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June 15–18, 2018

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CNSC 2018: Christopher Sykes [#20]

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On this page, you will find information about Christopher Sykes, 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 12-6, +697, and is ranked #4.

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

[photo of Christopher Sykes]

Given name(s): Christopher
Surname(s): Sykes
Home: Cambridge, ON, Canada
Awards: 3rd at Canadian Nationals in 2000
Hobbies: Running
Occupation: Computer Programmer/Analyst
Round by Round

High score: 539
Average for: 415
Average against: 377

Round 1

[photo of Heidi Robertson]

Sykes played #3 Heidi Robertson (Ottawa ON) and won 469 to 436 (a spread of 33).

Current ranking: #19.

Current record: 1-0, +33.

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).

Round 2

[photo of Chuck Abbate]

Sykes played #6 Chuck Abbate (Quispamsis NB) and lost 404 to 519 (a spread of -115).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 1-1, -82.

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 3

[photo of John Stardom]

Sykes played #24 John Stardom (Ottawa ON) and lost 353 to 503 (a spread of -150).

Current ranking: #43.

Current record: 1-2, -232.

Round 4

[photo of Murray Goldenberg]

Sykes played #9 Murray Goldenberg (Winnipeg MB) and won 349 to 311 (a spread of 38).

Current ranking: #33.

Current record: 2-2, -194.

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 5

[photo of Juraj Pivovarov]

Sykes played #5 Juraj Pivovarov (Calgary AB) and won 472 to 367 (a spread of 105).

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 3-2, -89.

Round 6

[photo of Eric Tran]

Sykes played #4 Eric Tran (Calgary AB) and lost 334 to 387 (a spread of -53).

Current ranking: #32.

Current record: 3-3, -142.

Round 7

[photo of Allan Simon]

Sykes played #37 Allan Simon (Calgary AB) and won 480 to 227 (a spread of 253).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 4-3, +111.

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 8

[photo of Bernard Gotlieb]

Sykes played #45 Bernard Gotlieb (Montréal QC) and won 434 to 321 (a spread of 113).

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 5-3, +224.

Round 9

[photo of Andre Popadynec]

Sykes played #51 Andre Popadynec (Toronto ON) and lost 351 to 410 (a spread of -59).

Current ranking: #20.

Current record: 5-4, +165.

Round 10

[photo of Jackson Smylie]

Sykes played #11 Jackson Smylie (Toronto ON) and lost 348 to 534 (a spread of -186).

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 5-5, -21.

Round 11

[photo of Zev Kaufman]

Sykes played #23 Zev Kaufman (Toronto ON) and won 464 to 343 (a spread of 121).

Current ranking: #19.

Current record: 6-5, +100.

Round 12

[photo of Sinna Vijayakumar]

Sykes played #27 Sinna Vijayakumar (Mississauga ON) and won 353 to 347 (a spread of 6).

Current ranking: #16.

Current record: 7-5, +106.

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 13

[photo of Ryan Chepita]

Sykes played #35 Ryan Chepita (Ottawa ON) and won 479 to 366 (a spread of 113).

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 8-5, +219.

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 14

[photo of Allen Pengelly]

Sykes played #34 Allen Pengelly (Waterloo ON) and won 511 to 272 (a spread of 239).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 9-5, +458.

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).

Round 15

[photo of Jason Li]

Sykes played #12 Jason Li (Dollard-Des-Ormeaux QC) and won 503 to 334 (a spread of 169).

Current ranking: #5.

Current record: 10-5, +627.

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).

Round 16

[photo of Matthew Tunnicliffe]

Sykes played #10 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) and won 539 to 313 (a spread of 226).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 11-5, +853.

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).

Round 17

[photo of John Stardom]

Sykes played #24 John Stardom (Ottawa ON) again and won 371 to 367 (a spread of 4).

Current ranking: #3.

Current record: 12-5, +857.

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

Round 18

[photo of Eric Tran]

Sykes played #4 Eric Tran (Calgary AB) again and lost 260 to 420 (a spread of -160).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 12-6, +697.

Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).


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