{"id":495,"date":"2013-01-16T16:36:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T06:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/?p=495"},"modified":"2013-01-16T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T06:36:54","slug":"australian-open-sensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/2013\/01\/australian-open-sensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open Sensation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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National News<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

Fifteen year old Bobby Cheng<\/a> caused a sensation a few days ago by winning the Australian Open Chess Championship and the lightening. Although he originally hails from Australia’s far eastern Islands,<\/p>\n

locally known as New Zealand, his major success since moving to Melbourne was winning the World U12 championship.<\/p>\n

I must admit that I have not been paying close attention to the games of Australia’s top young players, or anybody’s games for that matter, so this game came as quite a\u00a0surprise to me.<\/p>\n

The opening was quite common although Igor Khenkin embarked on an\u00a0aggressive\u00a0variation that does not have a great strike rate according to my database. Igor’s 12…e5 is a novelty but has a rather pungent aroma . The position had occurred twice before, one with 12…g5 and the other time 12…Qh6. The latter would be my choice.<\/p>\n

It is one thing to feel that a move smells bad and quite another to show why. Bobby’s regrouping Bc2-b3 and Nf3-e1-d3 would have come to nothing if not for the brilliant 18.Be5!! \u00a0If white had\u00a0nonchalantly played 18.Nd3\u00a0immediately black replies …Bc4 with a smile on his face. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n