Click here to see some videos of the 2015 ASTC by Michael Loh.
Selection Information
For information about national and international selection, please contact the Australian Chess Federation’s selection coordinator Tom Saltmarsh selections_director@auschess.org.au
ASTC Final Report
2015 AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS TEAMS CHAMPS by Charles Zworestine Some things never change… Victoria have been dominating most divisions of this event for the last few years; and nothing was to prove too different in 2015! Melbourne High School have won the Secondary Open division for the past two years, and were kind enough to agree…
Second and third place trophies for ASTC
AusJCL will soon be posting out 2nd and 3rd place trophies for the 2015 ASTC.
Australian U/18 Junior Champions
For a list of Australian Junior Champions, please see the Honour Board on this site.
Player names are now available on ASTC webpage
We have received all player names for the Australian Schools Teams Chess Championship and they are now available on the ASTC website. https://australianjuniorchess.org/astc/2015-astc/ Please note that the board order is provisional and is subject to change before the event starts. Board order should be based on player strength. Once the tournament starts the board order…
ASTC – some schools need to provide player names
The ASTC starts Sat 5th Dec. All representing schools are obligated to provide player names in board order. Board order should be based on players strength. The competition cannot run without these names. The following schools have not provided their player names: * ACT: Canberra Grammar School * ACT: Caroline Chisholm School * ACT: Lyneham…
2015 World Youth Results
The FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship 2015 was played in Porto Carras, Halkidiki. The players from India dominated the event, winning as many as 11 medals, among them 5 gold. Russia and USA took 4 medals each, but none of them was gold. Iran, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Germany, Greece, Uzbekistan and Vietnam have one gold medal…
November 2015 FIDE Ratings for Australian Juniors
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…
ASTC
The Australian Schools’ Teams Championships (ASTC) is generally held in the first week of December and is overseen by the Australian Chess Federation. Please contact president@auschess.org.au for more information.