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Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat is an Indonesian chess Grandmaster. As of January 1, 2006, he is Indonesia's top-rated player of all-time with an ELO rating of 2589.

Utut Adianto learned the game of chess at the age of six. He won the Jakarta Junior Championship at the age of 12. In 1982, he won the Indonesian national championship. He was awarded the GM title in 1986, becoming at the time the youngest Indonesian to do so at the age of 21 years. Since then, Susanto Megaranto has become a GM at the age of 17 years. Between 1995 and 1999 Adianto joined an elite group of Grandmasters with an ELO rating over 2600.

Utut Adianto is chairman of the Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi). With Machnan R. Kamaluddin, Eka Putra Wirya and Kristianus Liem, he founded a chess school in Indonesia, which has produced several national players.