Congratulations to the below players for being selected for the 2022 Johns-Putra Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS). They will be attending the online coaching sessions which include lectures by top Australian Grandmasters including Anton Smirnov and Temur Kuybokarov, and special guests lecturers Hou Yifan Boris Gelfand. The selections were tough this year with 90+ applicants,…
Author: Alana Chibnall
JETS 2021 Selections
The players who have been selected to participate in the 2021 Johns Putra Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) being held on the Gold Coast this year are as follows: No. Name State 1 Vihaan Anup Kumar NSW 2 Joshua Cooper QLD 3 Oscar Gao WA 4 Elizaveta Gratchev QLD 5 Ekaterina Gratchev QLD 6 Iker…
JETS 2021 Applicants
The below applications have been received for the 2021 Johns Putra JETS Training Squad. It is expected that selections will be released no later than Sunday 9 May 2021. No. First Name Last Name State 1 Rheyansh Annapureddy Vic 2 Dhruthin Annapureddy Vic 3 Vihaan Anup Kumar NSW 4 Tharan Balachander SA 5 Keshav Balachander…
JETS 2019
Apologies for the wait! The 2019 JETS Squad is: Matthew Arthur VIC Damaris Augustine VIC George Bartley SA Nikita Boldyrev SA James Boyd-Norman SA Chao Xin Cheng VIC Kundan Dharmapuri WA Sri Krishna Kousel Dharmapuri WA Anthony Fikh NSW Oscar Gao WA Sean Hawkins VIC Toby Huey NSW Chelsea Huey NSW Chathula Kiripitige SA Jonathan…
JETS application list
Applications for the 2020 JETS Squad are open and will close on Sunday 1 March 2020. Applicants will be updated here approximately twice a week.
Junior Elite Training Squad 2018 – Results Released
Congratulations to the 28 Australian junior chess players who have been selected in the Johns-Putra Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) for 2018. We had a massive number of applications so to be selected into the squad is a great achievement. These players are joined by two representatives from New Zealand to participate in a five-day…
The AusJCL has been folded
The decision has been made for the Australian Junior Chess League to be folded effective as of Sunday 7 January 2018. All matters related to junior chess in Australia including national championships, the Australian Schools Teams Championship and international selection applications will be handled by the ACF directly. The Junior Elite Training Squad will operate…
Johns-Putra Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) in Canberra
30 selected juniors, from 6 States and Territories, plus New Zealand, participated in the 2017 Johns-Putra JETS camp at Campbell High School in Canberra, ACT, from 3-7 July. The camp consisted of three days of intensive training – by 4 Grandmasters and an International Master teaching rotating small groups – followed by a training tournament and…
World Cadet Chess Championship
Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to play in the World Cadet Chess Championship (U8-U12) to take place in Brazil in August. Thank you to GM Ian Rogers, IM Junta Ikeda and David Koetsier for being the selectors. Under 12 Open Byron Morris Xander Liebert Siddhant Badrinarayan Under 8 Open Aiden Wen
Selection Information
For information about national and international selection, please contact the Australian Chess Federation’s selection coordinator Tom Saltmarsh selections_director@auschess.org.au