About Us

AJCA Founder, teaching for over 10 years and at over 35 schools, Elite Coach at Sydney Academy of Chess (2015-2021), QLD coach at Australian Junior Championships, current QLD Champion

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• Australian Open =1st (2017)

• Churchie Chess Captain and Premier Team Board 1

• QLD & NSW Champion (multiple years)

• Australian Representative at World Youth Olympiads (Istanbul 2012, Chongqing 2013) and World Youth Championships (Vũng Tàu 2008, Maribor 2013)

England Junior Academy Coach (2017-2019), Chess Author, Columnist at ChessPublishing.com and Editor for Thinkers Publishing

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• 1st in multiple International Opens, including Paracin 2017, Pula 2018, Ghent 2019, New Zealand Open 2020, Ballarat-Begonia Open 2021 and Doeberl Cup 2021, NSW Open 2021

• British Under 21 Chess Champion (2014), British Under 18 Chess Champion (2013)

• Singapore Representative at Chess Olympiads: Khanty-Mansiysk 2010, Istanbul 2012

Teaching for over 10 years, Coach at Australian Junior Elite Training Squad, Editor of 50 Moves Chess Magazine

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• Australian Under 18 Junior Chess Champion (2005, Age 13)

• Australian Youth Olympiad Captain and Board 1 (Singapore 2007)

• Australian Rapid Champion (Multiple years)

• Australian Blitz Champion (Multiple years)

• Sydney International Open 1st (2014)

• Australian Representative at Chess Olympiads: Istanbul 2012, Tromso 2014, Baku 2016

Teaching for over 8 years, WA coach at Australian Junior Championships

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• President of University of WA Chess Association (2019-2020)

• Australian Reserve Champion (2016)

• Australian Under 16 Junior Champion (2015)

• WA State Champion (2020)

• Australian Representative at World Youth Olympiad (Ulaanbaatar 2015) and World Youth Championships (Khanty-Mansiysk 2016)

Teaching for over 10 years, completing Masters in Secondary School Teaching at the Australian Catholic University (final semester)

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• City of Sydney Rapid Champion (2020)

• Oceania Zonal 3rd Place (2019)

• NSW Lightning Championship (2018)

• Fort Street High School Premier Team Board 1

5 years experience coaching including school classes, private students and development squads

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• =2nd Oceania Women’s Zonal (2017)

• ACT Under 20 [Open] Champion (2010)

• ACT Girls Under 20 Champion (multiple years)

• =1st Doeberl Cup Major Champion (2012)

• Doeberl Cup Minor Champion (2009)

• Australian Representative at World Youth (Antalya-Kemer, 2009)

15+ years experience coaching chess privately, in schools and in junior chess clubs

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• Brisbane Chess Club Champion (multiple years)

• Queensland Reserve Champion (2015)

• Queensland Lightning Champion (2014)

• Founder of the Excessive Epicness Chess Club and Jr Chess Club

• Brisbane State High School Premier Team, won GPS chess premiership (2004 and 2005)

Extensive experience teaching chess for private students and at schools for the Sydney Academy of Chess

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• Australian Girls Under 18 Junior Champion (2014)

• NSW Girls Under 18 Champion (multiple years)

• NSW Girls Under 18 Lightning Champion (multiple years)

• Australian Representative at World Youth Olympiads (Istanbul 2012, Chongqing 2013)

• St George Girls High School Chess Captain and Board 1, Secondary School National Champion (2014)

​Teaching for over 12 years, extensive experience teaching at leading private schools of South Australia

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• Australian Under 18 Junior Champion 2012

• Australian Under 16 Junior Champion 2011

• South Australian Champion 2012

• Australian Allegro Champion (multiple years)

Specialising in teaching beginners, previously taught at Sunnybank Chess Club and Rookies Chess Club at St Peters Lutheran College

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• Queensland Junior Chess Champion (Under 8 and Under 10).

• Brisbane State High School Chess Captain and Premier Team Board 1 (2017-2020)