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WSC 2011 Commentary: Round 33

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Nigel Richards (Wru) plays Nathan Benedict (USA) for Gibsonized fun at Table 3. At Board 1, Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Wsc) v. Chris May (AUS); at Board 2, Dave Wiegand (USA) vs. Andrew Fisher (AUS). Andrew is 22-10 +1652, Pakorn 21-11 +1490, Dave +1424, Chris +1227. Andrew has about a 2/3 chance to qualify; Pakorn and Dave about 1/6 each.

If Andrew wins both games, no one can catch him. If he goes 1-1 with positive spread, one of Pakorn or Dave has to go 2-0 with good spread to catch him. In the unlikely case that he goes 0-2, Pakorn or Dave still need to win with fair spread.

At Board 1, it's a huge come-from-behind win for Chris over Pakorn, 492-484, where Pakorn misses an endgame line with 0:04 left on his clock.

At Board 2, Andrew loses to Dave, so Dave vs. Andrew play a one-round semifinal next round, while everyone else plays consolation matches.

At Board 3, Nigel beats Nathan.

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