Bobby Cheng

Bobby Cheng
Bobby Cheng in 2010
Country New Zealand
Australia
Born (1997-03-20) 20 March 1997
Hamilton, New Zealand[1]
Title International Master (2013)
FIDE rating 2507 (October 2018)
Peak rating 2483 (July 2017)

Bobby Cheng (born 20 March 1997) is an Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 2013. Cheng was world under 12 champion in 2009 and was awarded the title of Australian Junior Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010.[2]

Biography and career

Cheng was born in Hamilton, New Zealand. His trainers were Bruce Wheeler[3] and Ewen Green.[4]

He finished tied for third in the U10 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in 2007, the year he and his family moved to Melbourne, Australia.[5] In November 2009, Cheng transferred national federations from New Zealand to Australia[6] and won the U12 title at the World Youth Championships in Kemer, Turkey.[7][8][9]

Cheng won the Australian Junior Championship in January 2010, at age 12, becoming the youngest player ever to do so, and won the same title again in 2011. Also 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 Anton Smirnov. He played for the Australian team in the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad in 2012 and 2013.

In January 2013 Cheng won the Australian Open Championship, the youngest player ever to do so.[10] This result also secured Cheng the International Master title. In January 2016, Cheng became the Australian champion in Melbourne.[11]

He is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne, majoring in Actuarial Studies.

In 2018 in the Gold coast open he beat the blindfold champion Timur Gareyev by a queen and rook+knight and also he was winning against Anton Smirnov) but he accepted a draw.

References

  1. ↑ IM title application(JPG). FIDE.
  2. ↑ "Australian Junior Player of the Year". auschess.org.au. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Kiong, Errol (5 December 2005). "Small fry share big chess talent". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "New world chess champ got start in NZ". nzherald.co.nz. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Cheng, Bobby; Cordover, David (8 December 2009). "World U12 Chess Champion, Bobby Cheng reports …". chesskids.com.au. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  6. ↑ Player transfers in 2009. FIDE.
  7. ↑ Stuart, Hamish (23 November 2009). "Aussie, 12, crowned world chess champion". 9News. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  8. ↑ Hohenboken, Angus (24 November 2009). "Student takes nation's first world chess title". theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "World Youth Championship in Antalya". ChessBase. 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
  10. ↑ "Bobby Cheng is the new Australian Champion". chessvibes.com. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "Internet generation dominates Australian chess titles". ABC News. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
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