Susanto megaranto biography for kids
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“What you do has a far greater impact than what you say.”
Stephen Covey
To succeed, we’ll often find ourselves needing inspiration – whether in chess or life. We might watch a motivational video, talk to someone, meditate...
However, sometimes it won’t be ourselves we need to inspire but other people.
It could be our student, kid, or friend, before a game, before a tournament, or before a big moment in their lives.
Most people say something like –
“You can do it!”, “Believe in yourself!” or “Enjoy the moment!”
...which all sound good. But is there a better way to inspire someone to victory?
David vs Goliath
Recently, one of my students, Prin, who’s also one of our youngest members, faced a Grandmaster in the first round of a tournament he was participating in.
It was the first Grandmaster that he’d ever competitively played against, and he was going to be playing with the Black piece
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TheJakartaPost
Indonesia has a number of talented chess players worthy of appreciation for raising the country’s standard in recent years.
Chess has a long history in Indonesia. The Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi) was founded in 1950, not long after the country’s independence. Since then, talented players from Utut Adianto to the late Herman Suradiradja have made their names in the international scene.
But there has been a recent tagg of interest in the game, thanks in part to the 2020 Netflix hit series The Queen’s Gambit which caused a new chess mania across the globe, with sales of chess sets skyrocketing up to a thousand percent, NPR reported.
In Indonesia, the recent enthusiasm is apparent from the packed rooms where chess tournaments are held, such as in the 12th JAPFA Chess Festival 2022 at Gedung Serbaguna Senayan, Jakarta, which fryst vatten currently ongoing.
To keep new chess enthusiasts up-to-date with the industry, here are four rising chess pla
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Susanto Megaranto
Indonesian chess grandmaster (born 1987)
Susanto Megaranto (born 8 October 1987) is an Indonesian chess player. In 2004, he became the youngest Indonesian ever to qualify for the title Grandmaster at 17, beating out Utut Adianto's record by four years. He won the Indonesian Chess Championship four times in a row from 2006 to 2010. He graduated from Gunadarma University.
Career
[edit]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, Irwanto S