Nansý Davíðsdóttir this weekend became the first girl to be crowned Icelandic children’s chess champion. The Icelandic Children’s Chess Championship has been running since 1994.
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First female junior chess champ in Iceland
Posted on 10 January 2012.
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Frenchman strings up air guitar competition
Posted on 03 September 2010.
A Frenchman has strummed his way to glory for the second year in a row at Finland’s fifteenth annual air guitar championships. Sylvain Quimene “out aired” Canadian Cole ‘Johnny Utah’ Manson and compatriot Soraya ‘Eva Gina’ Runner in the final stage of the prestigious competition in Oulu this past week.
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Danish youngster wins big in poker championship
Posted on 24 November 2008.
Danish professional poker player Peter Eastgate set a new record by becoming the youngest person to win the World Series of Poker’s main competition, earning himself a tidy USD 9 million for his card skills. The 22 year-old from Odense, Denmark broke the previous record held by poker legend Phil Hellmuth, who in 1989 was [...]
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American wins 2008 Air Guitar Championships
Posted on 05 September 2008.
Knocking off the two-time reigning title holder from Japan, Ochi (Dainoji) Yosuke, an American named Hot Lixx Hulahan strutted his stuff and won the 2008 Air Guitar Championships in Oulu, Finland, TodayOnline reports. Hot Lixx’s prize for ripping solos on an imaginary guitar was a genuine Finnish-made Flying Finn electric guitar. Hot Lixx, whose real [...]
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