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 [...]
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 [...]
“First Sunday” Junior Rap...
Dear Chess friends,
This weekend we are holding the second of our series of “First Sunday” junior rapid tournaments. Click here to download PDF. Please excuse the late notice but as we are in the process of moving we didn’t know which address to put 🙂
Our new venue is in the heart of the city. The playing hall is surrounded [...]
Australia Day Weekender
Chess Weekend
The Doubleroo Australia Day Weekender was conceived just a few weeks ago in a phone conversation with CAQ president Mark Stokes. I wanted to bend Mark’s ear about having a nine round, one round a week on Friday’s tournament. What about the Australian day he asked?
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While Mark was in Sydney playing the A [...]
Australian Open Sensation
National News
Fifteen year old Bobby Cheng caused a sensation a few days ago by winning the Australian Open Chess Championship and the lightening. Although he originally hails from Australia’s far eastern Islands,
locally known as New Zealand, his major success since moving to Melbourne was winning the World U12 championship.
I must a [...]
The Australian adventures of Peter Lo...
The night before going home I gave a small talk to parents at the Doubleroo Chess Academy and to my surprise it was a rather decent turn out and I really did appreciate the warm nice reception.
In most countries where chess is rather low on the list of parent priorities for their children, I have found that the issues are very much the sam [...]
The inaugural Doubleroo “First ...
Opening Ceremony
With a difference! We had the honour of having our local member of parliament, Saxon Rice open the event. Our novel idea was to have our special guest play a few ceremonial moves against a cute harmless looking girl, eight year old Rachel Watkins, and then agree a draw. A great photo op. What is said about the best laid plan [...]
Junior Rapid Tournament
Doubleroo  is proud to announce that this coming Sunday, December 2nd, in association with BIWCC, we are having the first of our planned “first Sunday” events. We kick off in spectacular style with a Junior Rapid tournament opened by our local MP Saxon Rice.
MP Saxon Rice
The tournament is open to all Junior School Students. There [...]
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Develop your talent
Australia has many talented chess players but very few reach their full potential. There are many reasons for this. Chess is not recognised as a sport in Australia. In most countries it is. Our geographical location also makes it difficult to host international events. So for strong youngsters your best option is to go ove [...]
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