Joel Sherman of the U.S.A. who won this year's King's Cup is reporting:
From the desk of G.I. Joelgernaut:
"I'm nearly finished recovering from my jet-lag and my cold, so I'll type in the final position table printout that Ravee Joradol gave me."
"Every year a couple of new names rise to prominence in Bangkok, and this year was no exception. Manop Phiphatboonserm has been playing several years, but was rated in the 1700's coming into this tourney. Apparently he has improved significantly of late as he defeated several other strong players in late round games to remain in contention to reach the final match until round 29 when I was able to beat him handily. This win moved me into 3rd place and left me with one last chance to gain a spot in the final."
"The tourney was arranged with 30 preliminary rounds after which the top 2 would play a best of 3 game final match, but with a twist: if one player won the first two games it was over, but if first two were split, the winner of the match would be whoever had the higher margin for the three games combined, so the winner of 2 of 3 games might not actually win the match. The remaining players who did not qualify for the final played a 31st round to determine final standings. Scoring was done soccer style rather than chess style -- that is, a win was worth 2 points, tie 1 pt., loss 0, instead of 1, .5, and 0."
"With one preliminary round remaining, Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn at 44 pts., who had clinched his position in the final after rd. 27, was to play another new young star, Eakapun Erbprasartsuk at 41; while I sat 3rd with 40 pts. and was matched against 4th place Ong-Arj Jaruwan at 38 pts. for the 5th time in the tourney! Ong-Arj also played Larry a couple of times. Ong-Arj had won the first three of our matchups, and I had taken the 4th late in the event to move ahead of him in the standings. This time I had all the tiles and swamped him with a 500+ game, while on board one, I caught a break when Charnwit revenged his earlier loss to Eakapun and prevented Eakapun from staying ahead of me, allowing me to reach 2nd place just in the nick of time and setting up the final match between Charnwit and myself. In the final match, I basically had no brainer tiles, and won easily two games to none."
"In the prelim rounds, Charnwit finished 1st with 46 points on a 23-7 record and spread over 1400 if I recall correctly, while I took 2nd with 42 points on a 21-9 record with a spread just over 1000. The rest of the records are clearly delineated on the printout Ravee gave me. In addition to some names you will already recognize and Manop and Eakapun, the following are players to watch out for in coming years: Marut Siriwangso, Wisit Rattanachairith, Wanchana Khunsungnoen, Games Sakdiyagorn, Roongroj Harinworrarop, Natthakrit Keskaroonkul, Santi Cherdchaithamrong, and Purinth Vuttichairerk."
"Transliterations from Thai to Roman alphabets are inconsistent at best, and I did not actually meet all the players in the open division, but I think it is clear from some of the names below (note finishers #12 & 30; 22, 53 & 33; 43 & 64) that our favorite crossword game is just as much a family affair in Thailand as it his here."
Positions after Round 31
Rank Name Ctry Points Spread 1 Joel Sherman USA 2 Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn THA 3 Manop Phiphatboonserm THA 42 1164 4 Eakapun Erbprasartsuk THA 41 1343 5 Jakkrit Klaphajone THA 40 1179 6 Marut Siriwangso THA 40 800 7 Ong-Arj Jaruwan THA 38 1046 8 Amnuay Ploysangngam THA 38 688 9 Wisit Rattanachairith THA 38 632 10 Sam Kantimathi USA 38 562 11 Thavachai Thivavarnvong THA 37 1386 12 Wanchana Khunsungnoen THA 36 1236 13 Games Sakdiyagorn THA 36 763 14 Ekalux Deeroongroj THA 36 377 15 Robert Linn USA 36 347 16 Roongroj Harinworrarop THA 36 280 17 Natthakrit Keskaroonkul THA 36 - 82 18 Santi Chardchaithamrong THA 35 + 595 19 Purinth Vuttichairerk THA 35 450 20 Gerry Carter UK 34 979 21 Apithai Hemachudha THA 34 405 22 Apirat Choomai THA 34 387 23 Rakkiat Rattanamanee THA 34 353 24 Larry Sherman USA 34 - 55 25 Brother Arun Methaseth THA 33 + 84 26 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk THA 33 62 27 Thien Termpaisit THA 33 54 28 Thadthong Deedamrongchai THA 33 - 209 29 Sumith Suriyaroj THA 32 + 830 30 Arthit Khunsungnoen THA 32 824 31 Narong Kriengprarinyakij THA 32 639 32 Gerardo Onate PHI 32 321 33 Apichart Chumai THA 32 25 34 Charae Worapojpisuth THA 32 23 35 Surachai Boonchamnarn THA 32 - 675 36 Prinya Noppakao THA 31 + 537 37 Wissavich Jitrtavornkul THA 31 375 38 Kittikorn Issariyakamol THA 31 334 39 Tepparit Vichayasiri THA 30 506 40 Delio Dimaano THA 30 192 41 Sittisak Chaisooksun THA 30 - 79 42 Thaneth Suppapitthayatorn THA 30 - 120 43 Weeranee Tanasarnwimol THA 30 - 199 44 Wattana Thipvarakarnkoon THA 30 - 452 45 Jade Boonyawongviroj THA 30 - 687 46 Visan Vongthanasunthorn THA 29 + 485 47 Worapong S. (same as 51?) THA 29 26 48 Jakkrit Thiptanasup THA 29 - 140 49 Wasuwat Chandaeng THA 29 - 803 50 Antonio Malonzo PHI 28 + 147 51 Woranuch SanguansereewanichTHA 28 - 374 52 Surachaste Boonyasatian THA 28 - 519 53 Tanawat Choomai THA 28 - 666 54 Prachya Pitapho THA 28 - 733 55 Maytha Sathirarat THA 27 - 767 56 Wichitsak Phensiri THA 26 - 285 57 Kamnuan Risukumarn THA 26 - 397 58 Boonwat Sirirattanapun THA 26 - 557 59 Chatchawin Petchlert THA 26 - 651 60 Srisamorn Cheowteerakul THA 25 - 74 61 Katika Saisenee THA 24 +! 28 62 Kittipong Promchan THA 24 - 553 63 Yingyong Waitayamonkol THA 24 - 644 64 Maneeda Thanasarnwimol THA 23 - 70 65 Navee Anguspootpan THA 23 - 144 66 Yuttana Puranun THA 23 -1443 67 Sugrit Buddhirakkul THA 21 - 138 68 Boon-oom Mongkolnit THA 21 -2502 69 Boontham Pomwong THA 20 -1424 70 Piyada Na Lumpoon THA 20 -1555
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