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
	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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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