Utut Adianto
{{short description|Indonesian politician and chess grandmaster}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = KPU Utut Adianto.jpg
| caption = Election portrait, 2023
| office = Deputy Speaker of the People's
Representative Council
| term_start = 20 March 2018
| term_end = 1 October 2019
| alongside = Fadli Zon, Agus Hermanto, Taufik Kurniawan, Fahri Hamzah
| 1blankname = Speaker
| 1namedata = Bambang Soesatyo
| office1 = Member of the People's
Representative Council
| term_start1 = 1 October 2009
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = Central Java VII
| majority1 = 89,902 (2019){{Cite web|date=|title=Hasil Pemilu 2019|url=https://www.kpu.go.id/page/read/1099/hasil-pemilu-2019|website=kpu.go.id|language=id|access-date=2022-01-03|archive-date=2021-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020085203/https://www.kpu.go.id/page/read/1099/hasil-pemilu-2019}}
| birth_name = Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|03|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Jakarta, Indonesia
| party = PDI-P
| spouse = Tri Hatmanti
| alma_mater = Padjadjaran University
| occupation = Chess player
| module =
{{Infobox chess biography|child=yes
| country = Indonesia
| title = Grandmaster (1985)
| yearsactive = 1980–2016
| peakrating = 2615 (January 1997)
| peakranking = No. 49 (January 1997)
| FideID = 7100019}}
}}
Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat (born 16 March 1965), commonly known as Utut Adianto is an Indonesian politician and chess player, who is serving as a member of the People's Representative Council since 2009. A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, he served as Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 2018 until 2019. Prior to his entry in politics, he was a chess player, attaining the title of Grandmaster from FIDE in 1986.
Early life and education
Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat was born in Jakarta on 16 March 1965. He is the fourth child of five children.{{cite news |title=Profil Drs Utut Adianto |language=id |work=VIVA |url=https://www.viva.co.id/siapa/read/106-drs-utut-adianto |access-date=12 April 2018}} He spent his childhood in Damai alley, near Cipete Market, South Jakarta. Utut studied at Padjadjaran University. He finished his studies in 1989, and worked in a in development company.
Chess career
He was first interested in chess through his brother. In 1973, when he was 8 years old, he took lessons at the Kencana Chess Club. He won the Jakarta Junior Championship in 1978, at the age of 12. He then 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, who became grandmaster at the age of 17. Between 1995 and 1999, he maintained an Elo rating of over 2600.
In 1999, he participated in the FIDE world championship in Las Vegas, held with the knockout format, losing to Daniel Fridman in the first round.{{Cite web |title=The Week in Chess 249 |url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic249.html |access-date=2021-10-01 |website=theweekinchess.com}} 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.{{cite web |title=PERSONALIA PB PERCASI |url=https://www.pbpercasi.com/p/pelantikan-pengurus-besar-percasi-masa.html |access-date=12 April 2018 |publisher=Percasi}} In 2005, Adianto was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.[http://www.globalchessacademy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=42 Global Chess Academy - FIDE Certified Trainers]
= Notable games =
File:Utut Morovic 1980 Dortmund.jpg, Junior Chess World Championship 1980 at Dortmund]]The following is a list of notable games of Utut.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Notable games !# !Date !Opponent ! colspan="2" |Result |
| 1
|2013 |Lang vs Adianto |0 |1 |
| 2
|1998 |Handoko vs Adianto |0 |1 |
| 3
|1997 |Karpov vs Adianto |0 |1 |
| 4
|1996 |Hodgson vs Adianto |0 |1 |
| 5
|1993 |Baburin vs Adianto |0 |1 |
| 6
|1988 |Westerinen vs Adianto |0 |1 |
| 7
|1986 |G. Pieterse vs Adianto |0 |1 |
| colspan="5" |Source :{{Cite web |title=The chess games of Utut Adianto |url=https://www.chessgames.com/player/utut-adianto |access-date=2021-10-01 |website=www.chessgames.com}} |
= FIDE ratings =
{{Elo chart|ymin=2300|ymax=2700}}
Political career
In recent years, Adianto had to cut down on his chess activities as he has been proactively involved in politics and government activities. On 9 May 2009, he was elected to the People's Representative Council (DPR), the lower house of Indonesia's bicameral parliament. He became deputy speaker of the DPR on 20 March 2018.{{cite news |last1=Erdianto |first1=Kristian |date=20 March 2018 |title=Utut Adianto Resmi Menjabat Wakil Ketua DPR RI |language=id |work=KOMPAS |url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2018/03/20/15390331/utut-adianto-resmi-menjabat-wakil-ketua-dpr-ri |access-date=8 April 2018}}{{cite news |title=House to Inaugurate New Deputy Speaker |work=MetroTV News |url=http://en.metrotvnews.com/national-en/GNGMRovk-house-to-inaugurate-new-deputy-speaker |access-date=12 April 2018}} He was reelected in 2024 with 116,794 votes.{{cite news |title=Daftar Para Caleg DPR 2024-2029 Terpilih yang Ditetapkan KPU |url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2024/08/26/09300991/daftar-para-caleg-dpr-2024-2029-terpilih-yang-ditetapkan-kpu?page=all |access-date=1 October 2024 |work=KOMPAS.com |date=26 August 2024 |language=id}}
References
External links
- {{FIDE}}
- {{OlimpBase FIDE ratings|Adianto,%20Utut}}
- {{OlimpBase player}}
- {{365Chess.com player}}
- {{Chessgames player}}
- {{cite news |author=Casto Abundo |date=2009-05-07 |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/che-grandmaster-utut-adianto-elected-senator/ |title=Chess Grandmaster Utut Adianto elected Senator |work=Chess News |publisher=ChessBase |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018054305/https://en.chessbase.com/post/che-grandmaster-utut-adianto-elected-senator/ |archive-date=2014-10-18}}
- [https://www.scua.id/ Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto (chess school)] {{in lang|id}}
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Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Indonesian chess players
Category:Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle politicians
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2009
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2014
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2019
Category:Sportspeople from Jakarta
Category:Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games
Category:21st-century chess players
Category:Asian Games competitors for Indonesia
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Indonesia), 2024