Country Australia Name Bobby Cheng | World Champion 2009 Under 12 Title International Master | |
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Born 20 March 1997 (age 27)
Auckland, New Zealand ( 1997-03-20 ) | ||
Australian open blitz championship 2015 playoff 1 bobby cheng james morris
Bobby Cheng (born 20 March 1997 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is an Australian chess champion, former U12 World Champion and two-time Australian Junior Player of the Year.
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- Australian open blitz championship 2015 playoff 1 bobby cheng james morris
- Child chess prodigy bobby cheng 15 years old wins australian fide open 2013 chessworld net
- Biography
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Child chess prodigy bobby cheng 15 years old wins australian fide open 2013 chessworld net
Biography
Cheng came to public attention at age eight when he was singled out in 2005 for praise by British grandmaster Nigel Short. His trainers were Bruce Wheeler and Ewen Green.
He finished tied for third in the World U/10 Championships in 2007, the year he and his family moved to Melbourne.
Cheng is best known for being Australia's first Under-12 World Chess Champion, a title he won in 2009 in Kemer, Turkey.
Cheng won the Australian Junior Championships in January 2010 at age 12, the youngest player ever to do so, and won the same title again in 2011.
He was awarded the title of Australian Junior Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010.
In 2011 Cheng became the youngest ever winner of the Victorian Championship title, finishing ahead of Grandmaster Darryl Johansen.
In 2012 Cheng tied for the Australian Masters title with 11-year-old Anton Smirnov.
In January 2013 Cheng won the Australian Open Championship, the youngest player ever to do so. This result also secured Cheng the International Master title.
In January 2016 Cheng was awarded the 2016 Australian Champion in 2016 Australian Chess Championships.
He is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne, majoring in Actuarial Studies.