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October 21-24, 2003

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Chrys Placca [#14] at WSC 2003

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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

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Given name(s): Chrys
Surname(s): Placca
Home: Ghana
Awards: 4th place at 2001 qualifier
Occupation: music teacher
WSC 1995 Rank: 28
WSC 2001 Rank: alt
WSC 2003 Team: Ghana

 

 

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round

High score: 547
Average for: 417
Average against: 393

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In round Round 1, Placca played #59 Pui Cheng Wui (Malaysia) and won 461 to 390 (a spread of 71).

Current ranking: #20.

Current record: 1-0, +71.

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In round Round 2, Placca played #82 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 352 to 366 (a spread of -14).

Current ranking: #37.

Current record: 1-1, +57.

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In round Round 3, Placca played #78 Stewart Holden (England) and lost 389 to 452 (a spread of -63).

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 1-2, -6.

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In round Round 4, Placca played #47 Lakshan Wanniarachchi (Sri Lanka) and lost 411 to 462 (a spread of -51).

Current ranking: #68.

Current record: 1-3, -57.

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In round Round 5, Placca played #45 Pramit Kamath (India) and lost 395 to 431 (a spread of -36).

Current ranking: #77.

Current record: 1-4, -93.

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In round Round 6, Placca played #22 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 342 to 493 (a spread of -151).

Current ranking: #83.

Current record: 1-5, -244.

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In round Round 7, Placca played #76 Rogelio Talosig (New Zealand) and won 542 to 349 (a spread of 193).

Current ranking: #72.

Current record: 2-5, -51.

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In round Round 8, Placca played #49 Michael Gongolo (Kenya) and lost 399 to 420 (a spread of -21).

Current ranking: #79.

Current record: 2-6, -72.

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In round Round 9, Placca played #02 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) and lost 429 to 459 (a spread of -30).

Current ranking: #84.

Current record: 2-7, -102.

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In round Round 10, Placca played #13 Chris Abordo (Bahrain) and lost 399 to 454 (a spread of -55).

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 2-8, -157.

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In round Round 11, Placca played #48 Mushtak Esmail (Tanzania) and won 405 to 294 (a spread of 111).

Current ranking: #83.

Current record: 3-8, -46.

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In round Round 12, Placca played #73 Robin K.T. John (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 497 to 379 (a spread of 118).

Current ranking: #75.

Current record: 4-8, +72.

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In round Round 13, Placca played #11 Bob Lipton (Vero Beach, FL) and lost 469 to 530 (a spread of -61).

Current ranking: #80.

Current record: 4-9, +11.

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In round Round 14, Placca played #09 Bronagh Kenny (Ireland) and won 547 to 284 (a spread of 263).

Current ranking: #75.

Current record: 5-9, +274.

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In round Round 15, Placca played #85 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and lost 392 to 433 (a spread of -41).

Current ranking: #81.

Current record: 5-10, +233.

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In round Round 16, Placca played #25 Ferrer Abordo (Bahrain) and won 451 to 289 (a spread of 162).

Current ranking: #76.

Current record: 6-10, +395.

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In round Round 17, Placca played #49 Michael Gongolo (Kenya) and won 367 to 311 (a spread of 56).

Current ranking: #65.

Current record: 7-10, +451.

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In round Round 18, Placca played #59 Pui Cheng Wui (Malaysia) and lost 294 to 475 (a spread of -181).

Current ranking: #72.

Current record: 7-11, +270.

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In round Round 19, Placca played #10 Bennet Kpentey (Ghana) and won 455 to 413 (a spread of 42).

Current ranking: #64.

Current record: 8-11, +312.

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In round Round 20, Placca played #36 John Lam (Malaysia) and won 410 to 380 (a spread of 30).

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 9-11, +342.

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In round Round 21, Placca played #59 Pui Cheng Wui (Malaysia) and lost 303 to 411 (a spread of -108).

Current ranking: #64.

Current record: 9-12, +234.

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In round Round 22, Placca played #10 Bennet Kpentey (Ghana) and won 463 to 370 (a spread of 93).

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 10-12, +327.

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In round Round 23, Placca played #59 Pui Cheng Wui (Malaysia) and won 392 to 289 (a spread of 103).

Current ranking: #48.

Current record: 11-12, +430.

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In round Round 24, Placca played #22 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and won 445 to 306 (a spread of 139).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 12-12, +569.


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