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Joshua Otieno Manase (#77) at WSC 2001

Background Information

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Given name(s): Joshua Otieno
Surname(s): Manase
Home: Kenya
Age: 41
Occupation: Teacher
WSC 2001 Team: Kenya

 

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 56]


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[Rank 53]


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Round-by-Round

High score: 539
Average for: 422
Average against: 407

Before Round 1  

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

Round 1

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Manase played #33 Roland Filio (Philippines) and lost 433 to 467 (a spread of -34) .

Current ranking: #56.

Current record: 0-1, -34.

Round 2

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Manase played #55 Catherine Costello (Ireland) and won 539 to 345 (a spread of 194) .

Current ranking: #32.

Current record: 1-1, +160.

Round 3

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Manase played #28 Zev Kaufman (Canada) and lost 422 to 459 (a spread of -37) .

Current ranking: #45.

Current record: 1-2, +123.

Round 4

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Manase played #37 James A. Cherry (Canada) and won 375 to 373 (a spread of 2) .

Current ranking: #36.

Current record: 2-2, +125.

Round 5

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Manase played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and won 383 to 373 (a spread of 10) .

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 3-2, +135.

Round 6

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Manase played #05 Matt Graham (United States) and won 387 to 357 (a spread of 30) .

Current ranking: #22.

Current record: 4-2, +165.

Round 7

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Manase played #41 Brett Smitheram (England) and won 449 to 350 (a spread of 99) .

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 5-2, +264.

Round 8

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Manase played #04 Brian Cappelletto (United States) and lost 392 to 419 (a spread of -27) .

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 5-3, +237.

Round 9

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Manase played #44 Jim Geary (United States) and lost 462 to 502 (a spread of -40) .

Current ranking: #33.

Current record: 5-4, +197.

Round 10

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Manase played #26 Femi Awowade (Nigeria) and lost 363 to 424 (a spread of -61) .

Current ranking: #43.

Current record: 5-5, +136.

Round 11

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Manase played #13 Kendall Boyd (New Zealand) and lost 384 to 512 (a spread of -128) .

Current ranking: #53.

Current record: 5-6, +8.

Round 12

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Manase played #24 John Luebkemann (United States) and won 444 to 439 (a spread of 5) .

Current ranking: #46.

Current record: 6-6, +13.

Round 13

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Manase played #45 Rashid Khan (Pakistan) and won 430 to 373 (a spread of 57) .

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 7-6, +70.

Round 14

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Manase played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and won 462 to 314 (a spread of 148) .

Current ranking: #31.

Current record: 8-6, +218.

Round 15

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Manase played #30 David Webb (England) and won 450 to 412 (a spread of 38) .

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 9-6, +256.

Round 16

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Manase played #50 Peter Sinton (New Zealand) and lost 388 to 391 (a spread of -3) .

Current ranking: #31.

Current record: 9-7, +253.

Round 17

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Manase played #22 David Wiegand (United States) and won 423 to 416 (a spread of 7) .

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 10-7, +260.

Round 18

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Manase played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 384 to 467 (a spread of -83) .

Current ranking: #31.

Current record: 10-8, +177.

Round 19

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Manase played #64 Andrew Davis (England) and won 490 to 401 (a spread of 89) .

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 11-8, +266.

Round 20

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Manase played #46 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and lost 430 to 491 (a spread of -61) .

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 11-9, +205.

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

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

Round 21

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Manase played #46 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and lost 403 to 410 (a spread of -7) .

Current ranking: #34.

Current record: 11-10, +198.

Round 22

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Manase played #16 David Acton (England) and won 462 to 358 (a spread of 104) .

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 12-10, +302.

Round 23

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Manase played #84 Evan Simpson (England) and won 359 to 310 (a spread of 49) .

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 13-10, +351.

Round 24

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Manase played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and lost 405 to 412 (a spread of -7) .

Current ranking: #30.

Current record: 13-11, +344.


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