Bobby Cheng, now living in Australia, but formerly a local boy has taken out the World Under 12 Youth Championships in Turkey with a brilliant last round victory against the top seed Indian player Vaibhav Suri (2344). Full results from the official website.
This is the first time that any Oceania player has won a World title – something to get excited about for sure!
To see Bobby’s last round game Read more…
Milford Primary School (National Primary Champions) today took out the Chess Kids Primary Interschool event held at Pigeon Mountain Primary. Their win gave them a nice set of gold medals and an invitation and entry fee (worth $1750) to the Aussie National Interschool Chess Championships in two weeks time. Read more…
A successful chess coach training course ran over the weekend with 7 enthusiastic new chess coaches in attendance. Everyone left with a much better understanding of how to teach chess as well as a host of resources to set them up for the future. Good luck guys!
Comment below from one of the participants: Read more…
I see that Chess encourages logical thought, concentration, self-discipline, abiding by a set of rules both in terms of the actual game and the conduct required and respect for opponents particularly those with more status or ability.
Bob Grover, Teacher
Auckland Grammar School
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