Author: Ian Rogers

We are pleased to invite applications from talented Australian juniors for the 2023 Australian Junior Elite Training Squad – JETS. The JETS Squad is Australia’s premier development squad. Applicants are judged by commitment and improvement, as well as rating, with a preference for applicants aged 10-14. (However any junior may apply.) A maximum of 30…

Melbourne’s Ryeyansh Annapureddy has won the Asian Under 8 Championship in Bali, the first time an Australian player has won an Asian title since Shane Hill’s win of the Under 20 title in 1988. Perth’s Rebo Fu also captured a bronze medal in the Under 16 Open division, while Ekaterina Gratchev and Jayden Ooi, both…

After a three year break, the Australian Junior Championships, in divisions from Under 8 to Under 18, will be held again. The event will take place between January 12 and 20 in Melbourne. Details: https://sites.google.com/view/ajcc2023/

After 13 years of support, Geraldine Johns-Putra is ending her sponsorship of the Junior Elite Training Squad. In those 13 years, Johns-Putra (and her legal consulting firm Johns-Putra Limited) has helped hundreds of Australia’s most promising young players. JETS and Australia’s junior chessplayers owe the former Olympian (both as player and captain) a great debt…

2022 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) Applications are now open for the 2022 JETS Training Squad sponsored by Geraldine Johns-Putra. We are pleased to invite applications from talented Australian juniors for the 2022 Australian Junior Elite Training Squad – JETS. The JETS Squad is Australia’s premier development squad. Applicants are judged by commitment…

The 2022 Australian Junior Championships,scheduled by the Australian Chess Federation to take place in Perth from January 4-15, have been cancelled.

2021 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) Applications are now open for the 2021 JETS Training Squad sponsored by Geraldine Johns-Putra. We are pleased to invite applications from talented Australian juniors for the 2021 Australian Junior Elite Training Squad – JETS. The JETS Squad is Australia’s premier development squad, aimed at encouraging and challenging…

Applications for the 2021 Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) has been delayed due to a lack of reliable, recent, crossboard tournament results for most players. Potential applicants are advised to compete as much as possible over the board in the early months of 2021.

The 2020 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad camp was successfully completed this year between July 7 and 10 – online. The 2020 squad included 30 Australian juniors and two New Zealanders, selected from more than 80 applicants. JETS online lecturers for 2020 were Grandmasters Judit Polgar, Darryl Johansen, Moulthun Ly and Zhao Zong Yuan….

May 27th 2020 After a previous email notifying everyone that the 2020 Johns-Putra Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) has been cancelled for 2020 because of COVID-19, a decision has been made by the organisers to run JETS this year as an online training event! The squad will be held from Tuesday July 7 (starting in…