SPC 2023: Benjamin Ansell [3-30]

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On this page, you will find information about Benjamin Ansell, who is competing at the 2023 Scrabble Players 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, +356, and is ranked #22 in Division 3.

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): Benjamin Surname(s): Ansell Home: Los Angeles, CA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 534 Average for: 383 Average against: 372
Round 1		Ansell played #50 Jane Bissonnette (Seattle, WA) and won 469 to 288 (a spread of 181). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 1-0, +181. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 2		Ansell played #70 Ed Bowe (Portage, MI) and won 476 to 271 (a spread of 205). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 2-0, +386. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 3		Ansell played #6 Ken Louie (Whittier, CA) and won 443 to 341 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-0, +488. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 4		Ansell played #33 Ralph Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and won 386 to 334 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 4-0, +540. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 5		Ansell played #21 Doug Critchlow (Columbus, OH) and won 468 to 370 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 5-0, +638. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Ansell played #9 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and lost 293 to 444 (a spread of -151). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5-1, +487. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 7		Ansell played #4 Natalie Dicou (Woodland Hills, UT) and lost 345 to 439 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-2, +393. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 8		Ansell played #14 Kyle Fellahi (Montreal QC) and won 413 to 379 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-2, +427. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 9		Ansell played #15 Chris Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and won 334 to 303 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-2, +458. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 10		Ansell played #1 Ben Greenwood (Florence, MA) and lost 341 to 432 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-3, +367. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 11		Ansell played #24 Nick Purifoy (Prairie Village, KS) and won 428 to 358 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8-3, +437. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 12		Ansell played #42 Hank Hees (Saskatoon SK) and lost 371 to 434 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 8-4, +374. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Ansell played #10 Greg Feldkamp (Cleveland Heights, OH) and lost 294 to 374 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-5, +294. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 14		Ansell played #11 John Wilder (Arlington, VA) and won 346 to 320 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 9-5, +320.
Round 15		Ansell played #56 Ted Gest (Washington, DC) and won 350 to 337 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 10-5, +333.
Round 16		Ansell played #17 Florence Spanfelner (Gilbert, AZ) and won 392 to 325 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 11-5, +400.
Round 17		Ansell played #23 Ella Sobel (Dorval QC) and won 379 to 338 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 12-5, +441. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 18		Ansell played #5 Bennett Jacobstein (Moraga, CA) and won 390 to 341 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 13-5, +490. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 19		Ansell played #1 Ben Greenwood (Florence, MA) again and lost 215 to 459 (a spread of -244). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 13-6, +246. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 20		Ansell played #10 Greg Feldkamp (Cleveland Heights, OH) again and won 422 to 392 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 14-6, +276.
Round 21		Ansell played #2 Eugenio Ngan Tian (Winnipeg MB) and lost 361 to 383 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 14-7, +254. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 22		Ansell played #2 Eugenio Ngan Tian (Winnipeg MB) again and lost 408 to 412 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 14-8, +250. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Ansell played #7 Gregg Bigourdin (Winnipeg MB) and lost 360 to 428 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 14-9, +182. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Ansell played #3 Victor S Torres (Murray, UT) and lost 416 to 441 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 14-10, +157. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Ansell played #20 David Garcia (Pendleton, SC) and lost 426 to 450 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 14-11, +133.
Round 26		Ansell played #43 Thomas Tremont (Santa Rosa, CA) and won 534 to 295 (a spread of 239). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 15-11, +372. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Ansell played #41 Olinga Flisock (Mansfield, PA) and won 401 to 254 (a spread of 147). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 16-11, +519.
Round 28		Ansell played #66 Jane Geary (Glendale, AZ) and lost 292 to 399 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 16-12, +412.
Round 29		Ansell played #16 Marvin Kraus (Newton, MA) and lost 321 to 406 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 16-13, +327.
Round 30		Ansell played #54 Diane Weinerman (Minneapolis, MN) and won 395 to 352 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 17-13, +370.
Round 31		Ansell played #16 Marvin Kraus (Newton, MA) again and lost 411 to 425 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 17-14, +356.

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