NASC 2015: Cesar Del Solar [1-19]

[ Congratulations to Matthew Tunnicliffe of Ottawa, ON, CAN: the 2015 North American SCRABBLE Champion! ]

On this page, you will find information about Cesar Del Solar, who is competing at the 2015 North American 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, +518, and is ranked #8 in Division 1.

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): Cesar Surname(s): Del Solar Home: Albany, CA, United States Awards: 1st place at the JFTSOI tournament Hobbies: Guitar, music, programming, making awkward conversation-stopping comments Occupation: electrical engineer

Round by Round
High score: 588 Average for: 438 Average against: 421
Round 1		Del Solar played #51 Jeff Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI) and lost 376 to 484 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 0-1, -108.
Round 2		Del Solar played #67 Asif Ali (Norman, OK) and won 516 to 361 (a spread of 155). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 1-1, +47.
Round 3		Del Solar played #3 Will Anderson (Croton, NY) and lost 382 to 508 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 1-2, -79.
Round 4		Del Solar played #64 Tom Bond (Everett, WA) and lost 412 to 532 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 1-3, -199.
Round 5		Del Solar played #66 Betty Cornelison (Portland, OR) and lost 408 to 438 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 1-4, -229.
Round 6		Del Solar played #65 Mark Miller (Radnor, PA) and won 427 to 397 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 2-4, -199.
Round 7		Del Solar played #14 Scott Appel (Elkins Park, PA) and won 419 to 387 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 3-4, -167.
Round 8		Del Solar played #31 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Lawrenceville, NJ) and lost 435 to 535 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 3-5, -267. Del Solar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 9		Del Solar played #53 Greg Heidler (Waialua, HI) and won 462 to 312 (a spread of 150). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 4-5, -117.
Round 10		Del Solar played #52 Joel Elkins (West Hollywood, CA) and won 509 to 365 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-5, +27.
Round 11		Del Solar played #56 Reid Hattaway (Moscow, ID) and lost 341 to 435 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 5-6, -67.
Round 12		Del Solar played #46 Manop Phiphatboonserm (Thailand) and lost 380 to 431 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 5-7, -118. Del Solar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Del Solar played #1 Kenji Matsumoto (Berkeley, CA) and won 473 to 394 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 6-7, -39. Del Solar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 14		Del Solar played #68 Siri Tillekeratne (Calgary AB) and won 512 to 357 (a spread of 155). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 7-7, +116.
Round 15		Del Solar played #44 Norases Vesdapunt (Stanford, CA) and won 428 to 416 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 8-7, +128.
Round 16		Del Solar played #37 Steve Bush (Richmond, KY) and lost 444 to 518 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 8-8, +54. Del Solar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 17		Del Solar played #47 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and won 444 to 405 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 9-8, +93.
Round 18		Del Solar played #63 Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand) and won 588 to 356 (a spread of 232). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 10-8, +325. Del Solar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Del Solar played #32 Jim Burlant (Grapevine, TX) and won 500 to 392 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 11-8, +433.
Round 20		Del Solar played #15 Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) and lost 403 to 487 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 11-9, +349. Del Solar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Del Solar played #20 Kolton Koehler (Portland, OR) and won 447 to 351 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 12-9, +445.
Round 22		Del Solar played #16 Trey Wright (Sierra Madre, CA) and won 357 to 334 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 13-9, +468.
Round 23		Del Solar played #2 Ian Weinstein (Coral Springs, FL) and lost 397 to 461 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 13-10, +404.
Round 24		Del Solar played #28 Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) and lost 386 to 401 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 13-11, +389.
Round 25		Del Solar played #25 Charles Reinke (Middleton, WI) and won 462 to 445 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 14-11, +406.
Round 26		Del Solar played #6 Joey Krafchick (Richardson, TX) and won 491 to 462 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 15-11, +435. Del Solar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Del Solar played #10 Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) and lost 434 to 465 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 15-12, +404.
Round 28		Del Solar played #23 Doug Brockmeier (San Francisco, CA) and won 497 to 382 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 16-12, +519.
Round 29		Del Solar played #12 Jason Li (Dollard-Des-Ormeaux QC) and won 423 to 397 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 17-12, +545.
Round 30		Del Solar played #25 Charles Reinke (Middleton, WI) again and lost 359 to 471 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 17-13, +433.
Round 31		Del Solar played #4 Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (Piedmont, CA) and won 457 to 372 (a spread of 85). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 18-13, +518.

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