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…
February Bulletin now available
Please click on this link to take you to the online edition of the bulletin or download the PDF version here: 2015 Australian Junior National Championships.
2015 JOHNS-PUTRA JETS SQUAD APPLICATIONS
Applications closed on February 20 2015. Parents were emailed today to confirm receipt of applications. For anyone who made an application but did not receive such an email, please contact me asap. Tristan Boyd AusJCL Selections Coordinator tristan.s.boyd@gmail.com
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,…
2014 World U-16 Olympiad
Update regarding call for applications (deadline 28 September) Dear all chess juniors and chess parents Please note that the regulations released by the tournament organisers (on the FIDE and tournament websites) for this year’s event currently contain a new rule regarding team eligibility (highlighted in bold). A team consists of 5 players (4 players and 1…
Good luck to the Australian team!
Australia is sending one of its youngest sides ever to the World Youth Championships in Durban, with only Cedric and Clarise Koh ever having represented Australia before. The team is below. I extend my personal good luck wishes to each and every one of you! Under 18 Girls: Clarise Koh (NSW) Under 16 Girls: Zhi…