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…
Category: Notices
Gold Medal for Rheyansh Annapureddy At Asian Youth Chess Championships
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…
Australian Junior Chess Championships Return!
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/
Johns-Putra ends sponsorship of JETS Squad
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…
JETS 2022 Selections
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,…
2022 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad Applications Open – Deadline April 30
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…
2022 Australian Junior Championships Cancelled
The 2022 Australian Junior Championships,scheduled by the Australian Chess Federation to take place in Perth from January 4-15, have been cancelled.
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…
Applications Open for JETS 2021
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…