Macau and Jakarta

15/10/2024

Good friend of mine Mr. Utut Adianto invited me last year to play in the first Jakarta Open, I could not accept his invitation last year but visited the capital of Indonesia this year. On my way I also visited Macau where local president of the federation Jose Silveirinha was my host. I gave there a simul and contacted several interviews for local media. Macau has interesting history but today its only business. Tourism is connected mainly with the casinos. Still there is plenty of other interesting sites to visit. I am not very picky with food but the local traditional Portuguese food was very tasty.  I did not recover from the jetlag or I just was out of form I was not satisfied with my result in the Indonesian Open. The results are on http://indonesiaopen.chessdom.com/

Utut Adianto was long time number one chess player in Indonesia but in recent years he became a politician. He promised to play next year himself, now he was giving nice speeches during the closing ceremony.