Gaealafswe's sword kills and saves Oatlhotse

As fate would have it, the first round tormentor became saviour in the last games when he dashed the hopes of another tournament favourite Ignatius Njobvu to hand over the title outright to Oatlhotse. However, the champion deserved credit for showing great character and cool nerves to live up to his tag as pre-tournament favourite. He scored 5.5 out of seven points to lift the title ahead of Njobvu with five points. In third place was John Hutcheson with four points.

The veteran player showed his younger opponents that he still has what it takes to play at this level.