Doeberl Cup
Encyclopedia
The Doeberl Cup is an annual chess
tournament held in Canberra
, Australia
. It has been held every year since 1963 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 Championship
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 number of wins (either outright or on tie-break) with 12.
The Doeberl Cup was named after its primary sponsor, Erich Doeberl, and although it is no longer sponsored by his family, the name is still used to describe the tournament.
All players Australian unless indicated otherwise.
With the exceptions of 1970 and 2005, only outright winners or winners on tie-break listed.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
tournament held in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It has been held every year since 1963 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 Championship
Australian Chess Championship
The Australian Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the Australian Chess Federation and held every two years. The tournament is usually restricted to Australian chess players, although exceptions have been made on occasion. The winner of the tournament holds the title of Australian Chess...
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 number of wins (either outright or on tie-break) with 12.
The Doeberl Cup was named after its primary sponsor, Erich Doeberl, and although it is no longer sponsored by his family, the name is still used to describe the tournament.
Winners
- 1963 John PurdyJohn Purdy (chess player)John Purdy was an Australian chess player and Family Court judge.- Early life and education :John Spencer Purdy was born on 25 September 25 1935 in Sydney, New South Wales...
- 1964 Cecil PurdyCecil PurdyCecil John Seddon Purdy was an Australian chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion. Purdy earned the Grandmaster title at Correspondence Chess in 1953...
- 1965 Bill Geus
- 1966 Bill Geus
- 1967 John Kellner
- 1968 Ken Hill
- 1969 Doug Hamilton
- 1970 Cecil PurdyCecil PurdyCecil John Seddon Purdy was an Australian chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion. Purdy earned the Grandmaster title at Correspondence Chess in 1953...
, Terrey Shaw, Fred FlatowFred FlatowAlfred Flatow is an Australian chess master and former Australian Chess Champion.Flatow was born in Germany, and emigrated to Australia. He was eleven times City of Sydney Champion , and won the Australian Chess Championship at Sydney 1969/70... - 1971 Terrey Shaw
- 1972 Fred FlatowFred FlatowAlfred Flatow is an Australian chess master and former Australian Chess Champion.Flatow was born in Germany, and emigrated to Australia. He was eleven times City of Sydney Champion , and won the Australian Chess Championship at Sydney 1969/70...
- 1973 Anthony Wiedenhofer
- 1974 Maxwell Fuller
- 1975 Maxwell Fuller
- 1976 Robert Murray JamiesonRobert Murray JamiesonRobert Murray Jamieson is an Australian chess player, International Master.-Chess career:He won the Australian Championship in 1974 and 1978. In 1981 he won the Australian Open...
- 1977 Philip Viner
- 1978 Robert Murray JamiesonRobert Murray JamiesonRobert Murray Jamieson is an Australian chess player, International Master.-Chess career:He won the Australian Championship in 1974 and 1978. In 1981 he won the Australian Open...
- 1979 Fred FlatowFred FlatowAlfred Flatow is an Australian chess master and former Australian Chess Champion.Flatow was born in Germany, and emigrated to Australia. He was eleven times City of Sydney Champion , and won the Australian Chess Championship at Sydney 1969/70...
- 1980 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
- 1981 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
- 1982 Greg HjorthGreg HjorthGreg Hjorth was an Australian Professor of Mathematics, chess International Master and joint Commonwealth Champion in 1983. He was acknowledged as a world leader in the field of mathematical logic....
- 1983 Maxwell Fuller
- 1984 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
- 1985 Greg HjorthGreg HjorthGreg Hjorth was an Australian Professor of Mathematics, chess International Master and joint Commonwealth Champion in 1983. He was acknowledged as a world leader in the field of mathematical logic....
- 1986 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
- 1987 Greg HjorthGreg HjorthGreg Hjorth was an Australian Professor of Mathematics, chess International Master and joint Commonwealth Champion in 1983. He was acknowledged as a world leader in the field of mathematical logic....
- 1988 Larry Christiansen (USA)
- 1989 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
- 1990 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
- 1991 Ketevan Arakhamia (GEO)
- 1992 Anthony Miles (ENG)
- 1993 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
- 1994 Darryl JohansenDarryl JohansenDarryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
- 1995 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
- 1996 Darryl JohansenDarryl JohansenDarryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
- 1997 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
- 1998 Michael Gluzman
- 1999 Darryl JohansenDarryl JohansenDarryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
- 2000 Aleksandar WohlAleksandar WohlAleksandar Wohl is an Australian chess player, International Master.-Chess career:He won the Australian Championship in 1992. In 1989 he won the Australian Open Chess Championship and in 2009 tied for 1st with George Xie...
- 2001 Darryl JohansenDarryl JohansenDarryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
- 2002 David SmerdonDavid SmerdonDavid Smerdon is a chess grandmaster from Brisbane, Australia. David attended Anglican Church Grammar School and Melbourne University....
- 2003 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
- 2004 Zong-Yuan Zhao
- 2005 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
, Aleksander Wohl - 2006 Igor Goldenberg
- 2007 Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
- 2008 Varuzhan AkobianVaruzhan AkobianVaruzhan Akobian is an Armenian-American Grandmaster of chess, originally from Armenia, who now resides in Los Angeles.He became an International Master at age 16...
(USA) - 2009 Deep SenguptaDeep SenguptaDeep Sengupta is a chess player from Jharkhand, India, currently residing in Kasba. Rated at 2563 Elo, he is India's 22nd grandmaster.He started chess with the Chakradharpur Chess Academy, and...
(IND) - 2010 Li ChaoLi Chao (chess player)Li Chao is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2007, he became China's 23rd Grandmaster at the age of 18. As of April 2009, he is the sixth highest rated junior player and is China's fifth highest rated player...
(CHN) - 2011 Andrei DeviatkinAndrei Deviatkin-Chess career:* 2007 - tied for 1st-9th with Alexei Fedorov, Vladimir Potkin, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Alexander Evdokimov, Denis Khismatullin, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Sergei Azarov in the Aratovsky Memorial in Saratov;...
(RUS)
All players Australian unless indicated otherwise.
With the exceptions of 1970 and 2005, only outright winners or winners on tie-break listed.