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The Doeberl Cup is an annual chess tournament held in Canberra, Australia. It has been held every year since 1963 (apart from 2020) and is the longest running weekend chess event in Australia. Since its inception the event has grown both larger and stronger, and often attracts more players than the Australian Chess Championships.
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.
The Doeberl Cup was named after its primary sponsor, Erich Doeberl, and, after a pause following Doeberl's death, in recent years sponsorship has continued through his daughter Rosemary.
History
Building contractor and chess enthusiast Erich Doeberl was born in Austria but came to Australia in 1955. In 1963, Doeberl’s friend, colleague and fellow chess player Toni Wiedenhofer approached him with the idea of a weekend chess tournament in Canberra offering a prize fund to attract strong interstate players. Doeberl agreed to donate £100 and the tournament was publicised in national magazine Chess World.
The inaugural tournament was held that year at the Australian National University. 29 players entered and the prize fund was £100. The seven-round event was won by John Purdy with a perfect score of seven wins, zero draws and zero losses.
By 1970, the Doeberl Cup was established as the country’s leading weekend tournament and tournament entries steadily rose. The following decades saw further growth under the continued sponsorship of Erich Doeberl, who was in 1991 awarded a Special Appreciation Award by the Australian Chess Federation for his contributions to chess.
In 2023, 403 players participated in the tournament, a participation record.
Structure
The tournament is separated into various sections by rating. The highest section, the Doeberl Cup Premier, is open to players with an ACF or FIDE rating of 1900 or above and is a nine-round tournament played over five days with a 90+30 time control (90 minutes for each player and 30 seconds of increment for each move made).
Winners
1963 John Purdy
1964 Cecil Purdy
1965 Bill Geus
1966 Bill Geus
1967 John Kellner
1968 Ken Hill
1969 Doug Hamilton
1970 Cecil Purdy, Terrey Shaw, Fred Flatow
1971 Terrey Shaw
1972 Fred Flatow
1973 Anthony Wiedenhofer
1974 Maxwell Fuller
1975 Maxwell Fuller
1976 Robert Murray Jamieson
1977 Philip Viner
1978 Robert Murray Jamieson
1979 Fred Flatow
1980 Ian Rogers
1981 Ian Rogers
1982 Greg Hjorth
1983 Maxwell Fuller
1984 Ian Rogers
1985 Greg Hjorth
1986 Ian Rogers
1987 Greg Hjorth
1988 Larry Christiansen (USA)
1989 Ian Rogers
1990 Ian Rogers
1991 Ketevan Arakhamia (GEO)
1992 Tony Miles (ENG)
1993 Ian Rogers
1994 Darryl Johansen
1995 Ian Rogers
1996 Darryl Johansen
1997 Ian Rogers
1998 Michael Gluzman
1999 Darryl Johansen
2000 Aleksandar Wohl
2001 Darryl Johansen
2002 David Smerdon
2003 Ian Rogers
2004 Zong-Yuan Zhao
2005 Ian Rogers, Aleksandar Wohl
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 (GER)
2015 Zhou Weiqi (CHN)
2016 James Morris
2017 Surya Ganguly (IND)
2018 Timur Gareyev (USA)
2019 Hrant Melkumyan (ARM)
2021 Justin Tan
2022 Hrant Melkumyan (ARM)
2023 Hrant Melkumyan (ARM)
2024 Hrant Melkumyan (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.
See also
Chess in Australia
References
External links
Official Website
Canberra Times article on the 2014 Cup
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Irene Kharisma Sukandar
- Doeberl Cup
- Surya Shekhar Ganguly
- Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury
- Irene Kharisma Sukandar
- Aleksandar Wohl
- Ian Rogers (chess player)
- Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
- Fred Flatow
- Max Fuller
- Justin Tan
