Lian Ann Tan

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). [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ]

He was six times Singapore Champion, [ [http://www.chessgames.com ChessGames.com Online Chess Games Database ] ] 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); [ [http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/zonals.htm Zonals in USSR, CIS and Asia ] ] tied for 18-20th at Manila 1976 (Interzonal, Mecking won). [ [http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc-indy.htm World Chess Championship Index of FIDE Events 1948-1990 ] ]

L.A. Tan represented Singapore four times in Chess Olympiads:
* In 1968, at first board in 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+8 –3 =3);
* In 1970, at first board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+7 –4 =7);
* In 1972, at first board in 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+11 –3 =5);
* In 1992, at third board in 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+5 –3 =4). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ] 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). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/statisticsa/all_id01.html OlimpBase :: Men's Asian Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics ] ]

He took 8th in the 21st Cairnhill Open at Singapore 2003 (Hoang Thai Tu won). [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic478.html The Week in Chess 478 ] ]

Awarded the IM title in 1973.

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