Australian Chess Federation Inc.

Registrations Open for the Australian Chess Championships 2024

The websites for the Australian Championships and the Australian Junior Championships are now at

Australian Chess Championships 2024

Australian Junior Chess Championships 2024

Please note: The Classic Major and Minor are now full 11-round tournaments, each to be held concurrently with the Championship events.

 

World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2023

FIDE World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2023

FIDE World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2023

Applications for Australians to participate in the World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2023 have just opened and close on August 16.

Australians can register here…

The ACF Official 2023 Australian Representative International Junior Chess Tournaments Register is available here…

Any inquiries can be sent to either Australian Junior Chess Coordinator, Hughston Parle, at hughstonparle@gmail.com OR to Assistant Australian Junior Chess Coordinator, Henry Slater-Jones, at henryslaterjones@gmail.com.

FIDE – Inspiring more girls to play chess!

image – courtesy Leonid Sandler

IM Anastasia Sorokina and WGM Dana Reizniece-Ozola visit Melbourne – hold master-classes for girls.

Anastasia Sorokina, Belarusian chess player, Women’s International Master and FIDE coach, and Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Latvian chess player, former Minister of Finance of Latvia and FIDE Managing Director, are visiting Melbourne. Leonid Sandler, President of Chess Victoria , says that this visit will help popularise chess, especially among girls.