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

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

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 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

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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 Daniel Fridman 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

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

(DPR), the lower house of Indonesia's

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parliament. He became deputy speaker of the DPR on 20 March 2018. He was reelected in 2024 with 116,794 votes.

References

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Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto (chess school)
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