Susanto Megaranto
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| Full name | Susanto Megaranto |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Born | October 8, 1987 Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2534 (July 2009) |
| Peak rating | 2569 (October 2007) |
Susanto Megaranto (born 8 October 1987) is an Indonesian chess Grandmaster.
He became the youngest Indonesian GM ever at 17, beating out Utut Adianto's record by four years.
In 2004 he tied for 2nd-3rd with Eugenio Torre in the SEA Games in Vietnam.[1] In the same year he tied for first with Mark Paragua in the Singapore Masters Open and won the event on tie-break.[2] In 2007 he tied for 3rd-8th with Abhijit Kunte, Zhao Jun, Wen Yang, Darwin Laylo and Zhou Jianchao in the Asian Chess Championship. In 2008, he tied for 3rd-7th with Marat Dzhumaev, Darwin Laylo, Dražen Sermek and Ashot Nadanian in the 5th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Championship in Kuala Lumpur[3] and tied for 3rd-6th with Nguyen Anh Dung, Sadikin Irwanto and Magesh Chandran Panchanathan in the Kuala Lumpur Open.[4] He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Le Quang Liem.[5]
On the July 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2534.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Tournament report January 2004: SEA Games Men - Vietnam". World Chess Federation. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=37063. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2004-12-20). "TWIC 528: Singapore International Chess Convention". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic528.html#16. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ Lam Choong Wai, Edwin (2008-09-02). "5th Dato’ Arthur Tan Open – Li Chao wins again". ChessBase. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4883. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ "Tournament report April 2009: KL Open 2008 - Malaysia". World Chess Federation. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=17070. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "VI ASIAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP". Chess-Results.com. 2007-09-30. http://chess-results.com/tnr8048.aspx?tnr=8048&art=1&lan=1&flag=30&mm=1&m=2. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
[edit] External links
- Susanto Megaranto rating card at FIDE
- Susanto Megaranto player profile at ChessGames.com
- Rating data for Susanto Megaranto
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