NASC 2015: Leslie Charles [CSW-24]

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

On this page, you will find information about Leslie Charles, 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 17-14, +725, and is ranked #16 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): 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: 571 Average for: 429 Average against: 406
Round 1		Charles played #35 Amalan Iyengar (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 494 to 353 (a spread of 141). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 1-0, +141.
Round 2		Charles played #43 Michael Gincel (Lakewood, NJ) and won 571 to 329 (a spread of 242). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 2-0, +383. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 3		Charles played #9 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 427 to 412 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-0, +398. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Charles played #23 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and lost 340 to 475 (a spread of -135). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 3-1, +263. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Charles played #10 Nick Ball (San Bruno, CA) and won 383 to 289 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-1, +357. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Charles played #1 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 418 to 485 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-2, +290. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 7		Charles played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 449 to 486 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 4-3, +253. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Charles played #6 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 424 to 442 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 4-4, +235.
Round 9		Charles played #31 Walker Willingham (Bainbridge Island, WA) and won 377 to 366 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 5-4, +246. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Charles played #41 Liam Hopfensperger (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 388 to 360 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-4, +274.
Round 11		Charles played #3 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 367 to 467 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-5, +174. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Charles played #8 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) and lost 376 to 419 (a spread of -43). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 6-6, +131.
Round 13		Charles played #12 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and won 505 to 313 (a spread of 192). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-6, +323. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Charles played #33 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 510 to 284 (a spread of 226). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 8-6, +549.
Round 15		Charles played #2 John O'Laughlin (San Francisco, CA) and won 484 to 331 (a spread of 153). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 9-6, +702.
Round 16		Charles played #4 Peter Armstrong (Oakland, CA) and lost 365 to 495 (a spread of -130). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-7, +572.
Round 17		Charles played #18 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) and won 432 to 429 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 10-7, +575.
Round 18		Charles played #2 John O'Laughlin (San Francisco, CA) again and lost 382 to 442 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 10-8, +515.
Round 19		Charles played #30 Jason Broersma (Caledon ON) and won 473 to 464 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 11-8, +524. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 20		Charles played #17 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) and lost 383 to 443 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 11-9, +464.
Round 21		Charles played #29 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and won 363 to 339 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 12-9, +488. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Charles played #7 Stefan Rau (Hudson, NY) and lost 445 to 476 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12-10, +457.
Round 23		Charles played #16 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 411 to 502 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 12-11, +366.
Round 24		Charles played #21 Orlet Bullock (Barbados) and lost 314 to 446 (a spread of -132). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 12-12, +234.
Round 25		Charles played #32 Judy Romann (Bainbridge Island, WA) and won 564 to 445 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 13-12, +353.
Round 26		Charles played #49 Betty Eriksen (New Zealand) and won 413 to 325 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14-12, +441.
Round 27		Charles played #40 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and lost 365 to 484 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 14-13, +322.
Round 28		Charles played #11 Ben Berger (Germany, Federal Republic of) and won 472 to 341 (a spread of 131). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 15-13, +453.
Round 29		Charles played #22 Carmel Dodd (Australia) and lost 383 to 456 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 15-14, +380.
Round 30		Charles played #46 Liz Jackman (Australia) and won 489 to 304 (a spread of 185). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 16-14, +565.
Round 31		Charles played #25 Mohammad Sulaiman (United Arab Emirates) and won 541 to 381 (a spread of 160). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 17-14, +725.

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