The Anomaly Of The Power Of Dewa Kipas In The Indonesian Chess

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JAKARTA - The magic of Dewa Kipas, which defeated GothamChees in online matches, continues to generate public conversation. Moreover, the Indonesian chess grandmaster Irene Kharisma Sukandar, who sent an open objection letter to discuss the anomaly of Dewa Kipas' game.

As is well known, in the latest episode of the podcast "Close The Door" Deddy Corbuzier invited the owner of the Dewa Kipas account, Dadang Subur, and his son, Ali Akbar. Regarding the discussion, Irene thought that she was not balanced enough in correcting the Dewa Kipas anomaly.

Through her letter, Irene admitted that she was grateful that chess had received such a large publication, but on the other hand, the Indonesian female chess grandmaster actually saw many negative impacts from this case.

My open letter to @corbuzier pic.twitter.com/qsFbUa3oGo

- Irene Sukandar (@irene_sukandar) March 14, 2021

Irene's Tweet has also received more than 16 thousand likes and 4.3K retweets, since being posted on March 14 yesterday. Many parties agree with Irene, but not a few netizens are confused by the anomaly of the Dewa Kipas game caused by training with a bot engine.

"You say a cheat might be a cheat, you say a cheat might not be a cheat. Because some of the Dewa Kipas steps are said to be the result of adoption or subtly learning the steps of a bot engine", commented netizens.

According to netizens, the most suitable solution to the Dewa Kipas anomaly is to have a live match to test whether it is cheating or honest. At the same time, many national chess players were challenged by Dewa Kipas to compete offline.

One of them, Anjas Novita who is a national chess player. He feels challenged to compete in chess with Dadang Subur, the owner of the Dewa Kipas account.

Remembering in the podcast, Deddy Corbuzier had mentioned that Kemenpora (State Minister of Youth and Sports) should check the chess skills of Dewa Kipas. Through an open letter, Anjas hopes to face Dadang in the offline chess arena.

"I am Anjas Novita, an athlete, and chess teacher who happened to be transported as a State Civil Apparatus in 2010, as a coach at the Ministry of Youth and Sports through the achievement path. This is proof that Kemenpora appreciates and pays attention to the achievements of Indonesian athletes. Therefore, through this Open Letter, I intend to test Dadang Subur's chess", said Anjas's open letter on his Instagram account @anjasnovita79.