24/09/2023
Sheffield Chess Centre Junior Open
A geographically open five-round one-day junior
rapidplay congress was held at the Sheffield Chess Centre (which was fairly
recently opened at 329A Coleford Road, Sheffield, S9 5NF), on Sunday 24th
September 2023. The Open was won by Maksym Kryshtafor of York; he was
the Under 8 Ukrainian Champion when he arrived in this country, so his 100%
score is not that surprising!
Final cross-tables were as follows:
Open
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No
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Name
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Rtg
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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SPS
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Club/Location
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1
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Maksym Kryshtafor
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1885
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1
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B
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11
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1
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W
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5
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1
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B
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6
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1
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W
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4
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1
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B
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3
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York/Ukraine
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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15
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2
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Alannah Ashton
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1743
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1
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W
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13
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0
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B
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6
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1
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B
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9
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1
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W
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8
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1
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B
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7
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3Cs
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1
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1
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2
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3
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4
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11
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3
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Preesh Gandhi
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1458
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1
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B
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10
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1
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W
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17
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½
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B
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4
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1
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W
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6
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0
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W
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1
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Warwickshire Juniors
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1
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2
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2½
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3½
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3½
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12½
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4
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Kirin Harrington
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0
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1
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W
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16
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1
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B
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14
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½
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W
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3
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0
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B
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1
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1
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W
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13
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Nomads (Notts)
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1
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2
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2½
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2½
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3½
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11½
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5
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Alex Porritt
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1357
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1
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W
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15
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0
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B
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1
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½
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W
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10
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1
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W
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11
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1
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B
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9
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Darnall & Handsworth
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1
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1
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1½
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2½
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3½
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9½
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6
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Emirasan Umerov
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1341
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1
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B
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8
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1
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W
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2
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0
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W
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1
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0
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B
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3
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1
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W
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14
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SASCA
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1
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2
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2
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2
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3
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10
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7
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Cammanchery Krishnan
Rishab
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1594
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½
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-
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bye
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½
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-
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bye
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1
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-
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bye
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1
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B
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15
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0
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W
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2
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SASCA
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½
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1
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2
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3
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3
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9½
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8
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John Wiles
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1008
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0
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W
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6
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1
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B
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13
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1
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W
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14
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0
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B
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2
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1
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B
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11
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SASCA
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0
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1
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2
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2
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3
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8
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9
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Krish Gandhi
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1264
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½
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W
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14
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1
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B
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16
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0
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W
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2
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1
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B
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10
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0
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W
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5
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Warwickshire Juniors
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½
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1½
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1½
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2½
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2½
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8½
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10
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Ethan Ball
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1135
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0
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W
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3
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1
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B
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12
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½
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B
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5
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0
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W
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9
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1
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W
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15
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Darnall & Handsworth
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0
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1
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1½
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1½
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2½
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6½
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11
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Benjamin Layton
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1183
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0
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W
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1
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1
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B
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15
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1
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W
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12
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0
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B
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5
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0
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W
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8
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SASCA
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0
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1
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2
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2
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2
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7
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12
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Mikey McGregor
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0
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1
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B
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17
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0
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W
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10
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0
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B
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11
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0
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W
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13
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1
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B
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16
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Colchester Junior
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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6
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13
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Sai Pranav Peddi
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1149
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0
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B
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2
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0
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W
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8
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1
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W
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16
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1
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B
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12
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0
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B
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4
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Amber Valley
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0
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0
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1
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2
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2
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5
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14
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Savannah Ashton
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1002
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½
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B
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9
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0
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W
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4
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0
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B
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8
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1
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W
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17
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0
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B
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6
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3Cs
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½
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½
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½
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1½
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1½
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4½
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15
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Rhys Knight
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1051
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0
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B
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5
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0
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W
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11
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1
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B
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17
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0
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W
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7
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0
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B
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10
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SASCA
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0
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0
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1
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1
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1
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3
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16
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Emrys Hillman
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1248
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0
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B
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4
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0
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W
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9
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0
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B
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13
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½
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-
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bye
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0
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W
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12
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SASCA
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0
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0
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0
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½
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½
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1
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17
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Neil Ladva
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1215
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0
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W
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12
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0
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B
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3
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0
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W
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15
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0
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B
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14
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½
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-
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bye
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SASCA
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0
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0
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0
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0
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½
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½
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Minor (Under 1200)
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No
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Name
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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SPS
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1
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Noah Hicks
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1
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W
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7
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1
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B
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4
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1
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W
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2
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1
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B
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3
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½
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W
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6
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3Cs
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1
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2
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3
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4
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4½
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14½
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2
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Ben Peretz
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1
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W
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12
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1
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B
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13
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0
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B
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1
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1
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W
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10
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1
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B
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4
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Mercia School
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1
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2
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2
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3
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4
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12
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3
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Reidan Minhas
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1
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W
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14
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½
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W
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5
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1
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B
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10
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0
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W
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1
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½
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B
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8
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Leicestershire Juniors
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1
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1½
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2½
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2½
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3
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10½
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4
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Vanessa Ashton
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1
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B
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11
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0
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W
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1
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1
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W
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8
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1
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B
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5
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0
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W
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2
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3Cs
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1
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1
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2
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3
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3
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10
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5
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Martiniere Maeve
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1
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W
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15
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½
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B
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3
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½
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W
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6
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0
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W
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4
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1
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B
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11
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Oldham
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1
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1½
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2
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2
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3
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9½
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6
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Chuanxi Wang
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0
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B
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8
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1
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W
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15
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½
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B
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5
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1
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W
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11
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½
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B
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1
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SASCA
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0
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1
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1½
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2½
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3
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8
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7
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Theo Dolmansley
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0
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B
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1
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0
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W
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11
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1
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B
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15
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1
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W
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14
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1
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B
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10
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Wigston
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0
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0
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1
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2
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3
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6
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8
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Antonio Liren
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1
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W
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6
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0
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W
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10
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0
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B
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4
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1
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B
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12
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½
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W
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3
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Market Harborough
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2½
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7½
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9
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Alexander Taylor
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0
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B
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10
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0
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B
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12
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½
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-
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bye
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1
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W
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13
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1
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B
|
14
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|
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Huddersfield
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0
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0
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½
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1½
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2½
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4½
|
10
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Michael Leathley
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1
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W
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9
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1
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B
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8
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0
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W
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3
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0
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B
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2
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0
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W
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7
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Hetton Lyons
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1
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2
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|
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2
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2
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2
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9
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11
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Eliza Younis
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0
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W
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4
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1
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B
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7
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1
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W
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12
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0
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B
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6
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0
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W
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5
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West Nottingham
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0
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1
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2
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2
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2
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7
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12
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Omar Moylayev
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0
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B
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2
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1
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W
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9
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0
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B
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11
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0
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W
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8
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1
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B
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15
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SASCA
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0
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|
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1
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1
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|
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1
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2
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5
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13
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Farrow Iliyas
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½
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-
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bye
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0
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W
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2
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½
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B
|
14
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0
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B
|
9
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½
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-
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bye
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|
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½
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½
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1
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1
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1½
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4½
|
14
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Isaac Younis
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0
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B
|
3
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½
|
-
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bye
|
½
|
W
|
13
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0
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B
|
7
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0
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W
|
9
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|
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Derby
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|
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0
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½
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1
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|
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1
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|
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1
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3½
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15
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Xiangfeng Lu
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0
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B
|
5
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0
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B
|
6
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0
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W
|
7
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½
|
-
|
bye
|
0
|
W
|
12
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|
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Long Eaton
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|
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0
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|
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0
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|
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0
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½
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½
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1
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