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Beth Champion is an actress, producer and casting director who has worked on films, TV shows and theatre productions since 1992. She is known for her roles in Secrets, Brides of Christ, Home and Away and The Legend of the Five.
- January 1, 1
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- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Turbulent Teenage Years
- Time For Chess!
- Women’s World Champion
- A First Super-Tournament
- Praise from Alekhine
- A Foreigner in Britain
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Vera Menchik’s story was far from ordinary from the beginning. She was born on February 16, 1906 in Moscow. Her father was Czech and her mother English, although only partially, as British newspapers dutifully pointed out. Both of her parents worked in Russia—her father as a manager of estates for wealthy families, her mother as a governess. Vera g...
It was in England that Menchik took up chess in earnest. As she explained, part of the reason was her poor command of the language: In 1924, Vera joined Hastings Chess Club and put in a lot of work into studying chess. She also started taking private lessons. Her first chess coach was a local player, John A.J. Drewitt, who taught her the closed ope...
By this point, Menchik had already established herself as the strongest woman player in the world. She won the inaugural Women’s World Chess Championship that took place in July 1927 in London, on the sidelines of the first Chess Olympiad, with the impressive score +10=1. The Women’s Championship was a relatively low-key affair, and only in Novembe...
Carlsbad 1929 featured an incredibly strong line-up: Capablanca, Rubinstein, Euwe, Nimzowitsch, Bogoljubov, Tartakower, Marshall, etc. Of the strongest players in the world, only Alekhine and Lasker were absent. The tournament turned out to be the highlight of Aron Nimzovich’s career—he finished clear first with an impressive 15/21. It was a first ...
In the end, Menchik only scored three points from 21 games at Carlsbad, but her performance was still regarded a success. Alexander Alekhine, who published a series of articles on the tournament in The New York Times, wrote the following at the end of round 15: The World Champion’s call was heard, and Menchik continued to receive invitations to men...
Despite living in England for many years, Menchik was considered a foreigner until the late 1930s and was thus ineligible for the national competitions. In fact, Menchik’s citizenship brought her complications for most of her life. When she won her first World Championship title, the British newspapers referred to her as a “Russian refugee.” In the...
Learn about Vera Menchik, the first Women's World Chess Champion and a pioneer of women's chess. Discover how she overcame a turbulent childhood in Russia and became a chess prodigy in England.
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Beth Champion. Actress: The Legend of the Five. Beth was born in Sydney and commenced her performing journey in the group-devised "Ratbags" with The Powerhouse Youth Theatre at the age of 17.
643 Followers, 1,054 Following, 173 Posts - Beth Champion (@bethchampionactor) on Instagram: "I take my imagination to work"
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Feb 1, 2024 · Beth Champion is an actress, voice artist, and presenter of nationality Australian who has acted in a few screen projects. Beth Champion is popular for featuring in My Pet Dinosaur, Secrets, The Legend of The Five, Silent Predators, etc.
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May 3, 2024 · Journalist. Lower Mountains Correspondent. Actress Beth Champion shares her experience improvising with Ryan Gosling in the action-comedy film The Fall Guy, giving insights into working with the star.
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