Seeded players grabbed early lead after the opening round of the Zone 3.3 Men’s and Women’s Zonal Chess Championships organized by the Indonesian Chess Federation (PERCASI) at the plush Century Park Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. Above, Zone President GM Utut Adianto, president of PERCASI, welcoming participants.
At stake are qualification slots for the World Cup and Women’s World Cup plus a total of US$15.000 in cash prizes with US$9,000 for the men’s and US$6,000 in the women’s, biggest prize fund for Zonals. Visit official site. Watch live games for men and women.
Widespread newspaper and TV publicity is being showered on the event in Indonesia. Download the daily bulletin
Ten Grandmasters are competing in the Men’s field of 33 players from 9 countries. In the women’s 7 Woman Grandmasters are competing in a field of 22 players from six countries. The top two men qualify to the World Cup while the women’s champion qualifies to the Women’s World Cup. Visit chess-results.com for round by round pairings and standings and to download games.
