Author: Ian Rogers

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…

2020 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) Applications are now open for the 2020 JETS Training Squad sponsored by Geraldine Johns-Putra. We are pleased to invite applications from talented Australian juniors (U/18) for the 2020 Australian Junior Elite Training Squad – JETS. The JETS Squad is Australia’s premier development squad, aimed at encouraging and…

All selections for national and international junior events – except JETS – are now being run by the Australian Chess Federation. Please direct all enquiries to: Tom Saltmarsh selections_director@auschess.org.au

2019 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) Application for the Australia Junior Chess League’s 2019 JETS Training Squad sponsored by Geraldine Johns-Putra may be made via the Apply section of this site. The closing date has been extended to March 1. Johns Putra JETS is pleased to invite applications from talented Australian juniors (U/18)…

Now that the Australian Chess Federation has taken all junior matters in-house, all applications by Australian juniors for international events which require selection – see the AJCL calendar – should apply to the ACF’s Selection Coordinator Tom Saltmarsh selections_junior@auschess.org.au 0499 996 559

Due to confusion and enquiries over the status of the Junior Elite Training Squad after the demise of the AJCL – JETS will continue as usual – the deadline for applications for the 2018 squad has been extended by a week until February 28. 2018 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) Application form for the 2018 JETS…

The Australian Junior Championships, with open and girls divisions, in age groups from Under 8 to Under 18, begin at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne in Saturday January 13. Full details: https://sites.google.com/view/ajcc2018/

The 2017 Lidums Australian Young Masters is open to players under 30 years of age and will be held at the University of Adelaide from December 2-8. The fields for the Grandmaster and International Master round-robin sections have been confirmed and you can now register for the Young Masters Open and Under 1200 sections. The Grandmaster…