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MISO 2012 Commentary: Round 10

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First results this round: Jackie McLeod (Eng) 377 Ruth MacInerney (Eng) 289, Geoff Cooper (Eng) 457 George Newman (Eng) 383.

In national standings, the Americans are doing the best, with players in 1st, 5th, 12th and 22nd in their divisions, and a 67.5% record against their opposition. They are closely followed by Singapore, whose Siu Hean Cheah (SGP) and Tony Sim (SGP) are in 4th and 10th place respectively. The Israelis are off to a slow start, winning only 39.1% of their games, but there are still 17 rounds in which they may catch up.

Division A

Helen Gipson (Sco) beats Sam Kantimathi (USA) 493–415 to retain a half-game lead. Among those half a game back, Craig Beevers (Eng) beats Siu Hean Cheah (SGP) 453–322 and Chinedu Okwelogu (NGA) beats fellow countryman Femi Awowade (Eng) 437–343. 1½ games behind Helen now are Cheah, Sam Kantimathi (USA), Mohammad Sulaiman (ARE) and Evan Cohen (ISR).

Division B

Daniel Milton (USA) has another big win, 470–350 vs. Joe Caruana (MLT), and remains undefeated through ten rounds, +1251. Mario Saliba (MLT) wins 405–323 vs. Eileen Meghen (IRL) to remain two games back, and four players are three games behind on seven wins: Josephine Mayo (MLT), Ovidiu Tamas (ROM), Andy Gray (Eng), Mario Seychell (MLT).