Student takes nation’s first world chess titleAngus HohenbokenFrom: The AustralianNovember 24, 2009 12:00AM A MELBOURNE student has become Australia’s first world champion face-to-face chess player after winning the world under 12 titles in Turkey. Bobby Cheng, 12, beat a...
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28 year old Oscar nominee Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence at 3:26 PM. The Australian-born actor was nominated for an Oscar for “Brokeback Mountain,” where he met his wife, actress Michelle Williams, in...
Young Australians have the right moves
Young chess fans have all the right moves28.03.2007 THE old stereotype of chess has been broken by a young generation of chess enthusiasts. Yesterday was round one of the 2007 Sunshine Coast Inter-Schools teams competition, involving 170 students from...