Nickname: Hip-HopBandit
Occupation: Student (Arts/Law), otherwise known as bludger
Tournament Favourite: Greg Canfell
Tournament Dark Horse: Cameron Wright
Favourite Grandmaster: Jonny Hector
Favourite Game of All-time: Personally, Stead - Allen from the Parkroyal International 2000. Or from those who play chess for a living, Shirov - Ivanchuk Wijk Ann Zee 1996.
Most Memorable Chess Moment: Probably the whole Parkroyal Tournament in 2000. A really nice place to play, and it helped a great deal that I played like I had some idea of what I was doing. Having said that it was a little disappointing to come close to having a really good result, yet allowing my abilities get in the way and throwing away a few points.
Funniest Chess Moment: There have been so many! Probably the adventures on the dirt road on the way to the 1999 Australian Open on the Sunshine Coast just gets the top spot ahead of the trials and tribulations of NSW juniors at the 1995 Australian Junior in Canberra
Which Celebrity would you like to play and why?: I think I'll have to take Greg's idea and go for a simul, though I would have Isla Fisher and Alyson Hannigan on the other side of the board. REDHEAD HEAVEN!! : - )
[Editor's note: I'm the editor, so everything that was going to be noted already has been! : - ) ]
