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NSC 2013: Mark Kenas [#11]
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On this page, you will find information about
Mark Kenas, who is competing
at the 2013 National SCRABBLE Championship.
This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time.
This player currently has a record of 17-14, +1265, and is ranked
#22 in Division 5.
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 Mark Kenas]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kenas_mark.jpg)
| Given name(s): Mark Surname(s): Kenas Home: Madison, WI, United States Hobbies: canoeing |
Round by Round | High score: 622 Average for: 433 Average against: 392 | Round 1 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Kenas played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 616 to 329 (a spread of 287). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 1-0, +287. | Round 2 | ![[photo of Carl Durdan]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/durdan_carl.jpg)
| Kenas played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) and lost 396 to 426 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 1-1, +257. | Round 3 | ![[photo of Laurie Cohen]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cohen_laurie.jpg)
| Kenas played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and won 505 to 329 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-1, +433. | Round 4 | ![[photo of Leslie Charles]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/charles_leslie.jpeg)
| Kenas played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 315 to 414 (a spread of -99). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 2-2, +334. | Round 5 | ![[photo of Sandy Nang]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/n/nang_sandy.jpg)
| Kenas played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and won 558 to 424 (a spread of 134). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-2, +468. | Round 6 | ![[photo of Bradley Whitmarsh]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/whitmarsh_bradley_2.jpg)
| Kenas played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 498 to 353 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 4-2, +613. | Round 7 | ![[photo of Geoffrey Newman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/withheld.gif)
| Kenas played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 337 to 421 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-3, +529. | Round 8 | ![[photo of Robert Linn]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/linn_robert.jpg)
| Kenas played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 449 to 495 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-4, +483. | Round 9 | ![[photo of Evan Berofsky]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/berofsky_evan.jpg)
| Kenas played #2 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and lost 364 to 468 (a spread of -104). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 4-5, +379. | Round 10 | ![[photo of Brian Bowman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bowman_brian_2.jpg)
| Kenas played #4 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 284 to 458 (a spread of -174). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 4-6, +205. | Round 11 | ![[photo of Trevor Halsall]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/halsall_trevor_3.jpg)
| Kenas played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and lost 387 to 541 (a spread of -154). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 4-7, +51. | Round 12 | ![[photo of Nicky Huitson]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/huitson_nicky.jpg)
| Kenas played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and won 469 to 341 (a spread of 128). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 5-7, +179. | Round 13 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Kenas played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and won 622 to 249 (a spread of 373). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-7, +552. | Round 14 | ![[photo of Randall Thomas]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/thomas_randall.jpg)
| Kenas played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and won 493 to 310 (a spread of 183). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-7, +735. | Round 15 | ![[photo of Sam Kantimathi]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kantimathi_sam_3.jpg)
| Kenas played #20 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 479 to 412 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-7, +802. Kenas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 16 | ![[photo of Travis Chaney]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/chaney_travis_4.jpg)
| Kenas played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and won 516 to 417 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-7, +901. | Round 17 | ![[photo of Puneet Sharma]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sharma_puneet.jpg)
| Kenas played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 518 to 387 (a spread of 131). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 10-7, +1032. | Round 18 | ![[photo of Marty Gabriel]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/g/gabriel_marty.jpg)
| Kenas played #9 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 424 to 496 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-8, +960. | Round 19 | ![[photo of Geoff Thevenot]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/thevenot_geoff_3.jpg)
| Kenas played #5 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and won 478 to 324 (a spread of 154). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 11-8, +1114. | Round 20 | ![[photo of Sam Kantimathi]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kantimathi_sam_3.jpg)
| Kenas played #20 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) again and won 50 to 0 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 12-8, +1164. | Round 21 | ![[photo of Carl Durdan]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/durdan_carl.jpg)
| Kenas played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) again and won 429 to 395 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 13-8, +1198. | Round 22 | ![[photo of Evans Clinchy]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/clinchy_evans.jpg)
| Kenas played #3 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 359 to 534 (a spread of -175). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 13-9, +1023. | Round 23 | ![[photo of Evan Berofsky]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/berofsky_evan.jpg)
| Kenas played #2 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) again and lost 308 to 527 (a spread of -219). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 13-10, +804. | Round 24 | ![[photo of Nuala O'Rourke]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/o_rourke_nuala.jpg)
| Kenas played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and won 514 to 409 (a spread of 105). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 14-10, +909. Kenas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 25 | ![[photo of Zbigniew Wieckowski]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wieckowski_zbigniew.jpg)
| Kenas played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and lost 430 to 444 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 14-11, +895. | Round 26 | ![[photo of Lynda Woods Cleary]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cleary_lynda_3.jpg)
| Kenas played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 526 to 274 (a spread of 252). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 15-11, +1147. | Round 27 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Kenas played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and lost 393 to 449 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 15-12, +1091. | Round 28 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Kenas played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 471 to 281 (a spread of 190). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 16-12, +1281. | Round 29 | ![[photo of B A Toole]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/toole_betty.jpg)
| Kenas played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and won 503 to 272 (a spread of 231). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 17-12, +1512. | Round 30 | ![[photo of Becky Dyer]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/dyer_becky_2.jpg)
| Kenas played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 330 to 457 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 17-13, +1385. | Round 31 | ![[photo of Steve Polatnick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/polatnick_steve.jpg)
| Kenas played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 407 to 527 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 17-14, +1265. |
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