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2019 BRAND's Championship: Yong Jian Rong [#40]

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On this page, you will find information about Yong Jian Rong, who is competing at the 2019 BRAND'S International Crossword Game Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 18-11, +738, and is ranked #8.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information

[photo of Jian Rong Yong]

Given name(s): Jian Rong
Surname(s): Yong
Home: Singapore
2019 BRAND'S International Crossword Game Championship Team: Singapore

Round by Round

High score: 550
Average for: 441
Average against: 416

Round 1

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India

Yong played #15 Sujana Somasekar (IND) and won 550 to 277 (a spread of 273).

Current ranking: #2.

Current record: 1-0, +273.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (4 hits).

Round 2

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India

Yong played #32 Goutham Jayaraman (IND) and won 431 to 395 (a spread of 36).

Current ranking: #2.

Current record: 2-0, +309.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 3

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Malaysia

Yong played #21 Alex Tan (MYS) and won 487 to 380 (a spread of 107).

Current ranking: #2.

Current record: 3-0, +416.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 4

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Thailand

Yong played #48 Chollapat Itthi-aree (THA) and lost 469 to 526 (a spread of -57).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 3-1, +359.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 5

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Thailand

Yong played #50 Gerald Carter (THA) and won 420 to 317 (a spread of 103).

Current ranking: #3.

Current record: 4-1, +462.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 6

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Thailand

Yong played #62 Worasit Suksansumran (THA) and won 429 to 428 (a spread of 1).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 5-1, +463.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 7

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Philippines

Yong played #25 Odette Carmina Rio (PHL) and lost 499 to 515 (a spread of -16).

Current ranking: #10.

Current record: 5-2, +447.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).

Round 8

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Malaysia

Yong played #20 Cedric Lewis (MYS) and won 417 to 399 (a spread of 18).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 6-2, +465.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 9

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United Arab Emirates

Yong played #41 Akshay Bhandarkar (ARE) and lost 374 to 554 (a spread of -180).

Current ranking: #16.

Current record: 6-3, +285.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 10

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Scotland

Yong played #27 Helen Gipson (Sco) and won 444 to 347 (a spread of 97).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 7-3, +382.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 11

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Indonesia

Yong played #28 Ricky Purnomo (IDN) and lost 420 to 462 (a spread of -42).

Current ranking: #17.

Current record: 7-4, +340.

Round 12

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Thailand

Yong played #51 Jakkrit Klaphajone (THA) and lost 374 to 528 (a spread of -154).

Current ranking: #23.

Current record: 7-5, +186.

Round 13

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Singapore

Yong played #29 Cheah Siu Hean (SGP) and won 485 to 403 (a spread of 82).

Current ranking: #16.

Current record: 8-5, +268.

Round 14

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Thailand

Yong played #60 Thacha Koowirat (THA) and lost 377 to 393 (a spread of -16).

Current ranking: #21.

Current record: 8-6, +252.

Round 15

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Thailand

Yong played #46 Akegapun Erbprasartsook (THA) and won 471 to 322 (a spread of 149).

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 9-6, +401.

Round 16

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Singapore

Yong played #37 Wee Ming Hui Hubert (SGP) and won 546 to 338 (a spread of 208).

Current ranking: #10.

Current record: 10-6, +609.

Round 17

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Pakistan

Yong played #24 Waseem Khatri (PAK) and won 497 to 394 (a spread of 103).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 11-6, +712.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 18

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Singapore

Yong played #30 Eden Choo (SGP) and won 467 to 429 (a spread of 38).

Current ranking: #5.

Current record: 12-6, +750.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 19

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Thailand

Yong played #48 Chollapat Itthi-aree (THA) again and won 480 to 421 (a spread of 59).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 13-6, +809.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 20

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Singapore

Yong played #33 Jeremy Khoo (SGP) and won 439 to 429 (a spread of 10).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 14-6, +819.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 21

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United States

Yong played #44 Jesse Day (USA) and won 456 to 394 (a spread of 62).

Current ranking: #3.

Current record: 15-6, +881.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 22

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United Arab Emirates

Yong played #41 Akshay Bhandarkar (ARE) again and lost 344 to 529 (a spread of -185).

Current ranking: #5.

Current record: 15-7, +696.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 23

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United Arab Emirates

Yong played #41 Akshay Bhandarkar (ARE) for the third time and won 412 to 390 (a spread of 22).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 16-7, +718.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 24

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Pakistan

Yong played #24 Waseem Khatri (PAK) again and lost 380 to 404 (a spread of -24).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 16-8, +694.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 25

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United States

Yong played #44 Jesse Day (USA) again and lost 352 to 476 (a spread of -124).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 16-9, +570.

Round 26

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Scotland

Yong played #27 Helen Gipson (Sco) again and won 468 to 315 (a spread of 153).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 17-9, +723.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 27

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Thailand

Yong played #51 Jakkrit Klaphajone (THA) again and lost 456 to 460 (a spread of -4).

Current ranking: #5.

Current record: 17-10, +719.

Yong is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 28

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Singapore

Yong played #37 Wee Ming Hui Hubert (SGP) again and won 430 to 404 (a spread of 26).

Current ranking: #5.

Current record: 18-10, +745.

Round 29

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Thailand

Yong played #59 Tarin Pairor (THA) and lost 414 to 421 (a spread of -7).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 18-11, +738.

After the Tournament   

Yong is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).


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