Uh? She only has a rating of 1000 something. No offense but she ant no master. And im not talking online chess. You can ask anyone here and they will agree with me that OTB is way harder then online and being good OTB is whats important, not online. Even though you guys online are good but its overrated. And just yes? Are you able to tell me what supports your answer?
Australian Chess.
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Isn't that really cute girl from Melbourne a GM? The one that was on that "SO you think you can Dance" Or is she just a really good chess player? Either way she competed in the Tourin Chess competition or whatever. Besides Aussies drink too much to care about chess haha. Actually I have not met anyone real big into chess in Perth right now... so play hard and you can be the GM that reps queensland.
Well, I reckon aussies spend too much time on their cricket or the pub to worry about chess... I've lived here for over four years & have only played OTB a couple of locals! I beat them & I'm not GM at all... so how can they reach that level when they hardly play at all!!!
Go get 'em girl, oh & bring me that carton of beer instead, I live at 7/189...... 
vagamundo wrote:
Well, I reckon aussies spend too much time on their cricket or the pub to worry about chess... I've lived here for over four years & have only played OTB a couple of locals! I beat them & I'm not GM at all... so how can they reach that level when they hardly play at all!!!
I come from china and ive lived in australia for 10 yrs and i certainly agree with the fact that aussies spend too much time on cricket.
lol, I find lawn bowls to be more riveting than crcket
IM David Smerdon won the recent Queenstown Classic, and I believe he has all 3 GM norms. At least you're doing better than your trans-Tasman opposition
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B.t.w Please don't delete posts - it makes the thread hard to follow.
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There's an Australasian Chess Magazine if anyone's interested.....
http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?p=detail&o=18355676
I have never deleted any posts nqi. Nah I dont really like any of the sports here in Aussie.
OnionMan wrote: I have never deleted any posts nqi.
I wasn't pointing the finger at you 
. People can delete their own individual posts, however.
Zhao Zong-Yuan is Australian, ranked #262 in the world.
Saccadic wrote:
Zhao Zong-Yuan is Australian, ranked #262 in the world.
by that name he most probably came from asia(most likely china because of the name) but migrated to australia or maybe his dad chinese and mum aussie or the other way around.
OnionMan wrote:
Do any of you guys know of any rising chess player in Australia? Because we could really use more GMs and of course take control of the chess world by getting the World Chess Championship. Our best has sadly retired, but does our country stand a chance in single or even at the chess olympiad?
Johnson123 wrote:
Saccadic wrote:
Zhao Zong-Yuan is Australian, ranked #262 in the world.
by that name he most probably came from asia(most likely china because of the name) but migrated to australia or maybe his dad chinese and mum aussie or the other way around.
Moved from China at a young age. And he is Australian.
Do any of you guys know of any rising chess player in Australia? Because we could really use more GMs and of course take control of the chess world by getting the World Chess Championship. Our best has sadly retired, but does our country stand a chance in single or even at the chess olympiad?