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
- Tan, Justin (2021). 1.e4! The Chess Bible – Volume 1 – A Complete Repertoire for White . Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 9789464201123
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
- Web site: Title Application (Form IT2) . . 27 July 2018.
- News: Happy Birthday GM Justin Tan (19-iii-1997) . British Chess News . John . Upham . 19 March 2020.
- Web site: FIDE Profile .
- Web site: Prizewinners' List 2016 – British Chess Championships . 2020-12-03 . en-GB.
- Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - UK Blitz Open 2019 . 2020-12-03 . chess-results.com.
- Web site: Prizewinners 2018 – British Chess Championships . 2021-06-12 . britishchesschampionships.co.uk.
- Web site: 13 February 2014. Woodbridge: Chess prodigy Justin aims to be a grandmaster . 2020-12-03 . East Anglian Daily Times . en.
- Web site: World Youth Chess Championship 2008 .
- 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 .
- Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championship - U 14 Open . 2020-12-03 . chess-results.com.
- Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 18 . 2021-06-13 . chess-results.com.
- Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD - 2012 . 2021-06-13 . chess-results.com.
- Web site: OlimpBase :: 12th World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, Chongqing 2013, Australia "A" . 2021-06-12 . olimpbase.org.
- Web site: Student becomes Master as chess ace seals international title . 2020-12-03 . East Anglian Daily Times . 12 March 2015 . en.
- Web site: Chess prodigy Justin Tan wins final IM norm at Bunratty Classic . 2020-12-03 . The Telegraph . 4 March 2015 . en-GB.
- 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.
- Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 18 . 2020-12-03 . chess-results.com.
- Web site: 2016-08-05 . Michael Adams equals record score while winning British Championship . 2020-12-03 . The Guardian . en.
- Web site: Prizewinners' List 2016 – British Chess Championships . 2020-12-03 . en-GB.
- Web site: 2016-07-15 . Luke McShane and Justin Tan share first place at Kings Place Chess Festival . 2020-12-03 . The Guardian . en.
- Web site: Justin Tan wins Paracin open 2018 - Chessdom . 14 July 2018 . 2020-12-03 . en-US.
- Web site: UK Open Blitz . 2021-06-12 . English Chess Federation . en-GB.
- Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2021 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier . 2021-06-12 . chess-results.com.
- Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - chessemy Open . 2022-10-21 . chess-results.com.
- Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Open . 2022-10-21 . chess-results.com.
- Web site: 4NCL List of Players .
- Web site: 2018-09-10 . Meesterklasse - Opstellingen . 2020-12-03 . Schaken.
- Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Icelandic Team Championship 2019-21 - 1st division . 2020-12-03 . chess-results.com.
- Web site: Tan . Justin . Fernandez . Daniel . 1.e4 . 2020-12-03 . chesspublishing.com.
- Web site: Tan . Justin . FIDE Title Application .
- Web site: Gymnastics Australia . 2014 . Annual Report . 43.
- Web site: Gymnastics Australia . Justin Tan Pommel Horse L9U16 2012.MTS - YouTube . 2020-12-03 . youtube.com.
- Web site: 2018-08-06 . Adams takes his sixth British title . 2020-12-03 . Chess News . en.
- Web site: The University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - UoE . 2021-06-12 . ResearchGate . en.
- Web site: Australian Chess Federation Newsletter 31 July 2018 . 2021-06-14 . us12.campaign-archive.com.