Justin Tan
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| Personal information | |||
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| Nationality | American | ||
| Citizenship | United States of America | ||
| Born | March 19, 1997 | ||
| Occupation | Chess player | ||
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| Sport | Chess | ||
Justin Tan (born 19 March 1997) is an Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2018, becoming the 8th Australian to achieve the title.[1] He was formerly British Under-21 Champion and is the 2019 British Blitz Champion.[2][3]
Chess career
Tan learned to play chess at the age of seven.[4] As a junior, he represented Australia at three World Youth Chess Championships ((Vietnam 2008, Under-12), (Turkey 2009, U-16), (Brazil 2011, Under-14) and at the World Youth Chess Olympiad in Turkey (2012).[5][6][7]
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 IM norm at the Bunratty Classic, Ireland.[8][9]
In 2015, Tan achieved his first GM norm at the Colin Crouch Memorial Congress at Harrow, London.[10] At the 2015 Under-18 World Youth Chess Championships in Greece, Tan tied for fourth place with fellow Australian, IM Rishi Sardana.[11]
In 2016, Tan tied for third place with GM Gawain Jones and also became British Under-21 Champion at the 103rd British Chess Championships at Bournemouth, gaining his second GM norm in the process.[12][13] In the same year, Tan was joint winner with GM Luke McShane at the DeMontford Bell Kings Place Rapidplay.[14]
In 2018, Tan won the Paracin Open in Serbia, securing his final GM norm and the Grandmaster title.[15]
Tan plays for league teams in the top divisions of the UK 4NCL, the Dutch and the Icelandic league teams for Wood Green, BSG and Taflfélag Garðabæjar respectively.[16][17][18]
Since 2018, Tan has been a monthly author for Chess Publishing.[19]
Personal life
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.[20]
Until 2013, Tan was an elite national gymnast and a member of the Australian national artistic gymnastics squad.[21] He was the Australian Under-16 national individual apparatus champion on pommel horse in 2012.[22]
Tan read law at the University of Edinburgh.[23]
References
- ↑ "FIDE Profile".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Prizewinners' List 2016 – British Chess Championships". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - UK Blitz Open 2019". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "Woodbridge: Chess prodigy Justin aims to be a grandmaster". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "World Youth Chess Championship 2008".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "World Youth Chess Championship 2009, Kemer-Antalya, Turkey | Chessdom". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championship - U 14 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "Student becomes Master as chess ace seals international title". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "Chess prodigy Justin Tan wins final IM norm at Bunratty Classic". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ Pein, Malcolm (2016-04-10). "Justin Tan boosts GM title charge with solid performance at Colin Crouch Memorial". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 18". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "Michael Adams equals record score while winning British Championship". the Guardian. 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Prizewinners' List 2016 – British Chess Championships". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "Luke McShane and Justin Tan share first place at Kings Place Chess Festival". the Guardian. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Justin Tan wins Paracin open 2018 | Chessdom". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "4NCL List of Players".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Meesterklasse - Opstellingen". Schaken. 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Icelandic Team Championship 2019-21 - 1st division". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ Tan, Justin; Fernandez, Daniel. "1.e4". www.chesspublishing.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Tan, Justin. "FIDE Title Application".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Gymnastics Australia (2014). "Annual Report" (PDF). p. 43.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Gymnastics Australia. "Justin Tan Pommel Horse L9U16 2012.MTS - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Adams takes his sixth British title". Chess News. 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
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