CFC Sponsorship of National Juniors to Masters Program

Announcement by Christina Tao, CFC Youth Coordinator, on CFC's sponsorship of the National Training Program provided by Juniors to Masters Chess Academy:

CFC recognizes the following students who accomplished outstanding achievements in their chess career. Congratulations to following players on receiving the $250 sponsorship towards their JtM Program registrations.
- FM Eugene Hua
- WGM Maïli-Jade Ouellet
- WIM Svitlana Demchenko
- NCM Neil Doknjas
- CM Anthony Atanasov

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The Chess Federation of Canada is very excited to announce the National Youth Training Program where Juniors to Masters Chess Academy (JtM) will provide elite training for youth players to ultimately bring out their utmost potential and achieve their best result.

Juniors to Masters Chess Academy Background
The JtM program was founded by GM Gergely Szabo and Victoria Doknjas. GM Gergely Szabo has been Team Canada’s Head Coach at WYCC, WCCC, World U16 Youth Olympiad, and the Women’s Olympiad. Victoria Doknjas has been Team Canada’s Head of Delegation at multiple WYCCs and NAYCCs.

Juniors to Masters Chess Academy Mission Statement:
To discover talented individuals, who are willing to work hard and to learn, and through a partnership with them and their supportive parents, we want to help them by teaching, guiding, and encouraging them to reach for their potential and chess goals through the Juniors to Masters Program.

The Juniors to Masters Program and Structure for the Elite Student (rating 2000+):
There are 3 terms per year and each term consists of 8 training sessions. The Master Lecture is taught by GM Gergely Szabo and is approximately an hour and a half. An hour-long training game will follow immediately afterwards. Students will play both black and white from a specific position of the lecture to reinforce what has been taught.

CFC will sponsor 20 players into the JtM Program. Each player will receive $250 sponsorship to be used towards the registration into the JtM Program in a CFC yearly chess cycle.

CFC Criteria for Eligible Sponsored Players:
• Who has at least a 2000+ rating for males and 1800+ for females
• Who will commit to play in at least one international tournament supported and/or recognized by CFC in 2020
• Who is seeking a chess norm and/or a title

Winter Term: January – March 2020
Spring Term: April - June 2020

CFC recognizes the following students who accomplished outstanding achievements in their chess career. Congratulations to following players on receiving the $250 sponsorship towards their JtM Program registrations:
- FM Eugene Hua
- WGM Maïli-Jade Ouellet
- WIM Svitlana Demchenko
- NCM Neil Doknjas
- CM Anthony Atanasov

There are 15 spots open for players to apply. Deadline date for the application is Feb 1st, 2020.

Application process:
Apply to Chess Youth Coordinator, Christina Tao at cfcyouthchess@gmail.com with the player’s name, CFC ID, FIDE ID, brief chess background and participation summary of major tournaments. In addition, include a list of international tournaments that the player is intended to participate in 2020.

JtM Program details : https://juniorstomasters.site123.me/

Training session dates and times can be found on the JtM website:
Winter Term: https://juniorstomasters.site123.me/registration-winter-term 
Spring Term: https://juniorstomasters.site123.me/registration-spring-term 
JtM Facebook page link: https://www.facebook.com/juniorstomasters/

Christina Tao
CFC Youth Coordinator