Lots of Australian chess videos

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One of the strongest tournaments of Australia, the Doeberl Cup, was won by GM Varuzhan Akobian, before Zhang Zong and Surya Ganguly. These tournament organizers are also into chess 2.0 because they made lots of nice videos as well.




Introduction to the O2C 46th Doeberl Cup [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"423","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","height":"355","width":"425","style":""}}]]



Drawing colours for round 1 of the Premier [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"424","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","height":"355","width":"425","style":""}}]]

Premier Round 1 Commentary by GM Ian Rogers [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"425","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","height":"355","width":"425","style":""}}]]

Premier Round 2 Commentary by GM Ian Rogers

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Premier Round 3 Commentary by GM Ian Rogers [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"427","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","height":"355","width":"425","style":""}}]]

Premier Round 4 Commentary by GM Ian Rogers

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Premier Round 5 Commentary by GM Ian Rogers [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"429","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","height":"355","width":"425","style":""}}]]

Premier Round 6 Commentary by GM Ian Rogers

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Premier Round 6 Commentary by GM Ian Rogers [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"431","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","height":"355","width":"425","style":""}}]]

IM Igor Bitansky, Israel

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(Premier Round 8 - IM Igor Bitansky V IM Andras Toth)



Premier Round 8 Commentary by GM Ian Rogers [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"433","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","height":"355","width":"425","style":""}}]]

Premier Round 9 Commentary by GM Ian Rogers [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"434","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","height":"355","width":"425","style":""}}]]

Player Interviews GM Varuzhan Akobian, IM David Smerdon, Amiel Rosario (aka The Closet Grandmaster) [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"435","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","height":"355","width":"425","style":""}}]]


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