NSC 2014: Mark Kenas [#15]

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On this page, you will find information about Mark Kenas, who is competing at the 2014 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 18-13, +670, and is ranked #13 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: 602 Average for: 430 Average against: 408
Round 1		Kenas played #47 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and won 602 to 354 (a spread of 248). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +248.
Round 2		Kenas played #44 Marc Carnegie (New York, NY) and won 449 to 284 (a spread of 165). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 2-0, +413. Kenas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Kenas played #30 Orlet Bullock (Barbados) and lost 394 to 464 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-1, +343. Kenas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Kenas played #29 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 455 to 321 (a spread of 134). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 3-1, +477. Kenas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Kenas played #18 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 458 to 383 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-1, +552.
Round 6		Kenas played #23 Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) and won 519 to 421 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5-1, +650.
Round 7		Kenas played #9 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and lost 294 to 510 (a spread of -216). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-2, +434.
Round 8		Kenas played #26 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 452 to 469 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 5-3, +417. Kenas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Kenas played #2 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 405 to 497 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 5-4, +325.
Round 10		Kenas played #38 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and lost 390 to 405 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-5, +310.
Round 11		Kenas played #42 Wendell Haynes (Loxahatchee, FL) and won 432 to 349 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-5, +393.
Round 12		Kenas played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 321 to 414 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 6-6, +300.
Round 13		Kenas played #61 Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) and won 479 to 420 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-6, +359.
Round 14		Kenas played #36 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 450 to 398 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 8-6, +411.
Round 15		Kenas played #7 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 412 to 471 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 8-7, +352.
Round 16		Kenas played #6 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and won 411 to 342 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 9-7, +421.
Round 17		Kenas played #24 Jesse Matthews (Kelowna BC) and won 462 to 305 (a spread of 157). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-7, +578.
Round 18		Kenas played #11 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and won 511 to 410 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 11-7, +679. Kenas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 19		Kenas played #1 Adam Logan (Ottawa ON) and lost 432 to 460 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-8, +651. Kenas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 20		Kenas played #35 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) and won 478 to 436 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-8, +693.
Round 21		Kenas played #31 Ben Withers (Houston, TX) and won 443 to 416 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 13-8, +720.
Round 22		Kenas played #10 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 469 to 480 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13-9, +709.
Round 23		Kenas played #19 Stefan Rau (Hudson, NY) and lost 297 to 470 (a spread of -173). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 13-10, +536.
Round 24		Kenas played #8 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and won 466 to 386 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 14-10, +616.
Round 25		Kenas played #27 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 338 to 394 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 14-11, +560.
Round 26		Kenas played #13 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 301 to 485 (a spread of -184). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 14-12, +376.
Round 27		Kenas played #16 Matthew Bernardina (Durham, NC) and lost 373 to 420 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14-13, +329.
Round 28		Kenas played #48 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and won 403 to 370 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 15-13, +362.
Round 29		Kenas played #46 Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR) and won 393 to 329 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 16-13, +426.
Round 30		Kenas played #3 John OLaughlin (San Francisco, CA) and won 492 to 429 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 17-13, +489.
Round 31		Kenas played #4 Philip Nelkon (United Kingdom) and won 537 to 356 (a spread of 181). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 18-13, +670.

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