With 4 Johannesburg and 4 Cape Town players qualifying for the SA Closed, it was decided to hold the tournament in Cape Town for the first time. Victor, being so much stronger than the rest of the field was given concession to play the Cape Town players on-line on KGS and the Jhb players on one evenimg at the club. As expected, he won the tournament winning all 7 of his games.
The SA Closed took place on the 25, 26 and 27 September at the Sweet Valley Primary School library. It was great to have new entries Chris Welsh and Lloyd Rubidge join the tournament. Unfortunately Paul Edwards had to withdraw so, with Victor’s games already played, the event was reduced to 5 rounds – 1 on Friday night, 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. Ben won all his remaining games and so took second place. Third place was a 3-way tie between Konrad Scheffler, Andrew Davies and Andre Connell. The tie break uses previous results, so placed Konrad third, Andrew fourth and Andre fifth. Lloyd took sixth place, Chris seventh and Paul eighth.
Round 1 – Andre Connell vs Konrad Scheffler
Round 2 – Andrew Davies vs Ben Gale
Round 3 – Chris Welsh vs Konrad Scheffler
Round 4 – Andre Connell vs Lloyd Rubidge
Round 5 – Konrad Scheffler vs Ben Gale
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