12 Facts About Utut Adianto

Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat was born in Jakarta on 16 March 1965.

Utut Adianto spent his childhood in Damai alley, near Cipete Market, South Jakarta.

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

Utut Adianto was first interested in chess through his brother.

Utut Adianto won the Jakarta Junior Championship in 1978, at the age of 12.

Utut Adianto then won the National Junior Champion in 1979.

Utut Adianto would go on to win the Indonesian Chess Championship in 1982.

Utut Adianto was awarded the title Grandmaster in 1986, becoming the youngest Indonesian to do so at the time, though that record has since been surpassed by Susanto Megaranto, who became grandmaster at the age of 17.

Utut Adianto is chairman of the Indonesian Chess Federation, 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 FIDE Senior Trainer.

In recent years, Utut Adianto had to cut down on his chess activities as he has been proactively involved in politics and government activities.

Utut Adianto became deputy speaker of the DPR on 20 March 2018.