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/
Author: Ian Rogers
AUS Young Masters in Adelaide, Dec. 2-8 featuring GM Tournament
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…
Australians at World Youth Championships in Uruguay
The Australian team of six players at the World Youth Championships in Montevideo, Uruguay, returned home having gained gained 70 rating points overall. Top scorer for the Australians was Christopher Lim in the U/14 Open event who scores 6/11. Full results available at http://chess-results.com/tnr297054.aspx?lan=1&art=25&fedb=AUS&flag=30&wi=821
Anton Smirnov Becomes Australia’s Youngest-ever Grandmaster!
16-year-old Anton Smirnov from Sydney has become Australia’s seventh and youngest Grandmaster with victory in the first Capablanca Memorial tournament in Anogia, Crete. Smirnov, a former Australian Junior Champion, smashed the record for the youngest Australian Grandmaster, held by Australian number one Zhao Zong Yuan, by five years.
Applications Open for 2017 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS)
2017 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) The Australian Junior Chess League is pleased to invite applications from talented Australian juniors (U/18) for the national junior training squad. The JETS Squad is Australia’s premier development squad, aimed at encouraging and challenging the next generation of Australian champions. (Past JETS members have gone on to…
Australian Juniors at Commonwealth Championships in Sri Lanka
Australian Under 8 Champion Sayum Rapusinghe is co-leader of the Commonwealth U/8 Championship after four rounds. (Rapusinghe is seeded 24th from 26 players.) Lilian Lu is running =3rd in the U/14 Girls division, while Sebastian Bracks is currently th in the U/10 open division. Follow Sayum, Lilian and Sebastian’s progress at http://www.chess-results.com/tnr232121.aspx?lan=1&art=0&wi=821.
Call for Applications – World Junior , Youth and Cadets, etc
Any players intending to represent Australia at any of the international junior events in the second half of 2016 (see the AJCL calendar) should submit their application online or directly the the AJCL Selection Coordinator Tristan Stevens, tristan.stevens87@gmail.com, before June 1. Please note that the World Youth Championships have been split into two, with the U/12,…
World Youth Olympiad, Slovakia July 21-30
Australia is planning to send a team to the World Youth Olympiad (U/16) in Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia from July 21-30. For details of the tournament, follow the link on the AJCL calendar. This is a final call for applications for eligible players. If you are a junior who was under 16 on January 1, 2016, rated above…
Commonwealth Junior Championships, U/20 – U/8, Sri Lanka 30-July – 7 August
The details for the 2016 Commonwealth Championships have recently been announced. The event will be held in Sri Lanka from July 30 until August 7. Australia is entitled to free accommodation for one girl and one boy in every division from U/20 to U/8. Any players interested in representing Australia at this event should contact…
ASEAN+ Age Group Championships, Thailand May 29 – June 7
Juniors interested in representing Australia at the ASEAN+ Age Group Championships in Pattaya, Thailand from May 29 – June 7 should contact the AJCL Selection Coordinator, Tristan Stevens, tristan.stevens87@gmail.com , before April 20. Details about the tournament, which will be played at the luxurious Dusit Thani Hotel, can be found at http://aseanagegroupchess.com/17th-asean-age-group-open-chess-championships-2016/