Edhi Handoko was an Indonesian chess grandmaster. He earned his National Master title in 1978, before progressing to both FIDE Master and International Master in 1982. He subsequently became Indonesia’s fourth Grand Master in 1994 with an Elo rating

Elo rating system

The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....

 of 2520.
Handoko died on February 17, 2009 at the Cibinong

Cibinong

Cibinong is the capital of the Bogor Regency of West Java, Indonesia.In Cibinong is now where the Science Center of Indonesian Institute of Sciences is located....

 Hospital in Bogor

Bogor

Bogor is a city on the island of Java in the West Java province of Indonesia. The city is located in the center of the Bogor Regency , 60 kilometers south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta...

, following a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

. He was 48.

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