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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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/sykes_christopher_AA000066.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/r/robertson_heidi_AA006055_1.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/a/abbate_chuck.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/stardom_john.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/goldenberg_murray_AA001618_1.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/pivovarov_juraj.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tran_eric_2.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/simon_allan.jpeg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/gotlieb_bernard2.jpeg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/popadynec_andre_AA005050.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/smylie_jackson_AA002226.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/kaufman_zev_2.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/v/vijayakumar_sinna.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/c/chepita_ryan.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/p/pengelly_allen.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/li_jason.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tunnicliffe_matthew_3.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/stardom_john.jpg)
| 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]](http://scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tran_eric_2.jpg)
| 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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