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10/09/2021
FIDE Online (Rapidplay) Olympiad
2021
20th August to 15th September, 2021
The FIDE Online Olympiad 2021, for 6-board teams, played with a
time-control of 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move, (though
“Rapidplay” does not appear in the title) attracted 153. Teams are of
mixed gender and age, the required composition being
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at
least 2 women (age 20 or over),
at least 1 player U‑20 (born in 2001 or later),
at
least 1 girl U-20 (born in 2001 or later).
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That
limits the number of adult male players in a team to a maximum of 2.
Teams were allowed to have reserves, and could to draw on pools of up to 12
pre-named players. In practice teams usually (always?) had men on top
two boars, women on the next two, then a boy, then a girl on bottom
board. (England followed that formula throughout.)
Participating
teams were seeded and allocated to 4 Divisions, Division 1 (or “Top
Division”) being the highest. Each Division’s matches were then played
one after another, starting with Division4, then Division3, then Division 2
and then Division1, with the provision that a number of teams from each
division qualify for the next higher division. Thus the lowest seeded
team could in theory rise through the ranks and win Division1!
Division
4 matches were played from 20th to 22nd August, with 60 teams playing in 5
all-play-all pools of 12 teams, with the top 3 teams from each pool
proceeding to Division 3.
Division
3 matches were played 27th to 29th August, with the 35 seeds and the 15
qualifiers from Division4 playing in 5 all-play-all pools of 10 teams, with
the top 3 teams from each pool proceeding to Division 2.
Division
2 matches were played 2nd to 4th September, with 35 seeds and the 15
qualifiers from Division 3 playing in 5 all-play-all pools of 10 teams, with
the top 3 teams from each pool proceeding to Division1.
Division
1 was played 8th to 10th September, with 25 seeds and the 15 qualifiers from
Division 2 playing in 4 all-play-all pools of 10 teams, with the top 2 teams
from each pool proceeding to a knock-out stage (¼-finals on 13/09/2021,
½-finals on 14/09/2021, and final on 15/9/2021).
Division
1 was where England entered the fray, as one of the 25 seeded teams in Division
1, where they were in Pool 4 with USA, Poland, Canada, Peru, Netherlands,
Cuba, Brazil, Colombia and Turkey.
England’s
pool was as follows:
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Main Players:
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1
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GM
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David W L Howell
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man
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2
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GM
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Gawain C B Jones
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man
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3
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WGM
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Katarzyna Toma
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woman
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4
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WFM
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Louise Head
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woman
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5
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FM
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Borna Derakhshani
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boy
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6
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FM
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Akshaya Kalaiyalahan
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girl
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Reserves:
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7
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GM
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Michael Adams
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man
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8
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GM
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Luke J McShane
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man
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9
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WCM
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Zoe Varney
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woman
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10
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Audrey Kueh
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woman
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11
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CM
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Shreyas Royal
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boy
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12
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Nadia Jaufarally
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girl
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Malcom
Pein was the England captain.
England
round-by-round match results were as follows (UTC is BST + 1 hour, so rounds
started at 6 pm, 7pm and 8pm BST):
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Round 1: 08/09/21, 17:00
UTC
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Peru
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3½‑2½
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England
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Emilio Cordova
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1 - 0
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Michael Adams
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Cristhian Cruz
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0 - 1
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Luke J McShane
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Deysi Cori T.
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1 - 0
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Louise Head
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Ann Chumpitaz
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1 - 0
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Zoe Varney
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German Gonzalo Quirhuayo Chumbe
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½ - ½
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Borna Derakhshani
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Mitzy Mishell Caballero Quijano
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0 - 1
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Akshaya Kalaiyalahan
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Round 2: 08/09/21, 18:00
UTC
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England
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3-3
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Cuba
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David W L Howell
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½ - ½
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Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera
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Gawain C B Jones
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1 - 0
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Yasser Quesada Perez
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Louise Head
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0 - 1
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Yaniela Forgas Moreno
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Audrey Kueh
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0 - 1
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Oleiny Linares Napoles
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Borna Derakhshani
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½ - ½
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Jose Avelino Alvarez Calzadilla
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Akshaya Kalaiyalahan
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1 - 0
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Ineymig Hernandez Gil
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Round 3: 08/09/21, 19:00
UTC
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Poland
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4½-1½
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England
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Jan-Krzysztof Duda
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1 - 0
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David W L Howell
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Wojciech Moranda
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0 - 1
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Gawain C B Jones
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Jolanta Zawadzka
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1 - 0
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Louise Head
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Karina Cyfka
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1 - 0
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Audrey Kueh
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Pawel Teclaf
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½ - ½
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Shreyas Royal
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Alicja Sliwicka
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1 - 0
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Nadia Jaufarally
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Round 4: 09/09/21, 17:00
UTC
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England
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1½-4½
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United States of America
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Michael Adams
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1 - 0
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Jeffery Xiong
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Luke J McShane
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½ - ½
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Ray Robson
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Louise Head
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0 - 1
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Irina Krush
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Zoe Varney
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0 - 1
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Anna Zatonskih
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Borna Derakhshani
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0 - 1
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Awonder Liang
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Akshaya Kalaiyalahan
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0 - 1
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Thalia Cervantes Landeiro
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Round 5: 09/09/21, 18:00
UTC
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Canada
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5-1
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England
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Nikolay Noritsyn
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1 - 0
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David W L Howell
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Razvan Preotu
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1 - 0
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Gawain C B Jones
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Anna Burtasova
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1 - 0
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Louise Head
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Maili-Jade Ouellet
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1 - 0
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Zoe Varney
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Max Gedajlovic
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1 - 0
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Borna Derakhshani
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Svitlana Demchenko
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0 - 1
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Akshaya Kalaiyalahan
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Round 6: 09/09/21, 19:00
UTC
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England
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2-4
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Brazil
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David W L Howell
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½ - ½
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Alexandr Fier
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Gawain C B Jones
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1 - 0
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Darcy Lima
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Katarzyna Toma
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0 - 1
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Juliana Sayumi Terao
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Audrey Kueh
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½ - ½
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Julia Alboredo
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Shreyas Royal
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0 - 1
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Victor Labussiere
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Nadia Jaufarally
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0 - 1
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Isabella Ribeiro Conti De Freitas
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Round 7: 10/09/21, 17:00
UTC
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Netherlands
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3½-2½
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England
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Benjamin Bok
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½ - ½
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Gawain C B Jones
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Erik Van den Doel
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1 - 0
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Michael Adams
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Tea Lanchava
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1 - 0
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Zoe Varney
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Maaike Keetman
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0 - 1
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Audrey Kueh
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Robby Kevlishvili
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1 - 0
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Borna Derakhshani
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Eline Roebers
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0 - 1
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Akshaya Kalaiyalahan
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Round 8: 10/09/21, 18:00
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Colombia
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2½-3½
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England
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David Arenas
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0 - 1
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Michael Adams
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Martin Martinez Romero
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0 - 1
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Luke J McShane
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Angela Franco Valencia
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½ - ½
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Louise Head
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Melissa Castrillon Gomez
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1 - 0
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Zoe Varney
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Santiago Avila Pavas
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1 - 0
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Borna Derakhshani
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Manuela Hernandez Bermudez
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0 - 1
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Akshaya Kalaiyalahan
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Round 9: 10/09/21, 19:00
UTC
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England
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3-3
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Turkey
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David W L Howell
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0 - 1
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Cem Kaan Gokerkan
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Luke J McShane
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½ - ½
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Serkan Soysal
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Louise Head
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0 - 1
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Cigdem Onur
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Zoe Varney
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½ - ½
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Hayrun Nisa Sahin
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Borna Derakhshani
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1 - 0
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Ediz Gurel
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Akshaya Kalaiyalahan
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1 - 0
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Isil Can
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England
thus won 1 match, drew 2 and lost 6, and obviously did not qualify for the final
knock-out phase.
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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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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Match Points
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1
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Poland
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X
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4½
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3
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5½
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5
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3
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3½
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4
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4½
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4½
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16
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2
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United
States of America
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1½
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X
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4½
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4½
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3½
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4½
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4
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5½
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4½
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4
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16
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3
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Canada
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3
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1½
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X
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1½
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4
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4
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3½
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3½
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5
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5
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13
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4
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Peru
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½
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1½
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4½
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X
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2
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4
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4½
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3½
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3½
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4½
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12
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5
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Cuba
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1
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2½
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2
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4
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X
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2
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4½
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3
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3
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5
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8
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6
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Netherlands
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3
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1½
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2
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2
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4
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X
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2
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3½
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3½
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3
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8
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7
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Brazil
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2½
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2
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2½
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1½
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1½
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4
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X
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1½
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4
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3½
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6
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8
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Colombia
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2
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½
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2½
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2½
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3
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2½
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4½
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X
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2½
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3½
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5
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9
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England
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1½
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1½
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1
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2½
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3
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2½
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2
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3½
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X
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3
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4
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10
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Turkey
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1½
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2
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1
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1½
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1
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3
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2½
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2½
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3
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X
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2
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Points scored,
numbers of games, and percentage scores of England individuals were as
follows:
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Points
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Games
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%
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Akshaya
Kalaiyalahan
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girl
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6
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7
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86
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Luke
J McShane
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man
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3
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4
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75
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Gawain
C B Jones
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man
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3½
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5
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70
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Michael
Adams
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man
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2
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4
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50
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Audrey
Kueh,
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woman
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1½
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4
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38
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Borna
Derakhshani
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boy
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2
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7
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29
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Shreyas
Royal
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boy
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½
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2
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25
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David
W L Howell
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man
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1
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5
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20
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Zoe
Varney
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woman
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½
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6
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8
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Louise
Head
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woman
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½
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7
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7
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Katarzyna
Toma
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woman
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0
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1
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0
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Nadia
Jaufarally
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girl
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0
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2
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0
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Points
scored, numbers of games, and percentage scores of England player categories
were as follows:
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Points
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Games
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%
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girls
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6
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9
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67
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men
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9.5
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18
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53
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boys
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2.5
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9
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27
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women
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2.5
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18
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14
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Akshaya
Kalaiyalahan comes out as the most successful England player, and singlehandedly
makes the girls the most successful age/gender category!
Quarter-final
pairings, to be played 13/09/2021, are
Kazakhstan v. USA
Ukraine v. India
Russia v. Hungary
China v. Poland
- subject to fair-play panel confirmation,
after cheating checks have been done.
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