He won the Singapore Championship in 1972 and 1973 and represented Singapore four times in Chess Olympiads (1968, 1970, 1972, 1986). He died in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the age of 76.
The following game was played in the Skopje Olympiad in 1972. In 1963, Skopje (then in Yugoslavia) had been devastated by an earthquake and the city had been rebuilt practically from scratch.
Extraordinary safety precautions were taken at the Olympiad because of the 1972 Munich massacre when eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September murdered 11 Israeli athletes.
The chess Olympiad was originally supposed to be 60 teams, but when teams from Wales, Malaysia and Iraq showed up they were allowed to participate. Teams from Rhodesia and South Africa were not given Yugoslav visas because of their racial policies.
Many of the world's top players were there, but the new World Champion, that egotistical snot Bobby Fischer, wasn't because he had demanded special conditions, including a separate hall in which to play his games, all of which were rightfully refused by the organizers.
The US team was also missing Samuel Reshevsky, Larry Evans and William Lombardy. Even though he had been living in the US for many years Nicolas Rossolimo decided to play for the French team where he could be on first board.
The Finals A Section was won by the Soviets (Petrosian, Korchnoi, Smyslov, Tal, Karpov and Savon). The US team (Lumbomir Kavalek, Robert Byrne, Pal Benko, Arthur Bisguier, William Martz and George Kane) finished in a miserable ninth place out of 16 teams.
The Singapore team (Tan Lian Ann, Lim Kok Ann, Giam Choo Kwee, Choong Liong On, Andrew Ee and Pang Kwok Leong)
played in the Finals D group of 15 teams and finished in second place.
In the following game Giam Choo Kwee defeated Jean-Claude Letzelter of France. The French team (Nicolas Rossolimo, Miodrag Todorcevic, Jean-Claude Letzelter, Bernard Huguet, Maurice Raizman and Aldo Haik) took first in the group.
FM Jean-Claude Letzelter (born 20 September 1940) won the French championship three times (1968, 1971 and 1974) and from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, he was one of the best French players.
Giam Choo Kwee - Jean-Claude Letzelter
Result: 1-0
Site: Skopje Olympiad, Final D
Date: 1972
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation
[...] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Once upon a time the Advance Variation was considered inferior because of the strategic debacle that happened in the Nimzovich-Capablanca game in New York 1927. The Tal used it in his match against Botvinnik in the 1960s and it enjoyed a comeback when he played 4.h4 and followed up with h5. White gains a space advantage and the blocked center can lead to complex strategic maneuvering although in some lines white has sharp attacking possibilities. 3...♗f5 Black can avoid a lot of theory with 4...c5; it was the move Botvinnik chose against Tal although he only scored a loss and two draws with it. 4.♘f3
24.♘e6 ♖e8 25.♘f5 As mentioned, black regrets the fact that he played his Q here. 25...♕h5 This should have allowed an immediate win, but there really wasn't anything that could be considered "good." 26.♕d4 This wins more easily than 26.Nfxg7 which is tricky to calculate.
27.♖xe5 Quickly putting an end to all resistance. 27...♘xe5 28.♕xe5 ♕g6 29.♘fxg7 ♕c2+ 30.♔g1 ♕b1+ 31.♗f1 ♕e4 32.♕f6 ♕g6 33.♘xe8+ Black resigned.
4.♘c3 e6 5.g4 is the Bayonet attack that was popularized by Alexi Shirov in the 1980s. 5...♗g6 6.♘ge2 c5 7.h4 leads to interesting play.
4...e6 5.c3 ♘d7 6.b3 Normal is 6. Be2, but there are also other options.
6.♗e2 ♘e7 7.♘a3 ♗g4 8.O-O ♘f5 9.♘c2 ♘h4 10.♘xh4 ♗xe2 11.♕xe2 ♕xh4 12.b3 Ambroz,J (2430)-Meduna,E (2490)/ Baile Herculane 1982)
6.♗d3 ♘e7 7.♘a3 ♗xd3 8.♕xd3 ♘g6 9.♘c2 f6 10.O-O fxe5 11.dxe5 with equal;ity. Sulskis,S (2555) -Dautov,R (2625)/Elista 1998
6.♗e3 ♕c7 7.♗d3 ♗xd3 8.♕xd3 ♘e7 9.O-O Muller,M (1732)-Lisowska,O (1800)/ Gora Sw Anny 2008
6.a3 This did not work out so well for white as after 6...a5 7.♘bd2 a4 8.b3 axb3 9.♘xb3 b5 10.♗b2 black is better. Zagorskaya,T (2120)-Bandziene,R (2085)/ Debrecen 1992/EU-chT
6...♘e7 7.♗a3 White eliminates his bad B. 7...b6 8.♗d6 ♘g6 9.♗xf8 ♘gxf8 10.g3 f6 11.♗g2 This is an inaccuracy that allows black to gain an advantage.
11.exf6 was best. 11...♕xf6 12.♘h4 and black has two interesting replies: either 12...Be4 or 12... g5?!
11...♘g6 Not bad, but he could have won a P.
11...fxe5 was also good. 12.dxe5 ♘g6 13.♘d4 ♘dxe5 with the advantage.
12.O-O Again, he should have captured on f6. 12...O-O And, again, black should have captured the e-Pawn. 13.exf6 ♕xf6 This is the best way to capture. Black has the slightly better position. If black takes with either the g-Pawn or R then white equalizes with 14.c4 14.♘bd2
14.c4 would be met by 14...♘c5 15.♘bd2 ♘d3 and the N on e3 is a bone in white's throat.
14.♘e1 was better. Then after 14...e5 15.♘a3 ♖ae8 16.♘ac2 black's advantage is minimal.
14...e5 15.dxe5 ♘dxe5 16.♘d4 Again 16.Ne1 was better. 16...♗d3 17.f4 (17.♖e1 is disastrous. 17...♕xf2+ 18.♔h1 ♖ae8) 17...♗xf1 18.♘xf1 ♘f7 19.♘e3 With astute play Letzelter has snagged the exchange, but he now makes a couple of passive moves and allows white to get some compensation. 19...♘e7 Better was simply 19... Rae8 20.♗h3 ♔h8 Too passive!
20...♘g5 And if the B retreats then the N goes to e4 and black has the advantage. 21.fxg5 ♕f2+ 22.♔h1 ♕xe3 and here, too, black has a nice advantage.
21.♕d3 ♕h6 In a few moves black will regret having his Q on this square. 22.♔g2 Good. The B has more scope on h3 than on g2. Here black is still better, but he has lessened the activity of his pieces with his last few moves, so white;s chances have improved somewhat. 22...♖fd8 Another really passive move. 22...Rfe8 was better. 23.♖e1 At this point white's pieces are more active so he has finally gotten compensation for the exchange. On his next move Letzelter makes another pointless move and all of a sudden white has a nearly won position. 23...♘g6 This forfeits the advantage.
23...c5 was essential. After 24.♘e6 ♖d6 25.♘c7 ♖g8 black is badly cramped, but white has no immediate, forcing way to win.
25...♖ad8 26.♕e2 ♕g6 (26...♘g8 27.♘f5) 27.♗f5 ♘xf5 28.♘xf5 black is facing serious difficulties. 28...h6 (28...♕xf5 29.♕e8+ mates) 29.♘xd6
26.♘fxg7 ♘h4+ 27.gxh4 ♖g8 28.♕g3 (28.♔h1 ♖xg7 29.♘xg7 ♔xg7 30.♖g1+ would win.) 28...♕h6 29.♔f2 ♕f6 30.♖e3 ♖xg7 31.♘xg7 ♕xg7 32.♕xg7+ ♔xg7
(26.♘fxg7 ♘xf4+ 27.♘xf4 ♕xh3+ 28.♔xh3 ♖xe1 29.♘gh5) 26...♘fe5
26...♖g8 was worth a shot as it would have made white's task more difficult. 27.♘fxg7 ♘h4+ 28.♔f2
28.gxh4 would not change the result, but it allows black to grimly hang on in an annoying fashion. 28...♕xh4 29.♖e3 c5 30.♕xd5 ♖xg7+ 31.♘xg7 ♖g8 32.♖g3 ♖xg7 33.♗e6 ♘d8
28...♕f3+ 29.♔g1 ♕xg3+ 30.hxg3 ♘f3+ 31.♔f2 ♘xd4 32.cxd4 ♖xg7 33.♘xg7 ♔xg7 34.♖e7 with a won ending. Powered by Aquarium
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