CHANDIGARH: Eleven years old Ayaan Garg of Chandigarh won bronze in the Asian Youth Under 12 Rapid Team Chess Championship 2023 at Al Ain, United Arab Emirates where players from 13 countries of Asia had come to participate.
It is a big achievement for Chandigarh’s Ayaan Garg, a student of Strawberry High School, Chandigarh. His current Fide International rating is 1694. Ayaan contributed four points to his team to help India get a bronze medal in the rapid Under 12 category.
China with 16.5 points won the gold medal, Kazakhstan with 15.5 points got the silver medal and India with 14.5 bags the bronze medal.
Ayaan Garg has been trained by Naveen Bansal since the age of 7. “In the past 6 months, Ayaan has shown tremendous improvement and maturity.
In October he got 9th position out of 382 participants in the National Under 11 Chess Championship.
In the same month in the Matrix Cup International Open Fide Rating Chess tournament, he got 12th position out of 782 participants from all over India and abroad.
In the AFCA Open Rapid Rating Chess Tournament on 28th and 29th October, he got 8th position out of 617 participants from all over India.” added Naveen Bansal
Final standings of the teams:
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1
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China
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16.5
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0
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83
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91
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72.25
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15
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1
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Jiang, Haochen
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6.5
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0
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28
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31
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29.75
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6
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2
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Chen, Zimu(Js)
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5
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0
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28
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31
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21.5
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4
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3
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Qu, Haoming
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5
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0
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28
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30
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21
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5
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2
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Kazakhstan
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15.5
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0
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81
|
89
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60.25
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14
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1
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CM Smirnov, Mark
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5.5
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0
|
30
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33
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24.25
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5
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2
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Zhauynbay, Aldiyar
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5
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0
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29
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33
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20.5
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5
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3
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Azatzhan, Adil
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5
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0
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22
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24
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15.5
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4
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3
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India
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14.5
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0
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79.5
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88
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51.5
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14
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1
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Jval, Saurin Patel
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5.5
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0
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28
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32
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23
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5
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2
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Adharsh, K
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5
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0
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27
|
29
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18.5
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5
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|
3
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Ayaan, Garg
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4
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0
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25
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28
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10
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4
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|
4
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Uzbekistan
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14
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0
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82.5
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89.5
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53.25
|
13
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|
1
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Obidov, Biloliddin
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5
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0
|
29
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32
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21
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5
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2
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Mamatsalaev, Shohjahon
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4.5
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0
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29
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29
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16
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4
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3
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Sobirov, Afruzbek
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4.5
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0
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26
|
29
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16.25
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4
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5
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Vietnam
|
14
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0
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71.5
|
78
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46.5
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13
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1
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ACM Duong, Vu Anh
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5
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0
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25
|
27
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16.5
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5
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2
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CM Nguyen, Manh Duc
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4.5
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0
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26
|
29
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15.5
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4
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3
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Nguyen, Nam Kiet
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4.5
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0
|
21
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23
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14.5
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4
|
|
6
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Chinese Taipei
|
10
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0
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64
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68.5
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24.5
|
10
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|
1
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Chen, Jun-Wei
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4
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0
|
25
|
27
|
12
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4
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2
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Huang, Da-Xuan
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3
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0
|
21
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23
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7.5
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3
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3
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Wu, Chen- Hao
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3
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0
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18
|
19
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5
|
3
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|
7
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Mongolia
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8
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0
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70
|
77
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25.5
|
7
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|
1
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Ankhbayar, Azzaya
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3
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0
|
24
|
25
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9
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3
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|
2
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Butenbayar, Bat-Erdene
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3
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0
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23
|
26
|
10
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2
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|
3
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AFM Sergelen, Batbayar
|
2
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0
|
24
|
27
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6.5
|
2
|
|
8
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Pakistan
|
7.5
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0
|
57
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60.5
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14.25
|
7
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|
1
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Rehan, Khan Nasir
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3
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0
|
17
|
17
|
5
|
3
|
|
2
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Ashaz, Hussain Ali
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2.5
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0
|
18
|
20
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5.75
|
2
|
|
3
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Syed, Zayaan Ali
|
2
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0
|
23
|
24
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3.5
|
2
|
|
9
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United Arab Emirates
|
7
|
0
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60.5
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65.5
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10.5
|
7
|
|
1
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Rashid, Husain Alhammadi
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3
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0
|
23
|
25
|
4
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3
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|
2
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Aamer Saeed, Alyileili
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2
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0
|
19
|
22
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5.5
|
2
|
|
3
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Mohamed, Yousuf Al-Ali
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2
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0
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19
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20
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1
|
2
|
|
10
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Turkmenistan
|
6.5
|
0
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62.5
|
66.5
|
16.75
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6
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|
1
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Berdiyev, Emir
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3
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0
|
23
|
25
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8.5
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