Kunihiko Kuroda [#43] at WSC 2003

October 21-24, 2003

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Kunihiko Kuroda [#43] 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): Kunihiko Surname(s): Kuroda Home: Japan Awards: 1993 1995 Japan NSC Occupation: technical communicator WSC 1993 Rank: 59 WSC 1995 Rank: 59 WSC 1999 Rank: 82 WSC 2003 Team: Japan

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
See Legend

Round-by-Round
High score: 408 Average for: 357 Average against: 407
		In round Round 1, Kuroda played #04 Andrew Davis (England) and lost 306 to 339 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 0-1, -33.
		In round Round 2, Kuroda played #63 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and lost 342 to 488 (a spread of -146). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 0-2, -179.
		In round Round 3, Kuroda played #09 Bronagh Kenny (Ireland) and lost 371 to 378 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #85. Current record: 0-3, -186.
		In round Round 4, Kuroda played #02 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) and lost 337 to 456 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #88. Current record: 0-4, -305.
		In round Round 5, Kuroda played #76 Rogelio Talosig (New Zealand) and lost 362 to 368 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #89. Current record: 0-5, -311.
		In round Round 6, Kuroda played #48 Mushtak Esmail (Tanzania) and tied at 347. Current ranking: #89. Current record: 0.5-5.5, -311.
		In round Round 7, Kuroda played #21 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) and won 385 to 374 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #85. Current record: 1.5-5.5, -300.
		In round Round 8, Kuroda played #11 Bob Lipton (Vero Beach, FL) and lost 296 to 496 (a spread of -200). Current ranking: #88. Current record: 1.5-6.5, -500.
		In round Round 9, Kuroda played #73 Robin K.T. John (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 277 to 424 (a spread of -147). Current ranking: #89. Current record: 1.5-7.5, -647.
		In round Round 10, Kuroda played #25 Ferrer Abordo (Bahrain) and lost 393 to 457 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #89. Current record: 1.5-8.5, -711.
		In round Round 11, Kuroda played #29 Herve Bohbo (France) and lost 379 to 401 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #89. Current record: 1.5-9.5, -733.
		In round Round 12, Kuroda played #40 Kevin Abela (Malta) and won 379 to 331 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #88. Current record: 2.5-9.5, -685.
		In round Round 13, Kuroda played #83 Sivanesan Saeyorn (Sri Lanka) and won 407 to 382 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #87. Current record: 3.5-9.5, -660.
		In round Round 14, Kuroda played #38 John O'Laughlin (Hartland, WI) and lost 326 to 417 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #87. Current record: 3.5-10.5, -751.
Larger photo available		In round Round 15, Kuroda played #62 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (Zambia) and won 401 to 354 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #86. Current record: 4.5-10.5, -704.
		In round Round 16, Kuroda played #36 John Lam (Malaysia) and lost 292 to 523 (a spread of -231). Current ranking: #86. Current record: 4.5-11.5, -935.
		In round Round 17, Kuroda played #83 Sivanesan Saeyorn (Sri Lanka) and lost 340 to 467 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #87. Current record: 4.5-12.5, -1062.
		In round Round 18, Kuroda played #73 Robin K.T. John (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 364 to 346 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #87. Current record: 5.5-12.5, -1044.
		In round Round 19, Kuroda played #73 Robin K.T. John (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 397 to 393 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 6.5-12.5, -1040.
		In round Round 20, Kuroda played #40 Kevin Abela (Malta) and won 401 to 395 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #80. Current record: 7.5-12.5, -1034.
		In round Round 21, Kuroda played #50 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 408 to 464 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 7.5-13.5, -1090.
		In round Round 22, Kuroda played #76 Rogelio Talosig (New Zealand) and lost 394 to 424 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 7.5-14.5, -1120.
		In round Round 23, Kuroda played #40 Kevin Abela (Malta) and won 360 to 304 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #81. Current record: 8.5-14.5, -1064.
Larger photo available		In round Round 24, Kuroda played #62 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (Zambia) and lost 298 to 435 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 8.5-15.5, -1201.

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