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Fischer Random results

Posted on 7 October 2019 by Scott

Another set of strange starting positions for our last rapid play event for 2019. Daniel came out on top with 5/5, with commendations for Mark and Sergey!

Crosstable

  1 Gusain,Daniel        1965     VIC  5.0 | +B8   +W5   +B4   +W2   +B6    |   13.0    15.0 
  2 Salanowski,Mark      1550     VIC  4.0 | +B13  +W6   +B14  -B1   +W5    |   12.5    14.0 
  3 Saric,Sergey         1238     VIC  4.0 | +B7   -W4   +B8   +W10  +B9    |    9.5    11.5 
  4 Humphreys,Scott      1598     VIC  3.0 | +W9   +B3   -W1   -B5   +W11   |   14.0    16.0 
  5 Hogan,Steven         1451     VIC  3.0 | +B11  -B1   +W12  +W4   -B2    |   14.0    15.5 
  6 Whitford,Matthew     1401     VIC  3.0 | +W15  -B2   +W7   +B14  -W1    |   13.0    13.5 
  7 Waadhwa,Ehsaas          0     AUS  3.0 | -W3   +BYE  -B6   +W8   +B10   |   11.0    12.5 
  8 Clerk,Max             791     VIC  2.0 | -W1   +B15  -W3   -B7   +W14   |   13.0    13.5 
  9 Clerk,Felix           695     VIC  2.0 | -B4   +W11  -B10  +W15  -W3    |   11.0    11.5 
 10 Richards,Derek       1454     VIC  2.0 | -W12  +B13  +W9   -B3   -W7    |   10.0    11.5 
 11 Brockies,Alwyn          0          2.0 | -W5   -B9   +W13  +B12  -B4    |    9.5    11.0 
 12 Watson,Nicolas        311     VIC  2.0 | +B10  -W14  -B5   -W11  +BYE   |    8.5     9.5 
 13 Nawar,Mena            460     VIC  2.0 | -W2   -W10  -B11  +BYE  +B15   |    8.5     9.0 
 14 Paul,Cijo            1400          1.5 | =BYE  +B12  -W2   -W6   -B8    |   11.5    13.0 
 15 Deng,Tina               0     AUS  1.0 | -B6   -W8   +BYE  -B9   -W13   |    8.5     9.5

Lightning #3 results

Posted on 30 September 2019 by Scott

Well, David and Daniel shared the top honours for this event. Full details below (note not in final score order).

 ID NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7  
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  1 Beaumont,David       1975     VIC  6.5 | +B10  +W6   +B5   =W2   +B8   +W3   +W9   
  2 Gusain,Daniel        1965     VIC  6.5 | +W11  +B7   +W13  =B1   +W3   +B10  +W8   
  3 Humphreys,Scott      1598     VIC  4.5 | +B12  =W8   +B4   +W5   -B2   -B1   +W11  
  4 Salanowski,Mark      1550     VIC  3.0 | -W13  +B14  -W3   +B16  -W9   -B17  +BYE  
  5 Ilic,Milan           1518     VIC  5.0 | +B14  +W9   -W1   -B3   +W11  +B19  +W10  
  6 Nowak,Ruben          1496     VIC  3.0 | +W15  -B1   +W11  -B13  +W17  -B9   -W18  
  7 Richards,Derek       1454     AUS  2.0 | +B16  -W2   -B8   -W12  -B18  +BYE  -W19  
  8 Hogan,Steven         1451     VIC  4.5 | +W17  =B3   +W7   +B9   -W1   +B13  -B2   
  9 Whitford,Matthew     1401     VIC  4.0 | +B18  -B5   +W17  -W8   +B4   +W6   -B1   
 10 Saric,Sergey         1238     VIC  4.0 | -W1   +B15  +W18  +B19  +W13  -W2   -B5   
 11 Clerk,Max             791     VIC  3.0 | -B2   +W16  -B6   +W18  -B5   +W15  -B3   
 12 Clerk,Felix           695     VIC  2.5 | -W3   -B17  +W15  +B7   -W19  -B18  =B16  
 13 Kurian,Maksym         678     VIC  4.0 | +B4   +W19  -B2   +W6   -B10  -W8   +B17  
 14 Watson,Nicolas        311     VIC  2.0 | -W5   -W4   -B19  -B17  +BYE  +W16  -B15  
 15 Brokies,Alwyn           0     AUS  3.0 | -B6   -W10  -B12  +BYE  +W16  -B11  +W14  
 16 Deng,Tina               0     VIC  1.5 | -W7   -B11  +BYE  -W4   -B15  -B14  =W12  
 17 Kalina,Leo              0     VIC  3.0 | -B8   +W12  -B9   +W14  -B6   +W4   -W13  
 18 Waadhwa,Ehsaas       1000     VIC  4.0 | -W9   +BYE  -B10  -B11  +W7   +W12  +B6   
 19 Paul,Cijo            1400     AUS  3.5 | =BYE  -B13  +W14  -W10  +B12  -W5   +B7

Koshnitsky Cup – final standings

Posted on 24 September 2019 by Scott

Congrats to David in taking out this event. The next few weeks are as follows:

24 September – Lightning

1 October – Allegro (Fischer Random Theme)

8 October – Commencement of Club Championships and Reserves (7 rounds)

Final Standings

Pos  Pts  ID  NAME                         | Rtg  PRtg Fed |   Buc1    BucT  
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  1  7.0   2     Beaumont,David            | 1975 2146 VIC |    24.5 
  2  5.0   4  CM Davis,Tony J              | 1808 1615 VIC |    28.5 
  3  5.0   3     Gusain,Daniel             | 1965 1736 VIC |    26.5 
  4  5.0   5     Humphreys,Scott           | 1598 1311 VIC |    23.0 
  5  4.0   9     Richards,Derek            | 1454 1239 VIC |    28.0 
  6  4.0  12     Whitford,Matthew          | 1401 1041 VIC |    26.5    27.5 
  7  4.0  22     Kamineni,Takshil          |  634 1294 VIC |    26.5    27.5 
  8  4.0   7     Maunders,Myiesha          | 1534 1379 VIC |    26.0 
  9  4.0  10     Hogan,Steven              | 1451 1129 VIC |    21.0 
 10  4.0  16     Jing,Lang                 |  879  488 VIC |    19.5 
 11  3.5  11     McIntyre,Julian        | 1408 1578 VIC |    26.0 
 12  3.5  14     Saric,Sergey              | 1238 1108 VIC |    25.5 
 13  3.5   6     Salanowski,Mark           | 1550  927 VIC |    23.5 
 14  3.5   8     Nowak,Ruben               | 1496  857 VIC |    23.0 
 15  3.5  29     Paul,Cijo                 |    0 1227 VIC |    22.5 
 16  3.5  31     Waadhwa,Rakesh            |    0  626 VIC |    21.0 
 17  3.0   1     Hibberd,Nathan         | 1978 2029 VIC |    26.5 
 18  3.0  13     McIntyre,Charlie          | 1330  814 VIC |    25.5 
 19  3.0  15     Johns,Brent               |  959  686 VIC |    22.0 
 20  3.0  28     Matijas,Dejan             |    0  954 VIC |    21.5 
 21  3.0  21     Annapureddy,Dhruthin Redd |  669  863 VIC |    19.5 
 22  2.5  19     Clerk,Felix               |  695  609 VIC |    24.5 
 23  2.5  23     Bejjanki,Pranav Sai       |  572  826 VIC |    23.5 
 24  2.5  20     Kurian,Maksym             |  678  711 VIC |    23.0 
 25  2.5  33     Zhang,Eric                |    0  232 VIC |    20.5 
 26  2.5  30     Waadhwa,Ehsaas            |    0  819 VIC |    19.0 
 27  2.5  17     Kostakakis,Angelo         |  829  586 VIC |    16.5 
 28  2.0  32     Zhang,Benjamin            |    0  174 VIC |    20.0 
 29  2.0  24     Nawar,Mena                |  460  580 VIC |    18.5 
 30  2.0  26     Brokies,Alwyn             |    0  515 VIC |    18.0 
 31  1.0  18     Clerk,Max                 |  791  438 VIC |    21.0 
 32  1.0  25     Watson,Nicolas            |  311    0 VIC |    18.5 
 33  1.0  27     Deng,Tina                 |    0    0 VIC |    17.0

Koshnitsky Cup – penultimate round

Posted on 12 September 2019 by Scott

With just one round to go, the top two rated players (David and Daniel) square off to decide the winner.

Round 6 results

  1 = Maunders,Myiesha     ( 4.0) - Beaumont,David       ( 5.0) =   7 -   2 = 0 - 1
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  2 = McIntyre,Julian      ( 3.5) - Gusain,Daniel        ( 4.0) =  11 -   3 = 0 - 1
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  3 = Davis,Tony J         ( 3.0) - Whitford,Matthew     ( 3.0) =   4 -  12 = 1 - 0
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  4 = Humphreys,Scott      ( 3.0) - Saric,Sergey         ( 3.0) =   5 -  14 = 1 - 0
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  5 = Kamineni,Takshil     ( 3.0) - Nowak,Ruben          ( 3.0) =  22 -   8 = 1 - 0
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  6 = Richards,Derek       ( 3.0) - Hogan,Steven         ( 3.0) =   9 -  10 = 1 - 0
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  7 = Salanowski,Mark      ( 2.0) - Kurian,Maksym        ( 2.0) =   6 -  20 = 1 - 0
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  8 = McIntyre,Charlie     ( 2.0) - Paul,Cijo            ( 2.0) =  13 -  29 = 0 - 1
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  9 = Johns,Brent          ( 2.0) - Matijas,Dejan        ( 2.0) =  15 -  28 = 0 - 1
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 10 = Nawar,Mena           ( 2.0) - Jing,Lang            ( 2.0) =  24 -  16 = 0 - 1
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 11 = Clerk,Felix          ( 2.0) - Annapureddy,Dhruthin ( 2.0) =  19 -  21 = 0 - 1
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 12 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai  ( 1.5) - Deng,Tina            ( 1.0) =  23 -  27 = 1 - 0
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 13 = Clerk,Max            ( 1.0) - Brokies,Alwyn        ( 1.0) =  18 -  26 = 0 - 1
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 14 = Zhang,Benjamin       ( 1.0) - Zhang,Eric           ( 1.0) =  32 -  33 = 0 - 1
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 15 = Watson,Nicolas       ( 0.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 0.5) =  25 -  17 = 0 - 1

Koshnitsky Cup Round 5

Posted on 5 September 2019 by Scott

This event is now at the pointy end, with just 2 rounds to go. David is undefeated, being chased by Daniel and Myiesha.

Round 5 results

 1 = Beaumont,David       ( 4.0) - Kamineni,Takshil     ( 3.0) =   2 -  17 = 1 - 0
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  2 = Gusain,Daniel        ( 3.0) - Davis,Tony J         ( 3.0) =  30 -   3 = 1 - 0
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  3 = Maunders,Myiesha     ( 3.0) - Richards,Derek       ( 3.0) =  31 -   7 = 1 - 0
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  4 = Whitford,Matthew     ( 2.5) - Humphreys,Scott      ( 2.5) =   8 -   4 = ½ - ½
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  5 = McIntyre,Julian      ( 2.5) - McIntyre,Charlie     ( 2.0) =  27 -   9 = 1 - 0
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  6 = Nowak,Ruben          ( 2.0) - Matijas,Dejan        ( 2.0) =   6 -  22 = 1 - 0
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  7 = Hogan,Steven         ( 2.0) - Johns,Brent          ( 2.0) =  32 -  11 = 1 - 0
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  8 = Reddy Annapureddy,Dh ( 2.0) - Saric,Sergey         ( 2.0) =  24 -  10 = 0 - 1
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  9 = Waadhwa,Rakesh       ( 1.5) - Nawar,Mena           ( 2.0) =  26 -  19 = 1 - 0
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 10 = Waadhwa,Ehsaas       ( 1.0) - Clerk,Max            ( 1.0) =  25 -  14 = 1 - 0
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 11 = Zhang,Benjamin       ( 1.0) - Clerk,Felix          ( 1.0) =  34 -  15 = 0 - 1
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 12 = Kurian,Maksym        ( 1.0) - Deng,Tina            ( 1.0) =  16 -  21 = 1F-0F
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 13 = Brockies,Alwyn       ( 0.0) - Watson,Nicolas       ( 0.0) =  33 -  20 = 1 - 0
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 14 = Zhang,Eric           ( 0.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =  35 -   0 = 1

Best in the West for 2019

Posted on 5 September 2019 by Scott

Another successful ‘Best in the West’ 5-round event was held over the Father’s Day weekend (80 players). There was a 5-way tie for first (4.5/5) that included our club’s member and event organiser, Tony Davis, as well as Daniel Gusain. Also, Takshil Kamineni won the rating group 3 prize with a score of 3.0 (ahead of 20 players in his rating group). By my reckoning, there were 17 club members playing in the event.

New Member ratings for September

Posted on 5 September 2019 by Scott

The latest ACF ratings were published on 1 Sept. The list here gives our member’s rating movements.

Koshnitsky Cup update

Posted on 27 August 2019 by Scott

This 7 round event has been running for 4 weeks now, so an update is in order. The round 4 results are below; Derek and David were undefeated to round 3, so they played each other in round 4. Sorry for the haphazard update for this event. The Round 5 draw is also below.

Round 4 Results

  1 = Richards,Derek       ( 3.0) - Beaumont,David       ( 3.0) =   7 -   2 = 0 - 1
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  2 = Davis,Tony J         ( 2.0) - McIntyre,Julian      ( 2.5) =   3 -  27 = 1 - 0
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  3 = Gusain,Daniel        ( 2.0) - Nowak,Ruben          ( 2.0) =  30 -   6 = 1 - 0
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  4 = Salanowski,Mark      ( 2.0) - Kamineni,Takshil     ( 2.0) =   5 -  17 = 0F-1F
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  5 = McIntyre,Charlie     ( 2.0) - Maunders,Myiesha     ( 2.0) =   9 -  31 = 0 - 1
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  6 = Paul,Cijo            ( 2.0) - Whitford,Matthew     ( 1.5) =  23 -   8 = 0 - 1
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  7 = Humphreys,Scott      ( 1.5) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai  ( 1.5) =   4 -  18 = 1 - 0
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  8 = Matijas,Dejan        ( 1.5) - Jing,Lang            ( 1.0) =  22 -  12 = ½ - ½
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  9 = Clerk,Felix          ( 1.0) - Hogan,Steven         ( 1.0) =  15 -  32 = 0 - 1
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 10 = Saric,Sergey         ( 1.0) - Kurian,Maksym        ( 1.0) =  10 -  16 = 1 - 0
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 11 = Johns,Brent          ( 1.0) - Waadhwa,Ehsaas       ( 1.0) =  11 -  25 = 1 - 0
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 12 = Nawar,Mena           ( 1.0) - Clerk,Max            ( 1.0) =  19 -  14 = 1 - 0
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 13 = Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 0.5) - Reddy Annapureddy,Dh ( 1.0) =  13 -  24 = 0 - 1
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 14 = Deng,Tina            ( 0.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =  21 -   0 = 1    
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 15 = Zhang,Eric           ( 0.0) - Waadhwa,Rakesh       ( 0.5) =  35 -  26 = 0 - 1
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 16 = Brockies,Alwyn       ( 0.0) - Zhang,Benjamin       ( 0.0) =  33 -  34 = 0 - 1
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 17 = Hibberd,Nathan       ( 3.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =   1 -   0 = 0    
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 18 = Watson,Nicolas       ( 0.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  20 -   0 = 0

Western Series Final Results

Posted on 25 July 2019 by Scott

With all 5 rounds now completed for the Western Masters, Major, Minor and Swiss events, it is a time to praise the winners! Well done to the following winners:

Western Masters – Daniel (5/5)

Western Major – Julian & Steven (4/5)

Western Minor – Sergey (5/5)

Western Swiss – Cijo & Shashi (4/5)

Masters

Cross Table	Loc	1	2	3	4	5	6	Score
Tony Davis	1808	X	0.5	0	1	1	1	3.5
Narelle Szuveges	1703	0.5	X	0	1	1	1	3.5
Daniel Gusain	1965	1	1	X	1	1	1	5
Ruben Nowak	1496	0	0	0	X	0	0	0
Mohammad Cheema	1591	0	0	0	1	X	1	2
Anthony Mann	1691	0	0	0	1	0	X	1

Major

Cross Table	Loc	1	2	3	4	5	6	Score
Phil Minichelli	1279	X	0.5	0	1	0	1	2.5
Matthew Whitford	1401	0.5	X	0	1	0.5	1	3
Steven Hogan	1451	1	1	X	0.5	0.5	1	4
Derek Richards	1454	0	0	0.5	X	0	1	1.5
Julian McIntyre	1408	1	0.5	0.5	1	X	1	4
Charlie McIntyre	1330	0	0	0	0	0	X	0

Minor

Cross Table	Loc	1	2	3	4	5	6	Score
Angelo Kostakakis	829	X	0	0	1	0	1	2
Sergey Saric	1238	1	X	1	1	1	1	5
Lang Jing	879	1	0	X	0	0	1	2
Max Clerk	791	0	0	1	X	1	1	3
Brent Johns	959	1	0	1	0	X	1	3
Kevin Deraniyagala	727	0	0	0	0	0	X	0

Swiss

Pos  Pts  ID  NAME                         | Rtg  PRtg Fed |   Buc1    BucT  
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  1  4.0  11     Paul,Cijo                 |    0  577     |    13.5 
  2  4.0   9     Mathew,Shashi             |    0  354 NSW |    12.5 
  3  3.5  10     Matijas,Dejan             |    0  340     |    14.0 
  4  3.0   2     Kurian,Maksym             |  678  125 VIC |    12.0 
  5  2.5  12     Waadhwa,Ehsaas            |    0  315 AUS |    11.5 
  6  2.0   1     Clerk,Felix               |  695  278 VIC |    11.5    13.0 
  7  2.0   6     De Rooy,Jack              |  127  143 VIC |    11.5    13.0 
  8  2.0   4     Nawar,Mena                |  460   67 VIC |    10.5    11.0 
  9  2.0   5     Watson,Nicolas            |  311    0 VIC |    10.5    11.0 
 10  2.0  13     Waadhwa,Rakesh            |    0    0 VIC |    10.5    11.0 
 11  1.5   3     Bejjanki,Pranav Sai    |  572   42 AUS |    11.5 
 12  1.0   8     Deng,Tina                 |    0    0 VIC |     8.5 
 13  0.0   7     De Rooy,Samuel            |    0    0 VIC |     9.5

Western Series Event Update

Posted on 5 July 2019 by Scott

With 3 of 5 rounds now completed for the Western Masters, Major, Minor and Swiss events, it is a time for a quick update to the results and the round 4 pairings for the Swiss event.

Masters

Cross Table	Loc	1	2	3	4	5	6	Score
Tony Davis	1808	X	0.5	0				0.5
Narelle Szuveges	1703	0.5	X			1	1	2.5
Daniel Gusain	1965	1		X	1	1		3
Ruben Nowak	1496			0	X	0	0	0
Mohammad Cheema	1591		0	0	1	X		1
Anthony Mann	1691		0		1		X	1

Major

Cross Table	Loc	1	2	3	4	5	6	Score
Phil Minichelli	1279	X	0.5	0			1	1.5
Matthew Whitford	1401	0.5	X			0.5	1	2
Steven Hogan	1451	1		X	0.5	0.5		2
Derek Richards	1454			0.5	X	0	1	1.5
Julian McIntyre	1408		0.5	0.5	1	X		2
Charlie McIntyre	1330	0	0		0		X	0

Minor

Cross Table	Loc	1	2	3	4	5	6	Score
Angelo Kostakakis	829	X					1	1
Sergey Saric	1238		X		1	1		2
Lang Jing	879			X	0	0	1	1
Max Clerk	791		0	1	X	1		2
Brent Johns	959		0	1	0	X		1
Kevin Deraniyagala	727	0		0			X	0

Swiss

Round 4 pairings

  1 = Matijas,Dejan        ( 2.5) - Mathew,Shashi        ( 3.0) =  10 -   9 =  ... 
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  2 = Paul,Cijo            ( 2.0) - Kurian,Maksym        ( 2.0) =  11 -   2 =  ... 
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  3 = Clerk,Felix          ( 1.0) - De Rooy,Jack         ( 1.5) =   1 -   6 =  ... 
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  4 = Watson,Nicolas       ( 1.0) - Waadhwa,Ehsaas       ( 1.5) =   5 -  12 =  ... 
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  5 = Waadhwa,Rakesh       ( 1.0) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai  ( 1.0) =  13 -   3 =  ... 
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  6 = De Rooy,Samuel       ( 0.0) - Nawar,Mena           ( 1.0) =   7 -   4 =  ... 
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  7 = Deng,Tina            ( 0.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =   8 -   0 = 1

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