Justin Tan Explained

Justin Tan
Country:Australia
Birth Place:Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Grandmaster (2018)
Peakrating:2533 (March 2022)
Fideid:3206882

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]

Chess career

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

Biography

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Title Application (Form IT2) . . 27 July 2018.
  2. News: Happy Birthday GM Justin Tan (19-iii-1997) . British Chess News . John . Upham . 19 March 2020.
  3. Web site: FIDE Profile .
  4. Web site: Prizewinners' List 2016 – British Chess Championships . 2020-12-03 . en-GB.
  5. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - UK Blitz Open 2019 . 2020-12-03 . chess-results.com.
  6. Web site: Prizewinners 2018 – British Chess Championships . 2021-06-12 . britishchesschampionships.co.uk.
  7. Web site: 13 February 2014. Woodbridge: Chess prodigy Justin aims to be a grandmaster . 2020-12-03 . East Anglian Daily Times . en.
  8. Web site: World Youth Chess Championship 2008 .
  9. Web site: World Youth Chess Championship 2009, Kemer-Antalya, Turkey - Chessdom . 2020-12-03 . en-US . 24 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121124152001/http://previews.chessdom.com/world-youth-chess-championship-2009 . dead .
  10. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championship - U 14 Open . 2020-12-03 . chess-results.com.
  11. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 18 . 2021-06-13 . chess-results.com.
  12. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD - 2012 . 2021-06-13 . chess-results.com.
  13. Web site: OlimpBase :: 12th World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, Chongqing 2013, Australia "A" . 2021-06-12 . olimpbase.org.
  14. Web site: Student becomes Master as chess ace seals international title . 2020-12-03 . East Anglian Daily Times . 12 March 2015 . en.
  15. Web site: Chess prodigy Justin Tan wins final IM norm at Bunratty Classic . 2020-12-03 . The Telegraph . 4 March 2015 . en-GB.
  16. News: Pein . Malcolm . 2016-04-10 . Justin Tan boosts GM title charge with solid performance at Colin Crouch Memorial . en-GB . The Telegraph . 2020-12-03 . 0307-1235.
  17. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 18 . 2020-12-03 . chess-results.com.
  18. Web site: 2016-08-05 . Michael Adams equals record score while winning British Championship . 2020-12-03 . The Guardian . en.
  19. Web site: Prizewinners' List 2016 – British Chess Championships . 2020-12-03 . en-GB.
  20. Web site: 2016-07-15 . Luke McShane and Justin Tan share first place at Kings Place Chess Festival . 2020-12-03 . The Guardian . en.
  21. Web site: Justin Tan wins Paracin open 2018 - Chessdom . 14 July 2018 . 2020-12-03 . en-US.
  22. Web site: UK Open Blitz . 2021-06-12 . English Chess Federation . en-GB.
  23. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2021 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier . 2021-06-12 . chess-results.com.
  24. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - chessemy Open . 2022-10-21 . chess-results.com.
  25. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Open . 2022-10-21 . chess-results.com.
  26. Web site: 4NCL List of Players .
  27. Web site: 2018-09-10 . Meesterklasse - Opstellingen . 2020-12-03 . Schaken.
  28. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Icelandic Team Championship 2019-21 - 1st division . 2020-12-03 . chess-results.com.
  29. Web site: Tan . Justin . Fernandez . Daniel . 1.e4 . 2020-12-03 . chesspublishing.com.
  30. Web site: Tan . Justin . FIDE Title Application .
  31. Web site: Gymnastics Australia . 2014 . Annual Report . 43.
  32. Web site: Gymnastics Australia . Justin Tan Pommel Horse L9U16 2012.MTS - YouTube . 2020-12-03 . youtube.com.
  33. Web site: 2018-08-06 . Adams takes his sixth British title . 2020-12-03 . Chess News . en.
  34. Web site: The University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - UoE . 2021-06-12 . ResearchGate . en.
  35. Web site: Australian Chess Federation Newsletter 31 July 2018 . 2021-06-14 . us12.campaign-archive.com.

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