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![[event logo]](/images/logos/2016/cnsc-256w.gif) May 13–16, 2016
 
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CNSC 2016: Dean Saldanha [#6]
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 On this page, you will find information about 
Dean Saldanha, who is competing
at the 2016 Canadian 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 11-7, +435, and is ranked
#9.
 
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 | 
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 | ![[photo of Dean Saldanha]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/saldanha_dean.jpeg)
 | Given name(s): Dean Surname(s): Saldanha
 Home: Richmond, BC, Canada
 Awards: (1st) 2005 Vancouver; (2nd) 2003 CNSC
 Hobbies: Hockey, soccer, tennis, basketball, music, chess, reading
 Occupation: Project Scheduler
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 | Round by Round | 
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 | High score: 510Average for: 425
 Average against: 401
 |  | Round 1 | ![[photo of Andre Popadynec]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/popadynec_andre_AA005050.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #50  Andre Popadynec (Toronto ON)  and won 479 to 368 (a spread of 111). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-0, +111. |  | Round 2 | ![[photo of Yvonne Lobo]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/lobo_yvonne_2.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #33  Yvonne Lobo (Mississauga ON)  and won 452 to 432 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-0, +131. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |  | Round 3 | ![[photo of Jason Ubeika]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/ubeika_jason_2.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #21  Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON)  and won 491 to 395 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 3-0, +227. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). |  | Round 4 | ![[photo of Zev Kaufman]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/kaufman_zev_2.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #13  Zev Kaufman (Toronto ON)  and won 461 to 347 (a spread of 114). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-0, +341. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |  | Round 5 | ![[photo of Matthew Tunnicliffe]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tunnicliffe_matthew_3.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #2  Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON)  and lost 431 to 516 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 4-1, +256. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (4 hits). |  | Round 6 | ![[photo of Mike Ebanks]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/e/ebanks_mike.jpeg)
 | Saldanha played #37  Mike Ebanks (Calgary AB)  and won 401 to 373 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 5-1, +284. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |  | Round 7 | ![[photo of James Leong]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/leong_james.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #4  James Leong (Vancouver BC)  and lost 386 to 407 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5-2, +263. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |  | Round 8 | ![[photo of Jesse Matthews]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/matthews_jessie.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #7  Jesse Matthews (Kelowna BC)  and lost 276 to 493 (a spread of -217). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-3, +46. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). |  | Round 9 | ![[photo of Joshua Sokol]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/sokol_joshua_AA002968.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #9  Joshua Sokol (Montreal QC)  and lost 436 to 451 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 5-4, +31. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |  | Round 10 | ![[photo of Tony Leah]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/leah_tony.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #8  Tony Leah (Ajax ON)  and won 385 to 383 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-4, +33. |  | Round 11 | ![[photo of Vera Bigall]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/bigall_vera_2.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #36  Vera Bigall (Toronto ON)  and won 510 to 220 (a spread of 290). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 7-4, +323. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |  | Round 12 | ![[photo of Fern Lindzon]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/lindzon_fern.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #28  Fern Lindzon (Toronto ON)  and won 491 to 363 (a spread of 128). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-4, +451. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |  | Round 13 | ![[photo of Sary Karanofsky]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/karanofsky_sary_AA000971.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #38  Sary Karanofsky (Cote Saint-Luc QC)  and won 412 to 315 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 9-4, +548. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |  | Round 14 | ![[photo of Adam Logan]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/logan_adam.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #1  Adam Logan (Ottawa ON)  and lost 397 to 421 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-5, +524. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |  | Round 15 | ![[photo of Eric Tran]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tran_eric_2.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #3  Eric Tran (Calgary AB)  and lost 310 to 546 (a spread of -236). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9-6, +288. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). |  | Round 16 | ![[photo of Jason Li]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/li_jason.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #5  Jason Li (Dollard-Des-Ormeaux QC)  and won 498 to 375 (a spread of 123). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 10-6, +411. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). |  | Round 17 | ![[photo of Max Panitch]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/panitch_maxim_2.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #11  Max Panitch (Toronto ON)  and lost 354 to 442 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-7, +323. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |  | Round 18 | ![[photo of Ross Brown]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/brown_ross_3.jpg)
 | Saldanha played #16  Ross Brown (Ottawa ON)  and won 477 to 365 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-7, +435. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | 
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