Ganesh Asirvatham [#27] at WSC 2003

October 21-24, 2003

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Ganesh Asirvatham [#27] 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): Ganesh Surname(s): Asirvatham Home: Klang, Selangor, Malaysia Age: 24 Awards: 1996 2001 Malaysia NSC, 1999 Singapore Open Hobbies: chess, reading and table tennis Occupation: Student WSC 1999 Rank: 54 WSC 2001 Rank: 36 WSC 2003 Team: Malaysia

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 541 Average for: 422 Average against: 416
		In round Round 1, Asirvatham played #60 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and won 426 to 414 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 1-0, +12.
		In round Round 2, Asirvatham played #19 David Lloyd (Australia) and won 418 to 391 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-0, +39.
		In round Round 3, Asirvatham played #70 Randy Hersom (Morganton, NC) and won 471 to 422 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 3-0, +88.
		In round Round 4, Asirvatham played #74 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 353 to 417 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-1, +24.
		In round Round 5, Asirvatham played #33 Jim Geary (Glendale, AZ) and won 521 to 379 (a spread of 142). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-1, +166.
Larger photo available		In round Round 6, Asirvatham played #41 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and lost 287 to 489 (a spread of -202). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 4-2, -36.
Larger photo available		In round Round 7, Asirvatham played #31 Howard Warner (New Zealand) and won 413 to 347 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5-2, +30.
		In round Round 8, Asirvatham played #30 Helen Gipson (England) and lost 389 to 396 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-3, +23.
		In round Round 9, Asirvatham played #44 Komol Panyasoponlert (Thailand) and won 466 to 384 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-3, +105.
		In round Round 10, Asirvatham played #06 Andrew Golding (Montreal QC) and lost 424 to 491 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-4, +38.
		In round Round 11, Asirvatham played #58 Patrick Carter (New Zealand) and won 396 to 391 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 7-4, +43.
		In round Round 12, Asirvatham played #50 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and won 541 to 335 (a spread of 206). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 8-4, +249.
		In round Round 13, Asirvatham played #05 Andrew Fisher (Australia) and lost 371 to 452 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 8-5, +168.
		In round Round 14, Asirvatham played #54 Moshood Olasunkanmi Sanni (Nigeria) and lost 456 to 463 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 8-6, +161.
		In round Round 15, Asirvatham played #01 Akshay Bhandarkar (India) and won 419 to 347 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 9-6, +233.
		In round Round 16, Asirvatham played #35 Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN) and lost 381 to 470 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-7, +144.
		In round Round 17, Asirvatham played #20 Dean Saldanha (Richmond BC) and won 453 to 367 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-7, +230.
		In round Round 18, Asirvatham played #26 Ferdy Anthonius (Indonesia) and won 460 to 404 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 11-7, +286.
		In round Round 19, Asirvatham played #56 Paul Allan (Scotland) and won 493 to 360 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 12-7, +419.
		In round Round 20, Asirvatham played #39 Joel Wapnick (Montréal QC) and lost 313 to 446 (a spread of -133). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 12-8, +286.
		In round Round 21, Asirvatham played #54 Moshood Olasunkanmi Sanni (Nigeria) and won 428 to 402 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-8, +312.
		In round Round 22, Asirvatham played #84 Tim Adamson (Saint Paul, MN) and won 491 to 477 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-8, +326.
		In round Round 23, Asirvatham played #30 Helen Gipson (England) and lost 355 to 499 (a spread of -144). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 14-9, +182.
		In round Round 24, Asirvatham played #33 Jim Geary (Glendale, AZ) and lost 406 to 444 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 14-10, +144.

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