The 1997 South African Open was held in Marks Park, Johannesburg on 20-21 September. South Africa was honoured by the visit of distinguished guests from the Guilin Weichi Association: Bai Qi Yi (5d), Kui Zhong Yang (5d), and Wu Qin-Jian (3d).
SA Open Champion: Victor Chow, 5d
SA Open Veteran Champion: Charles Levitt, 4k
Full results:
Pl. Name Str Co. MMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pt SOS SOSOS 1 Chow, Victor 5d Gau 32 3+ 7+ 9+ 13+ 2+ 4+ 6 177 1061 2 Bai Qi Yi 5d Chi 31 8+ 10+ 11+ 4+ 1- 3+ 5 179 1051 3 Yang, Michael 4d Gau 30 1- 14+ 5+ 7+ 6+ 2- 4 179 1055 4 Kui Zhong Yang 5d Chi 30 16+ 5+ 6+ 2- 8+ 1- 4 179 1042 5 Edwards, Paul 1d Gau 30 11+ 4- 3- 12+ 9+ 6+ 4 176 1048 6 Hunt, Clive 1d Gau 29 12+ 13+ 4- 9+ 3- 5- 3 176 1051 7 Zhang Yiao 3d Chi 29 15+ 1- 8+ 3- 10+ 17- 3 176 1028½ 8 Liu, Martin 3d Chi 29 2- 15+ 7- 11+ 4- 18+ 3 174 1046 9 Shen Yin Jiao 1d Chi 29 18+ 12+ 1- 6- 5- 19+ 3 174 1035 10 Visser, Chris 1d Gau 29 14+ 2- 13- 18+ 7- 15+ 3 171 1041 11 Gale, David 3k Gau 29 5- 18+ 2- 8- 22+ 14+ 3 171 1039 12 Gale, Ben 3k Gau 29 6- 9- 22+ 5- 18+ 13+ 3 169 1039 13 Hao Jun 3d Chi 28 19+ 6- 10+ 1- 17- 12- 2 174 1016½ 14 Huang Shan 1d Chi 28 10- 3- 15+ 17- 20+ 11- 2 171 1004½ 15 Yang, Dennis 1d Gau 28 7- 8- 14- 21+ 19+ 10- 2 169 1008 16 Wu Qin-Jian 3d Chi 28 4- 22- -- -- -- -- 0 160 970 17 Liu, David 1d Gau 28 -- -- -- 14+ 13+ 7- 2 158½ 962 18 Lubinsky, David 3k Gau 27 9- 11- 19+ 10- 12- 8- 1 172 1024 19 Levitt, Charles 4k Gau 27 13- 20- 18- 22+ 15- 9- 1 165 1012 20 Paulo, Julius 7k Gau 27 22+ 19+ 21- 24+ 14- 23+ 4 156 944 21 Mampe, Kagiso 8k Gau 27 23+ 27+ 20+ 15- 24+ 22+ 5 151 915 22 Chow Ying Ling 5k Gau 26 20- 16+ 12- 19- 11- 21- 1 167 972 23 Gale, Bob 9k Gau 24 21- 24- 28+ 25+ 26+ 20- 3 145 855 24 Jolliffe, Bob 10k Ire 24 25+ 23+ 26+ 20- 21- 29+ 4 145 841½ 25 Mampe, Sipho 10k Gau 23 24- 26+ 27+ 23- 29- 28+ 3 135 811½ 26 Edwards, Luke 10k Gau 23 28+ 25- 24- 27+ 23- 30+ 3 134 811½ 27 Gaum, Leander 10k Gau 22 30+ 21- 25- 26- 28- 34+ 2 133 762½ 28 Leopeng, Sello 10k Gau 21 26- 30- 23- 29- 27+ 25- 1 134 787 29 Motswiri, Thabo 14k Gau 21 31+ 33+ 30+ 28+ 25+ 24- 5 120½ 728 30 Maputle, Refilwe 13k Gau 20 27- 28+ 29- 33+ 34+ 26- 3 119½ 709½ 31 Connell, Quintin 16k Gau 16 29- 32+ 33- 35- 36- 37+ 2 95½ 512½ 32 Lekabe, Boitumelo 17k Gau 16 33+ 31- 34- 36- 37+ 35+ 3 85½ 491 33 Presles, Patrice 16k Fra 15½ 32- 29- 31+ 30- 35- -- 1 99 585½ 34 Lekabe, Lucky 19k Gau 14 35+ 36- 32+ 37+ 30- 27- 3 89 545½ 35 Thompson, Allan 20k Gau 13 34- 37+ 36- 31+ 33+ 32- 3 80½ 496 36 Modisane, Cando 23k Gau 13 37+ 34+ 35+ 32+ 31+ free 6 71 477½ 37 Setlhare, Lesego 25k Gau 6 36- 35- free 34- 32- 31- 1 56 477½
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