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Justin Tan

Justin Tan (born 19 March 1997)[1][2] is an Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2018, becoming the 8th Australian to achieve the title.[3] He was formerly British Blitz Champion and was British Under-21 Champion twice (2016 and 2018).[4][5][6]

Justin Tan
Tan in 2015
CountryAustralia
Born19 March 1997 (1997-03-19) (age 27)
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2510 (April 2024)
Peak rating2533 (March 2022)

Chess career edit

Tan learned to play chess at the age of seven.[7] As a junior, he represented Australia at four World Youth Chess Championships (Vietnam 2008, Under-12), (Turkey 2009, U-16), (Brazil 2011, Under-14), (Greece 2015, Under-18) and twice at the World Youth Chess Olympiad in Turkey (2012) and China (2013).[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Tan moved to England in 2013 to study under a chess scholarship at Woodbridge School, Suffolk. He became an International Master in 2015 after gaining his final International Master norm at the Bunratty Classic, Ireland.[14][15]

In 2015, Tan achieved his first Grandmaster norm at the Colin Crouch Memorial Congress at Harrow, London.[16] At the 2015 Under-18 World Youth Chess Championships in Greece, Tan tied for fourth place, after defeating GM Kirill Alekseenko.[17]

In 2016, Tan tied for third place with GM Gawain Jones and also became British Under-21 Champion at the 103rd British Chess Championship at Bournemouth, gaining his second GM norm in the process.[18][19] In the same year, Tan was joint winner with GM Luke McShane at the DeMontford Bell Kings Place Rapidplay.[20]

In 2018, Tan won the Paracin Open in Serbia, securing his final GM norm and the Grandmaster title.[21] He became British Blitz Champion in 2019 after winning the UK Open Blitz Championship.[22]

In 2021, Tan won the O2C Doeberl Cup in Canberra, Australia, with a score of 7.5/9.[23] In 2022, he won the inaugural Chessemy Open in Reinstorf, Germany, in a field of over 160 players.[24]

Tan represented Australia on Board 4 at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai scoring 5/8.[25]

Tan plays in the top division of the UK 4NCL for Wood Green and has previously played in the Dutch and the Icelandic leagues for BSG and Taflfélag Garðabæjar respectively.[26][27][28]

Since 2018, Tan has been a monthly author for Chess Publishing.[29]

Books edit

  • Tan, Justin (2021). 1.e4! The Chess Bible – Volume 1 – A Complete Repertoire for White . Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 9789464201123

Biography edit

Tan was born and grew up in Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom, until the age of seven, when his family moved to Melbourne, Australia. He is a dual Australian and British citizen.[30]

Until 2013, Tan was an elite national gymnast and a member of the Australian national artistic gymnastics squad.[31] He was the Australian Under-16 national individual apparatus champion on pommel horse in 2012.[32]

Tan graduated in law with honours from the University of Edinburgh and is an Erasmus alumnus of Utrecht University.[33][34][35]

References edit

  1. ^ "Title Application (Form IT2)" (PDF). FIDE. 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ Upham, John (19 March 2020). "Happy Birthday GM Justin Tan (19-iii-1997)". British Chess News.
  3. ^ "FIDE Profile".
  4. ^ "Prizewinners' List 2016 – British Chess Championships". Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - UK Blitz Open 2019". chess-results.com. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Prizewinners 2018 – British Chess Championships". britishchesschampionships.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Woodbridge: Chess prodigy Justin aims to be a grandmaster". East Anglian Daily Times. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  8. ^ "World Youth Chess Championship 2008".
  9. ^ "World Youth Chess Championship 2009, Kemer-Antalya, Turkey - Chessdom". Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championship - U 14 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 18". chess-results.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD - 2012". chess-results.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  13. ^ "OlimpBase :: 12th World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, Chongqing 2013, Australia "A"". olimpbase.org. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Student becomes Master as chess ace seals international title". East Anglian Daily Times. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Chess prodigy Justin Tan wins final IM norm at Bunratty Classic". The Telegraph. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  16. ^ Pein, Malcolm (10 April 2016). "Justin Tan boosts GM title charge with solid performance at Colin Crouch Memorial". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 18". chess-results.com. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Michael Adams equals record score while winning British Championship". The Guardian. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Prizewinners' List 2016 – British Chess Championships". Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  20. ^ "Luke McShane and Justin Tan share first place at Kings Place Chess Festival". The Guardian. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  21. ^ "Justin Tan wins Paracin open 2018 - Chessdom". 14 July 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  22. ^ "UK Open Blitz". English Chess Federation. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2021 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier". chess-results.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  24. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - chessemy Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  25. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  26. ^ "4NCL List of Players".
  27. ^ "Meesterklasse - Opstellingen". Schaken. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  28. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Icelandic Team Championship 2019-21 - 1st division". chess-results.com. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  29. ^ Tan, Justin; Fernandez, Daniel. "1.e4". chesspublishing.com. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  30. ^ Tan, Justin. "FIDE Title Application".
  31. ^ Gymnastics Australia (2014). "Annual Report" (PDF). p. 43.
  32. ^ Gymnastics Australia. "Justin Tan Pommel Horse L9U16 2012.MTS - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  33. ^ "Adams takes his sixth British title". Chess News. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  34. ^ "The University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - UoE". ResearchGate. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  35. ^ "Australian Chess Federation Newsletter 31 July 2018". us12.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

External links edit

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