Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat (born 16 March 1965), commonly known as Utut Adianto is an Indonesian politician and

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player, who is serving as a member of the

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since 2009. A member of the

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, he served as

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of the

from 2018 until 2019. Prior to his entry in politics, he was a chess player, attaining the title of Grandmaster from

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in 1986.

Early life and education

Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat was born in

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on 16 March 1965. He is the fourth child of five children. He spent his childhood in Damai alley, near Cipete Market,

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. Utut studied at

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. He finished his studies in 1989, and worked in a in development company.

Chess career

He was first interested in

through his brother. In 1973, when he was 8 years old, he took lessons at the Kencana Chees Club chess club. He won the Jakarta Junior Championship in 1978, at the age of 12.Then he won the National Junior Champion in 1979. He would go on to win the Indonesian Chess Championship in 1982. He was awarded the title Grandmaster in 1986, becoming the youngest Indonesian to do so at the time (at 21 years old), though that record has since been surpassed by

Susanto Megaranto 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 Cham ...

, who became grandmaster at the age of 17. Between 1995 and 1999, he maintained an

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of over 2600. In 1999, he participated in the FIDE world championship in Las Vegas, held with the knockout format, losing to

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in the first round. Utut Adianto is chairman of the Indonesian Chess Federation (PERCASI), together with Machnan R. Kamaluddin, Eka Putra Wirya and Kristianus Liem, he later founded a chess school in Indonesia, which has produced several national players. In 2005, Adianto was awarded the title of

Senior Trainer.

Notable games

The following is a list of notable games of Utut.

FIDE ratings

Political career

On 9 May 2009, he was elected to the

, the lower house of Indonesia's

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parliament. He became deputy speaker of the body on 20 March 2018.

References

External links

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Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto (chess school)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adianto, Utut 1965 births Living people Balinese people Chess coaches Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Indonesian chess players Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle politicians Members of the People's Representative Council, 2009 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2014 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2019 Sportspeople from Jakarta Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Indonesia