NASC 2019: Christopher Sykes [1-25]

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On this page, you will find information about Christopher Sykes, who is competing at the 2019 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, +838, and is ranked #12 in Division 1.

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): 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: 550 Average for: 424 Average against: 397
Round 1		Sykes played #32 Jack Peters (Waltham, MA) and won 483 to 333 (a spread of 150). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 1-0, +150. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 2		Sykes played #46 David Teich (New York, NY) and won 550 to 276 (a spread of 274). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +424. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (4 hits).
Round 3		Sykes played #6 Kenji Matsumoto (Berkeley, CA) and won 476 to 359 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 3-0, +541. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 4		Sykes played #5 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 374 to 458 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-1, +457. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 5		Sykes played #2 Will Anderson (Croton, NY) and won 441 to 429 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-1, +469. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Sykes played #37 Jeff Fiszbein (Brighton, MI) and lost 349 to 419 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 4-2, +399. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 7		Sykes played #4 Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) and lost 377 to 413 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 4-3, +363. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Sykes played #11 Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) and won 456 to 388 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5-3, +431. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Sykes played #45 Reid Hattaway (Moscow, ID) and won 415 to 324 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-3, +522. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 10		Sykes played #9 Cesar Del Solar (Bronx, NY) and lost 415 to 449 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-4, +488. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 11		Sykes played #23 Siddharth Murali (Frisco, TX) and lost 403 to 448 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-5, +443. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Sykes played #20 Thomas Reinke (Middleton, WI) and lost 372 to 409 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 6-6, +406. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Sykes played #50 Peter Sargious (Calgary AB) and won 483 to 382 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-6, +507. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Sykes played #7 Charles Reinke (Middleton, WI) and lost 414 to 433 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-7, +488. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Sykes played #17 Nigel Peltier (Portland, OR) and won 511 to 355 (a spread of 156). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 8-7, +644. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Sykes played #19 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and won 428 to 419 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-7, +653. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Sykes played #30 Leesa Berahovich (Berkeley, CA) and won 466 to 400 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 10-7, +719. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Sykes played #48 Noah Berger (Berkeley, CA) and won 475 to 320 (a spread of 155). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 11-7, +874. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Sykes played #14 Carl Johnson (Beaverton, OR) and won 458 to 444 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 12-7, +888. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 20		Sykes played #13 Mike Frentz (San Mateo, CA) and lost 390 to 431 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-8, +847. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Sykes played #15 Joshua Sokol (Montreal QC) and lost 332 to 469 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 12-9, +710. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Sykes played #21 Matt Graham (New York, NY) and lost 380 to 422 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12-10, +668.
Round 23		Sykes played #24 Darrell Day (Richardson, TX) and lost 345 to 401 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 12-11, +612.
Round 24		Sykes played #8 Rafi Stern (Portland, OR) and lost 430 to 458 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 12-12, +584.
Round 25		Sykes played #10 Scott Appel (Elkins Park, PA) and lost 330 to 379 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 12-13, +535. Sykes is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26		Sykes played #43 John Karris (Santa Fe, NM) and lost 302 to 464 (a spread of -162). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 12-14, +373.
Round 27		Sykes played #49 Greg Heidler (Waialua, HI) and won 394 to 282 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 13-14, +485.
Round 28		Sykes played #16 Jason Li (Dollard-Des-Ormeaux QC) and won 495 to 337 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 14-14, +643.
Round 29		Sykes played #3 Orry Swift (Houston, TX) and won 457 to 408 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 15-14, +692.
Round 30		Sykes played #3 Orry Swift (Houston, TX) again and won 516 to 412 (a spread of 104). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 16-14, +796.
Round 31		Sykes played #32 Jack Peters (Waltham, MA) again and won 434 to 392 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 17-14, +838.

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