Singapore-International chess superstar Grandmaster Benjamin Tan swipt the board at last weekend's Linares Queenstown International Super-Tournament. The child-prodigy took 2nd place (out of 143 players) to finish as the Candidate Champion.
Out of the 7 games he played he managed to win 5, draw 2 and lost NONE !!. Of the 7 games he played 3 were against top-5 seeded players in the tournament. This successful outing has marked a different course in his chess career, the positionally gifted master has choosen chess as his permanent career and is one more step away from confirming his choice.
Beside winning the Candidate Champion, the young master also took home two more brilliancy prizes, the game of the tournament award - both positional (game 4) and attacking variation (game 6). However he created an uproar at the last round when he 'cowardly' accepted an early draw offer offered by his Indonesian opponent.
(his games would be posted up soon)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Final match ended in tears for IM Ricnesh
GM Benjamin Karpov 12 IM Ricnesh 1
The worst has finally came ! There is no disputed in who is king, the result speaks for itself. The final confrontation between the two ended in tragedy with only one man walking away alive, the other guy was ripped apart - 12 to 1 !
The final score is confirmed - Out of the 105 games they played GM Ben Karpov won 72, drew 13 and lost 20.
The worst has finally came ! There is no disputed in who is king, the result speaks for itself. The final confrontation between the two ended in tragedy with only one man walking away alive, the other guy was ripped apart - 12 to 1 !
The final score is confirmed - Out of the 105 games they played GM Ben Karpov won 72, drew 13 and lost 20.
Ben crushed Sean
GM Benjamin 'Benny' Karpov is crowned the 2009 RCI Cup Classical Champion after demolishing fellow finalist Sean Benedict Guttenson 13-0. The match is originally designed to host 24 games, but was cut down to 13 when Ben won all his games.
I can't celebrate yet, Ben explained "there is still the Undisputed Championship Match with GM Darren Chan next month.
I can't celebrate yet, Ben explained "there is still the Undisputed Championship Match with GM Darren Chan next month.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Another thrashing for Ricnesh
22nd July 2009
Wednesday
Premeirship Match
GM Ben Karpov 5 IM V.Ricnesh R 1
Another solid performance by International Grandmaster Benjamin Karpov sunk the ego of IM Ricnesh Ramash. Ric was trailing by 3-0 when he got a consolation win before losing the remaining 2 games in dramatic style.
Ricnesh's French defence could not save him, adding on from Ben's Caro-Kann defence and English Opening.
Now after 90 games, Ben Karpov lead his rival at 60 wins to 19, with 11 draws.
Wednesday
Premeirship Match
GM Ben Karpov 5 IM V.Ricnesh R 1
Another solid performance by International Grandmaster Benjamin Karpov sunk the ego of IM Ricnesh Ramash. Ric was trailing by 3-0 when he got a consolation win before losing the remaining 2 games in dramatic style.
Ricnesh's French defence could not save him, adding on from Ben's Caro-Kann defence and English Opening.
Now after 90 games, Ben Karpov lead his rival at 60 wins to 19, with 11 draws.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The Title is finally in his hands !!!
30 June 2009
Tuesday
Junior Chess Premeirship
Ben Karpov 5 Ricnesh 2
With this win under his belt ZM Ben Karpov finally clinch the title. To add salt to his opponent's wound this is the widest winning-margin in the history of the tournament. After 7 months of gruelling fight a winner is finally emerged... in the like of Ben Karpov.
Some of their games have been widely studied and analysed. After this devastating lost, IM Ricnesh would be ineligible for next year's Junior Chess Premeirship Final.
2009 Junior Chess Premeirship Champion - ZM Benjamin Karpov
Final score (81 games)
- Ben Karpov wins by 54 to 17, with 10 hard fought draws
(67% wins - 12% draws - 21% losts)
Tuesday
Junior Chess Premeirship
Ben Karpov 5 Ricnesh 2
With this win under his belt ZM Ben Karpov finally clinch the title. To add salt to his opponent's wound this is the widest winning-margin in the history of the tournament. After 7 months of gruelling fight a winner is finally emerged... in the like of Ben Karpov.
Some of their games have been widely studied and analysed. After this devastating lost, IM Ricnesh would be ineligible for next year's Junior Chess Premeirship Final.
2009 Junior Chess Premeirship Champion - ZM Benjamin Karpov
Final score (81 games)
- Ben Karpov wins by 54 to 17, with 10 hard fought draws
(67% wins - 12% draws - 21% losts)
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
He's back !!!
28-6-09
Sunday
National Junior Blitz Chess Championship 2009
7 out of 9 points
ZM Ben Karpov marked his return to the top-flight with a storming performance in the National Junior Blitz. The local junior master attained 7 points out of a possible 9 on Sunday.
On-lookers reportedly said that Ben Karpov literally breezed through the tournament's first 4 games before dropping point in the 5th. However he recovered and won his next three consecutive games and picked up 5th place (out of 200+) in the tournament.
But would Karpov stay on in the industry ? Or will he still quit after all ? We'll find out
Sunday
National Junior Blitz Chess Championship 2009
7 out of 9 points
ZM Ben Karpov marked his return to the top-flight with a storming performance in the National Junior Blitz. The local junior master attained 7 points out of a possible 9 on Sunday.
On-lookers reportedly said that Ben Karpov literally breezed through the tournament's first 4 games before dropping point in the 5th. However he recovered and won his next three consecutive games and picked up 5th place (out of 200+) in the tournament.
But would Karpov stay on in the industry ? Or will he still quit after all ? We'll find out
Monday, June 22, 2009
Where on Earth is Ben ???
Ben is officially declared gone !
The organizer are getting frantic running everywhere looking for the National star. News that Ben might have retired early spread like wild fire, it is reportedly said that the young star has been hit with a series of off-board issues that wore his moral down to bare bones, while it is not exactly sure of what is it we believe that it might have linked with a party that the official have been trying to contact for further investigations.
It is also reported that Ben might have already made up his mind to withdraw from this saturday's National Blitz Championship.
It is two-weeks since Ben had last pushed a pawn.
The organizer are getting frantic running everywhere looking for the National star. News that Ben might have retired early spread like wild fire, it is reportedly said that the young star has been hit with a series of off-board issues that wore his moral down to bare bones, while it is not exactly sure of what is it we believe that it might have linked with a party that the official have been trying to contact for further investigations.
It is also reported that Ben might have already made up his mind to withdraw from this saturday's National Blitz Championship.
It is two-weeks since Ben had last pushed a pawn.
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