This is the 2nd game of the 2010 RCI Undisputed Champion Cup Final.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Monday, October 18, 2010
"People don't need to tell me what to do" - GM Benjamin Tan
Hundreds of Asians gather at the official chess convention in Russia to protest to Ben's citizenship. Some protestor carry banners saying "We dont need Ben, %$@# him and his family", others said "Kill Him".
This campaign is organized in accordance to the Russian-Connection revolutionary transfer, which negotiate the Russian citizenship offered to Singapore leading chess star GM Benjamin Tan. Tens of thousand of chess fans around the world sounded their anger and frustration, of these protestor more than 96% of them are Japanese and Chinese.
Former Chess SuperBowl Cup winner Hanrol Steniken sympathises with Benjamin Tan, "he (Ben) has met with cruel and merciless critiques ever since this whole incident started, it's a case of wanting to come here and stay, just as simple as that and there's no need to blow the whole incident up, I hope people can be more understanding".
Meanwhile Ben is in Singapore, he declined to say if he would be too bored by it. "There are something that's out of my control and frankly spoken I really don't care what those people do, it's not going to shake me and my spirit, people hates me because they think I betray my country, but they don't understand a thing - People dont need to tell me what to do".
This campaign is organized in accordance to the Russian-Connection revolutionary transfer, which negotiate the Russian citizenship offered to Singapore leading chess star GM Benjamin Tan. Tens of thousand of chess fans around the world sounded their anger and frustration, of these protestor more than 96% of them are Japanese and Chinese.
Former Chess SuperBowl Cup winner Hanrol Steniken sympathises with Benjamin Tan, "he (Ben) has met with cruel and merciless critiques ever since this whole incident started, it's a case of wanting to come here and stay, just as simple as that and there's no need to blow the whole incident up, I hope people can be more understanding".
Meanwhile Ben is in Singapore, he declined to say if he would be too bored by it. "There are something that's out of my control and frankly spoken I really don't care what those people do, it's not going to shake me and my spirit, people hates me because they think I betray my country, but they don't understand a thing - People dont need to tell me what to do".
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Poor health forces Ben to pull out of Commonwealth Games
Once again Singapore would be without the service of their top chess star. GM Benjamin Tan, 19 has made an emergency withdrawal from the Games 3 days before New Dehli could pull up their curtains. Said to be suffering from poor health the World Junior number 38 would not be following the rest of the team to India.
But meanwhile he has played a few bullet games (1 minute per side) here in Singapore, one of the games is even recorded by a fan. Enjoy.
But meanwhile he has played a few bullet games (1 minute per side) here in Singapore, one of the games is even recorded by a fan. Enjoy.
Singapore struggles without Grandmaster Benjamin Tan
Singapore were without their talisman and top chess star at the 2010 Chess Olympiad and this proved decisive. His stand-in replacement IM Daniel Howard Fernandez could only manage 2 wins and 2 draws, finishing the tournament with 7 lost.
Despite that, GM Benjamin Tan maintained that he's proud of IM Daniel Fernandez. "He went there and played a few nice games, this trip serves more as an experience-getter for him rather than a real fight, he's still young".
Without the service of their top marksman Singapore could only attain 73rd position, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 3 - including a devastating 4-0 reverse to Georgia.
Despite that, GM Benjamin Tan maintained that he's proud of IM Daniel Fernandez. "He went there and played a few nice games, this trip serves more as an experience-getter for him rather than a real fight, he's still young".
Without the service of their top marksman Singapore could only attain 73rd position, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 3 - including a devastating 4-0 reverse to Georgia.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Ben sees red as match-fixing scandal resurfaced
This year's Singapore Polytechnic Chess Open once again ended in dramatic style.
A volcanic Benjamin Tan burst out of the tournament room and went straight home before the last round, the Singaporean leading chess star refused to entertain the host further when his suspicious of the match-fixing scandal exceeded its limit.
A year ago in this very same event Ben raised the same complain, but any allegation was quickly denied by the organizer. This year Ben's suspicious grew when he found out that Singapore Polytechnic are using a tie-break system to protect their player from the top spots, at the same time feeding them with "easier opponents". He also found out that the organizer delibrately send three leading foreign players from NTU to "take him out".
Said Ben just before his dramatic storm off "those three (NTU) players are not going to affect me too much, but it certainly forces me to take the longer path to victory as compared to that SP guy who had a considerable more comfortable time, also the tie-break system they adopted is specially designed to benefit their own players and target me, you call that fair ? very clearly SP are trying to protect their own player, and I as an outsider has no say, forget it ! If they wants to win so badly so be it, I'm done with what I have to say goodbye".
Ben also vow not to come back to this tournament ever again.
A fury Ben promised to follow up in this issue and might even call in the World Chess Federation for further investigation if neccessary.
A volcanic Benjamin Tan burst out of the tournament room and went straight home before the last round, the Singaporean leading chess star refused to entertain the host further when his suspicious of the match-fixing scandal exceeded its limit.
A year ago in this very same event Ben raised the same complain, but any allegation was quickly denied by the organizer. This year Ben's suspicious grew when he found out that Singapore Polytechnic are using a tie-break system to protect their player from the top spots, at the same time feeding them with "easier opponents". He also found out that the organizer delibrately send three leading foreign players from NTU to "take him out".
Said Ben just before his dramatic storm off "those three (NTU) players are not going to affect me too much, but it certainly forces me to take the longer path to victory as compared to that SP guy who had a considerable more comfortable time, also the tie-break system they adopted is specially designed to benefit their own players and target me, you call that fair ? very clearly SP are trying to protect their own player, and I as an outsider has no say, forget it ! If they wants to win so badly so be it, I'm done with what I have to say goodbye".
Ben also vow not to come back to this tournament ever again.
A fury Ben promised to follow up in this issue and might even call in the World Chess Federation for further investigation if neccessary.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
2010 Salto Angel International Chess Cup
"Magnificient Eight" announced
The eight participants invited for the annual super-tournament is officially announced.
Featuring newly-crowned chess superbowl winner and four-times RCI Cup winner Singaporean Grandmaster Benjamin Tan.
Two other former superbowl winner GM Andrei Jantovoltski (1999 - 2003) and GM Hanrol Steniken (2004-2005) are invited too.
Other participants includes Vietnam's superstar IM Le Kong Nam - winner of the 2009 King's Cup, Indonesian star FM Sarat Tohatmatai - winner of the 2009 SEA Chess Congress Class B, Malaysian star FM Dave Wong Wei Zi - winner of the 2009 Baltic Warrior Cup, Indian super prodigy IM Kashmov Kashima - 1st runner up of the 2010 Salzburg Emerald and American IM Ray Evans - winner of the Bulls Cup 2010.
Games would be played at the time control of 15 minutes per side without time increment.
In case of a tie-break, a "first-to-six-points" format of blitz games would be played, with draws counting too.
The first round would start on January 18 2011
Round 1 pairing would look something like this
Dave Wong vs Benjamin Tan
Sarat Tohatmatai vs Hanrol Steniken
Andrei Jantovoltski vs Le Kong Nam
Ray Evans vs Kashmov Kashima
The eight participants invited for the annual super-tournament is officially announced.
Featuring newly-crowned chess superbowl winner and four-times RCI Cup winner Singaporean Grandmaster Benjamin Tan.
Two other former superbowl winner GM Andrei Jantovoltski (1999 - 2003) and GM Hanrol Steniken (2004-2005) are invited too.
Other participants includes Vietnam's superstar IM Le Kong Nam - winner of the 2009 King's Cup, Indonesian star FM Sarat Tohatmatai - winner of the 2009 SEA Chess Congress Class B, Malaysian star FM Dave Wong Wei Zi - winner of the 2009 Baltic Warrior Cup, Indian super prodigy IM Kashmov Kashima - 1st runner up of the 2010 Salzburg Emerald and American IM Ray Evans - winner of the Bulls Cup 2010.
Games would be played at the time control of 15 minutes per side without time increment.
In case of a tie-break, a "first-to-six-points" format of blitz games would be played, with draws counting too.
The first round would start on January 18 2011
Round 1 pairing would look something like this
Dave Wong vs Benjamin Tan
Sarat Tohatmatai vs Hanrol Steniken
Andrei Jantovoltski vs Le Kong Nam
Ray Evans vs Kashmov Kashima
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