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CNSC 2018: Jesse Matthews [#7]
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 On this page, you will find information about 
Jesse Matthews, who is competing
at the 2018 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 8-10, +422, and is ranked
#33.
 
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 Jesse Matthews]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/matthews_jessie.jpg)
 | Given name(s): Jesse Surname(s): Matthews
 Home: Vancouver, BC, Canada
 Awards: 2013 World Open Scrabble Champion
 Hobbies: Volleyball, Working Out
 Occupation: Flight Attendant
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 | Round by Round | 
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 | High score: 494Average for: 409
 Average against: 386
 |  | Round 1 | ![[photo of Jared Cappel]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/c/cappel_jared_AA005581.jpg)
 | Matthews played #38  Jared Cappel (Toronto ON)  and lost 406 to 426 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 0-1, -20. |  | Round 2 | ![[photo of Murray Goldenberg]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/goldenberg_murray_AA001618_1.jpg)
 | Matthews played #9  Murray Goldenberg (Winnipeg MB)  and won 471 to 337 (a spread of 134). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 1-1, +114. |  | Round 3 | ![[photo of Eric Tran]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tran_eric_2.jpg)
 | Matthews played #4  Eric Tran (Calgary AB)  and lost 319 to 505 (a spread of -186). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 1-2, -72. Matthews is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits). |  | Round 4 | ![[photo of Marcela Kadanka]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/kadanka_marcela_AA004762_1.jpg)
 | Matthews played #43  Marcela Kadanka (Toronto ON)  and won 494 to 299 (a spread of 195). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-2, +123. |  | Round 5 | ![[photo of David Stokoe]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/stokoe_david_2.jpg)
 | Matthews played #26  David Stokoe (Toronto ON)  and won 440 to 402 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 3-2, +161. |  | Round 6 | ![[photo of Chris Williams]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/williams_chris_2.jpg)
 | Matthews played #8  Chris Williams (Vancouver BC)  and lost 423 to 432 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 3-3, +152. |  | Round 7 | ![[photo of Andrew Golding]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/golding_andrew_3.jpg)
 | Matthews played #25  Andrew Golding (Montréal QC)  and lost 384 to 399 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 3-4, +137. |  | Round 8 | ![[photo of Juraj Pivovarov]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/pivovarov_juraj.jpg)
 | Matthews played #5  Juraj Pivovarov (Calgary AB)  and won 433 to 290 (a spread of 143). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 4-4, +280. |  | Round 9 | ![[photo of Vera Bigall]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/bigall_vera_2.jpg)
 | Matthews played #39  Vera Bigall (Toronto ON)  and won 484 to 294 (a spread of 190). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 5-4, +470. |  | Round 10 | ![[photo of Allan Simon]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/simon_allan.jpeg)
 | Matthews played #37  Allan Simon (Calgary AB)  and lost 380 to 401 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 5-5, +449. |  | Round 11 | ![[photo of Matthew Tunnicliffe]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tunnicliffe_matthew_3.jpg)
 | Matthews played #10  Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON)  and lost 321 to 353 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-6, +417. |  | Round 12 | ![[photo of Jason Ubeika]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/ubeika_jason_2.jpg)
 | Matthews played #31  Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON)  and lost 371 to 390 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 5-7, +398. |  | Round 13 | ![[photo of Joel Wapnick]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/wapnick_joel_2.jpg)
 | Matthews played #15  Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH)  and won 377 to 358 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 6-7, +417. |  | Round 14 | ![[photo of Carl Madden]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/madden_carl_2.jpg)
 | Matthews played #44  Carl Madden (Brantford ON)  and lost 359 to 364 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-8, +412. Matthews is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |  | Round 15 | ![[photo of Chuck Abbate]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/a/abbate_chuck.jpg)
 | Matthews played #6  Chuck Abbate (Quispamsis NB)  and won 492 to 332 (a spread of 160). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 7-8, +572. |  | Round 16 | ![[photo of Steve Ozorio]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/o/ozorio_steve.jpg)
 | Matthews played #36  Steve Ozorio (Mississauga ON)  and won 477 to 412 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8-8, +637. |  | Round 17 | ![[photo of Sinna Vijayakumar]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/v/vijayakumar_sinna.jpg)
 | Matthews played #27  Sinna Vijayakumar (Mississauga ON)  and lost 396 to 408 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 8-9, +625. Matthews is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits). |  | Round 18 | ![[photo of Heidi Robertson]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/r/robertson_heidi_AA006055_1.jpg)
 | Matthews played #3  Heidi Robertson (Ottawa ON)  and lost 337 to 540 (a spread of -203). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 8-10, +422. Matthews is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | 
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