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SA Closed Tournament: Contenders 2023 results

Contenders was once again held as a combination of “over the board” matches and online matches. Games between players in the same area were “over the board” and the remainder were online.

The top four kept their 2022 positions, with Andrew’s victory over Andre breaking their points tie. David Lubinsky qualified for Contenders for the first time, and caused some upsets. His wins against Andrew, Rocco, and Ben secured him fifth place.

Player NBW Notes
1 Victor Chow, 7d 7
2 Chris Welsh, 4d 6
3 Andrew Davies, 3d 4 Tie breaker: head-to-head
4 Andre Connell, 2d 4 Tie breaker: head-to-head
5 David Lubinsky, 1k 3
6 Rocco Vivier, 1d 2
7 Ben Bredenkamp, 1k 1 Tie breaker: head-to-head
8 Paul Edwards, 1d 1 Tie breaker: head-to-head
Final Standings
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Tournaments Winter League

Winter League 2023

Winter League 2023 took place from May until October with 10 players taking part. Andrew Davies won the tournament with a two point lead over second place. Andrew has previously won the tournament, most recently in 2019.

Player Rank
1 Andrew Davies 3d
2 Ben Bredenkamp 1k
3 Michael Rapson 4k
4 Paul Edwards 1d
5 Christiaan Maasdorp 2k
6 Rocco Vivier 1d
7 Christina Auret 6k
8 Gordon Wells 7k
9 Pieter-Francois Theron 9k
10 Pico Geyer 10k
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Candidates 2023 Results

The “Candidates” stage of the SA Closed tournament was played this weekend, September 17 and 18. Each day is a three round Swiss tournament, with the top four players from day one progressing to day two. The top for players from day two move on to the “Contenders” stage of the tournament.

Congratulations to James and Adru on their promotions to 2k and 5k respectively. David Lubinsky played through from day one to qualify for Contenders, his first time qualifying. His last recorded game in the SAGA ranking system was in 2011. It seems that he’s come back from a break in good form.

Day One:
1: James Gelant
2: Christiaan Maasdorp
3: David Lubinsky
4: Adru van Niekerk
5: Pieter-Francois Theron
6: Michael Rapson
7: Fred Strauss
8: Pico Geyer

Day Two:
1: Rocco Vivier
2: David Lubinsky
3: Ben Bredenkamp
4: Paul Edwards
5: James Gelant
6: Adru van Niekerk
7: Christiaan Maasdorp
8: David Gale

Positions 2-4 and 5-7 are determined by “sum of opponent scores”.

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SA Closed Tournament: Contenders 2022 results

Contenders was once again held as a combination of “over the board” matches and online matches. Games between players in the same area were “over the board” and the remainder were online.

Victor took first place with straight wins, and Chris came second with only a loss to Victor. There was a three way tie for third place. Andre beat Andrew but not Rocco, and Andrew beat Rocco. The tie breaker in these cases is the previous year’s results, so the final positions were Andrew, Andre, Rocco.

Player NBW Notes
1 Victor Chow, 7d 7
2 Chris Welsh, 4d 6
3 Andrew Davies, 3d 4 Tie breaker: 2021 results
4 Andre Connell, 2d 4 Tie breaker: 2021 results
5 Rocco Vivier, 1k 4 Tie breaker: 2021 results
6 Ben Bredenkamp, 1k 2
7 Paul Edwards, 1d 1
8 David Gale, 1k 0
Final Standings
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Joburg Pretoria Tournaments

Joburg / Pretoria Blitz Tournament 2023

Our Gauteng players held a blitz tournament in Joburg, and Pretoria based players also participated. The results were as follows:

Group A:

  1. Andre Connell 3/3
  2. Dave Gale 2/3
  3. Paul Edwards 1/3
  4. Pico Geyer 0/3

Group B (including bye):

  1. Adru van Niekerk 3/3
  2. Sakkie Buys 2/3
  3. Odirile Ntshudisane 1/3

The final was held between the group A and group B winners, Andre and Adru. Andre won the final and the tournament.