The 55th edition of Doeberl Cup took place from 13-17th April, 2017 in at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
The event consisted of five tournaments:
– Premier Tournament, a 9-round Swiss for the players rated above FIDE 1900 or ACF 1800. Prize fund $14,550 (first place – $4,000).
– Major & Minor Tournaments, both 7-round Swiss
– U1200s Tournament over 6 rounds
– Lightning Tournament on 15th April with time control 5mins+0secs for the whole game.
In the Premier section Indian Grandmaster and former Asian champion Surya Sekhar Ganguly claimed the first place with the big score of 8,0/9 points. Half a point behind the winner was GM Michal Krasenkow (Poland) and further half a point below the local GM Zhao Zong-Yuan.
The Doeberl Cup is the longest running weekend chess event in Australia. Since 1963 it has been held every year in Canberra, Australia.
Final standings – Premier:
1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2640 – 8
2 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2620 – 7.5
3 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2539 – 7
4 IM Ikeda Junta AUS 2394 – 6.5
5 GM Heberla Bartlomiej POL 2580 – 6.5
6 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2419 – 6.5
7 GM Ly Moulthun AUS 2486 – 6
8 IM Lane Gary W AUS 2391 – 6
9 GM Johansen Darryl K AUS 2377 – 6
10 IM Morris James AUS 2459 – 5.5
11 Zulfic Fedja AUS 2118 – 5.5
12 FM Clarke Brandon G I ENG 2298 – 5.5
13 IM Brown Andrew AUS 2326 – 5.5
14 FM Chan Luis AUS 2169 – 5.5
15 IM Tao Trevor AUS 2381 – 5.5
16 Mcnamara Gary AUS 2131 – 5.5
17 IM Solomon Stephen J AUS 2374 – 5.5
18 IM Bjelobrk Igor AUS 2391 – 5.5
19 WIM Richards Heather S AUS 2214 – 5.5
20 IM Smirnov Anton AUS 2511 – 5
21 FM Choong Yita AUS 2232 – 5
22 WIM Krasenkova Ilena RUS 2092 – 5
23 FM Stojic Dusan AUS 2273 – 5
24 Zhao Longfei CHN 2040 – 5
25 Leyrer Thomas GER 1857 – 5
26 WIM Jule Alexandra AUS 1992 – 5
27 Cannon David AUS 2058 – 5
28 CM Peng Shunkai CHN 2206 – 4.5
29 Maguire Tom AUS 2042 – 4.5
30 Litchfield Frederick AUS 2037 – 4.5
31 Goh Sean Christian SGP 1916 – 4.5
32 FM Hu Jason AUS 2162 – 4.5
33 Wright Neil S AUS 2152 – 4.5
34 Asaka Samuel AUS 2080 – 4.5
35 Winkelman Albert AUS 2027 – 4.5
36 Kargosha Bahman IRI 2217 – 4
37 CM Cabilin Jeff AUS 1926 – 4
38 Chan Kris AUS 2112 – 4
39 Walker Joshua AUS 1939 – 4
40 FM Tsai Charles AUS 1997 – 4
41 CM Bhat Vishal AUS 1976 – 4
42 Otawa Yuto JPN 1920 – 4
43 Yang Ray AUS 2038 – 4
44 Zhong Tony AUS 1968 – 4
45 Parle Hughston AUS 1946 – 4
46 CM Dutta Rishi AUS 2018 – 4
47 Broekhuyse Paul AUS 2035 – 4
48 Ostapenko Michael AUS 1842 – 3.5
49 Safarian Alek AUS 2020 – 3.5
50 Lo Willis AUS 1988 – 3.5
51 CM Lam Ross AUS 1928 – 3.5
52 CM Ng Clive AUS 2009 – 3.5
53 CM Slater-Jones Tom AUS 2059 – 3.5
54 Holland Dennis AUS 1913 – 3.5
55 CM Hain Anthony AUS 1951 – 3.5
56 Rosmait Emily GER 1879 – 3.5
57 FM Mallari Donato AUS 2029 – 3
58 Grinyer Peter AUS 1934 – 2.5
59 CM Davis Tony J AUS 1859 – 2.5
60 CM Bennett Hilton NZL 1941 – 2
61 Saleh Akef INA 1908 – 2
62 FM Jones Brian AUS 2000 – 1.5
63 Bishop Joshua AUS 1922 – 1.5
64 Deen-Cowell Nicholas AUS 1900 – 0
65 Hathiramani Dillon AUS 1971 – 0
