Utut Adianto

Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat (born 16 March 1965), commonly known as Utut Adianto is an Indonesian politician and chess player, who is serving as a member of the People's Representative Council since 2009. A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, he served as Deputy Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 2018 until 2019. Prior to his entry in politics, he was a chess player, attaining the title of Grandmaster from FIDE in 1986.

Early life and education Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat was born in Jakarta on 16 March 1965. He is the fourth child of five children. He spent his childhood in Damai alley, near Cipete Market, South Jakarta. Utut studied at Padjadjaran University. He finished his studies in 1989, and worked in a in development company.

Chess career He was first interested in chess through his brother. In 1973, when he was 8 years old, he took lessons at the Kencana Chess Club. He won the Jakarta Junior Championship in 1978, at the age of 12. He then won the National Junior Champion in 1979. He would go on to win the Indonesian Chess Championship in 1982. He was awarded the title Grandmaster in 1986, becoming the youngest Indonesian to do so at the time (at 21 years old), though that record has since been surpassed by Susanto Megaranto, who became grandmaster at the age of 17. Between 1995 and 1999, he maintained an Elo rating of over 2600. Utut Adianto is chairman of the Indonesian Chess Federation (PERCASI), 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.

Notable games Utut and Iván Morovic, Junior Chess World Championship 1980 at DortmundThe following is a list of notable games of Utut.

FIDE ratings

Political career In recent years, Adianto had to cut down on his chess activities as he has been proactively involved in politics and government activities. On 9 May 2009, he was elected to the People's Representative Council (DPR), the lower house of Indonesia's bicameral parliament. He became deputy speaker of the DPR on 20 March 2018. He was reelected in 2024 with 116,794 votes.

Election history Election Position ConstituencyPolitical party Number of votes Election results 2009 Indonesian legislative election House of Representatives Central Java VII PDI-P Unknown data 2014 Indonesian legislative election House of Representatives Central Java VII PDI-P Unknown data 2019 Indonesian legislative election House of Representatives Central Java VII PDI-P 206,622 2024 Indonesian legislative election House of Representatives Central Java VII PDI-P 206,622