The SA Open 2022 – Day 1
by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The SA Open 2022 is underway at Fairbairn College in Goodwood, Cape Town, South Africa. A fair number of players have arrived from all over South Africa and Africa to compete.
The playing hall of the 2022 SA Open.
Chess in South Africa has its genesis in Cape Town. The first chess club was established in 1885 and they organized the first National event in 1892 already making this year a nice 120th anniversary. In 1962 the first SA Open was organized in the Wilderness in George with a few players. The SA Open was then held every two years but in the 1980s and 1990s it became an annual event.
IM Daniel Cawdery.
In this event there are a number of favorites. SA Champion IM Daniel Cawdery started well against Ashley Schuller . In a sharp Sveshnikov, Cawdery dominated and at one stage all of Black’s pieces appeared to be on the back rank.
IM Daniel Cawdery v Ashley Schuller
[Event "South African Open Championship Section"]
[Site "Fairbairn College, Cape Town"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cawdery, Daniel"]
[Black "Schuller, Ashley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.07.09"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RSA"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. a5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Ba7 Ra8 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. c4
bxc3 16. bxc3 Bb7 17. c4 Nc8 18. Be3 Be7 19. O-O O-O 20. f4 Bf6 21. f5 Ne7 22.
g4 g6 23. g5 Nxf5 24. Rxf5 Qxf5 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Qd2 h5 27. Bg5 Qf5 28. Rf1
Qd7 29. Bf6 Kh7 30. Qg5 Qh3 31. Rf3 Qg4+ 32. Qxg4 hxg4 33. Rg3 Rh8 34. Bxg4 Kg8
35. Nd2 Bc8 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 37. Bxh8 Kxh8 38. Rb3 1-0
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On board two IM Watu Kobese a a multiple winner of this event gave some positional lessons relating to squares!
IM Watu Kobese.
Waylon Brander v IM Watu Kobese
[Event "South African Open Championship Section"]
[Site "Fairbairn College, Cape Town"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Brander, Waylon"]
[Black "Kobese, Watu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1723"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2022.07.09"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RSA"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
a5 9. Qc2 Rd8 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. Ne1 Re8 14. Nd3 b6 15.
Rae1 Ba6 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 dxc5 18. f4 Nbd7 19. c4 Qd6 20. Qf3 c6 21. g4
exf4 22. g5 Ne5 23. Qxf4 Nfd7 24. Re3 Re7 25. Rb3 a4 26. Rh3 Nf8 27. Rb1 Rb8
28. Qf1 Nfg6 29. Ra3 Ng4 30. Rg3 N4e5 31. Ra3 cxd5 32. exd5 Ra8 33. Be1 f6 34.
Bg3 fxg5 35. Qf5 Nf4 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. Qxf4 Rf8 38. Qh4 Ng6 39. Qg3 Nf4 40. Kh1
Re2 41. Bf3 Qe5 42. Bxe2 Qe4+ 43. Bf3 Qxb1+ 44. Qg1 Qb4 45. Qc1 b5 46. cxb5
Qxb5 47. Rc3 Ne2 48. Rxc5 Nxc1 49. Rxb5 Rxf3 50. Rb4 Nxa2 51. Rxa4 Nc3 52. Rd4
Rf7 53. Kg2 Rd7 54. d6 Nb5 55. Rd5 Nxd6 56. Ra5 g6 57. Ra2 Nf5 58. Kf2 Kg7 59.
Kg2 g5 60. Kf2 h5 61. Kg2 Kg6 62. Kf2 g4 63. Kg2 0-1
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On board three FM Banele Mhango is continuing his fine run of form when he beat Dione Goredema . Dione could not make progress despite having two water bottles, and two juices!!
FM Banele Mhango v Dione Goredema
[Event "South African Open Championship Section"]
[Site "Fairbairn College, Cape Town"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mhango, Banele"]
[Black "Goredema, Dione"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.07.09"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RSA"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. h3 h6 7. Nfd2 Bg6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. e4 c6 10. f4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Qd4+ 12. Kh2 Rd8 13. Qe2 Qb4 14. a3 Qa5 15.
Nd2 Qc7 16. Nc4 Bh7 17. Bd2 Re8 18. b4 a6 19. Rab1 Nd5 20. Ne4 Nd7 21. Qf2 N7b6
22. Na5 Na4 23. Rb3 b6 24. Nc4 Rab8 25. Ne5 Bd6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Rc1 Rec8 28.
c4 Ne7 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Qc7 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Qd4 Rb2 33. Rd1 f6 34. Nf3
Nd5 35. Qxa4 Bxd3 36. Qd4 Rb3 37. Re1 Kf7 38. Qa4 Rb2 39. Bc1 Ra2 40. Qb3 1-0
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On board 4 IM Dante Beukes from Namibia beat WCM Rebecca Selkirk in a sacrificial game.
IM Dante Beukes.
Rebecca Selkirk v FM Dante Beukes
[Event "South African Open Championship Section"]
[Site "Fairbairn College, Cape Town"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Selkirk, Rebecca"]
[Black "Beukes, Dante M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.07.09"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RSA"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6
e5 9. b3 Bg4 10. Na3 Bxd6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Nxc4 e4 14. Nxb6 exf3 15.
gxf3 Bh3 16. Qe6+ Kh8 17. d4 axb6 18. Re1 Rf6 19. Qe3 Rg6+ 20. Kh1 Bg2+ 21. Kg1
Bxh2+ 0-1
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FM Calvin Klassen was pressing against his young opponent and on Board 6 Keith Khumalo was unexpectedly held to a drawer Ethan Felix .
FM Calvin Klassen v Clayton Macheka
[Event "South African Open Championship Section"]
[Site "Fairbairn College, Cape Town"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Klaasen, Calvin John"]
[Black "Macheka, Clayton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "1618"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.07.09"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RSA"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be2 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. b4
a6 9. a3 Be6 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Ng5 Ne7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qc2 Rf8 15.
Nf3 Ng6 16. Bb2 c6 17. c4 d4 18. c5 Bd8 19. Qc4 h6 20. Bc1 Qf7 21. Rf1 Nh7 22.
a4 Ng5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. g3 Kh7 25. Nd2 Re8 26. Bg4 Nf8 27. Nf3 Nd7 28. Kg2 Bf6
29. Rfc1 Rac8 30. Qb3 Qe7 31. Nd2 Qf7 32. Nc4 Be7 33. Na5 Bd8 34. Nxb7 Bc7 35.
Qc4 Ra8 36. Nd6 Bxd6 37. cxd6 Nf6 38. Bd1 Rf8 39. Ra2 a5 40. bxa5 Qa7 41. Qc5
Qa6 42. Rc4 Rab8 43. Qxe5 Rb1 44. Be2 Qb7 45. Qxd4 Qb3 46. Rac2 Rb8 47. Qc3 Qb7
48. Rxc6 Rb3 49. Qe5 Rb1 50. Rc7 1-0
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Felix Ethon v Keith Khumalo
[Event "South African Open Championship Section"]
[Site "Fairbairn College, Cape Town"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Felix, Ethon"]
[Black "Khumalo, Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1758"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.07.09"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RSA"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qc2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nxc4 O-O 9. a3 b5 10. Nce5 Bb7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. b4 c4 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Be4
15. d3 cxd3 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Bd4 Qb7 18. Rxd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qb8 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21.
Rd1 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Rd8 23. Qxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2
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On Board Seven FM Charles de Villiers played a vintage game when he sacrifices an exchange on h5 against the Dutch of Dr Andrew Southey. He followed this up with an attack and the game dramatically ended with a smothered mate.
FM Charles de Villiers v Dr Andrew Southey
[Event "South African Open Championship Section"]
[Site "Fairbairn College, Cape Town"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "De Villiers, Charles"]
[Black "Southey, Andrew M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.07.09"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RSA"]
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 5. h4 d5 6. h5 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxe2 8.
Ngxe2 Nxh5 9. Rxh5 gxh5 10. Nf4 Qd6 11. Qxh5+ Kd8 12. Qf7 Bh6 13. Ne6+ Kd7 14.
Nc5+ Kc8 15. Bxh6 Qxh6 16. Nxd5 Nc6 17. Qf5+ e6 18. Qf7 exd5 19. Qf5+ Kb8 20.
Nd7+ Kc8 21. Nb6+ Kb8 22. Qc8+ 1-0
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I won on board 8 against CM Flores Bartoli . So lots to look forward to.
CM Andrew Bartoli v Dr Lyndon Bouah
[Event "South African Open Championship Section"]
[Site "Fairbairn College, Cape Town"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Flores Bartoli, Andrew"]
[Black "Bouah, Lyndon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.07.09"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RSA"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Na5 10. Re1 Nac4 11. Qc1 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Ng3
Qc6 15. Nd1 Re8 16. c3 Bd7 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. b3 Qc6 21.
c4 Nf4 22. f3 Nd3 23. Qd2 Nxe1 24. Qxe1 Re6 25. Qd2 Rae8 26. Bf2 Rd6 27. Qc2 h5
28. Ne3 f5 29. Ne2 Rde6 30. Qd3 Qd6 31. Rd1 Rxe3 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Qxd6 cxd6
34. Rxd6 Be8 35. Kf2 Re7 36. Rd8 Be5 37. f4 Bc7 38. Rd3 Bb6+ 39. Kf1 Bc6 40.
Nc3 Re3 0-1
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The games can be followed live as there are 45 DGT boards in operation. There is also a nice website.
Chat later. I need to prepare now!
Regards
Lyndon Bouah
About the author
Dr Lyndon Bouah is an advocate and was captain of the South African Open team during the 2018 Batumi Olympiad . He is also one of Africa’s most prolific chess writers.
Source – www.kenyachessmasala.com
Links
Website for the 2022 South Africa Open.
2022 South Africa Open on chess-results.com.
2022 reflection on the 2022 South African Closed Chess Championship.
Round 8 report on the 2022 South African Closed Chess Championship.
Reflection on GM Kenny Solomon by Dr Lyndon Bouah.
Reflection on IM Aderito Pedro by Dr Lyndon Bouah.
GM Kenny Solomon’s visit to Kenya.
Chess book shop