Last Sunday’s Gold Coast Allegro Championships saw a record 85 participants take part across the 2 divisions with International Master Alex Wohl claiming the title of Gold Coast Allegro Champion for 2018.
The photos are courtesy of Shaun Curtis from Gardiner Chess.
So while the Doubleroo leader was ensconced on Board 1, I was surveyi [...]
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Gold Coast Allegro Championships R...
Last Sunday’s Gold Coast Allegro Championships saw a record 85 participants take part across the 2 divisions with International Master Alex Wohl claiming the title of Gold Coast Allegro Champion for 2018.
The photos are courtesy of Shaun Curtis from Gardiner Chess.
So while the Doubleroo leader was ensconced on Board 1, I was surveyi [...]
Gold Coast Chess Club Allegro –...
A quiet outing at the Gold Coast Chess Club meeting at Nerang last night. School holidays and the recent packed chess schedule accounted for many missing juniors. Organisers FM Dusan Stojic and WIM Alex Jule suggested an allegro round robin and so away we went.
There is a trap called the Fishing Pole, and the main variation of it arises on t [...]
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 [...]
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