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WSC 2011 Commentary: Round 26

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Tomas Rodr (CZE) was delayed arriving at the hotel this morning, and forfeited his game to Andrew Golding (CAN).

Tied at 15-10 +1009 apiece are Mark Nyman (Eng) and Mikki Nicholson (Eng). This round, they both beat their opponents by 82 points, and end the round tied for tenth place, 16-10 +1091. (Thanks to Mike Whiteoak for pointing this out.)

With nine rounds to go, here are odds against each of the top contenders making it to the finals, based on rating-based simulations using the tournament pairing software. The top three players are on 18-7, with 22 points between Andrew Fisher (AUS) +1553 and Nigel Richards (Wru) +1531, and Craig Beevers (Eng) +887 trailing behind them. Fisher 6:5, Richards 4:3, Beevers 2:1. The next two players are on 17-8: Chris May (AUS) +1100, Brett Smitheram (Eng) +896. May 7:2, Smitheram 8:1. There are 8 players on 16-9; the top two have a good spread lead on the rest: Dave Wiegand (USA) +1228 and Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Wsc) +1206. They're both running about 10:1. THe rest are long shots of 20:1 or less: Adam Logan (CAN), Ming Hui Hubert Wee (SGP), Tony Leah (CAN), Sherwin Rodrigues (IND), Chris Lipe (USA), David Boys (CAN).

May beats Fisher at Board 1, 448-351; Beevers prevails at Board 2 over Richards 455-393. This now gives Beevers a one game lead at 19-7 ahead of Richards, Fisher and May on 18-8. Five more players are still in contention two games back on 17-9: Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Wsc), Dave Wiegand (USA), Adam Logan (CAN), Ming Hui Hubert Wee (SGP) and Brett Smitheram (Eng).

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