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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…
15-year-old Anton Smirnov secures Grandmaster result at Baku Chess Olympiad
15-year-old Sydney junior Anton Smirnov remained undefeated and is now two thirds of the way to becoming Australia’s youngest Grandmaster after a stunning 8.5/10 performance at the Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan. Two Australian teams competed at the Olympiad with the Australian Open team finishing tied for 24th place in a field of 166 countries. You…
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.
Selections World Youth and Cadets
For applications to international junior tournaments, please contact the Australian Chess Federation via Tom Saltmarsh selections_director@auschess.org.au
Latest AusJCL Newsletter available
The latest Australian Junior Chess League Newsletter is now available HERE Read about the Junior Elite Training Squad and tournaments around the country! Not subscribed yet? Why not sign up HERE and automatically receive the next edition in your mailbox. Any feedback and comments are welcomed via email to the editor Sabrina Koetsier via chesslife@bigpond.com
Johns-Putra JETS Squad
Applications for the Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad may be made elsewhere on this site.
Latest AusJCL newsletter available
The latest Australian Junior Chess League Newsletter is now available HERE Find the JETS candidate list for 2016 and read about the Olympiad appeal! Not subscribed yet? Why not sign up HERE and automatically receive the next edition in your mailbox. Any feedback and comments are welcomed via email to the editor Sabrina Koetsier via…
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…