A wonderful night at Morris Hall for the players and a fantastic display of brain power by Timur Gareyev – 4 hours of chess brilliance presented in a very unusual format.
This blog was supposed to be live… but I forgot to allow for Mr Murphy. I could not clearly hear the moves being called out – the c sounded like an e R [...]
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GM Timur Gareyev Blindfold Simul at M...
A wonderful night at Morris Hall for the players and a fantastic display of brain power by Timur Gareyev – 4 hours of chess brilliance presented in a very unusual format.
This blog was supposed to be live… but I forgot to allow for Mr Murphy. I could not clearly hear the moves being called out – the c sounded like an e R [...]
May First Sunday Final Standings
Doubleroo May First Sunday
Doubleroo May First Sunday – Round 7
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Slater-Jones, Henry 1086 7 23.0 31.5 28.0
2-4 Wadell, Craig 831 5 21.5 31.5 21.0
Watkins, Sophie 686 5 [...]
WILDE WEEKENDER
On the 18th & 19th of May Doubleroo will host the inaugural WILDE WEEKENDER at the Serbian Club.
This tournament is open to players of all ages. Full details can be found in the Events Calendar.
It will surely be a fantastic weekend.
First Sunday Knock-out and Swiss Resu...
Wonderful day on Sunday, with all players trying their best and having fun. Results below:
Knock-out competition 07/04/2013
Round 1
Durkin, Joshua vs Keaveny-Jones, Fynnigan 1-0
Tesolin, Ellie vs Fraser, Daniel 0-1
White, Tahu vs Lim, Xavier 0-1
Watkins, Brigitte vs McDonald, Annabelle 1-0
Li [...]
Comeback Kramnik
After starting the 2013 World Champion Candidates Tournament with seven consecutive draws, the former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik has won four games on the trot to take a half-point lead over wunderkind Magnus Carlsen after the Norwegian lost his first game with white in over a year! Only three rounds to go! Round 12 kicks off 12:00AM Bri [...]
Results Doubleroo First Sunday
We were actually not sure whether to have a tournament at all. After all we had to move out the next day. (We literally packed up the entire building right after the prizegiving. ) But then we decided to have one last event in our Milton academy. With very short notice I was worried how many players would even find it. But thankfully the ent [...]
Contact information and classes at th...
Hello everyone,
This is just to confirm that all classes at the academy will be running as usual.
A good way to contact me is just the usual info@doubleroo.com.au
Faster is my email.: ptfroe@gmail.com which I receive on my mobile phone.
The failsafe is my mobile.: 0405206043
The doubleroo number works best, when the office is attended (-: 130 [...]
Sunday Rapid
Thanks to all the participants!
Congratulations Harry! Well done and a well deserved first prize chess clock.
I will advertise the next Sunday tournament well in advance 🙂
In the next 3 weeks we will have a coaching session as usual. This Sunday we will
look at IQP once again with a few annontated games. All rated juniors invited.
Ale [...]
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