Sort of.
I tested it in a page where it worked perfectly, but didn’t try putting it in the template. I just put it in the template and it’s working perfectly there too (I just pasted it from my message above).
Be sure the chunkname is spelled the same way in all places.
I’m testing it in MODx Revolution but it should work just as well in 0.9.6. I’ll try it there if I get a chance later.