John Grayson (#42) at WSC 2001

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John Grayson (#42) at WSC 2001

Background Information
Larger photo available	Given name(s): John Surname(s): Grayson Home: Newport, South Wales, Wales Age: 51 Awards: UK grandmaster Hobbies: Cinema especially film noir, railway history Occupation: Civil Servant (UK National Statistics) Notes: As alternate player, has replaced Andrew Cook WSC 1993 Rank: 44 WSC 1997 Rank: 51 WSC 2001 Team: Wales

Tournament Ups and Downs

Each pole is labelled at the top with the tournament round. The player's rank that round is shown below.

Round-by-Round
High score: 602 Average for: 410 Average against: 404
Round 1		Grayson played #86 Christopher Sykes (Canada) and won 410 to 267 (a spread of 143) . Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-0, +143.
Round 2		Grayson played #20 Sammy Okosagah (Nigeria) and lost 388 to 416 (a spread of -28) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 1-1, +115. Grayson is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Grayson is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 3		Grayson played #34 Michael Gongolo (Kenya) and lost 337 to 406 (a spread of -69) . Current ranking: #50. Current record: 1-2, +46.
Round 4	Larger photo available	Grayson played #50 Peter Sinton (New Zealand) and lost 491 to 492 (a spread of -1) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 1-3, +45.
Round 5	Larger photo available	Grayson played #74 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Sri Lanka) and won 437 to 345 (a spread of 92) . Current ranking: #46. Current record: 2-3, +137.
Round 6	Larger photo available	Grayson played #16 David Acton (England) and lost 324 to 415 (a spread of -91) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 2-4, +46.
Round 7		Grayson played #02 Joel Sherman (United States) and lost 374 to 457 (a spread of -83) . Current ranking: #72. Current record: 2-5, -37.
Round 8		Grayson played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and lost 389 to 471 (a spread of -82) . Current ranking: #76. Current record: 2-6, -119.
Round 9		Grayson played #63 Chris Cree (United States) and won 602 to 390 (a spread of 212) . Current ranking: #68. Current record: 3-6, +93. Grayson is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 10	Larger photo available	Grayson played #88 James Charles Wright (Gibraltar) and won 577 to 253 (a spread of 324) . Current ranking: #53. Current record: 4-6, +417.
Round 11		Grayson played #53 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) and won 509 to 281 (a spread of 228) . Current ranking: #46. Current record: 5-6, +645.
Round 12		Grayson played #43 Jere Mead (United States) and lost 376 to 445 (a spread of -69) . Current ranking: #54. Current record: 5-7, +576.
Round 13		Grayson played #76 Joey Mallick (United States) and lost 377 to 414 (a spread of -37) . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 5-8, +539.
Round 14		Grayson played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and lost 309 to 561 (a spread of -252) . Current ranking: #70. Current record: 5-9, +287. Grayson is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Grayson played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 346 to 501 (a spread of -155) . Current ranking: #76. Current record: 5-10, +132.
Round 16		Grayson played #65 Margarida Ana de Souza (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 414 to 337 (a spread of 77) . Current ranking: #70. Current record: 6-10, +209.
Round 17	Larger photo available	Grayson played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and lost 367 to 420 (a spread of -53) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 6-11, +156.
Round 18		Grayson played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 486 to 316 (a spread of 170) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 7-11, +326. Grayson is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Grayson played #63 Chris Cree (United States) and won 465 to 408 (a spread of 57) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 8-11, +383.
Round 20	Larger photo available	Grayson played #48 Taewan Sutthasin (Thailand) and lost 357 to 414 (a spread of -57) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 8-12, +326.
Round 21		Grayson played #58 Lewis Singh (Guyana) and lost 332 to 338 (a spread of -6) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 8-13, +320.
Round 22	Larger photo available	Grayson played #48 Taewan Sutthasin (Thailand) and won 449 to 377 (a spread of 72) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 9-13, +392.
Round 23		Grayson played #75 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and lost 339 to 501 (a spread of -162) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 9-14, +230.
Round 24	Larger photo available	Grayson played #68 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Gulf Champion) and lost 386 to 482 (a spread of -96) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 9-15, +134.

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