Edhi Handoko
Indonesian chess player
Intro | Indonesian chess player | |
Places | Indonesia | |
was | Chess player | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 28 August 1960, Surakarta | |
Death | 17 February 2009Bogor (aged 48 years) |
Edhi Handoko (August 28, 1960 – February 17, 2009) was an Indonesian chess grandmaster and four-time winner of the Indonesian Chess Championship. He earned the National Master title in 1978, before progressing to both FIDE Master and International Master in 1982. He subsequently became Indonesia’s fourth Grandmaster in 1994 with an Elo rating of 2520. In 2003 he won the men's masters tournament at the inaugural Japfa Chess Festival in Jakarta.
Handoko died at the age of 48 on February 17, 2009 at the Cibinong Hospital in Bogor, following a heart attack.