Contents:
- WSC 2001 Details
- Complete Results
- Finals Game 1
- Finals Game 2
- Finals Game 3
- Finals Game 4
WSC 2001 Details:
Venue: The Venetian, Las Vegas Strip, USA
Dates: Dec. 13-17, 2001
No. of Players: 88
Dictionary: SOWPODS (OSW4+TWL98)
Challenge Rule: 5-Point Penalty
Challenge Rule: 5-Point Penalty
Winner: Brian Cappelletto
Runner-Up: Joel Wapnick
Runner-Up: Joel Wapnick
Top Prize: $ 25,000.00
Format:
Complete Results:
(Standing after 24 rounds)
Format:
The eighty-eight players played eight games on each of the first three days, in a Swiss tournament. As usual, the top two players then competed in a best-of-five final to decide who would become world champion.
Complete Results:
(Standing after 24 rounds)
1
|
Cappelletto, Brian
|
United States
|
18-6
|
921
|
2
|
Wapnick, Joel
|
World Champion
|
17-7
|
1006
|
3
|
Kramer, Jim
|
United States
|
17-7
|
597
|
4
|
Polatnick, Steve
|
United States
|
16½-7½
|
533
|
5
|
Fisher, Andrew
|
England
|
16-8
|
1043
|
6
|
Lipton, Bob
|
United States
|
16-8
|
735
|
7
|
Smitheram, Brett
|
England
|
16-8
|
656
|
8
|
Okosagah, Sammy
|
Nigeria
|
16-8
|
-64
|
9
|
Wiegand, David
|
United States
|
15½-8½
|
1085
|
10
|
Logan, Adam
|
Canada
|
15-9
|
801
|
11
|
Fernando, Naween Tharanga
|
Sri Lanka
|
15-9
|
772
|
12
|
Sinton, Peter
|
New Zealand
|
15-9
|
674
|
13
|
Gongolo, Michael
|
Kenya
|
15-9
|
528
|
14
|
Geary, Jim
|
United States
|
15-9
|
364
|
15
|
Mallick, Joey
|
United States
|
15-9
|
314
|
16
|
Nemitrmansuk, Pakorn
|
Thailand
|
15-9
|
-271
|
17
|
Sim, Tony
|
Singapore
|
14-10
|
717
|
18
|
Awowade, Femi
|
England
|
14-10
|
628
|
19
|
Warner, Howard
|
New Zealand
|
14-10
|
379
|
20
|
Edley, Joe
|
United States
|
14-10
|
371
|
21
|
Simmons, Allan
|
England
|
14-10
|
272
|
22
|
Perry, Andrew
|
England
|
14-10
|
243
|
23
|
Okulicz, Edward
|
Australia
|
14-10
|
228
|
24
|
Credo, Ronald
|
Philippines
|
14-10
|
-118
|
25
|
Luebkemann, John
|
United States
|
13½-10½
|
630
|
26
|
Felt, Robert
|
United States
|
13-11
|
1022
|
27
|
Davis, Andrew
|
England
|
13-11
|
631
|
28
|
Chinnaiyah, Suresh
|
Sri Lanka
|
13-11
|
545
|
29
|
Klaphajone, Jakkrit
|
Thailand
|
13-11
|
355
|
30
|
Manase, Joshua Otieno
|
Kenya
|
13-11
|
344
|
31
|
Mead, Jeremiah
|
United States
|
13-11
|
268
|
32
|
Sykes, Christopher
|
Canada
|
13-11
|
259
|
33
|
Grant, Jeff
|
New Zealand
|
13-11
|
113
|
34
|
Williams, Gareth
|
Wales
|
13-11
|
87
|
35
|
Quao, Michael Arthur
|
Ghana
|
13-11
|
62
|
36
|
Asirvatham, Ganesh
|
Malaysia
|
13-11
|
-7
|
37
|
Elbourne, Peter
|
Malta
|
13-11
|
-557
|
38
|
Hirai, Keiichiro
|
Japan
|
12-12
|
676
|
39
|
Boys, David
|
Canada
|
12-12
|
465
|
40
|
Holgate, John
|
Australia
|
12-12
|
414
|
41
|
Simpson, Evan
|
England
|
12-12
|
231
|
42
|
Daniel, Robin Pollock
|
Canada
|
12-12
|
194
|
43
|
Hersom, Randy
|
United States
|
12-12
|
167
|
44
|
Kaufman, Zev
|
Canada
|
12-12
|
135
|
45
|
Hoekstra, Ron
|
Canada
|
12-12
|
122
|
46
|
Graham, Matt
|
United States
|
12-12
|
3
|
47
|
Gruzd, Steven
|
South Africa
|
12-12
|
-54
|
48
|
Eichler, Maor
|
Israel
|
12-12
|
-201
|
49
|
Khoshnaw, Karl
|
Kurdistan-Iraq
|
12-12
|
-279
|
50
|
Talbot, Rodney
|
Australia
|
12-12
|
-297
|
51
|
Sherman, Joel
|
United States
|
12-12
|
-349
|
52
|
Hovelmeier, Trevor Mark
|
South Africa
|
12-12
|
-654
|
53
|
Boyd, Kendall
|
New Zealand
|
11-13
|
244
|
54
|
Apindi, Isaac
|
Tanzania
|
11-13
|
216
|
55
|
Filio, Roland
|
Philippines
|
11-13
|
177
|
56
|
Lamabadusuriya, Harshan
|
Sri Lanka
|
11-13
|
136
|
57
|
Cherry, James
|
Canada
|
11-13
|
62
|
58
|
Tang, Michael
|
Malaysia
|
11-13
|
-16
|
59
|
Chunkath, Mohan Verghese
|
India
|
11-13
|
-158
|
60
|
Acton, David
|
England
|
11-13
|
-196
|
61
|
Cheah, Siu Hean
|
Singapore
|
11-13
|
-380
|
62
|
Poku, Kwame
|
Ghana
|
11-13
|
-435
|
63
|
De Souza, Margarida Ana
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
11-13
|
-600
|
64
|
Assesa, Dixon
|
Kenya
|
10½-13½
|
-70
|
65
|
Ranasuriya, Mario Shalendra
|
Bahrain
|
10½-13½
|
-753
|
66
|
Clottey, Aaron
|
Ghana
|
10½-13½
|
-776
|
67
|
Litunya, Patrick
|
Kenya
|
10-14
|
131
|
68
|
Webb, David
|
England
|
10-14
|
125
|
69
|
Cleary, Paul Stephen
|
Australia
|
10-14
|
-81
|
70
|
Arreola, Pepito
|
Saudi Arabia
|
10-14
|
-262
|
71
|
Khan, Rashid Ateeq
|
Pakistan
|
10-14
|
-378
|
72
|
Tanee, Samuel Fomum
|
Cameroon
|
10-14
|
-757
|
73
|
Kalumba, Paul Yandisha
|
Zambia
|
9½-14½
|
-496
|
74
|
Delicata, David
|
Malta
|
9½-14½
|
-974
|
75
|
Grayson, John
|
Wales
|
9-15
|
134
|
76
|
Sutthasin, Taewan
|
Thailand
|
9-15
|
-296
|
77
|
Abordo, Chris
|
Bahrain
|
9-15
|
-377
|
78
|
Sinclair, Alan
|
Scotland
|
9-15
|
-412
|
79
|
Hemachandra, Sanath
|
Oman
|
9-15
|
-809
|
80
|
Cree, Chris
|
United States
|
9-15
|
-1118
|
81
|
Chakravarthy, Ranganathan
|
India
|
8½-15½
|
-82
|
82
|
Singh, Lewis
|
Guyana
|
8-16
|
-834
|
83
|
Prabhu, Cecil Fernandes
|
Gulf Champion
|
8-16
|
-1124
|
84
|
Sandu, Dan Laurentiu
|
Romania
|
8-16
|
-1759
|
85
|
Miranda, Mario
|
Philippines
|
7½-16½
|
-872
|
86
|
Costello, Catherine
|
Ireland
|
7-17
|
-691
|
87
|
Cotejo, Danny
|
Qatar
|
5-19
|
-1287
|
88
|
Wright, James Charles
|
Gibraltar
|
4-20
|
-1971
|
Best-of-Five Finals
Joel Wapnick vs. Brian Cappelletto at WSC 2001
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
FINALS RECAP:
Game 1: Wapnick 482 - Cappelletto 479
Game 2: Cappelletto 410 - Wapnick 372
Game 3: Cappelletto 400 - Wapnick 352
Game 4: Cappelletto 444 - Wapnick 338
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