Dan Laurentiu Sandu (#53) at WSC 2001

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Dan Laurentiu Sandu (#53) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): Dan Laurentiu Surname(s): Sandu Home: Romania Age: 33 Awards: 1995-96 Romanian champion Hobbies: Chess, puzzles, computer games Occupation: Electronic engineer WSC 1997 Rank: 78 WSC 1999 Rank: 91 WSC 2001 Team: Romania

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: 424 Average for: 359 Average against: 433
Before Round 1		Sandu is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 1		Sandu played #09 Adam Logan (Canada) and lost 318 to 562 (a spread of -244) . Current ranking: #86. Current record: 0-1, -244.
Round 2		Sandu played #75 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and lost 352 to 525 (a spread of -173) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 0-2, -417.
Round 3	Larger photo available	Sandu played #88 James Charles Wright (Gibraltar) and lost 373 to 447 (a spread of -74) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 0-3, -491.
Round 4		Sandu played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and won 406 to 349 (a spread of 57) . Current ranking: #80. Current record: 1-3, -434. Sandu is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Sandu played #11 Gareth Williams (Wales) and lost 327 to 514 (a spread of -187) . Current ranking: #84. Current record: 1-4, -621.
Round 6		Sandu played #57 Isaac Apindi Adhero Lang'o (Tanzania) and lost 315 to 405 (a spread of -90) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 1-5, -711.
Round 7		Sandu played #78 Mario Miranda (Philippines) and won 395 to 390 (a spread of 5) . Current ranking: #80. Current record: 2-5, -706.
Round 8		Sandu played #58 Lewis Singh (Guyana) and won 415 to 295 (a spread of 120) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 3-5, -586.
Round 9		Sandu played #54 Dixon Assesa (Kenya) and lost 329 to 417 (a spread of -88) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 3-6, -674.
Round 10	Larger photo available	Sandu played #61 Aaron Clottey (Ghana) and lost 413 to 487 (a spread of -74) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 3-7, -748.
Round 11	Larger photo available	Sandu played #42 John Grayson (Wales) and lost 281 to 509 (a spread of -228) . Current ranking: #84. Current record: 3-8, -976.
Round 12		Sandu played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 389 to 368 (a spread of 21) . Current ranking: #82. Current record: 4-8, -955.
Round 13		Sandu played #59 Ranganathan Chakravarthy (India) and won 413 to 405 (a spread of 8) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 5-8, -947.
Round 14	Larger photo available	Sandu played #72 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (Zambia) and won 413 to 342 (a spread of 71) . Current ranking: #66. Current record: 6-8, -876. Sandu is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Sandu is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 15	Larger photo available	Sandu played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and lost 364 to 462 (a spread of -98) . Current ranking: #72. Current record: 6-9, -974.
Round 16	Larger photo available	Sandu played #14 Steven Gruzd (South Africa) and lost 255 to 551 (a spread of -296) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 6-10, -1270.
Round 17		Sandu played #86 Christopher Sykes (Canada) and lost 308 to 509 (a spread of -201) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 6-11, -1471.
Round 18	Larger photo available	Sandu played #49 Michael Tang (Malaysia) and lost 349 to 409 (a spread of -60) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 6-12, -1531.
Round 19		Sandu played #59 Ranganathan Chakravarthy (India) and lost 370 to 392 (a spread of -22) . Current ranking: #84. Current record: 6-13, -1553.
Round 20		Sandu played #78 Mario Miranda (Philippines) and lost 376 to 377 (a spread of -1) . Current ranking: #85. Current record: 6-14, -1554.
Round 21		Sandu played #62 Danny Cotejo (Qatar) and won 424 to 336 (a spread of 88) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 7-14, -1466.
Round 22	Larger photo available	Sandu played #70 Sanath Hemachandra (Oman) and lost 268 to 474 (a spread of -206) . Current ranking: #85. Current record: 7-15, -1672. Sandu is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Sandu is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 23	Larger photo available	Sandu played #83 Mario Shalendra Ranasuriya (Bahrain) and lost 380 to 479 (a spread of -99) . Current ranking: #85. Current record: 7-16, -1771.
Round 24		Sandu played #56 Chris Abordo (Bahrain) and won 394 to 382 (a spread of 12) . Current ranking: #84. Current record: 8-16, -1759. Sandu is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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