Lian Ann Tan
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Lian Ann Tan (born 8 September 1947) is a Singapore chess master.
He played at Perth 1962/63 (AUS-ch, John Purdy won); at Vrnjačka Banja 1963 (7th World Junior Championship (U-20), Florin Gheorghiu won), and at Barcelona 1965 (9th WJCh, q-5, Robert Hübner won).[1]
He was six times Singapore Champion,[2] and shared first at Hong Kong 1972 (East Asian Zonal); tied for 16-18th at Petropolis 1973 (Interzonal, Henrique Mecking won); took 2nd, behind Eugenio Torre, at Melbourne 1975 (Zonal);[3] tied for 18-20th at Manila 1976 (Interzonal, Mecking won).[4]
L.A. Tan represented Singapore four times in Chess Olympiads:
- In 1968, at first board in 18th Olympiad in Lugano (+8 –3 =3);
- In 1970, at first board in 19th Olympiad in Siegen (+7 –4 =7);
- In 1972, at first board in 20th Olympiad in Skopje (+11 –3 =5);
- In 1992, at third board in 30th Olympiad in Manila (+5 –3 =4).[5]
and twice in Asian Chess Team Championships:
- In 1987, at first board in 7th AChT in Singapore (+4 –1 =2);
- In 1991, at second board in 9th AChT in Penang (+1 –1 =1).[6]
He took 8th in the 21st Cairnhill Open at Singapore 2003 (Hoang Thai Tu won).[7]
Awarded the IM title in 1973.
[edit] References
- ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
- ^ ChessGames.com Online Chess Games Database
- ^ Zonals in USSR, CIS and Asia
- ^ World Chess Championship Index of FIDE Events 1948-1990
- ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
- ^ OlimpBase :: Men's Asian Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics
- ^ The Week in Chess 478
