41.Qxg6 hxg6 42.Rf3 Rxf3 43.Nxf3 Rf8 44.Kf2 a6 45.a4 axb5 46.axb5 Kg8 47.Ke3 Kf7 48.e5 Re8 49.Ke4 Ke6 50.exd6 Kxd6+ 51.Be5+ Kd7 52.Ne1 Rf8 53.Bxg7 Rf2 54.Ke3 Ra2 55.Nd3 Rh2 56.Nf4 Rxh4 57.Bf6 Kd6 58.Be5+ Kd7 59.Ke4 Rg4 60.Bf6 Kd6 61.Bd8 Kd7 62.Bxb6 Rxg5 63.Nd3 Rg4+ 64.Ke3 Rg3+ 65.Kd2 Rg2+ 66.Ke3 Rg3+ 67.Ke4 Rg4+ 68.Kf3 Rd4 69.Ke3 Kc8 70.Ne5 g5 71.Bxc5 Rd1 72.Bd4 Rb1 73.Kd2 Rb3 74.Bc3 Rb1 75.Bd4 Rb3 76.b6 Rh3 77.c5 1–0
Tsatsalashvili,Keti (2307) – Retno,Wijayanti (2307) [D33]
The Women Grandmaster Tournament (11), 01.05.2018
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.0–0 Be6 8.Nc3 c4 9.b3 Bb4 10.Bb2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bb2 c3 13.Bc1 b5 14.Ne1 b4 15.Be3 0–0 16.f3 Nd6 17.Bf2 f5 18.Nd3 a5 19.Nc5 Bf7 20.Qc2 Re8 21.Rfe1 Bg6 22.Qc1 Qf6 23.e3 Re7 24.h3 Nb7 25.Na4 Na7 26.g4 fxg4 27.hxg4 h5 28.gxh5 Bxh5 29.Bg3 Qg6 30.Kf2 Nd6 31.Bf4 Rf8 32.Nc5 Nab5 33.Qd1 Qf6 34.Rh1 Bg6 35.Be5 Qg5 36.f4 Be4 37.Bxe4 Nxe4+ 38.Nxe4 dxe4 39.Rh5 Qg6 40.Qe2 Na3 41.Rah1 c2 42.d5 Rf5 43.Rh8+ Kf7 44.Bb2 Rxd5 45.Rg1 Qxg1+ 46.Kxg1 Rd1+ 47.Kf2 c1Q 48.Bxc1 Rxc1 49.Qh5+ Ke6 50.Qe5+ Kd7 51.Qd5+ Kc7 52.Qxa5+ Kd7 53.Qd5+ Kc7 54.Qd8+ 1–0
Here are the final standings :
THE JAPFA INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER
Final Rank
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts Res. Vict Vict SB
1 6 GM Gareyev Timur 2592 USA 8½ 0 6 3 43.00
2 10 GM Ma Qun 2645 CHN 8 0 6 3 39.75
3 11 GM Demchenko Anton 2679 RUS 7½ 0 6 1 36.75
4 5 FM Priasmoro Novendra 2449 INA 6 1 4 1 28.00
5 7 IM Goh Wei Ming Kevin 2472 SGP 6 0 4 1 30.50
6 2 FM Taher Yoseph T. 2375 INA 5½ 0 2 1 26.25
7 4 IM Cuhendi Sean W. 2439 INA 5 1 2 1 23.75
8 12 GM Megaranto Susanto 2528 INA 5 1 1 0 27.00
9 9 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2468 VIE 5 1 1 0 24.00
10 8 GM Gonzales Jayson 2364 PHI 3½ ½ 0 0 17.00
11 3 IM Ali Muhammad Lutfi 2413 INA 3½ ½ 0 0 16.25
12 1 WGM Aulia Medina W. 2380 INA 2½ 0 0 0 13.25
THE JAPFA INTERNATIONAL WOMEN GRANDMASTER
Final Rank
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts Res. Vict Vict SB
1 8 WGM Tsatsalashvili Keti 2307 GEO 8½ 0 8 5 42.75
2 9 WGM Frayna Janelle Mae 2304 PHI 7½ 0 5 2 36.00
3 12 WIM Sihite Chelsie M.I. 2209 INA 6½ ½ 4 3 31.25
4 11 WIM Zarkovic Mila 2214 SRB 6½ ½ 4 2 33.25
5 7 IM L’ami Alina 2316 ROU 6 0 3 1 33.50
6 10 WIM Blagojevic Tijana 2254 SRB 5½ 1½ 2 0 27.75
7 1 WFM Fisabilillah Ummi 2225 INA 5½ 1 2 1 24.75
8 2 WIM Citra Dewi A. A. 2286 INA 5½ ½ 3 1 24.75
9 6 WGM Safranska Anda 2200 FRA 5 0 3 1 26.00
10 5 WIM Nur Abidah Shanti 2128 INA 4½ 0 2 0 24.00
11 3 WFM Lestari Baiq Vina 2137 INA 3½ 0 3 1 14.00
12 4 WFM Retno Wijayanti 2168 INA 1½ 0 0 0 8.50
See you again next year..
By : Lubis, Endar Sakti, CM, IA, FI