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SA Closed Tournament: Contenders 2024 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.

There was a three way tie for third place. In terms of their head to head games: Andrew beat Paul, Paul beat David, David beat Andrew. The tie breaker in these cases is the previous year’s results. This means the final positions were Andrew, David, then Paul.

Player NBW Notes
1 Victor Chow 7
2 Chris Welsh 6
3 Andrew Davies 4 Tie breaker: 2023 results
4 David Lubinsky 4 Tie breaker: 2023 results
5 Paul Edwards 4 Tie breaker: 2023 results
6 David Gale 2
7 Ben Bredenkamp 1
8 Fred Strauss 0
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Candidates 2024 Results

The “Candidates” stage of the SA Closed tournament was played on September 29. There were eight players so the tournament was a three-round Swiss tournament. The top five players move on to the “Contenders” stage of the tournament.

The results were as follows:

Player Points SOS* SOSOS**
1 Rocco Vivier 3 5 16
2 Ben Bredenkamp 2 5 13
3 David Gale 2 5 12
4 Paul Edwards 2 4 15
5 Christiaan Maasdorp 1 6 12
6 David Lubinsky 1 4 13
7 Fred Strauss 1 3 15
8 Adru van Niekerk 0 4 12

*SOS is “sum of opponent scores”. *SOSOS is “sum of sum of opponent scores”.

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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
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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 four 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
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