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
	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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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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