NSC 2013: Tony Leah [#17]

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On this page, you will find information about Tony Leah, 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 20-11, +1599, and is ranked #5 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): Tony Surname(s): Leah Home: Ajax, ON, Canada Awards: 2nd, 2005 CNSC Hobbies: labour history, music Occupation: Union educator

Round by Round
High score: 637 Average for: 436 Average against: 384
Round 1		Leah played #22 Quinn James (Charleston, SC) and lost 307 to 430 (a spread of -123). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 0-1, -123.
Round 2		Leah played #39 David Eldar (Australia) and lost 490 to 529 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 0-2, -162.
Round 3		Leah played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and won 469 to 350 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 1-2, -43.
Round 4		Leah played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 458 to 245 (a spread of 213). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 2-2, +170.
Round 5		Leah played #12 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 427 to 460 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-3, +137.
Round 6		Leah played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and won 467 to 372 (a spread of 95). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-3, +232.
Round 7		Leah played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and lost 402 to 423 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-4, +211.
Round 8		Leah played #8 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and won 467 to 323 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 4-4, +355.
Round 9		Leah played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and won 419 to 384 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-4, +390. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Leah played #2 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and lost 378 to 479 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5-5, +289.
Round 11		Leah played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 413 to 472 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 5-6, +230.
Round 12		Leah played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 451 to 355 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-6, +326.
Round 13		Leah played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) and lost 359 to 492 (a spread of -133). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 6-7, +193.
Round 14		Leah played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and won 554 to 325 (a spread of 229). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-7, +422.
Round 15		Leah played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and lost 427 to 499 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 7-8, +350.
Round 16		Leah played #20 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 50 to 0 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 8-8, +400.
Round 17		Leah played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and lost 367 to 659 (a spread of -292). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 8-9, +108. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Leah played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and won 571 to 323 (a spread of 248). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 9-9, +356.
Round 19		Leah played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 451 to 348 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 10-9, +459.
Round 20		Leah played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 403 to 371 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 11-9, +491.
Round 21		Leah played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and won 637 to 243 (a spread of 394). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 12-9, +885.
Round 22		Leah played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 456 to 347 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-9, +994. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Leah played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and won 529 to 428 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 14-9, +1095.
Round 24		Leah played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 433 to 536 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 14-10, +992.
Round 25		Leah played #7 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 426 to 500 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 14-11, +918.
Round 26		Leah played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and won 403 to 313 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 15-11, +1008.
Round 27		Leah played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and won 430 to 312 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 16-11, +1126.
Round 28		Leah played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 594 to 295 (a spread of 299). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 17-11, +1425.
Round 29		Leah played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and won 428 to 423 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 18-11, +1430.
Round 30		Leah played #8 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) again and won 438 to 328 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 19-11, +1540.
Round 31		Leah played #22 Quinn James (Charleston, SC) again and won 400 to 341 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 20-11, +1599.

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