Australian Junior Chess League May 2012 Bulletin

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Australian Junior Chess League May 2012 Bulletin

In this bulletin:

• 2013 Bond University Australian Junior Chess Championships
• Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) selections
  
• Upcoming tournament reminder dates
• U/16 Australian vs Indonesia Internet Match
• Australian Juniors with FIDE over 2000
• 2012 Victorian Junior Chess Championship
  
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Go to http://www.australianjuniorchess.org.au/ for news and information about junior chess in Australia.



2013 Bond University Australian Junior Chess Championships

Block out your calendar, lock in your Queensland holiday now, the 2013 Bond University Australian Junior Chess Championships will be from the 19th to 27th January 2013 at Bond University, Queensland.

The tournament organiser is Gardiner Chess on behalf of the Chess Association of Qld. For full details and to register, please visit the tournament website at:

http://www.gardinerchess.com/ausjunchesschamps2013.htm



Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) selections

Every year the AusJCL organises a holiday chess camp for the elite junior chess players in Australia. Emphasis is given for the younger juniors in the squad. This year it is being held in Melbourne form the 2nd-7th July 2012 at the premises of the Box Hill Chess Club.

For junior chess players, getting into this squad is a real achievement. The names of the successful applicants for the AusJCL 2012 Johns-Putra JETS are:

George Carolin-Unkovich
Jason Chew
Alanna Chew Lee
Max Chew Lee
Finley Dale
Ari Dale
Ege Girgin
ZhiLin Guo
Jaime-Lee Guo
Zoe Harrison
Martin Jack
Michael Joseph Kethro
Daniel Lapitan
Zachary Loh
Alex MacAdam
Savithri Narenthran
Jack Puccini
Matthew Pyper
Tom Slater-Jones
Jimmy Ying
David Cannon
Nicole Chin
Chloe Chin
Ethan Derwent
Emily Lin
Amelia Mendes
Stuart Nicholls
Glen Qi
Kevin Song
Tony Junhao Zhong

If you did not make it, hold your breath because there is sometimes a second round offer if a couple of people cannot make the camp.

If you are a parent from Melbourne and your child has made it to the squad then please consider billeting somebody from interstate.



Upcoming tournament 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 ACT Womens and Girls Championship; Canberra, ACT; 19-20 May
http://www.actjcl.org.au/actjcl/

2012 ASEAN+ Age Group Championships (U/8-U/20); Hue, Vietnam; 10-20 June
http://www.chessdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Asean-age-championships-2012.pdf

2012 ACT Under 8 Championship; Canberra ACT; 24 June

2012 Asian Youth Championships (U/8 to U/18); Sri Lanka; 23-30 June

2012 Queensland Junior Championship; Gold Coast, QLD; 25-29 June
http://www.caq.org.au/

2012 Victorian U/12, U/10 and U/8 Championships; Melbourne, VIC; 30 June - 1 July
http://www.chessvictoria.org.au/2012_vic_junior_championships.htm

2012 Johns-Putra JETS Camp; Melbourne, VIC; 2-7 July

2012 Queensland Girls Championship; Brisbane, QLD; 8 July

2012 NSW Junior Championships; Sydney, NSW; 8-13 July

2012 Victorian U/18, U/16 and U/14 Championships; Melbourne, VIC; 9-13 July
http://www.chessvictoria.org.au/2012_vic_junior_championships.htm

2012 South Australian Junior Championships (U/18 and U/12); Adelaide, SA; 12-13 July

2012 World Junior Championships (U/20); Athens, Greece; 1-16 August




U/16 Australian vs Indonesia Internet Match

Indonesia 6.5 - Australia 3.5

Australia was defeated by Indonesia 3.5 - 6.5 in an internet match between two teams of U/16 players on April 21.

The match was plagued by technical problems at the Indonesian end, but in the end the lower ranked Indonesian team fully deserved their victory.

The Australia v Indonesia match is hoped to be the first of a number of international matches to prepares Australia's U/16 Squad for the 2012 Youth Olympiad in Turkey later in the year.

Results (Indonesia White on board 1)

1. FM BobbyCheng - WFM Aulia Medina   1-0
2. Yi Liu - CM Ali Luthfi Muhammad  0-1
3. Laurence Matheson - Jodi Setyaki Azarya  0-1
4. Pengyu Chen - FM Ivan Maxmillian Putra Draw
5. Andrew Pan - Surya Setiawan Draw
6. WFM Megan Setiabudi - Priasmoro Novendra  0-1
7. Savithri Narenthran - Gerald Priguna  0-1
8. Leteisha Simmonds - Ummi Fisabilillah  1-0F
9. Mirakla Mithran - Constantinius Leonardo Pratama  Draw
10. Shirley Gu - David Saputra  0-1

For more information about the U16 Australian Youth Olympiad squad visit:

http://www.u16squad.australianjuniorchess.org.au



Australian Juniors with FIDE over 2000

Your FIDE rating is an international chess rating, and for young chess players even getting a FIDE rating is an achievement. There are now 18 Australian juniors with a FIDE rating over 2000.

FIDE   - Name
2352 - Cheng, Bobby
2327 - Morris, James
2211 - Tan, Justin
2185 - Liu, Yi
2169 - Nakauchi, Gene
2169 - Schon, Eugene
2153 - Matheson, Laurence
2150 - Yuan, Yi
2120 - Smirnov, Anton
2109 - Chen, Pengyu
2104 - Cameron, Alistair
2093 - Zelesco, Karl
2061 - Dale, Ari
2058 - Papantoniou, John
2041 - Pan, Andrew
2016 - Ruan, Jack
2010 - Yu, Sally
2005 - Guo, Emma



2012 Victorian Junior Chess Championship

For all those young Victorian chess players who finished the 2012 Australian Junior Chess Championship wanting more you can try your skill in the 2012 Victorian Junior Chess Championships. There will be two tournaments, one for the U8/U10/U12s and the other for U14/U16/U18s.

U8/U10/U12 tournament is 7 rounds from Saturday 30th June to Sunday 1st July.

U14/U16/U18 tournament is 9 rounds from Monday 9th July to Friday 13th July.

Both tournaments are at the Canterbury Junior Chess Club.

http://www.chessvictoria.org.au/2012_vic_junior_championships.htm



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