1.IM Anton Smirnov (NSW) 2463 2. IM Justin Tan (Vic) 2446 3. IM Bobby Cheng (Vic) 2419 4.IM Rishi Sardana (India) 2385 5. IM Ari Dale (Vic) 2348 6. FM Yi Liu (Qld) 2306 7. FM Pengyu Chen (NSW) 2289 8. FM Karl Zelesco (Vic) 2272 9. FM Gene Nakauchi (Qld) 2265 10. Laurence Matheson…
Author: Ian Rogers
New Zealand JETS Camp January 2016 – open to Australian juniors
Australian juniors participating in any event connected to the New Zealand Open in Auckland in January may be eligible to attend the New Zealand Junior Elite Training Squad camp, January 13-15 2016. Interested juniors should apply to the camp organiser Hilton Bennett, hiltonb@wave.co.nz .
Special Tournament for Girl Players – Evelyn Koshnitsky Tribute Tournament
Monday July 13th to Thursday July 16th ‘The Evelyn’ Women & Girls Chess Tournament Adelaide, South Australia Large Prize Fund – $1,000 First Prize 7 Rounds Monday July 13th Round 1 – 14.00 hrs Tuesday July 14th Round 2 – 10.00 Round 3 – 14.00 Wednesday July 15th Round 4 – 10.00 Round 5 –…
2015 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad Selections
2015 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad The following players were selected – congratulations! The training camp will be held at Somerset College on the Gold Coast from June 27 – July 1. Coaches will likely include GMs Melkumyan, Johansen and Rogers and IMs Illingworth, Ly and Kourkounakis. David Cannon Lachlan Chen Paula Chen Ellie Choemuku-Huang…
2015 Johns-Putra JETS Squad Applications Now Open
2015 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) Application form for the Australia Junior Chess League’s 2015 JETS Training Squad sponsored by Geraldine Johns-Putra. 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…
New Australian Junior Champions
Yi Liu, Queensland, and Kristine Quek, NSW, are the new Australian Junior (U/18) Champions. Victoria won seven of the 12 titles on offer at the annual Championships, this year held at Canberra Grammar School. Full details of all prizewinners available at: http://www.ajcc.org.au/
Record Entry for Upcoming Australian Junior Championships in Canberra
With two days to go before the start of the Australian Junior Championships in the ACT, the previous record entry of 270 players is in danger of being broken. Entries for the tournament are being taken until midnight tonight – see http://www.ajcc.org.au/ for full details and a pre-tournament bulletin. The Australian Junior Championships are run in 12…
India Wins Youth Olympiad, Australia =25th
The World U/16 Chess Olympiad in Gyor, Hungary was won by India, ahead of Russia and Iran. The Australian team of Ari Dale, Jack Puccini, Zachary Loh, Max Chew Lee and Kristine Quek finished tied for 25th, having lost 1-3 to the eventual winners in the first round. See http://chess-results.com/tnr153962.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=AUS&flag=30&wi=821 for complete results. ** Report by…
Australia’s Top Rated Juniors
The latest ACF ratings were published on December 1. See http://auschess.org.au/acf/ratings/ for the complete list. Top Under 20 2489 16 VIC Cheng, Bobby [IM] 2425 19 VIC Morris, James [IM] 2393 12 NSW Smirnov, Anton [IM] 2331 16 QLD Liu, Yi 2305 19 VIC Schon, Eugene 2270 15 VIC Dale, Ari [IM] 2255 17 VIC Matheson,…