Although the Australian Junior Chess Championship has a scheduled rest day, a lot of players do not use it for rest. Instead some (almost 100) spend the morning solving problems of various difficulties, and the traditional Problem Solving Competition. It is a very enjoyable event (I was a problem setter this year), but oddly, is probably the only in person problem solving competition in Australia. As I have yet to start helping with the marking process, but based on the number of players who took the full 2 hours to complete (or incomplete) the paper, it was certainly challenging.
In the afternoon there was the 2026 Australian Junior Blitz Championship. It was held in 2 sections (Under 18 and Under 12) and ran for 11 rounds. I was pleased to say there were zero disputes, with the players showing excellent sportsmanship throughout, allowing the tournament to run to schedule. FM Yifei Hu was the over all winner, but you can see all the results at https://www.vegaresults.com/event/4813
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