THE 2001 SA OPEN
Held in Johannesburg on 17/18 February 2001
16 games, 13 Swiss-paired + 3 King-of-the Hill
ADVANCED SECTION
Rank Player Wins Spread
1 Dylan Early 14 1226
2 Debbe Hossy 12 1011
3 Trevor Hovelmeier 11 1229
4 Steven Gruzd 11 919
5 Trevor Duke 10 290
6 Mildred Wolpe 10 253
7 Lynn Roff 9 409
8 Rona Holmes 9 259
9 Arlene Fine 9 32
10 Barbara Joffe 9 -237
11 Kathy Cameron 9 -318
12 Aurora Levy 9 -330
13 Anita Kassel 8 78
13 Esme Kopelowitz 8 78
15 Paul Kalumba 8 49
16 Marion Miller 8 -105
17 Kelvin Sikazwe 8 -250
18 Urwin Savage-Reid 8 -363
19 Gerry Moore 7 427
20 Ross Landy 7 -51
21 Ursula Fernandes 7 -262
22 Peggy Brophy 7 -548
23 Margie Hamel 6.5 -487
24 Sohrab Bavasah 6.5 -609
25 Diana Mason 6 -23
26 Joe Roff 6 -45
27 Helen Sevell 6 -350
28 Hymie Jocum 5 -968
29 Venus Feldman 4 -518
30 Herta Foxcroft 2 -796
HIGHEST GAME 569 STEVEN GRUZD
HIGHEST BONUS 122 ARLENE FINE (REQUEST) + ROSS LANDY (FROSTIER)
HIGHEST NON-BONUS 98 URWIN SAVAGE-REID (AQUAE)
BIGGEST MOVER URSULA FERNANDES (+61)
BIGGEST UPSET URWIN SAVAGE-REID BEAT TREVOR HOVELMEIER
(432 RATING POINTS)
BIGGEST SPREAD GERRY MOORE BEAT HELEN SEVEL BY 307
WEIRDEST WORD TREVOR HOVELMEIER (ALOPECIA - meaning "baldness")
Paul Kalumba and Kelvin Sizakawe were visitors from Zambia. They were given a provisional rating of 1500 for the tournament.
There was also a recreational division with 8 players, won by Val Hutchinson, but I'm running out of time to up load it today!!
RECREATIONAL SECTION
(4 GAMES ONLY, SWISS PAIRING, 17 FEBRUARY 2001)
Rank Player Wins Spread
1 Val Hutchinson 3 334
2 Ella Edelstein 3 120
3 Gladys Remmers 3 98
4 Hyla van Niekerk 3 10
5 Lloyd Parkerson 2 -138
6 Leah Fitzpatrick 1 80
7 Graham Ashkettle 1 -148
8 Karen Haynes 0 -356
HIGHEST GAME 502 VAL HUTCHINSON
HIGHEST BONUS 94 VAL HUTCHINSON (JESTERS)
RATING CHANGES AFTER THE 2001 SA OPEN
RANK WINS RATING
Name Old New Expected Actual Old Move New
Dylan Early 4 4 12.2 14.0 1842 +29 1871
Debbe Hossy 9 6 9.1 12.0 1706 +57 1763
Trevor Hovelmeier 3 3 12.2 11.0 1901 -19 1881
Steven Gruzd 2 2 12.3 11.0 1915 -20 1894
Mildred Wolpe 20 13 7.4 10.0 1590 +51 1641
Trevor Duke 25 17 7.8 10.0 1570 +43 1613
Lynn Roff 21 20 8.6 9.0 1585 +8 1593
Arlene Fine 19 21 10.0 9.0 1610 -20 1589
Rona Holmes 46 38 6.3 9.0 1435 +53 1488
Aurora Levy 44 37 6.7 9.0 1443 +46 1489
Barbara Joffe 32 29 8.0 9.0 1519 +20 1539
Kathy Cameron 38 39 7.9 9.0 1462 +21 1483
Esme Kopelowitz 30 32 8.5 8.0 1537 -10 1526
Anita Kassel 14 18 9.2 8.0 1631 -23 1607
Marion Miller 36 40 8.4 8.0 1471 -7 1463
Kelvin Sikazwe 34 30 6.8 8.0 1500 +35 1535
Urwin Savage-Reid 37 34 5.8 8.0 1469 +44 1513
Paul Kalumba 33 33 7.4 8.0 1500 +16 1516
Gerry Moore 12 19 11.2 7.0 1677 -83 1593
Ross Landy 54 51 5.3 7.0 1380 +34 1414
Ursula Fernandes 79 70 3.9 7.0 1195 +61 1256
Peggy Brophy 52 53 6.8 7.0 1393 +3 1396
Margie Hamel 63 62 7.0 6.5 1337 -10 1326
Sohrab Bavasah 0 64 6.5 6.5 1310 +0 1310
Joe Roff 66 65 7.0 6.0 1323 -20 1302
Diana Mason 18 36 11.8 6.0 1611 -115 1495
Helen Sevell 58 63 7.5 6.0 1347 -29 1317
Hymie Jocum 76 78 4.4 5.0 1209 +11 1220
Venus Feldman 64 67 6.9 4.0 1336 -57 1278
Herta Foxcroft 59 75 7.1 2.0 1345 -101 1243
RATINGS
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