Ledger to be honoured at Aussie museumTuesday, January 25 2011, 8:17pm ESTBy Rebecca Davies An Australian museum has decided to pay tribute to the late Heath Ledger. The Perth-born actor, who died in 2008 after an accidental overdose of...
Bedtime chess story
Bedtime story falls into place for Heidelberg West youngster13 Jan 11 @ 07:27amby Hannah Donnellan WHEN David Cannon was just four, he stumbled across his first chess book. Unable to read, the curious child started looking at the pictures...
Battling in Mooroolbark
Chess juniors do battle in Mooroolbark13 Jan 11 @ 07:13am by Alex Munro ALMOST 200 budding chess masters will battle for national supremacy in Mooroolbark this week. Entries have been flowing in for the Australian Junior Chess Championships, with...
Worst flood ever
Sunshine state attacks The Sunshine State has had an attack of flood, but not just any old flood, but the worst flood in the history of the State. These floods said by the Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh to...
The Art of Chess
The art of chess is a family affair11 Jan, 2011 04:00 AM FAMILIES can learn how to play chess at Bendigo Art Gallery today. The Kings and Queens: Family Chess Day, from 10am to 2pm, will start with an...
Australian Junior Chess Championships
Opening gambit11 Jan, 2011 04:00 AM Aspiring young chess champs will make their first moves this Saturday for the Australian Junior Chess Championships. The championships will run from January 15-23 at Billanook College in Mooroolbark. So far 205 competitors...
King of Manly Village
sBen Tapsell, king of chess, rules Manly Village2 Dec 10 @ 05:24pm by John Morcombe MANLY Village Public School’s inaugural chess tournament came down to a nail-biting end yesterday when Ben Tapsell, 8, checkmated 11-year-old Yeong Kweon in a...
Wacky or Creative?
“Tree-Cycle,” is made of 100 old bikes in Sydney, Australia – “Power Eater”, made of 320 refrigerators in Hamburg, Germany Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Playing for high stakes
Mae’s playing for high stakes24 Nov 10 @ 07:00am by Sophie Aubrey ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Mae will battle it out this Friday in a high altitude chess duel to launch the Chess Kids national championships. The Patterson Lakes Primary School student...
Bound for chess glory
Gifted Knox duo bound for chess gloryBy James DimondJuly 15, 2010 GARY Kasparov beware: Ferntree Gully chess wonderkids Denise and Ethan Lim look bound for world domination. The brother and sister duo turned in sizzling performances at the recent...