Australian Junior Chess League December 2011 Bulletin
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Australian Junior Chess League December 2011 Bulletin
In this bulletin:
Upcoming reminder dates
Below are some reminder dates for major Australian and International tournaments that may be worth while going to. There are many more local club tournaments which are not mentioned here.
2012 Australian Championships; Geelong Victoria; 27 December - 8 January
8th Singapore International Chess Festival; Singpore; 26 - 31 December
http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/new/
2012 Australian Junior Chess Championships; Melbourne Victoria; 14 - 22 January
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/
2012 Queenstown Chess Classic; Queenstown, New Zealand; 15-23 January
http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/queenstownchess
Gold Coast Junior Masters; Gold Coast, QLD; 10-11 March
2012 Thailand Open; Thailand; 13-19 April
http://bangkokchess.com/
2012 Doeberl Cup; Canberra, ACT; 5-9 April
http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/
2012 Sydney International Open; Parramatta, NSW; 11-15 April
http://sio.parrachessclub.org/
2012 Australian Junior Chess Championships
The organizing committee will be sending an email out to everybody who registered in the beginning of January.
In the meantime, you should familiarise yourself with the schedule. You will find the schedule here:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/schedule
There have been some changes to the additional prizes. You will find a list of prizes here:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/prizes
We have also made some changes to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). You will find the FAQ here:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/faq
The committee will continue to improve the FAQ as we get more questions, right up until the competition.
We have had 70 commemorative chess sets and boards made for the competition, which will be on sale after the tournament. There are not enough for everybody, so it's first in first served. Please read the following page for more details on how to order:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/commemorativeboard
The first of the tournament bulletins is available here:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/bulletin
The tournament will be using the Tornelo system for results. Tornelo will allow you to check out games, player history and profiles. During the event see progress reports, live games, live scores etc.
https://auschess.tornelo.com/tournaments/australian-junior-championships
If you register for Tornelo you will be able to claim your profile, update your photo and details. This profile will be yours for other ACF events supported by Tornelo. If you register you can also use Tornelo to look up your opponents games to help you prepare.
Registration to Tornelo is free.
You may also view stats and history about Australian Junior Championships (including games) from 2001 to present:
https://auschess.tornelo.com/competitions/australian-junior-championships
2012 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad
The Australian Junior Chess League will soon be calling for applications from talented Australian juniors (U/18) for the national junior training squad, sponsored by Johns-Putra Limited.
Eligibility for the JETS Squad will require participation in at least one of the national Championship (Geelong) or Junior Championships (Melbourne), or the Queenstown Classic in January 2012.
The 30 selected members of the 2012 JETS Squad can attend the national junior training camp, in Melbourne from July 2-7, where they will receive free coaching by Grandmasters and International Masters, plus compete in a training tournament and a Grandmaster simultaneous exhibition.
World Youth Report by Grandmaster Ian Rogers
After two late withdrawals, both unavoidable, a team of seven Australian players arrived in the central Brazilian town of Caldas Novas for the World Youth Championships.
Caldas Novas is best known as a resort for Brazilians in Gioana province, about 200 kms from the capital Brasilia. Caldas Novas became famous thanks to its hot springs, around which a tourist industry based on aqua parks and a thriving city of 60,000 people has developed. As befitting the largest thermal resort in the world, the city is dominated by water and swimming; the main shopping street near the convention centre where the World Youth Championships were played is not 100% populated by bikini shops; probably only 90% of the shops sell swimwear.
For many children in the World Youth Championships, a city full of swimming pools, all naturally heated, was as close to heaven as they could get and the hotel pools were populated by chess players until late in the evening.
For the adults, Caldas Novas featured sights which they would never have seen before in their life. The trip on the sole rest day featured a cow saddled up and ridden, trotting alongside three horses; a so-called Japanese garden featuring an old Brazilian farmhouse and three ostriches and other weird and wonderful sights.
Most popular of all, plentiful mango trees situated just outside the hotel rooms. Every morning adults and children could pick up a mango which had fallen to the ground overnight – or three or four if you were greedy – and take it back to their room to eat after a hard game.
... the report continues on the following page:
http://www.australianjuniorchess.org.au/report.html
You will find the results of each of the individual Australians here:
http://www.australianjuniorchess.org.au/results.html
AusJCL AGM Notice
The AusJCL Annual General Meeting will be held at Spensley Street Primary School, Friday 20th January 2:30 pm during the Australian Junior Chess Championships.
You will find the agenda on the following page in the key dates section:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/schedule
You are all welcome to come along and voice your opinion about various issues around around Australian junior chess.
How to subscribe to the bulletin
Please forward this email bulletin on to anybody else who you may think will be interested. Also feel free to ask other chess parents if they know about the AusJCL bulletin.
To subscribe to this FREE bulletin please send an email to the bulletin editor, Simon Dale (s...@thecrag.com), titled 'AusJCL bulletin subscription request' OR subscribe directly to the AusJCL Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/ausjcl
Please note that Google Groups do not allow me to add you directly, so I have to invite you to be part of the group, whereby an invitation email will be sent to you which you must accept before you become part of the group.
Simon Dale
Bulletin Editor
Australian Junior Chess League
http://www.australianjuniorchess.org.au/
Australian Junior Chess League December 2011 Bulletin
In this bulletin:
- Upcoming reminder dates
- 2012 Australian Junior Chess Championships
- 2012 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad
- World Youth Report by Grandmaster Ian Rogers
- AusJCL AGM Notice
- How to subscribe to the bulletin
Upcoming reminder dates
Below are some reminder dates for major Australian and International tournaments that may be worth while going to. There are many more local club tournaments which are not mentioned here.
2012 Australian Championships; Geelong Victoria; 27 December - 8 January
8th Singapore International Chess Festival; Singpore; 26 - 31 December
http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/new/
2012 Australian Junior Chess Championships; Melbourne Victoria; 14 - 22 January
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/
2012 Queenstown Chess Classic; Queenstown, New Zealand; 15-23 January
http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/queenstownchess
Gold Coast Junior Masters; Gold Coast, QLD; 10-11 March
2012 Thailand Open; Thailand; 13-19 April
http://bangkokchess.com/
2012 Doeberl Cup; Canberra, ACT; 5-9 April
http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/
2012 Sydney International Open; Parramatta, NSW; 11-15 April
http://sio.parrachessclub.org/
2012 Australian Junior Chess Championships
The organizing committee will be sending an email out to everybody who registered in the beginning of January.
In the meantime, you should familiarise yourself with the schedule. You will find the schedule here:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/schedule
There have been some changes to the additional prizes. You will find a list of prizes here:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/prizes
We have also made some changes to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). You will find the FAQ here:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/faq
The committee will continue to improve the FAQ as we get more questions, right up until the competition.
We have had 70 commemorative chess sets and boards made for the competition, which will be on sale after the tournament. There are not enough for everybody, so it's first in first served. Please read the following page for more details on how to order:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/commemorativeboard
The first of the tournament bulletins is available here:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/bulletin
The tournament will be using the Tornelo system for results. Tornelo will allow you to check out games, player history and profiles. During the event see progress reports, live games, live scores etc.
https://auschess.tornelo.com/tournaments/australian-junior-championships
If you register for Tornelo you will be able to claim your profile, update your photo and details. This profile will be yours for other ACF events supported by Tornelo. If you register you can also use Tornelo to look up your opponents games to help you prepare.
Registration to Tornelo is free.
You may also view stats and history about Australian Junior Championships (including games) from 2001 to present:
https://auschess.tornelo.com/competitions/australian-junior-championships
2012 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad
The Australian Junior Chess League will soon be calling for applications from talented Australian juniors (U/18) for the national junior training squad, sponsored by Johns-Putra Limited.
Eligibility for the JETS Squad will require participation in at least one of the national Championship (Geelong) or Junior Championships (Melbourne), or the Queenstown Classic in January 2012.
The 30 selected members of the 2012 JETS Squad can attend the national junior training camp, in Melbourne from July 2-7, where they will receive free coaching by Grandmasters and International Masters, plus compete in a training tournament and a Grandmaster simultaneous exhibition.
World Youth Report by Grandmaster Ian Rogers
After two late withdrawals, both unavoidable, a team of seven Australian players arrived in the central Brazilian town of Caldas Novas for the World Youth Championships.
Caldas Novas is best known as a resort for Brazilians in Gioana province, about 200 kms from the capital Brasilia. Caldas Novas became famous thanks to its hot springs, around which a tourist industry based on aqua parks and a thriving city of 60,000 people has developed. As befitting the largest thermal resort in the world, the city is dominated by water and swimming; the main shopping street near the convention centre where the World Youth Championships were played is not 100% populated by bikini shops; probably only 90% of the shops sell swimwear.
For many children in the World Youth Championships, a city full of swimming pools, all naturally heated, was as close to heaven as they could get and the hotel pools were populated by chess players until late in the evening.
For the adults, Caldas Novas featured sights which they would never have seen before in their life. The trip on the sole rest day featured a cow saddled up and ridden, trotting alongside three horses; a so-called Japanese garden featuring an old Brazilian farmhouse and three ostriches and other weird and wonderful sights.
Most popular of all, plentiful mango trees situated just outside the hotel rooms. Every morning adults and children could pick up a mango which had fallen to the ground overnight – or three or four if you were greedy – and take it back to their room to eat after a hard game.
... the report continues on the following page:
http://www.australianjuniorchess.org.au/report.html
You will find the results of each of the individual Australians here:
http://www.australianjuniorchess.org.au/results.html
AusJCL AGM Notice
The AusJCL Annual General Meeting will be held at Spensley Street Primary School, Friday 20th January 2:30 pm during the Australian Junior Chess Championships.
You will find the agenda on the following page in the key dates section:
http://www.2012ausjuniorchamps.com/schedule
You are all welcome to come along and voice your opinion about various issues around around Australian junior chess.
How to subscribe to the bulletin
Please forward this email bulletin on to anybody else who you may think will be interested. Also feel free to ask other chess parents if they know about the AusJCL bulletin.
To subscribe to this FREE bulletin please send an email to the bulletin editor, Simon Dale (s...@thecrag.com), titled 'AusJCL bulletin subscription request' OR subscribe directly to the AusJCL Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/ausjcl
Please note that Google Groups do not allow me to add you directly, so I have to invite you to be part of the group, whereby an invitation email will be sent to you which you must accept before you become part of the group.
Simon Dale
Bulletin Editor
Australian Junior Chess League
http://www.australianjuniorchess.org.au/
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