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What were the results of the 2nd World Puzzle Championship, held in Brno in 1993?

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What were the results of the 2nd World Puzzle Championship, held in
Brno in 1993?
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2nd World Puzzle Championship (in Brno) results:

Teams:

 place  score  team
 -----  -----  ----
  13    1344   Germany
  12    1540   Slovenia
  11    1593   the Netherlands
  10    1623   Croatia
   9    1856   Argentina
   8    1898   Slovenia
   7    1927   Hungary
   6    2064   Turkey
   5    2128   Japan
   4    2172   Poland
   3    2192   Canada
   2    2499   United States of America
   1    2609   Czech Republic

[ Editor: Slovenia is listed twice (8th and 12th); one of the two is
probably another team (perhaps Slovakia), but the posting does not say
which. ]

Top Individuals:

 place  score  state  name
 -----  -----  -----  ----
  10     540    ARG   Pablo Milrud
   9     563    CAN   David Samuel
   7     564    POL   Michal Stajszczak
   7     564    CAN   Julian West
   6     572    USA   Dan Johnson
   5     574    TUR   Kamer Alyanakyan
   4     612    USA   Ron Osher
   3     629    CZE   Pavel Kalhaus
   2     631    USA   Wei-Hwa Huang
   1     658    CZE   Robert Babilon

-- Dan Johnson <dwj@iedv6.acd.com>, 5 Oct 1993