Top! GothamChess Chess Player Defeated By Mr. Dadang From Singkawang

JAKARTA - Recently, horrendous news came from the world of online chess. An Indonesian chess player who uses the account name Dewa_Kipas defeats world chess players at Chess.com.

The match was shown live on Twitch. The world chess player who has to admit defeat is named Levy Rozman or "GothamChess".

Suddenly, the defeat of the world chess players by the chess player from Singkawang, Indonesia has become a topic of conversation that has attracted the attention of Reddit forum users. Rozman was forced to swallow the bitter pill to defeat Dewa_Kipas.

Unfortunately, after that painful defeat, Dadang Subur's Dewa_Kipas account was blocked. This information was obtained from Ali Akbar, who uploaded it to social media Facebook.

Ali is the son of Dadang Subur alias Dewa_Kipas who overthrew world chess players under the name GothamChess. Through this post, Ali said that his father's account had been blocked due to being deported by fanatical GothamChess fans.

The reason is, the match was broadcast live on Twitch and watched by hundreds of thousands of GothamChess fans. Levy also often broadcasts his online chess matches on YouTube.

For information, GothamChess has around 346,000 followers on Twitch. He also holds the title “IM” or International Master on the online chess platform Chess.com with an ELO rating of 2,400. GothamChess has 19,000 followers on the platform. Meanwhile Dewa_Kipas has an ELO of around 2,300 with 8 followers and has not yet received the title.

Through his post, Ali stated that he did not accept it when his father was blocked because he was able to defeat GothamChess. According to him, this action was a form of oppression from a large account on Chess.com which had a large number of fans to a small account.

Ali revealed that his father was a former professional chess player. He also suggested that his father play on Chess.com. After that, his father became addicted to playing chess on the platform and Dadang often played in Ranked Match until he met professional chess players including Levy. Ali also showed some evidence that his father was a former professional chess player.

Among the evidences, Ali includes steps to play chess recorded by Dadang to a photo of his father when he was a participant in PON. Not only that, Ali also uploaded his father's chess award certificate on Google Drive. This evidence was later shared by someone on a Reddit forum.

In the midst of this hectic news, GothamChess also responded to Ali's statement via the Twitter account @GothamChess. He revealed that he had contacted Ali and planned to hold talks on the matter.

"I have spoken with Ali Akbar, son of the owner of the Dewa_Kipas account. We agreed to find a positive solution. We will have further discussions, "said the @GothamChess account.

Update: I have spoken with Ali Akbar, the son of the gentleman using the "Dewa_Kipas" account. We agreed to find a positive solution. Will discuss soon, since it is late in Indonesia. pic.twitter.com/hFKbGWJIzX

- GothamChess (@GothamChess) March 3, 2021

Meanwhile, Chess.com revealed that the blocking was not due to reports from viewers but was the result of a review conducted by the online chess platform team.

We would never ever ever close an account based on any number of reports from @GothamChess or any other creator or their community. All closures are made by the fair play team after careful review in accordance with our fair play policy. : //t.co/FrNx5LUNuG

- Chess.com (@chesscom) March 3, 2021