Question: Facts:   - |name: stephen solomon    - title: international master    - caption: stephen , germany 2008 solomon at the 38th chess olympiad in dresden    - fideid: 3200043      - peakrating: 2478 -lrb- july 2008 -rrb-    - birth date: 24 july 1963    - image: solomon stephen 20081119 olympiade dresden.jpg    - birth place: melbourne , australia   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stephen solomon .
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stephen john solomon -lrb- born 24 july 1963 -rrb- is an australian chess international master -lrb- im -rrb- .he became a fide master -lrb- fm -rrb- in 1986 , and an international master -lrb- im -rrb- in 1990 .he won the australian junior chess championship in 1980 and the australian chess championship in 2008 .