Akshay Bhandarkar [#01] at WSC 2003

October 21-24, 2003

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Akshay Bhandarkar [#01] at WSC 2003

Congratulations to the new World Champion, Panupol Sujjayakorn. Panupol beat Pakorn Nemitrmansuk in an exciting best-of-five series, 418-380, 384-495, 470-514, 446-433 and 444-387.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Akshay Surname(s): Bhandarkar Home: Bahrain Awards: 1993 1997 Bahrain NSC, 1996 Gulf Champion WSC 1995 Rank: 26 WSC 1997 Rank: 8 WSC 1999 Rank: 57 WSC 2003 Team: India

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
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Round-by-Round
High score: 580 Average for: 414 Average against: 401
		In round Round 1, Bhandarkar played #80 Selwyn Lobo (United Arab Emirates) and won 493 to 316 (a spread of 177). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 1-0, +177.
		In round Round 2, Bhandarkar played #23 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and won 422 to 356 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 2-0, +243.
		In round Round 3, Bhandarkar played #56 Paul Allan (Scotland) and won 501 to 437 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 3-0, +307.
		In round Round 4, Bhandarkar played #81 Stanley Njoroge Ndungu (Kenya) and lost 382 to 434 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 3-1, +255.
		In round Round 5, Bhandarkar played #57 Phil Appleby (England) and won 406 to 361 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-1, +300.
		In round Round 6, Bhandarkar played #88 Wajid Iqbal (Pakistan) and lost 418 to 482 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 4-2, +236.
		In round Round 7, Bhandarkar played #20 Dean Saldanha (Richmond BC) and won 393 to 328 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-2, +301.
		In round Round 8, Bhandarkar played #82 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 514 to 475 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-2, +340.
		In round Round 9, Bhandarkar played #04 Andrew Davis (England) and won 379 to 355 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-2, +364.
		In round Round 10, Bhandarkar played #28 Gareth Williams (Wales) and lost 306 to 420 (a spread of -114). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 7-3, +250.
		In round Round 11, Bhandarkar played #35 Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN) and lost 282 to 484 (a spread of -202). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-4, +48.
Larger photo available		In round Round 12, Bhandarkar played #87 Tony Sim (Singapore) and won 475 to 276 (a spread of 199). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-4, +247.
		In round Round 13, Bhandarkar played #33 Jim Geary (Glendale, AZ) and lost 327 to 422 (a spread of -95). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 8-5, +152.
		In round Round 14, Bhandarkar played #74 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 375 to 439 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-6, +88.
		In round Round 15, Bhandarkar played #27 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and lost 347 to 419 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 8-7, +16.
Larger photo available		In round Round 16, Bhandarkar played #16 David Delicata (Malta) and won 440 to 421 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 9-7, +35.
		In round Round 17, Bhandarkar played #56 Paul Allan (Scotland) and lost 397 to 529 (a spread of -132). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 9-8, -97.
		In round Round 18, Bhandarkar played #80 Selwyn Lobo (United Arab Emirates) and won 475 to 291 (a spread of 184). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 10-8, +87.
		In round Round 19, Bhandarkar played #26 Ferdy Anthonius (Indonesia) and lost 383 to 468 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 10-9, +2.
		In round Round 20, Bhandarkar played #42 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and won 447 to 442 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-9, +7.
		In round Round 21, Bhandarkar played #26 Ferdy Anthonius (Indonesia) and won 580 to 275 (a spread of 305). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 12-9, +312.
		In round Round 22, Bhandarkar played #74 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 425 to 411 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 13-9, +326.
		In round Round 23, Bhandarkar played #84 Tim Adamson (Saint Paul, MN) and lost 365 to 406 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 13-10, +285.
		In round Round 24, Bhandarkar played #38 John O'Laughlin (Hartland, WI) and won 395 to 365 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 14-10, +315.

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