Michael Arthur Quao (#82) at WSC 2001

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Michael Arthur Quao (#82) at WSC 2001

Background Information
Larger photo available	Given name(s): Michael Arthur Surname(s): Quao Home: Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana Age: 32 Awards: Grandmaster 1999 & 2000 Hobbies: Chess and movies Occupation: Accountant/Consultant WSC 2001 Team: Ghana

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: 541 Average for: 406 Average against: 404
Round 1		Quao played #38 Steve Polatnick (United States) and lost 383 to 411 (a spread of -28) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 0-1, -28.
Round 2		Quao played #60 Siu Hean Cheah (Singapore) and lost 363 to 410 (a spread of -47) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 0-2, -75.
Round 3		Quao played #64 Andrew Davis (England) and won 427 to 390 (a spread of 37) . Current ranking: #55. Current record: 1-2, -38.
Round 4		Quao played #39 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and won 444 to 386 (a spread of 58) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 2-2, +20.
Round 5	Larger photo available	Quao played #35 Howard Warner (New Zealand) and lost 317 to 428 (a spread of -111) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 2-3, -91.
Round 6		Quao played #24 John Luebkemann (United States) and won 461 to 423 (a spread of 38) . Current ranking: #51. Current record: 3-3, -53.
Round 7	Larger photo available	Quao played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and won 411 to 387 (a spread of 24) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 4-3, -29.
Round 8		Quao played #19 Robin Pollock Daniel (Canada) and lost 390 to 490 (a spread of -100) . Current ranking: #53. Current record: 4-4, -129. Quao is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 9		Quao played #11 Gareth Williams (Wales) and won 438 to 352 (a spread of 86) . Current ranking: #40. Current record: 5-4, -43.
Round 10		Quao played #55 Catherine Costello (Ireland) and won 541 to 304 (a spread of 237) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 6-4, +194.
Round 11		Quao played #28 Zev Kaufman (Canada) and lost 365 to 425 (a spread of -60) . Current ranking: #34. Current record: 6-5, +134.
Round 12		Quao played #08 Robert Felt (United States) and lost 395 to 411 (a spread of -16) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 6-6, +118.
Round 13		Quao played #30 David Webb (England) and lost 407 to 432 (a spread of -25) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 6-7, +93.
Round 14		Quao played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and won 497 to 333 (a spread of 164) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 7-7, +257.
Round 15	Larger photo available	Quao played #05 Matt Graham (United States) and won 447 to 367 (a spread of 80) . Current ranking: #34. Current record: 8-7, +337.
Round 16	Larger photo available	Quao played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and lost 364 to 428 (a spread of -64) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 8-8, +273.
Round 17		Quao played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and won 484 to 400 (a spread of 84) . Current ranking: #32. Current record: 9-8, +357.
Round 18		Quao played #46 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and won 406 to 371 (a spread of 35) . Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-8, +392.
Round 19		Quao played #03 David William Boys (Canada) and lost 379 to 447 (a spread of -68) . Current ranking: #34. Current record: 10-9, +324.
Round 20	Larger photo available	Quao played #13 Kendall Boyd (New Zealand) and won 391 to 388 (a spread of 3) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 11-9, +327. Quao is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Quao is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 21	Larger photo available	Quao played #50 Peter Sinton (New Zealand) and lost 302 to 536 (a spread of -234) . Current ranking: #39. Current record: 11-10, +93.
Round 22	Larger photo available	Quao played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and lost 342 to 446 (a spread of -104) . Current ranking: #45. Current record: 11-11, -11.
Round 23	Larger photo available	Quao played #25 Mohan Verghese Chunkath (India) and won 357 to 335 (a spread of 22) . Current ranking: #40. Current record: 12-11, +11.
Round 24	Larger photo available	Quao played #05 Matt Graham (United States) and won 440 to 389 (a spread of 51) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 13-11, +62.

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