In the last list of the top Chess players we published, we ranked the best Irish Chess players. Now in this article, we’re ranking the best Indonesian Chess players from Indonesia, starting with the number ten spot in FIDE. All of the players in this list are International Masters and Grandmasters with Elo ratings exceeding 2200. For more information on ratings, see the guide on how to get a FIDE rating.
10. Danny Juswanto
Full Name: Danny Juswanto
Title: International master
Born: January 01, 1959
Federation: Indonesia
Ratings
World ranking: 2431
Rapid: 2329
Blitz: 2284
Classical: 2375
Profiles
Danny is an Indonesian chess player with significant achievements in his chess career. He was awarded an international master’s title in 1996 by FIDE. Danny also breaks through the Elo mark of 2500 when he reached a peak rating of 2513. This made him become one of the high-rated chess players to pass the Elo mark. He has a total winning percentage of 59.3 in all the matches he has played.
9. Muhammad Lutfi Ali
Full Name: Muhammad Lutfi Ali
Title: International Master
Born: August 04, 1997
Federation: Indonesia
Ratings
World ranking: 2385
Rapid: 2367
Blitz: 2273
Classical: 2377
Profiles
Muhammad is a dedicated Indonesian chess player with a remarkable record in his chess career. Lutfi won a candidate master’s title in 2011 at the age of 14. He progressed positively with his chess games and was later awarded a FIDE master in 2014. In 2015, Lutfi won the international master title which was granted to him by the FIDE organization.
8. Gilbert Elroy Tarigan
Full Name: Gilbert Elroy Tarigan
Title: International Master
Born: February 14, 2003
Federation: Indonesia
Ratings
World ranking: 2251
Rapid: 2084
Blitz: 1908
Classical: 2384
Profiles
Gilbert Elroy Tarigan is a young Indonesian chess player who was granted an international master title in 2019 when he was 16 years. He has played a total of 240 games recording a remarkable result of Win: 43.3% (104) Loss: 34.6% (83) and a Draw: 22.1% (53).
7. Andrean Susilodinata
Full Name: Adrean Susilodinata
Title: FIDE master
Born: January 01, 1990
Federation: Indonesia
Ratings
World ranking: 2219
Rapid: 2299
Blitz: 2245
Classical: 2386
Profiles
Adrean Susilodinata is an Indonesian chess player who has featured in 55 chess matches in his chess career. In the matches, he recorded a result of: Win: 50.9% (28) Loss: 30.9% (17) Draw: 18.2% (10). In the recodes from the played matches, Adrean recorded a White result of Win: 55.2% (16) Loss: 24.1% (7), and Draw: 20.7% (6) in a total of 29 matches. On the other hand, he recorded a black result of Win: 46.2% (12) Loss 38.5% (10), and Draw: 15.4% (4) in 26 matches.
6. Mohamad Ervan
Full Name: Mohamad Ervan
Title: International Master
Born: October 06, 1992
Federation: Indonesia
Ratings
World ranking: 1871
Rapid: 2375
Blitz: 2161
Classical: 2402
Profiles
Mohamad Ervan is a chess player from Indonesia with an international master title awarded to him by FIDE in 2019. Muhamad was the winner of the 2018 Indonesian national chess championships. He also secured a chance to play in the 2021 chess world cup. In the world cup tournament, Muhamad recorded a draw against Abdusattorov Nodirbek in round one of the games.
5. Azarya Jodi Setyaki
Full Name: Azarya Jodi Setyaki
Title: International Master
Born: August 31, 1998
Federation: Indonesia
Ratings
World ranking: 1843
Rapid: 2204
Blitz: 2092
Classical: 2404
Profiles
Azarya Jodi Setyaki is an Indonesian chess player with a significant performance in his chess career. He won his first candidate master’s title in 2012 at the age of 14. He progressed positively with his chess career and later qualify for a FIDE master’s in 2016 which was then granted to him by FIDE the same year. In 2019, Azarya Jodi won an international master’s title from the FIDE organization.
4. Sean Winshand Cuhendi
Full Name: Sean Winshand Cuhendi
Title: International Master
Born: January 01, 1997
Federation: Indonesia
Ratings
World ranking: 1559
Rapid: 2347
Blitz: 2386
Classical: 2421
Profiles
Sean Winshand Cuhendi is a self-motivated chess player from Indonesia with positive progress in his chess career. He won a FIDE master title in 2013 and later qualified for an international master’s title the following year. The FIDE organization granted him the title in 2014.
3. Yoseph Theolifus Taher
Full Name: Yoseph Theolifus Taher
Title: International Master
Born: March 26, 1999
Federation: Indonesia
Ratings
World ranking: 1047
Rapid: 2324
Blitz: 2301
Classical: 2463
Profiles
Yoseph Theolifus Taher is a dedicated Indonesian chess player with a remarkable performance in his chess career. He won his FIDE master’s title in 2016 and was later granted an international master’s by FIDE in 2018.
2. Novendra Priasmoro
Full Name: Novendra Priasmoro
Title: Grandmaster
Born: January 01, 1999
Federation: Indonesia
Ratings
World ranking: 750
Rapid: 2293
Blitz: 2309
Classical: 2494
Profiles
Novendra Priasmoro is one of the top-rated chess players in Indonesia. He won the Grandmaster title in 2020 awarded to him by the FIDE organization. Novendra reached his highest FIDE rating of 2502 making him break through the Elo rating mark of 2500.
1. Susanto Megaranto
Full Name: Susanto Megaranto
Title: Grandmaster
Birth: October 08, 1987
Federation: Indonesia
Ratings
World ranking: 498
Rapid: 2531
Blitz: 2614
Classical: 2529
Profiles
Susanto Megaranto is a high profiled chess player from Indonesia who won his grandmaster title in 2004, at the age of 17. He is a four times winner of the Indonesian championships consecutively from the 2006 edition to 2010.
Susanto secured a chance to compete in the 2011 chess world cup where he was defeated by Le Quang Liem in the first round of the games. In 2015, Susanto was announced the winner of the Asian University Chess championships held in Beijing, China.
That concludes the list of the best Indonesian Chess players. If you like list posts like this, you may also be interested in seeing the ten best Canadian Chess players or the best American Chess players.
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