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WSC 2011 Commentary: Round 13

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We have another World Champion duel at Board 1 this round, this time featuring Mark Nyman (Eng) (1993) vs. Nigel Richards (Wru) (2007). The biennial WSC has been held ten times since its inception in 1991, and it has been won each time by a different player: three Americans, three Canadians, two Thai, one Englishman and one New Zealander. Of the ten, one has retired from tournament play and two had unavoidable work commitments; the other seven are here to try their hardest to become the first person ever to win the title twice.

Nigel beats Mark, is 11-2 +1035, one game ahead of three Brits on 10-3: Neil Scott (Sco), Brett Smitheram (Eng) and Craig Beevers (Eng).

The record among World Champions at this event so far is: Nigel has beaten Adam Logan (CAN) (2005), and Joel Wapnick (CAN) (1999) beat Joel Sherman (USA) (1997). Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Wsc) (2009) has so far avoided playing another champion, but is due to play Adam in Round 15, and Mark will play Adam in Round 14.

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