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Margarida Ana de Souza (#65) at WSC 2001

Background Information

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Given name(s): Margarida Ana
Surname(s): de Souza
Home: Point Cumana, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Age: 67
Awards: National Champion 2000 - Most Valuable Player 2000
Hobbies: Reading, Crossword Puzzles, Swimming, Theatre, Dancing, Board Gamew
Occupation: Retired
WSC 2001 Team: Trinidad and Tobago

 

Tournament Ups and Downs

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

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[Rank 28]


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Round-by-Round

High score: 486
Average for: 372
Average against: 397

Round 1

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de Souza played #21 Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah (Sri Lanka) and won 454 to 397 (a spread of 57) .

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 1-0, +57.

Round 2

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de Souza played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and won 401 to 378 (a spread of 23) .

Current ranking: #27.

Current record: 2-0, +80.

Round 3

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de Souza played #83 Mario Shalendra Ranasuriya (Bahrain) and lost 320 to 357 (a spread of -37) .

Current ranking: #31.

Current record: 2-1, +43.

Round 4

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de Souza played #41 Brett Smitheram (England) and lost 370 to 459 (a spread of -89) .

Current ranking: #47.

Current record: 2-2, -46.

Round 5

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de Souza played #76 Joey Mallick (United States) and lost 380 to 530 (a spread of -150) .

Current ranking: #64.

Current record: 2-3, -196.

Round 6

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de Souza played #26 Femi Awowade (Nigeria) and lost 312 to 467 (a spread of -155) .

Current ranking: #75.

Current record: 2-4, -351.

Round 7

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de Souza played #39 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and won 387 to 362 (a spread of 25) .

Current ranking: #65.

Current record: 3-4, -326.

Round 8

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de Souza played #86 Christopher Sykes (Canada) and lost 358 to 474 (a spread of -116) .

Current ranking: #69.

Current record: 3-5, -442.

Round 9

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de Souza played #47 Peter (Pepito) Arreola (Saudi Arabia) and lost 262 to 403 (a spread of -141) .

Current ranking: #76.

Current record: 3-6, -583.

Round 10

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de Souza played #68 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Gulf Champion) and lost 308 to 437 (a spread of -129) .

Current ranking: #79.

Current record: 3-7, -712.

Round 11

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de Souza played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and lost 346 to 375 (a spread of -29) .

Current ranking: #82.

Current record: 3-8, -741.

Round 12

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de Souza played #54 Dixon Assesa (Kenya) and won 397 to 392 (a spread of 5) .

Current ranking: #80.

Current record: 4-8, -736.

Round 13

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de Souza played #70 Sanath Hemachandra (Oman) and won 367 to 365 (a spread of 2) .

Current ranking: #74.

Current record: 5-8, -734.

Round 14

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de Souza played #62 Danny Cotejo (Qatar) and won 365 to 360 (a spread of 5) .

Current ranking: #65.

Current record: 6-8, -729.

Round 15

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de Souza played #63 Chris Cree (United States) and won 428 to 323 (a spread of 105) .

Current ranking: #61.

Current record: 7-8, -624.

Round 16

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de Souza played #42 John Grayson (Wales) and lost 337 to 414 (a spread of -77) .

Current ranking: #68.

Current record: 7-9, -701.

Round 17

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de Souza played #14 Steven Gruzd (South Africa) and lost 293 to 427 (a spread of -134) .

Current ranking: #70.

Current record: 7-10, -835.

de Souza is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).

de Souza is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

Round 18

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de Souza played #55 Catherine Costello (Ireland) and won 478 to 320 (a spread of 158) .

Current ranking: #66.

Current record: 8-10, -677.

Round 19

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de Souza played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and lost 376 to 432 (a spread of -56) .

Current ranking: #70.

Current record: 8-11, -733.

Round 20

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de Souza played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 461 to 356 (a spread of 105) .

Current ranking: #67.

Current record: 9-11, -628.

Round 21

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de Souza played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and won 403 to 348 (a spread of 55) .

Current ranking: #60.

Current record: 10-11, -573.

de Souza is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

Round 22

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de Souza played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and lost 342 to 391 (a spread of -49) .

Current ranking: #65.

Current record: 10-12, -622.

Round 23

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de Souza played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and won 486 to 358 (a spread of 128) .

Current ranking: #58.

Current record: 11-12, -494.

Round 24

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de Souza played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and lost 299 to 405 (a spread of -106) .

Current ranking: #63.

Current record: 11-13, -600.

de Souza is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).


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