NSC 2014: Leslie Charles [#28]

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On this page, you will find information about Leslie Charles, 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 16-15, +648, and is ranked #31 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: 533 Average for: 418 Average against: 398
Round 1		Charles played #40 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) and won 533 to 409 (a spread of 124). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 1-0, +124.
Round 2		Charles played #49 Sue Tremblay (Caledon ON) and lost 393 to 513 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1-1, +4.
Round 3		Charles played #6 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and lost 391 to 503 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 1-2, -108.
Round 4		Charles played #58 Cecilia Huber (Cleveland, OH) and won 503 to 282 (a spread of 221). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 2-2, +113.
Round 5		Charles played #61 Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) and lost 424 to 437 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 2-3, +100.
Round 6		Charles played #11 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 326 to 428 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 2-4, -2.
Round 7		Charles played #57 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and won 463 to 399 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 3-4, +62.
Round 8		Charles played #43 Walker Willingham (Bainbridge Island, WA) and lost 384 to 435 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 3-5, +11. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Charles played #41 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 408 to 317 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 4-5, +102.
Round 10		Charles played #55 Shauna Petrie (Mississauga ON) and won 476 to 368 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 5-5, +210.
Round 11		Charles played #44 Marc Carnegie (New York, NY) and won 469 to 343 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-5, +336.
Round 12		Charles played #12 Rob Robinsky (Saint Louis Park, MN) and lost 370 to 428 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-6, +278.
Round 13		Charles played #7 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 362 to 369 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 6-7, +271.
Round 14		Charles played #21 Carmel Dodd (Australia) and won 448 to 355 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7-7, +364.
Round 15		Charles played #53 Cornelia Guest (Bethel, CT) and won 435 to 401 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8-7, +398.
Round 16		Charles played #37 Jean McArthur (Austin, TX) and lost 370 to 383 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 8-8, +385.
Round 17		Charles played #36 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and lost 308 to 373 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 8-9, +320.
Round 18		Charles played #13 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 465 to 520 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 8-10, +265.
Round 19		Charles played #39 Melissa Routzahn (Crystal Lake, IL) and lost 378 to 380 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 8-11, +263.
Round 20		Charles played #50 Andy Saunders (Guelph ON) and won 434 to 265 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 9-11, +432.
Round 21		Charles played #63 Cody McCormick (United Kingdom) and won 487 to 419 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 10-11, +500.
Round 22		Charles played #65 Patricia John (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 367 to 422 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 10-12, +445.
Round 23		Charles played #22 Jeremy Hildebrand (Ottawa ON) and won 460 to 435 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 11-12, +470.
Round 24		Charles played #60 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 423 to 294 (a spread of 129). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 12-12, +599.
Round 25		Charles played #32 Shan Abbasi (Mississauga ON) and lost 386 to 432 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 12-13, +553.
Round 26		Charles played #5 David Koenig (Falls Church, VA) and lost 400 to 452 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 12-14, +501.
Round 27		Charles played #64 Karen Richards (Australia) and won 398 to 262 (a spread of 136). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 13-14, +637.
Round 28		Charles played #51 Warodom Geamsakul (Japan) and won 447 to 357 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 14-14, +727.
Round 29		Charles played #18 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 490 to 429 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 15-14, +788.
Round 30		Charles played #25 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and won 406 to 335 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 16-14, +859.
Round 31		Charles played #6 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) again and lost 369 to 580 (a spread of -211). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 16-15, +648.

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