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Christopher Sykes (#86) at WSC 2001

Background Information

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Given name(s): Christopher
Surname(s): Sykes
Home: Cambridge, ON, Canada
Age: 36
Awards: 3rd Canadian Nationals 2000
Hobbies: nothing in particular
Occupation: Computer Programmer
WSC 2001 Team: Canada

 

Tournament Ups and Downs

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Round-by-Round

High score: 633
Average for: 415
Average against: 404

Before Round 1  

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

Round 1

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Sykes played #42 John Grayson (Wales) and lost 267 to 410 (a spread of -143) .

Current ranking: #78.

Current record: 0-1, -143.

Round 2

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Sykes played #64 Andrew Davis (England) and lost 374 to 390 (a spread of -16) .

Current ranking: #69.

Current record: 0-2, -159.

Round 3

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Sykes played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and won 633 to 284 (a spread of 349) .

Current ranking: #43.

Current record: 1-2, +190.

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

Round 4

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Sykes played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 460 to 289 (a spread of 171) .

Current ranking: #31.

Current record: 2-2, +361.

Round 5

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Sykes played #48 Taewan Sutthasin (Thailand) and lost 337 to 589 (a spread of -252) .

Current ranking: #49.

Current record: 2-3, +109.

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

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

Round 6

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Sykes played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 402 to 451 (a spread of -49) .

Current ranking: #62.

Current record: 2-4, +60.

Round 7

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Sykes played #28 Zev Kaufman (Canada) and won 439 to 354 (a spread of 85) .

Current ranking: #48.

Current record: 3-4, +145.

Round 8

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Sykes played #65 Margarida Ana de Souza (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 474 to 358 (a spread of 116) .

Current ranking: #34.

Current record: 4-4, +261.

Round 9

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Sykes played #34 Michael Gongolo (Kenya) and lost 428 to 436 (a spread of -8) .

Current ranking: #46.

Current record: 4-5, +253.

Round 10

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Sykes played #11 Gareth Williams (Wales) and lost 320 to 402 (a spread of -82) .

Current ranking: #56.

Current record: 4-6, +171.

Round 11

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Sykes played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and won 549 to 365 (a spread of 184) .

Current ranking: #48.

Current record: 5-6, +355.

Round 12

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Sykes played #74 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Sri Lanka) and lost 303 to 527 (a spread of -224) .

Current ranking: #57.

Current record: 5-7, +131.

Round 13

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Sykes played #16 David Acton (England) and lost 320 to 454 (a spread of -134) .

Current ranking: #66.

Current record: 5-8, -3.

Round 14

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Sykes played #47 Peter (Pepito) Arreola (Saudi Arabia) and won 352 to 346 (a spread of 6) .

Current ranking: #59.

Current record: 6-8, +3.

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

Sykes is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).

Round 15

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Sykes played #39 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and lost 413 to 480 (a spread of -67) .

Current ranking: #65.

Current record: 6-9, -64.

Round 16

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Sykes played #60 Siu Hean Cheah (Singapore) and lost 408 to 466 (a spread of -58) .

Current ranking: #71.

Current record: 6-10, -122.

Round 17

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Sykes played #53 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) and won 509 to 308 (a spread of 201) .

Current ranking: #63.

Current record: 7-10, +79.

Round 18

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Sykes played #54 Dixon Assesa (Kenya) and won 435 to 418 (a spread of 17) .

Current ranking: #58.

Current record: 8-10, +96.

Round 19

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Sykes played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 413 to 365 (a spread of 48) .

Current ranking: #51.

Current record: 9-10, +144.

Round 20

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Sykes played #57 Isaac Apindi Adhero Lang'o (Tanzania) and lost 442 to 464 (a spread of -22) .

Current ranking: #57.

Current record: 9-11, +122.

Round 21

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Sykes played #75 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and won 454 to 439 (a spread of 15) .

Current ranking: #50.

Current record: 10-11, +137.

Round 22

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Sykes played #57 Isaac Apindi Adhero Lang'o (Tanzania) and won 408 to 388 (a spread of 20) .

Current ranking: #42.

Current record: 11-11, +157.

Round 23

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Sykes played #36 Randy Hersom (United States) and won 410 to 345 (a spread of 65) .

Current ranking: #37.

Current record: 12-11, +222.

Round 24

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Sykes played #28 Zev Kaufman (Canada) and won 410 to 373 (a spread of 37) .

Current ranking: #32.

Current record: 13-11, +259.

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


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