NASC 2019: Dean Saldanha [CSW-08]

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On this page, you will find information about Dean Saldanha, 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, +443, and is ranked #18 in Division CSW.

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): 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

Round by Round
High score: 533 Average for: 433 Average against: 420
Round 1		Saldanha played #26 Mina Del Solar (Englewood, NJ) and lost 399 to 500 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 0-1, -101.
Round 2		Saldanha played #18 Manop Phiphatboonserm (Thailand) and lost 360 to 455 (a spread of -95). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 0-2, -196.
Round 3		Saldanha played #15 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 482 to 381 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 1-2, -95.
Round 4		Saldanha played #33 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and won 434 to 405 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 2-2, -66. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Saldanha played #14 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and won 470 to 390 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 3-2, +14.
Round 6		Saldanha played #25 Randi Goldberg (Phoenixville, PA) and won 434 to 351 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-2, +97.
Round 7		Saldanha played #7 Nick Ball (San Bruno, CA) and won 487 to 444 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-2, +140. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 8		Saldanha played #4 Jesse Day (New York, NY) and lost 417 to 614 (a spread of -197). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-3, -57. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Saldanha played #11 Puneet Sharma (Redwood City, CA) and won 484 to 404 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-3, +23. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Saldanha played #27 Noah Slatkoff (Ottawa ON) and lost 395 to 422 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-4, -4.
Round 11		Saldanha played #21 Dielle Pinto (Richmond BC) and lost 309 to 468 (a spread of -159). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-5, -163.
Round 12		Saldanha played #6 Matthew O'Connor (DeWitt, NY) and lost 340 to 432 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 6-6, -255.
Round 13		Saldanha played #23 Martin DeMello (Mountain View, CA) and lost 392 to 465 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 6-7, -328.
Round 14		Saldanha played #3 Peter Armstrong (Portland, CA) and lost 465 to 472 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 6-8, -335. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Saldanha played #24 Mark Francillon (Marlboro, VT) and won 508 to 455 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 7-8, -282.
Round 16		Saldanha recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 8-8, -232.
Round 17		Saldanha played #20 Mohammad Sulaiman (United Arab Emirates) and won 433 to 226 (a spread of 207). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 9-8, -25. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Saldanha played #28 Terry Kang Rau (Rhinebeck, NY) and won 478 to 442 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 10-8, +11.
Round 19		Saldanha played #19 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 489 to 361 (a spread of 128). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 11-8, +139.
Round 20		Saldanha played #22 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) and won 463 to 346 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 12-8, +256.
Round 21		Saldanha played #27 Noah Slatkoff (Ottawa ON) again and won 533 to 264 (a spread of 269). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 13-8, +525. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 22		Saldanha played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and lost 318 to 447 (a spread of -129). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13-9, +396.
Round 23		Saldanha played #9 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 386 to 494 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13-10, +288.
Round 24		Saldanha played #25 Randi Goldberg (Phoenixville, PA) again and lost 422 to 487 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 13-11, +223.
Round 25		Saldanha played #3 Peter Armstrong (Portland, CA) again and won 531 to 442 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 14-11, +312.
Round 26		Saldanha played #35 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 519 to 284 (a spread of 235). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 15-11, +547. Saldanha is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Saldanha played #18 Manop Phiphatboonserm (Thailand) again and won 424 to 387 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 16-11, +584.
Round 28		Saldanha played #17 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 371 to 415 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 16-12, +540.
Round 29		Saldanha played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) again and lost 436 to 453 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 16-13, +523.
Round 30		Saldanha played #7 Nick Ball (San Bruno, CA) again and lost 364 to 475 (a spread of -111). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 16-14, +412.
Round 31		Saldanha played #23 Martin DeMello (Mountain View, CA) again and won 456 to 425 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 17-14, +443.

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