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May 18th, 2013

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Sam Scott wins 2013 Cape Town Open

The 2013 Cape Town was notable for finally having an even number of players. In fact, with precisely eight players, it was agreed to play the tournament as a Swiss tournament, rather than the more usual MacMahon format.

There were no notable upsets, apart perhaps from Francois van Niekerk 3k beating Lloyd Rubidge 1k. Otherwise it went according to rank.

Full results were

1. Sam Scott 3d – 3 wins (beat Stephen Martindale, Chris Welsh and Andrew Davies)
2. Andrew Davies 3d – 2 wins (beat Max Rabkin and Francois van Niekerk)
3. Chris Welsh 1d – 2 wins (beat Paul Steyn and Lloyd Rubidge)
4. Francois van Niekerk 3k – 2 wins (beat Lloyd Rubidge and Paul Steyn)
5. Lloyd Rubidge 1k – 1 win (beat Max Rabkin)
6. Paul Steyn 4k – 1 win (beat Stephen Martindale)
7. Max Rabkin 7k – 1 win (beat Stephen Martindale)
8. Stephen Martindale 9k – 0 wins

There were no rank promotions.

Posted by Chris Welsh as Cape Town, SAGA, Tournaments at 10:21 PM, No Comments »

May 6th, 2013

3rd Soweto Primary Schools tournament – please support

This news in from Arnold Wentzel:

The third Soweto Primary Schools tournament is happening on Saturday, 25 May, 8:00-13:00 at Ekuphumeleleni Primary School in Soweto. This is part of SAGA’s Soweto Schools Go Programme. Like
last year, we expect around 60-100 children to participate.

I hereby invite all SA go players to come and show their support for SA’s young go players by attending the event. I will also appreciate anyone who can be there to help adjudicate and supervise the games. Please let me know.

The address and GPS coordinates are at: http://plak.co.za/moreinfo/24928/ekuphumeleleni-primary-school

You can contact Arnold with any queries/offers to help at arno...@uj.ac.za .

Posted by Steve as News, Soweto, Tournaments at 11:20 AM, No Comments »

February 17th, 2013

North vs. South Friendship Match 2013

February 17th 2013 is the date for the North vs. South game. Players from the greater Joburg area will play a single match against players from the greater Cape Town area.

Time limits: 45+25/10
Handicap: standard handicap

Update: Congrats to North, who won 5-3

Ben Gale (4d) vs Andrew Davies (3d); Ben won 1h
Harvey Zhang (4d) vs Sam Scott (3d); Harvey won 1h
John Leuner (2d) vs Chris Welsh (1d); John won 1h
Dave Gale (3k) vs Francois van Niekerk (4k); Francois won 1h
Andre Connell (2d) vs Paul (4k); Andre won 5h
David Richardson (4k) vs Stephen Martindale (9k); Stephen won 5h
Margot Smythe (14k) vs Max Rabkin (11k); Max won 3h
Nevar Angelo (15k) vs Rory Shea (13k); Nevar won 2h

Posted by Chris Welsh as Cape Town, Joburg, Tournaments at 1:25 PM, 1 Comment »

February 1st, 2013

Chris wins 1st Quarter Internet Tournament

The 1st quarter internet tournament for 2013 took place last weekend and 8 players took part. Congratulations to Chris Welsh, who won the the tournament.

Full Results:
1. Chris Welsh
2-4. Steve Kroon, Lloyd Rubidge, John Leuner
5-6. David Gale, Max Rabkin
7-8. Rory Shea, Paul Edwards

Posted by Francois Van Niekerk as Tournaments at 7:22 PM, No Comments »

December 17th, 2012

Preliminary credit points for 2012

A preliminary credit point list for 2012 is available here. Also available is a zip file showing the calculations for each entry in the list. Please take a look at your record sheet, and let me know if there are any issues with the calculations.

    Notes on calculations:

  • The sponsorship level for the WAGC is taken as 50%
  • The sponsorship level for the KPMC is taken as 100%
  • John Leuner’s final standing in the 2012 WAGC is taken as 40th place, as per the Nihon Ki-in page, and not 41st place, as per the EuroGo Federation page.

With the current situation, which should not be affected substantially, international tournaments should be offered in turn to Victor Chow, Andre Connell, Steve Kroon, and then Welile Gogotshe. These preliminary points include all the tournament placings for 2012, but may be missing some game results not yet entered on the rating system.

In addition, if your 2012 SAGA membership does not reflect on the membership list, you will not have received points for 2012 – if your name has been omitted in error, please contact the membership secretary to sort this out.

A final list of points should be posted in January 2013.

Posted by Paul Steyn as Announcements, SAGA, Tournaments at 3:14 PM, No Comments »

November 21st, 2012

Sam wins 2012 Cape Town Blitz Tournament

The 2012 Cape Town blitz tournament was held 21 November, at the usual venue. Eleven players entered this year, including a lightning visit from Konrad Scheffler who jetted in from San Diego specifically for the event.

After four of the five rounds only two players were left unbeaten, Sam Scott and Chris Welsh, which allowed a single winner to be declared, in contrast to previous years with multiple players with the same number of wins. In the end Sam prevailed by time, despite arguably being behind on the board (although a complex ko fight still needed to be resolved).

1 – Sam Scott 3d (5 wins)
2 – Chris Welsh 1d (4 wins)
2 – Andrew Davies 3d (4 wins)
4 – Konrad Scheffler 2d (3 wins)
4 – Paul Steyn 4d (3 wins)

In case anyone is interested, 11 of the 25 games were decided by time, 8 by points, and 6 by resign.

In the opinion of the tournament director, too many games are still being won by the stronger player, despite the games being full handicap games. Suggestions welcome on how to make the event more even. Increasing komi is one option, but this only affects games beyond 9 stones.

Posted by Chris Welsh as Cape Town, Tournaments at 1:08 PM, 5 Comments »

October 28th, 2012

In praise of Internet Tournaments

The quarterly internet tournament was created in 2006, and has been a remarkably consistent event. At the end of 2012, it has been running for a full seven years, four events a year without fail. Congratulations to the people who created the event all those years ago, thanks to all the event directors, and of course, thanks to all the players for taking part.

The event is not as well attended as back in 2006 – the opening event had 24 participants; however, with about 12 players typically entering each event, it’s still going well.

A catalog of all the results is available on the Results Page.

Some interesting statistics:
Victor Chow is the most winningest player, with 59/60 wins (98%)
Andrew Davies is the most active player, with 42/72 wins (58%). Considering that 28 events means 84 available games, the fact that Andrew has played 72 games shows what an active player he is.

A list of the top players for each year and across the years is available on the Annual Ranking Page.

Posted by Chris Welsh as SAGA, Tournaments at 1:41 PM, 1 Comment »

October 27th, 2012

Victor wins 4th Quarter Internet Tournament

Congratulations to Victor Chow, who won the the 4th quarter tournament for 2012.

Full Results:
Group 1:
1. Victor Chow
2. Aki Zhou
2. Ben Gale
2. John Leuner
5. Sam Scott
5. Andre Connell
5. Chris Welsh
8. Steve Kroon

Group 2:
9. Francois van Niekerk
10. Paul Steyn
11. Stephen Martindale
12. Max Rabkin
12. Rory Shea

Posted by Francois Van Niekerk as Tournaments at 4:16 PM, No Comments »

October 21st, 2012

Sam wins 2012 Stellenbosch Open

The 2012 Stellenbosch Open took place today. During the tournament, Paul was promoted to 4k and Rory to 14k. Congratulations to Sam, who won the Stellenbosch Open for the second time in a row by winning his 3 games of the day.

Full results

Posted by Francois Van Niekerk as Rank Changes, Stellenbosch, Tournaments at 7:11 PM, No Comments »

August 30th, 2012

SportsAccord Tournament open to all

The winner of the main tournament will receive an invitation to the 2nd SportAccord World Mind Games (a round-trip ticket to Beijing , accommodation, a commemorative medal and a certificate). For the rest of us, however, all players who complete the innitial round are entered into a lottery to win one of a few iPads. The tournament is free to enter, and is played on IGS.

See the Pandanet page for more details.

Posted by Chris Welsh as Tournaments at 9:39 AM, No Comments »

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