26th Brand Crossword Game King's Cup 2011

Contents:

• King's Cup 2011 Details
• Complete Results
• Finals Game 1
• Finals Game 2
• Finals Game 3

King's Cup 2011 Details:
Venue: Siam Discovery Center, Bangkok; Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon Shopping Complex

Dates: Jun. 23-26, 2011

No. of Players: 73

Dictionary: CSW07
Challenge Rule: Free Challenge

Winner: Nigel Richards
Runner-Up: Komol Pansyosophonlert

Top Prize: $ 10,000.00

Format: The tournament begins with a 27-round preliminary (round 1-24 based on Swiss pairing system, then round 25-27 based on King-of-the-Hill pairing system), whose two finalists to play final with special rules: They have to play two games. If one of them win both games, then that player is the winner. But if they tie with a win and a loss each, a third game will be played. The winner, in this case, is the one who scores the most points when the scores from all three games are combined. (Note: Throughout the tournament, the spread capping enforced to a maximum of -/+ 350 points spread in a game. Also the Gibson rule is in effect in case there is a player who has won enough games to guarantee 1st place or a seat in the finals no matter how many games he or she loses thereafter.)

Complete Results:
(Standing after 27 rounds Preliminaries)

Rank	Name	Home	W-L	Spread
1	Komol Panyasophonlert	Thailand	23.0-4.0	1611
2	Nigel Richards	New Zealand	19.0-8.0	1244
3	Siu Hean Cheah	Singapore	18.0-9.0	1750
4	Alastair Richards	Australia	18.0-9.0	1078
5	Thacha Koowirat	Thailand	18.0-9.0	323
6	Pakorn Nemitrmansuk	Thailand	17.0-10.0	1079
7	Tony Sim	Singapore	17.0-10.0	789
8	Akkarapol Khwansak	Thailand	17.0-10.0	612
9	Chollapat Itthi-aree	Thailand	16.0-11.0	1247
10	Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn	Thailand	16.0-11.0	1046
11	Jason Katz-Brown	United States	16.0-11.0	770
12	Gerald Carter	England	16.0-11.0	691
13	Russell Honeybun	Australia	16.0-11.0	586
14	Charnrit Khongthanarat	Thailand	16.0-11.0	280
15	Thanapong Kukiettikulchai	Thailand	16.0-11.0	-244
16	Daniel Srichawla	Thailand	15.5-11.5	600
17	Preedee Kongthanaran	Thailand	15.5-11.5	275
18	Kian Hung Yeo	Malaysia	15.5-11.5	267
19	Thitipol Barameemuang	Thailand	15.5-11.5	-252
20	Ricky Purnomo	Indonesia	15.0-12.0	875
21	Charas Worapojpisut	Thailand	15.0-12.0	758
22	Jakkrit Klaphajone	Thailand	15.0-12.0	535
23	Rodney Talbot	Australia	15.0-12.0	371
24	Odette Carmina Rio	Philippines	15.0-12.0	103
25	Manop Phiphatboonserm	Thailand	15.0-12.0	-159
26	Jin Chor Tan	Malaysia	15.0-12.0	-361
27	Weibin Toh	Singapore	14.0-13.0	944
28	Alex Tan	Malaysia	14.0-13.0	836
29	Leonora Labog	Philippines	14.0-13.0	585
30	Sam Kantimathi	United States	14.0-13.0	545
31	Apirat Choomai	Thailand	14.0-13.0	391
32	Marlon Prudencio	Philippines	14.0-13.0	76
33	Bob Jackman	Australia	14.0-13.0	65
34	Julian McKail	Australia	14.0-13.0	37
35	Taewan Sutthasin	Thailand	14.0-13.0	-272
36	Jocelyn Lor	Malaysia	13.5-13.5	564
37	Pichai Limprasert	Thailand	13.0-14.0	884
38	Tanasak Suphaphibunkun	Thailand	13.0-14.0	675
39	Marut Siriwangso	Thailand	13.0-14.0	584
40	Michael Tang	Singapore	13.0-14.0	214
41	Yen Nee Shim	Brunei Darussalam	13.0-14.0	76
42	Dianne Ward	Australia	13.0-14.0	44
43	Amnuay Ploysangngam	Thailand	13.0-14.0	-61
44	Kamol Thienkarojanakul	Thailand	13.0-14.0	-372
45	John Barker	Australia	13.0-14.0	-489
46	Heather Long	Australia	13.0-14.0	-565
47	Liz Fagerlund	New Zealand	13.0-14.0	-854
48	Shalyn Lim	Malaysia	13.0-14.0	-1061
49	Nut Treepoonsuk	Thailand	12.5-14.5	-538
50	Antonio Malonzo	Philippines	12.0-15.0	348
51	Arun Methaset	Thailand	12.0-15.0	-2
52	Graham Buckingham	England	12.0-15.0	-97
53	Rocky Sharma	Australia	12.0-15.0	-221
54	Suthiraphan Assarat	Thailand	12.0-15.0	-252
55	Sanmi Odelana	Nigeria	12.0-15.0	-515
56	Charae Worapojpisut	Thailand	12.0-15.0	-631
57	Warodom Geamsakul	Thailand	12.0-15.0	-641
58	Pachara Tritipthanakul	Thailand	12.0-15.0	-801
59	Bundit Chomkularb	Thailand	12.0-15.0	-1226
60	Olga Visser	Australia	11.0-16.0	-70
61	Prachya Pitapho	Thailand	11.0-16.0	-189
62	Peter Bauer	Australia	11.0-16.0	-340
63	Aloysious Conzaga	Singapore	11.0-16.0	-557
64	Khwanjai Thammaping	Thailand	11.0-16.0	-724
65	Karen Richards	Australia	11.0-16.0	-934
66	Peter Arreola	Philippines	11.0-16.0	-1031
67	Maneeda Tanasanvimol	Thailand	11.0-16.0	-1216
68	Alberto Palomo	Philippines	10.0-17.0	-375
69	Kunihiko Kuroda	Japan	10.0-17.0	-453
70	Paul Cartman	England	10.0-17.0	-531
71	Christine Cartman	England	10.0-17.0	-1132
72	Tadao Takeda	Japan	10.0-17.0	-1264
73	Mihoko Terasaki	Japan	1.0-26.0	-3828

Finals

Komol P. vs. Nigel Richards at King's Cup 2011 Finals

Game 1:

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King's Cup 2011 Game 1 Final Board Position: Nigel 511 -Komol 331

Game 2

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King's Cup 2011 Game 2 Final Board Position: Komol 488 - Nigel 393

Game 3

As per Special Rule, "if players tie with a win and a loss each, a third game will be played. The winner, in this case, is the one who scores the most points when the scores from all three games are combined." The difference in cumulative spread before this game was 85. So, Komol needs 86 points spread to win while Nigel has to protect the lead. 

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King's Cup 2011 Game 3 Final Board Position: Nigel 530 - Komol 352

Summary of Scores:

Players	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
Nigel	511	393	530	1,434
Komol	331	488	352	1,151

Champion's Photo

Nigel receiving his prizes and trophy