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,…
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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…
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…
JETS 2021
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.
JETS 2020
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….
Jets 2020… Is back on!
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…
JETS 2020 Applications as of 23 February 2020
Applications will close for JETS on 01 March 2020. Vihaan Anup Kumar NSWIsaac Chai VicJoshua Cooper QLDHamish De Livera VicShaheel Faizal NSWAngela Feng VicElizaveta Gratchev QLDEkaterina Gratchev QLDIker Hernandez Mendez WAToby Huey NSWChelsea Huey NSWMia Jigando Balan NSWArchit Kannan VicAdeepa Keerthirathne QLDAdeepa Keerthirathne QLDSravan Konattu Renjith QLDBenjamin Leong QLDJoel Leong QLDDewmi Liyanage SAJonathan Lo QLDAlexavier…
Applications open for 2020 Australian Junior Elite Training Squad
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…