The Doeberl Cup is an annual
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tournament held in
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, Australia. It has been held every year since 1963 (apart from 2020) and is the longest running weekend chess event in Australia.
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/ref> Since its inception the event has grown both larger and stronger, and often attracts more players than the Australian Chess Championship The Australian Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the Australian Chess Federation and held every two years. The tournament is largely restricted to Australian chess players, although it is common to allow a small number of strong overse ...
s.
The tournament is held each year over Easter. The tournament runs in 4 sections, with the top section known as the Doeberl Cup Premier. Grandmaster Ian Rogers holds the record for the most wins (either outright or on tie-break) with 12.
Winners
*1963 John Purdy
*1964 Cecil Purdy
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*1965 Bill Geus
*1966 Bill Geus
*1967 John Kellner
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*1968 Ken Hill
*1969 Doug Hamilton
*1970 Cecil Purdy
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, Terrey Shaw
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, Fred Flatow
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Flatow was born in Germany and emigrated to Australia. He was City of Sydney Champion eleven times (1963, 1967, 1968 ( ...
*1971 Terrey Shaw
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*1972 Fred Flatow
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Flatow was born in Germany and emigrated to Australia. He was City of Sydney Champion eleven times (1963, 1967, 1968 ( ...
*1973 Anthony Wiedenhofer
*1974 Maxwell Fuller
*1975 Maxwell Fuller
*1976 Robert Murray Jamieson
*1977 Philip Viner
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*1978 Robert Murray Jamieson
*1979 Fred Flatow
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*1980 Ian Rogers
*1981 Ian Rogers
*1982 Greg Hjorth
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*1983 Maxwell Fuller
*1984 Ian Rogers
*1985 Greg Hjorth
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*1986 Ian Rogers
*1987 Greg Hjorth
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*1988 Larry Christiansen (USA)
*1989 Ian Rogers
*1990 Ian Rogers
*1991 Ketevan Arakhamia
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(GEO)
*1992 Tony Miles (ENG)
*1993 Ian Rogers
*1994 Darryl Johansen
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*1995 Ian Rogers
*1996 Darryl Johansen
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*1997 Ian Rogers
*1998 Michael Gluzman
*1999 Darryl Johansen
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*2000 Aleksandar Wohl
*2001 Darryl Johansen
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*2002 David Smerdon
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*2003 Ian Rogers
*2004 Zong-Yuan Zhao
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*2005 Ian Rogers, Aleksander Wohl[The Doeberl Cup - Previous Winners](_blank)
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*2006 Igor Goldenberg
*2007 Ian Rogers
*2008 Varuzhan Akobian (USA)
*2009 Deep Sengupta (IND)
*2010 Li Chao (CHN)
*2011 Andrei Deviatkin (RUS)
*2012 Adam Horvath (HUN)
*2013 Li Chao (CHN)
*2014 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
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(GER)
*2015 Zhou Weiqi (CHN)
*2016 James Morris
*2017 Surya Ganguly
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(IND)
*2018 Timur Gareyev
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(USA)
*2019 Hrant Melkumyan
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He won the international Internet championship organized by the ICC ches ...
(ARM)
*2021 Justin Tan
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*2022 Hrant Melkumyan
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(ARM)
All players are Australian unless indicated otherwise.
With the exceptions of 1970 and 2005, only outright winners or winners on tie-break are listed.
Trivia
Lloyd Fell played in every Doeberl Cup from its inception in 1963 until 2008.[The Doeberl Cup: Fifty Years of Australian Chess History. Author Bill Egan. ]
See also
References
External links
Official Website
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