Rich Baker [#66] at WSC 2003

October 21-24, 2003

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Rich Baker [#66] at WSC 2003

Congratulations to the new World Champion, Panupol Sujjayakorn. Panupol beat Pakorn Nemitrmansuk in an exciting best-of-five series, 418-380, 384-495, 470-514, 446-433 and 444-387.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Rich Surname(s): Baker Home: Westhampton Beach, NY, United States Age: 42 Awards: 2002-05 Norway Hobbies: Travel, Trapeze, Scrabble Occupation: Physicist WSC 2003 Team: United States

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 518 Average for: 393 Average against: 396
Larger photo available		In round Round 1, Baker played #41 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and lost 320 to 428 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #78. Current record: 0-1, -108.
		In round Round 2, Baker played #21 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) and won 473 to 252 (a spread of 221). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1-1, +113.
Larger photo available		In round Round 3, Baker played #85 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and won 447 to 371 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 2-1, +189.
		In round Round 4, Baker played #67 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Nigeria) and won 518 to 272 (a spread of 246). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-1, +435.
		In round Round 5, Baker played #42 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and won 442 to 348 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-1, +529.
Larger photo available		In round Round 6, Baker played #34 Jeff Grant (New Zealand) and lost 339 to 451 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 4-2, +417.
		In round Round 7, Baker played #39 Joel Wapnick (Montréal QC) and lost 358 to 551 (a spread of -193). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 4-3, +224.
		In round Round 8, Baker played #15 David Boys (Dorval QC) and lost 343 to 486 (a spread of -143). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 4-4, +81.
Larger photo available		In round Round 9, Baker played #52 Michael Arthur Quao (Ghana) and won 488 to 314 (a spread of 174). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-4, +255.
		In round Round 10, Baker played #88 Wajid Iqbal (Pakistan) and won 387 to 373 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 6-4, +269.
		In round Round 11, Baker played #82 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 320 to 428 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-5, +161.
		In round Round 12, Baker played #23 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and lost 424 to 427 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 6-6, +158.
		In round Round 13, Baker played #89 Wone Mamadou (Kuwait) and lost 328 to 417 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 6-7, +69.
		In round Round 14, Baker played #02 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) and lost 339 to 386 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 6-8, +22.
		In round Round 15, Baker played #86 Terry Kirk (England) and won 395 to 345 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 7-8, +72.
		In round Round 16, Baker played #78 Stewart Holden (England) and won 424 to 308 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 8-8, +188.
		In round Round 17, Baker played #18 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) and lost 361 to 476 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 8-9, +73.
		In round Round 18, Baker played #78 Stewart Holden (England) and lost 310 to 414 (a spread of -104). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 8-10, -31.
		In round Round 19, Baker played #17 Di Dennis (England) and lost 311 to 453 (a spread of -142). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 8-11, -173.
		In round Round 20, Baker played #86 Terry Kirk (England) and lost 400 to 461 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #73. Current record: 8-12, -234.
		In round Round 21, Baker played #53 Mario Recedes (Philippines) and lost 435 to 466 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #78. Current record: 8-13, -265.
		In round Round 22, Baker played #47 Lakshan Wanniarachchi (Sri Lanka) and won 372 to 339 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 9-13, -232.
		In round Round 23, Baker played #20 Dean Saldanha (Richmond BC) and won 470 to 326 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 10-13, -88.
		In round Round 24, Baker played #78 Stewart Holden (England) and lost 417 to 421 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 10-14, -92.

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