11 young asian boy June 3, according to New Zealand's World Wide Web, Alphaeus Ang is just an ordinary 11 year old Asian boy.
cites NZ Herald News, however, the 7 grade student of Liston College, Oakland, won the Sudoku championship on the New Zealand Festival of Mindsports held on Thames, becoming the youngest champion in the history of the competition.
in addition to winning the Sudoku champion, Alphaeus Ang won the draughts competition champion and won the runner up at the chess championship, and defeated him, the national champion Bob Smith before the 57 year old.
is not surprised that his father, Keong Ang, has shown the bright expression of Alphaeus An.
it is said that Alphaeus An began to play Sudoku since the age of 4, and in his grade 6, he got Merit endorsement of NCEA Level 1 in mathematics, and normally, this is the level that students in Grade 11 need to reach.
"I think he is only gifted in mathematics." Keong Ang said, however, that he did not know where the child's talent came from - because he and his wife, Ivy Ang, were not much interested in mathematics or other intellectual activities.
although Sudoku is the initial love of Alphaeus Ang, his favorite intellectual activity has become chess.
it is reported that Alphaeus Ang is the first New Zealand Sudoku champion under 12 years old. Last year, he ranked second in the under-12 World Amateur Blitz Chess championship in Romania under the age of 12.