Cerdas Barus

{{short description|Indonesian chess grandmaster (born 1961)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox chess player

|name = Cerdas Barus

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|country = Indonesia

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|1|1|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia

|title = Grandmaster (2003)

|peakrating = 2503 (January 2003)

|FideID = 7100094

}}

Cerdas Barus (born 1 January 1961 in Karo, North Sumatra) is an Indonesian deaf chess grandmaster (2004).

He has won the Indonesian Chess Championship three times. In 2002, he came second at Surabaya.{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=22787|title=Tournament report October 2002: Wismilak Intl GM Tmnt|publisher=FIDE|accessdate=9 April 2011}} In 2011 he won the Telin Chess International Tournament in Jakarta.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7138|title=Cerdas Barus wins Telin International|date=2011-04-08|publisher=ChessBase.com|accessdate=9 April 2011}} In December 2015 he participated at the Penang Open tournament in Malaysia with 119 players; he became shared 11th with 6 points out of 9 rounds.[http://chess-results.com/tnr198131.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&fed=ind&wi=821 7th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2015], chess-results.com

He played for Indonesia in the Chess Olympiads of 1984, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2000 and 2002 (individual gold medal at third board).{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/rzz51xzd.html|title=Men's Chess Olympiads: Cerdas Barus|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=9 April 2011}}