School students make the move to chess Justine Ferrari, Education writer November 24, 2007 NO longer the secret, dusty passion of nerdy types that live in the school library, chess is now the fastest growing sport in the nation’s...
Chess kids in Australia
Kids getting it off their chessElisabeth TaricaOctober 22, 2007 It may have seemed that they were just playing a game, but the 400 students in the 2007 Chess Kids National Interschool Chess Championships were also learning important educational skills....
Chess in the schools in Castlemaine
These are our friends from Castlemaine program in Australia. They are here at the International Chess Conference in Aberdeen, Scotland. Talk about commitment to chess and education to fly half way around the globe to attend! A numeracy initiative...
Pushing for chess at schools in Australia
Chess at school a shrewd but contested moveFarrah TomazinAugust 13, 2007 VICTORIAN students would be offered chess coaching to boost their thinking skills under an idea being pushed from within senior State Government ranks. Evan Thornley, Premier John Brumby’s...
Chess in Melbourne
In the middle of one of the busiest sidewalks in Melbourne, people take time to stop and play chess, watch chess … Source: StreetsBlog.org Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
100 year old chess player
Man lives to 100, wins betFrom correspondents in LondonApril 23, 2007 09:36pm – Australian newsA MAN who bet £100 ($240) a decade ago that he would live to be 100 is preparing to pick up his £25,000 ($60,000) winnings....
A new blog from down under
http://mtalexandercluster.blogspot.comWelcome to the first issue of Chess In Schools Program, CHESS-SQUARED, a partnership with The Castlemaine Chess Club, LaTrobe University, schools within the Mount Alexander Cluster, and funded by Innovations and Excellence. The program aims to systematically introduce students...