NSC 2013: Leslie Charles [#41]

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On this page, you will find information about Leslie Charles, 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 16-15, -156, and is ranked #26 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): Leslie Surname(s): Charles Home: Trincity, Trinidad and Tobago Awards: 1994 2004 2005 National Champion; 2006 Regional Champion Hobbies: Reading

Round by Round
High score: 592 Average for: 397 Average against: 402
Round 1		Charles played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and won 451 to 399 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 1-0, +52.
Round 2		Charles played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and won 412 to 345 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 2-0, +119.
Round 3		Charles played #2 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and lost 350 to 432 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 2-1, +37.
Round 4		Charles played #11 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and won 414 to 315 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-1, +136.
Round 5		Charles played #3 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 415 to 493 (a spread of -78). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-2, +58.
Round 6		Charles played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 349 to 410 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 3-3, -3.
Round 7		Charles played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and won 495 to 428 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 4-3, +64.
Round 8		Charles played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and won 415 to 409 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-3, +70.
Round 9		Charles played #22 Quinn James (Charleston, SC) and won 383 to 341 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-3, +112. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Charles played #8 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and lost 313 to 558 (a spread of -245). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 6-4, -133.
Round 11		Charles played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and lost 351 to 495 (a spread of -144). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-5, -277.
Round 12		Charles played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 355 to 451 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 6-6, -373.
Round 13		Charles played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and won 402 to 370 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-6, -341.
Round 14		Charles played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and won 416 to 404 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-6, -329.
Round 15		Charles played #12 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and won 519 to 412 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9-6, -222.
Round 16		Charles played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 372 to 390 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 9-7, -240.
Round 17		Charles played #39 David Eldar (Australia) and lost 433 to 540 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 9-8, -347.
Round 18		Charles played #20 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 50 to 0 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 10-8, -297.
Round 19		Charles played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 522 to 397 (a spread of 125). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 11-8, -172.
Round 20		Charles played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 424 to 330 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 12-8, -78.
Round 21		Charles played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and lost 379 to 384 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 12-9, -83.
Round 22		Charles played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 437 to 396 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 13-9, -42.
Round 23		Charles played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 489 to 289 (a spread of 200). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 14-9, +158.
Round 24		Charles played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and lost 315 to 455 (a spread of -140). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 14-10, +18.
Round 25		Charles played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and lost 309 to 557 (a spread of -248). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 14-11, -230.
Round 26		Charles played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and lost 338 to 558 (a spread of -220). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 14-12, -450.
Round 27		Charles played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 473 to 265 (a spread of 208). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 15-12, -242.
Round 28		Charles played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and won 592 to 266 (a spread of 326). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 16-12, +84.
Round 29		Charles played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 356 to 505 (a spread of -149). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 16-13, -65.
Round 30		Charles played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) again and lost 388 to 434 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 16-14, -111.
Round 31		Charles played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) for the third time and lost 378 to 423 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 16-15, -156.

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