Li Chao b winner of the Indonesia Open Chess Championship 2011
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Hi everyone,
The chess news update is that 2011 Indonesia Open Chess Championship was held from October 13-19 at the Le Meredien Hotel in Jakarta. Eighty players competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament. The generous prize fund amounted to 55.500 USD, with 10.000 USD reserved for the winner.
Top seeded Wang Yue and former Asia champion and Anand’s second Ganguly Surya Shekhar played a draw on the first board, while 3rd seed and Universiade champion Li Chao b defeated Sandro Mareco and joined Ganguly on the shared first place after the last round. Li Chao b takes the winner’s trophy on better tie-break score.
Hi everyone,
The chess news update is that 2011 Indonesia Open Chess Championship was held from October 13-19 at the Le Meredien Hotel in Jakarta. Eighty players competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament. The generous prize fund amounted to 55.500 USD, with 10.000 USD reserved for the winner.
Li Chao b vs Tigran Kotanjian
Top seeded Wang Yue and former Asia champion and Anand’s second Ganguly Surya Shekhar played a draw on the first board, while 3rd seed and Universiade champion Li Chao b defeated Sandro Mareco and joined Ganguly on the shared first place after the last round. Li Chao b takes the winner’s trophy on better tie-break score.
You can check out the more details at www.chessdom.com.
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1 Comments:
At October 22, 2011 at 1:57 PM ,
Sebastian Wolff, NY said...
I thought they didn't play chess in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan etc.
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