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Benjamin Martin (chess player)

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Country
  
New Zealand

Peak rating
  
2410

FIDE rating
  
2375

Role
  
Chess master

Name
  
Benjamin Martin


Title
  
International Master (1996)

Dr. Benjamin Martin (born 1969, New Zealand) is a chess International Master (IM) and mathematician.

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Chess career

Martin has represented New Zealand in four Chess Olympiads in Novi Sad 1990, Manila 1992, Yerevan 1996, and Istanbul 2000. His best result was in 1996 when he scored 8/14.

Martin jointly won the New Zealand Chess Championship with Ortvin Sarapu in 1989/90.

Notable games

  • Paul Garbett vs Benjamin Martin, Netway Masters (1992), French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, (C06), 0-1

    • Mathematics

    Dr Martin was an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Auckland 2011–2014. His research interests include algebraic groups and quantum field theory. He is now a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Aberdeen, holding a personal chair.

    References

    Benjamin Martin (chess player) Wikipedia
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