Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah (#21) at WSC 2001

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Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah (#21) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Surname(s): Chinnaiyah Home: Colombo, Sri Lanka Age: 20 Awards: Hobbies: Music,Calculus & Surfing the internet Occupation: Student WSC 1997 Rank: 54 WSC 1999 Rank: 16 WSC 2001 Team: Sri Lanka

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: 598 Average for: 428 Average against: 405
Before Round 1		Chinnaiyah is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 1		Chinnaiyah played #65 Margarida Ana de Souza (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 397 to 454 (a spread of -57) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 0-1, -57.
Round 2		Chinnaiyah played #43 Jere Mead (United States) and lost 417 to 456 (a spread of -39) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 0-2, -96.
Round 3		Chinnaiyah played #63 Chris Cree (United States) and won 536 to 430 (a spread of 106) . Current ranking: #52. Current record: 1-2, +10.
Round 4		Chinnaiyah played #46 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and lost 415 to 481 (a spread of -66) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 1-3, -56.
Round 5		Chinnaiyah played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and lost 423 to 453 (a spread of -30) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 1-4, -86.
Round 6	Larger photo available	Chinnaiyah played #88 James Charles Wright (Gibraltar) and won 598 to 247 (a spread of 351) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 2-4, +265.
Round 7		Chinnaiyah played #58 Lewis Singh (Guyana) and won 355 to 285 (a spread of 70) . Current ranking: #45. Current record: 3-4, +335.
Round 8		Chinnaiyah played #31 Ronald Credo (Philippines) and lost 421 to 469 (a spread of -48) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 3-5, +287.
Round 9		Chinnaiyah played #76 Joey Mallick (United States) and won 451 to 426 (a spread of 25) . Current ranking: #45. Current record: 4-5, +312.
Round 10	Larger photo available	Chinnaiyah played #05 Matt Graham (United States) and lost 409 to 420 (a spread of -11) . Current ranking: #55. Current record: 4-6, +301.
Round 11		Chinnaiyah played #11 Gareth Williams (Wales) and won 422 to 378 (a spread of 44) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 5-6, +345.
Round 12	Larger photo available	Chinnaiyah played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and lost 379 to 435 (a spread of -56) . Current ranking: #55. Current record: 5-7, +289.
Round 13	Larger photo available	Chinnaiyah played #14 Steven Gruzd (South Africa) and won 364 to 357 (a spread of 7) . Current ranking: #48. Current record: 6-7, +296.
Round 14		Chinnaiyah played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 381 to 440 (a spread of -59) . Current ranking: #56. Current record: 6-8, +237.
Round 15		Chinnaiyah played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and lost 316 to 361 (a spread of -45) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 6-9, +192.
Round 16		Chinnaiyah played #45 Rashid Khan (Pakistan) and won 478 to 372 (a spread of 106) . Current ranking: #53. Current record: 7-9, +298.
Round 17		Chinnaiyah played #67 Maor Eichler (Israel) and won 418 to 336 (a spread of 82) . Current ranking: #46. Current record: 8-9, +380. Chinnaiyah is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Chinnaiyah is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 18		Chinnaiyah played #39 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and won 506 to 335 (a spread of 171) . Current ranking: #37. Current record: 9-9, +551.
Round 19	Larger photo available	Chinnaiyah played #15 John Holgate (Australia) and lost 305 to 551 (a spread of -246) . Current ranking: #46. Current record: 9-10, +305.
Round 20		Chinnaiyah played #03 David William Boys (Canada) and won 485 to 405 (a spread of 80) . Current ranking: #37. Current record: 10-10, +385.
Round 21	Larger photo available	Chinnaiyah played #13 Kendall Boyd (New Zealand) and won 484 to 399 (a spread of 85) . Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-10, +470.
Round 22		Chinnaiyah played #19 Robin Pollock Daniel (Canada) and won 484 to 429 (a spread of 55) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 12-10, +525.
Round 23		Chinnaiyah played #64 Andrew Davis (England) and won 396 to 361 (a spread of 35) . Current ranking: #22. Current record: 13-10, +560.
Round 24	Larger photo available	Chinnaiyah played #35 Howard Warner (New Zealand) and lost 434 to 449 (a spread of -15) . Current ranking: #28. Current record: 13-11, +545. Chinnaiyah is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Chinnaiyah is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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