14th South African Open
Results
Prize winners:
African Oza winner (trophy+medal): Victor Chow
African Oza 2nd (medal): Cheng Lai
African Oza 3rd (medal): Ben Gale
SA Open winner (trophy+medal + R500): Victor Chow
SA Open 2nd (medal + R300): Zhou Ya
SA Open 3rd (medal + R200): Aketa Katsuyuki
African Players winner (trophy+medal): Welile Gogotshe
African Players 2nd (medal): Ben Gale
African Players 3rd (medal):Bernard Broens
SA Open Veterans winner (trophy + medal): Aketa Katsuyuki
SA Open Veterans 2nd (medal): Paul Edwards
SA Open Veterans 3rd (medal): Andrew Davies
SA Open Youth winner (trophy + medal): Welile Gogotshe
SA Open Youth 2nd (medal): Zhou Ya
SA Open Youth 3rd (medal): Sipho Mampe
Best Lady (R50): Zhou Ya
Best Student (R50): Zhou Ya
Best Scholar (fan): Carle Joubert
Best 4k-9k (R50): Fouad Tehhani
Best 10k-15k (R50): Chris Welsh
Best 16k-20k (R50): Louis de Jager
Best 21k-30k (R50): Michael Frylinck
Kansai Ki-in Fans – spot prizes:
Pablo (Birthday on the friday)
Andre Connell
Julius Paulu
Steve Kroon
Florian Breuer
Steven Dawson
Full results
:
PLAYERS 1 - 40 TOURNAMENT saopen-06 RANK LIST AT ROUND 6 POSN NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 WIN MMS SOS SODOS 1 1 Victor Chow 7D Johannesburg 13+ 4+ 6+ 2+ 7+ 4+ 6 3 5 5 2 2 Ya Zhou 5D Joburg 11+ 9+ 3+ 1- 8+ 10+ 5 2 5 2 3 3 Aketa Katsuyuki 6D Kansai Ki-In 14+ 12+ 2- 5+ 17+ 7+ 5 2 1 -1 4 4 Cheng Lai 2D Pretoria 15+ 1- 18+ 17+ 6+ 1- 4 1 4 -2 5 5 Welile Gogotshe 1D Soweto 7- 20+ 19+ 3- 12+ 9+ 4 1 -2 -4 6 6 Ben Gale 3D Joburg 29+ 18+ 1- 10+ 4- 8+ 4 1 -4 -8 7 7 Andrew Davies 1K Cape Town 5+ 8- 11+ 19+ 1- 3- 3 0 4 -1 8 8 Bernard Broens 3K Stellenbosch 20+ 7+ 10- 12+ 2- 6- 3 0 1 -2 9 Andre Connell 3K Stellenbosch 10- 2- 20+ 13+ 11+ 5- 3 0 1 -2 10 Fouad Tehhani 4K Casablanca 9+ 16+ 8+ 6- 14+ 2- 4 0 1 -2 11 11 Julius Paulu 1D Soweto 2- 14+ 7- 16+ 9- 15+ 3 0 -1 -3 12 12 Paul Edwards 1D Joburg 21+ 3- 16+ 8- 5- 17+ 3 0 -1 -4 13 13 Tristen Taylor 1K Johannesburg 1- 15+ 17- 9- 19+ 14+ 3 0 -2 -4 14 14 Sipho Mampe 2K Soweto 3- 11- 15+ 20+ 10- 13- 2 -1 -1 -3 15 15 Konrad Scheffler 1D Stellenbosch 4- 13- 14- 21+ 16+ 11- 2 -1 -3 -3 16 16 Leander Gaum 2K Johannesburg 19+ 10- 12- 11- 15- 21+ 2 -1 -5 -4 17 17 Lloyd Rubidge 3K Cape Town 18- 29+ 13+ 4- 3- 12- 2 -1 -5 -7 18 18 Steve Kroon 4K Stellenbosch 17+ 6- 4- 22- 20+ 19+ 3 -1 -7 -5 19 19 Reinhardt Messerschmid 3K Stellenbosch 16- 21+ 5- 7- 13- 18- 1 -2 -3 -2 20 20 Manitra Razafindrabe 1D Antananarivo 8- 5- 9- 14- 18- 22+ 1 -2 -5 -4 21 21 Jaco Swanepoel 4K Stellenbosch 12- 19- 23+ 15- 22+ 16- 2 -2 -12 -8 22 22 Rory Beling 7K Stellenbosch 23+ 25+ 24- 18+ 21- 20- 3 -4 -17 -9 23 23 David Richfield 6K Stellenbosch 22- 24+ 21- 25- 27- 26+ 2 -4 -26 -10 24 24 Florian Breuer 7K Stellenbosch 25- 23- 22+ 28+ 26- 30+ 3 -4 -33 -19 25 25 Sakkie Buys 8K Johannesburg 24+ 22- 26+ 23+ 30- 27+ 4 -4 -33 -20 26 26 Hugo Van Der Merwe 8K Stellenbosch 28- 27- 25- 29+ 24+ 23- 2 -6 -31 -11 27 27 Chris Welsh 11K Cape Town 32+ 26+ 31+ 30+ 23+ 25- 5 -6 -42 -38 28 28 Pablo Casado 10K Johannesburg 26+ 30+ 29+ 24- 31- 32+ 4 -6 -45 -32 29 29 Mory Traore 8K Ivory Coast 6- 17- 28- 26- 32- 31+ 1 -7 -31 -9 30 30 James Gelant 12K Stellenbosch 31+ 28- 32+ 27- 25+ 24- 3 -9 -39 -23 31 31 Christina Auret 12K Stellenbosch 30- 32+ 27- 33+ 28+ 29- 3 -9 -50 -28 32 32 Andries Kruger 12K Stellenbosch 27- 31- 30- 37+ 29+ 28- 2 -10 -57 -27 33 33 Carle Joubert 14K Johannesburg 34+ 35- 38+ 31- 36- 39- 2 -12 -101 -35 34 34 Ben Bredenkamp 15K Stellenbosch 33- 38- 35- 36- 37- 40+ 1 -14 -117 -30 35 35 Louis De Jager 19K Stellenbosch 38+ 33+ 34+ 39- 40+ 36+ 5 -14 -120 -97 36 36 Michael Frylinck 25K Stellenbosch 37+ 40+ 39+ 34+ 33+ 35- 5 -20 -113 -99 37 37 Wim Conradie 24K Stellenbosch 36- 39+ 40+ 32- 34+ 38+ 4 -20 -118 -88 38 38 Steven Dawson 23K Cape Town 35- 34+ 33- 40+ 39- 37- 2 -21 -113 -44 39 39 Andre Heydenrych 27K Stellenbosch 40+ 37- 36- 35+ 38+ 33+ 4 -23 -117 -77 40 40 Ghost 30K Stellenbosch 39- 36- 37- 38- 35- 34- 0 -30 -112 0
And here is an Excel file showing everybody’s results in the Veteran’s and Youth’s championship.
Finally, here is the tournament file for the GoDraw program used to perform the tournament draw.
Announcement
Date: 25-26 February 2005
Venue: Sanlam Hall, Neelsie, Stellenbosch (Click here for a map)
Schedule:
Saturday 25th February
09h30 1st Round
12h00 Lunch
12h45 2nd Round
15h45 3rd Round
Sunday 26th February
09h30 4th Round
12h00 Lunch
12h45 5th Round
15h45 6th Round
19h15 Prizegiving
Format: The tournament will be a 6 round MacMahon, open to all players. A bar will be drawn at an appropriate level. Games above the bar will be even games with 6½ points komi. Games below the bar will be played at a handicap, where the handicap will be the difference in MacMahon score between the paired players, minus two(*). Japanese rules will apply.
*: An exception to this rule will be matches played in the African Oza involving a representative from below the bar. Such games will be even games with 6½ points komi.
Time Limits: 1 hour thinking time per player plus Canadian byo-yomi of 15 moves for each 5 minute overtime period.
Fees:
SAGA members and non resident foreign players: R50 (students R25; scholars R15)
Non–members(*): R70
Late registration fee: R20
*: Note that non-members can join SAGA for 2006 at the tournament to qualify for the cheaper rates. The membership fee for 2006 is R80,00 (R35,00 for full time tertiary students; R20.00 for primary or secondary school pupils).
Registration: Please register by contacting Steve Kroon by email or phoning him (084 458 8062) as early as possible. The deadline for entries is 15h00, Wednesday 22 February. After this date, a late registration fee will be payable in addition to the basic tournament fee.
The strongest African players that have registered by 12h00 on Friday, 17th February, and have not already been invited to participate in the African Oza, will qualify to participate in the African Oza if they wish. There are 9 such berths available. Note that the first round of the African Oza takes place on the evening of Friday, 24 February, so if you wish to take part, you need to be able to make the first round that night, or accept a default loss in the first round.
Trophies: The following floating trophies and titles will be awarded as well as medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in each category: (Current title holder in brackets):
1)SA Open Champion (Julius Paulu).
2)SA Open Youth Champion (MacMahon score / age) (Sipho Mampe).
3)SA Open Veteran Champion (MacMahon score x age) (Paul Edwards).
4)SA Open African Players Champion (Players with the highest MacMahon scores who are of African descent or born in Africa and consider themselves to be African are eligible) (Julius Paulu).
Other prizes: Prizes will be awarded in three or four different strength categories depending on the number of participants. There will also be prizes for Best Lady and Best Student.
Currently registered
This is an informal part of the page, so that you can see what your registration status is.
The following players have been registered so far:
Christina Auret
Rory Beling
Ben Bredenkamp
Florian Breuer
Bernard Broens
Sakkie Buys
Pablo Casado
Victor Chow (African Oza defending champion)
Andre Connell
Wim Conradie
Andrew Davies
Steven Dawson
Louis de Jager
Paul Edwards
Michael Frylinck
Ben Gale
Leander Gaum (Gauteng Oza ticket)
James Gelant
Welile Gogotshe
Andre Heydenrych
Carle Joubert
Aketa Katsuyuki (not SA citizen)
Steve Kroon
Andries Kruger
Cheng Lai (Gauteng Oza ticket)
Sipho Mampe
Reinhardt Messerschmidt
Julius Paulu
Manitra Razafindrabe (Malagasy representative)
David Richfield
Lloyd Rubidge
Konrad Scheffler
Jaco Swanepoel
Tristen Taylor
Fouad Tehhani (Moroccan representative)
Mory Traore (Ivory Coast Oza representative)
Hugo van der Merwe
Chris Welsh
Aki Zhou (not SA citizen)
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