NASC 2015: Tony Leah [CSW-12]

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On this page, you will find information about Tony Leah, 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 17.5-13.5, +1268, and is ranked #10 in Division CSW.

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: Maintenance welder

Round by Round
High score: 612 Average for: 449 Average against: 408
Before the Tournament		Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 1		Leah played #44 Sharon Sorensen (Australia) and won 612 to 342 (a spread of 270). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +270. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 2		Leah played #33 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 420 to 334 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-0, +356. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Leah played #19 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and lost 416 to 464 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-1, +308.
Round 4		Leah played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 450 to 485 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 2-2, +273. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Leah played #36 Shauna Petrie (Mississauga ON) and won 468 to 292 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 3-2, +449.
Round 6		Leah played #14 Cecilia Le (San Francisco, CA) and lost 441 to 474 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-3, +416.
Round 7		Leah played #29 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and won 396 to 382 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 4-3, +430.
Round 8		Leah played #3 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and won 512 to 397 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-3, +545. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Leah played #5 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 424 to 436 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 5-4, +533.
Round 10		Leah played #7 Stefan Rau (Hudson, NY) and won 431 to 427 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-4, +537. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Leah played #4 Peter Armstrong (Oakland, CA) and lost 430 to 467 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-5, +500. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Leah played #25 Mohammad Sulaiman (United Arab Emirates) and won 501 to 356 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 7-5, +645.
Round 13		Leah played #24 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 313 to 505 (a spread of -192). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-6, +453. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Leah played #17 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) and won 483 to 401 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-6, +535.
Round 15		Leah played #47 Joanne Craig (Australia) and lost 415 to 423 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-7, +527.
Round 16		Leah played #30 Jason Broersma (Caledon ON) and tied at 392. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 8.5-7.5, +527.
Round 17		Leah played #21 Orlet Bullock (Barbados) and won 441 to 370 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 9.5-7.5, +598.
Round 18		Leah played #8 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) and lost 462 to 477 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9.5-8.5, +583. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Leah played #9 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 473 to 430 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 10.5-8.5, +626.
Round 20		Leah played #10 Nick Ball (San Bruno, CA) and lost 389 to 515 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 10.5-9.5, +500.
Round 21		Leah played #15 Matthew O'Connor (DeWitt, NY) and won 504 to 343 (a spread of 161). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 11.5-9.5, +661.
Round 22		Leah played #16 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 439 to 560 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 11.5-10.5, +540.
Round 23		Leah played #18 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) and lost 419 to 426 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 11.5-11.5, +533.
Round 24		Leah played #35 Amalan Iyengar (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 611 to 310 (a spread of 301). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 12.5-11.5, +834.
Round 25		Leah played #48 Pat Schuberg (Australia) and won 569 to 326 (a spread of 243). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 13.5-11.5, +1077.
Round 26		Leah played #23 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 472 to 296 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 14.5-11.5, +1253.
Round 27		Leah played #30 Jason Broersma (Caledon ON) again and won 446 to 410 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 15.5-11.5, +1289.
Round 28		Leah played #9 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) again and lost 335 to 412 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 15.5-12.5, +1212.
Round 29		Leah played #38 Mark Francillon (Marlboro, VT) and lost 393 to 451 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 15.5-13.5, +1154.
Round 30		Leah played #40 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and won 403 to 362 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 16.5-13.5, +1195.
Round 31		Leah played #38 Mark Francillon (Marlboro, VT) again and won 467 to 394 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 17.5-13.5, +1268.

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