NASC 2019: Tony Leah [CSW-10]

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On this page, you will find information about Tony Leah, 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 18-13, +183, and is ranked #15 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): Tony Surname(s): Leah Home: Toronto, ON, Canada Awards: 2nd, 2005 CNSC Hobbies: labour history, music Occupation: Maintenance welder

Round by Round
High score: 557 Average for: 440 Average against: 435
Round 1		Leah played #24 Mark Francillon (Marlboro, VT) and won 460 to 400 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-0, +60.
Round 2		Leah played #35 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 499 to 335 (a spread of 164). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 2-0, +224. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Leah played #2 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) and lost 416 to 531 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-1, +109.
Round 4		Leah played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and lost 401 to 498 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 2-2, +12.
Round 5		Leah played #31 Yvonne Lobo (Mississauga ON) and won 482 to 399 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-2, +95.
Round 6		Leah played #23 Martin DeMello (Mountain View, CA) and lost 389 to 501 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 3-3, -17.
Round 7		Leah played #27 Noah Slatkoff (Ottawa ON) and won 436 to 389 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-3, +30.
Round 8		Leah played #26 Mina Del Solar (Englewood, NJ) and lost 311 to 516 (a spread of -205). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 4-4, -175.
Round 9		Leah played #6 Matthew O'Connor (DeWitt, NY) and lost 421 to 473 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-5, -227.
Round 10		Leah played #20 Mohammad Sulaiman (United Arab Emirates) and won 542 to 456 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-5, -141. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Leah played #17 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 479 to 443 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-5, -105.
Round 12		Leah played #13 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) and lost 489 to 491 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-6, -107. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Leah played #11 Puneet Sharma (Redwood City, CA) and lost 415 to 501 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 6-7, -193.
Round 14		Leah played #30 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and won 491 to 439 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 7-7, -141.
Round 15		Leah played #21 Dielle Pinto (Richmond BC) and lost 419 to 446 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 7-8, -168.
Round 16		Leah played #29 Priya Fernando (Mississauga ON) and won 418 to 369 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 8-8, -119.
Round 17		Leah recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 9-8, -69.
Round 18		Leah played #32 Bharath Balakrishnan (Redmond, WA) and won 511 to 471 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 10-8, -29.
Round 19		Leah played #1 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and won 534 to 460 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-8, +45. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 20		Leah played #28 Terry Kang Rau (Rhinebeck, NY) and won 557 to 306 (a spread of 251). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 12-8, +296.
Round 21		Leah played #34 Betty Cornelison (Portland, OR) and won 369 to 368 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 13-8, +297. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 22		Leah played #12 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and won 406 to 333 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 14-8, +370. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Leah played #6 Matthew O'Connor (DeWitt, NY) again and won 456 to 437 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 15-8, +389. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Leah played #14 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and won 463 to 363 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 16-8, +489. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Leah played #9 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and won 439 to 368 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 17-8, +560. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26		Leah played #2 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) again and lost 360 to 486 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 17-9, +434. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Leah played #16 James Curley (New York, NY) and won 423 to 398 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 18-9, +459. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 28		Leah played #4 Jesse Day (New York, NY) and lost 419 to 434 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 18-10, +444. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 29		Leah played #9 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) again and lost 319 to 505 (a spread of -186). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 18-11, +258. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 30		Leah played #13 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) again and lost 459 to 503 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 18-12, +214. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 31		Leah played #27 Noah Slatkoff (Ottawa ON) again and lost 414 to 445 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 18-13, +183.

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