Ganesh Asirvatham (#46) at WSC 2001

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Ganesh Asirvatham (#46) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): Ganesh Surname(s): Asirvatham Home: Klang, Selangor, Malaysia Age: 22 Awards: 1996 2001 Malaysia NSC, 1999 Singapore Open Hobbies: chess, reading and table tennis Occupation: Student WSC 1999 Rank: 54 WSC 2001 Team: Malaysia

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: 514 Average for: 416 Average against: 417
Before Round 1		Asirvatham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 1		Asirvatham played #02 Joel Sherman (United States) and lost 309 to 467 (a spread of -158) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 0-1, -158.
Round 2	Larger photo available	Asirvatham played #68 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Gulf Champion) and won 450 to 301 (a spread of 149) . Current ranking: #47. Current record: 1-1, -9. Asirvatham is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Asirvatham played #56 Chris Abordo (Bahrain) and won 514 to 366 (a spread of 148) . Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-1, +139.
Round 4		Asirvatham played #21 Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah (Sri Lanka) and won 481 to 415 (a spread of 66) . Current ranking: #18. Current record: 3-1, +205.
Round 5		Asirvatham played #40 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) and lost 408 to 462 (a spread of -54) . Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-2, +151.
Round 6		Asirvatham played #04 Brian Cappelletto (United States) and won 422 to 403 (a spread of 19) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 4-2, +170. Asirvatham is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Asirvatham played #37 James A. Cherry (Canada) and won 413 to 399 (a spread of 14) . Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5-2, +184.
Round 8		Asirvatham played #80 Andrew Perry (England) and lost 421 to 467 (a spread of -46) . Current ranking: #29. Current record: 5-3, +138.
Round 9		Asirvatham played #17 Naween Tharanga Fernando (Sri Lanka) and lost 396 to 501 (a spread of -105) . Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-4, +33.
Round 10	Larger photo available	Asirvatham played #32 Tony Sim (Singapore) and won 406 to 380 (a spread of 26) . Current ranking: #31. Current record: 6-4, +59.
Round 11		Asirvatham played #27 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and lost 393 to 429 (a spread of -36) . Current ranking: #39. Current record: 6-5, +23. Asirvatham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 12		Asirvatham played #19 Robin Pollock Daniel (Canada) and won 381 to 379 (a spread of 2) . Current ranking: #32. Current record: 7-5, +25. Asirvatham is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Asirvatham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 13	Larger photo available	Asirvatham played #51 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and lost 319 to 483 (a spread of -164) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 7-6, -139.
Round 14		Asirvatham played #28 Zev Kaufman (Canada) and lost 341 to 466 (a spread of -125) . Current ranking: #51. Current record: 7-7, -264. Asirvatham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 15		Asirvatham played #76 Joey Mallick (United States) and won 514 to 436 (a spread of 78) . Current ranking: #45. Current record: 8-7, -186.
Round 16		Asirvatham played #75 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and won 514 to 352 (a spread of 162) . Current ranking: #36. Current record: 9-7, -24.
Round 17	Larger photo available	Asirvatham played #25 Mohan Verghese Chunkath (India) and won 501 to 317 (a spread of 184) . Current ranking: #26. Current record: 10-7, +160. Asirvatham is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Asirvatham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 18	Larger photo available	Asirvatham played #82 Michael Arthur Quao (Ghana) and lost 371 to 406 (a spread of -35) . Current ranking: #32. Current record: 10-8, +125.
Round 19	Larger photo available	Asirvatham played #07 Jeff Grant (New Zealand) and lost 388 to 479 (a spread of -91) . Current ranking: #40. Current record: 10-9, +34.
Round 20		Asirvatham played #77 Joshua Otieno Manase (Kenya) and won 491 to 430 (a spread of 61) . Current ranking: #30. Current record: 11-9, +95. Asirvatham is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Asirvatham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 21		Asirvatham played #77 Joshua Otieno Manase (Kenya) and won 410 to 403 (a spread of 7) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 12-9, +102.
Round 22		Asirvatham played #31 Ronald Credo (Philippines) and lost 346 to 427 (a spread of -81) . Current ranking: #34. Current record: 12-10, +21.
Round 23		Asirvatham played #02 Joel Sherman (United States) and won 461 to 366 (a spread of 95) . Current ranking: #29. Current record: 13-10, +116.
Round 24		Asirvatham played #80 Andrew Perry (England) and lost 341 to 464 (a spread of -123) . Current ranking: #36. Current record: 13-11, -7.

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