This weekend saw an interesting Candidates’ tournament, with a number of upsets. None of them involved Victor (6d) though, as he won his 3 Sunday matches to claim victory.
Reinhardt (4k) and Bernard (4k) shone on the first day, with Reinhardt beating Leander (2k) and Sipho (2k), and Bernard beating Bob (2k) and Leander. As a result, the 2 of them joined Andrew (1k) as the Western Cape representatives on the second day. Despite his loss to Bernard, Bob also qualfied for the second day.
On the second day, Bob performed well to claim victory against Tristen (1k). Together with a forfeit win against Welile who arrived late for the tournament, this put Bob into the Contenders’ tournament. Reinhardt managed a surprise win over Paul, but couldn’t progress to the Contenders’: he met Victor in the second round, and was finally ousted by Welile in the final round.
The Western Cape’s greatest hope for another finalist in the Contenders’, Andrew, lost to Victor in the first round, and was then eliminated when he lost to Paul (1d) in the second round. With one win each, Paul played Tristen for the last available spot in the Contenders’ tournament, but Paul claimed that.
The 4 new finalists for the SA Contenders’ are thus Victor Chow, Paul Edwards, Bob Gale, and Welile Gogotshe. Special congratulations to Bob (2k) who will be the only kyu-level player in the Contenders’ tournament. These finalists join the top 4 players from the 2004 Contenders’ tournament: Ben Gale (3d), Konrad Scheffler (1d), Cheng Lai (2d), and Julius Paulu (1d).
For full results and some game records, click here.
Posted by Steve in Game records, Tournaments
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