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Indonesian chess grandmaster (1947–2016)
Herman Suradiradja
CountryIndonesia
Born(1947-10-14)14 October 1947
Sukabumi, Indonesia
Died6 June 2016(2016-06-06) (aged 68)
TitleGrandmaster (1978)
Peak rating2380 (January 1981)

Herman Suradiradja (14 October 1947 – 6 June 2016) was an Indonesian Grandmaster (GM) (1978), Indonesian Chess Championship winner (1975).

Biography

From the end of 1960s to the second half of the 1990s, Herman Suradiradja was one of Indonesia's leading chess players. He participated many times in Indonesian Chess Championship and won this tournament in 1975. His chess tournament successes include, among others, 2nd place in Lublin (1976), 1st place in Primorsko (1977) and shared 1st–2nd place in Plovdiv (1978).

Herman Suradiradja played for Indonesia in the Chess Olympiads:

Herman Suradiradja played for Indonesia in the Men's Asian Team Chess Championships:

  • In 1986, at first board in the 6th Asian Team Chess Championship in Dubai (+5, =2, -2) and won team bronze medal,

In 1976, Herman Suradiradja awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title, but in 1978 he awarded FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title. He was the first Indonesian chess player in history to receive the grandmaster title.

References

  1. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Herman Suradiradja". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. "OlimpBase :: Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Herman Suradiradja". www.olimpbase.org.

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