SPC 2023: Alec Sjoholm [CSW1-04]

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On this page, you will find information about Alec Sjoholm, 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 20-11, +1294, and is ranked #3 in Division CSW1.

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): Alec Surname(s): Sjoholm Home: Lynnwood, WA, United States Awards: 1st place 2019 NASC Hobbies: Scrabble

Round by Round
High score: 606 Average for: 459 Average against: 418
Round 1		Sjoholm played #7 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and won 536 to 341 (a spread of 195). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 1-0, +195. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Sjoholm played #33 Paul Richards (Australia) and won 541 to 257 (a spread of 284). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +479. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 3		Sjoholm played #23 Carmel Dodd (Australia) and won 540 to 346 (a spread of 194). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 3-0, +673. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 4		Sjoholm played #2 David Eldar (Australia) and lost 370 to 407 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 3-1, +636. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Sjoholm played #11 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 440 to 457 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 3-2, +619. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Sjoholm played #1 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and won 488 to 431 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-2, +676. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Sjoholm played #9 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) and lost 385 to 506 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 4-3, +555.
Round 8		Sjoholm played #45 Donna Stanton (England) and won 449 to 409 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-3, +595. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Sjoholm played #13 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 474 to 388 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 6-3, +681. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Sjoholm played #49 Eta Karo (Nigeria) and won 489 to 396 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-3, +774. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Sjoholm played #53 Olatunde Oduwole (Nigeria) and won 528 to 360 (a spread of 168). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-3, +942. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Sjoholm played #37 Wellington Jighere (Nigeria) and lost 376 to 507 (a spread of -131). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-4, +811. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Sjoholm played #8 Joanne Craig (New Zealand) and won 461 to 435 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 9-4, +837. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Sjoholm played #15 Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) and won 493 to 370 (a spread of 123). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 10-4, +960.
Round 15		Sjoholm played #10 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and won 498 to 425 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 11-4, +1033. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Sjoholm played #2 David Eldar (Australia) again and lost 433 to 449 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 11-5, +1017. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Sjoholm played #9 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) again and lost 374 to 500 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 11-6, +891. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Sjoholm played #21 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) and won 455 to 446 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 12-6, +900. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Sjoholm played #37 Wellington Jighere (Nigeria) again and won 578 to 371 (a spread of 207). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 13-6, +1107.
Round 20		Sjoholm played #53 Olatunde Oduwole (Nigeria) again and lost 393 to 462 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 13-7, +1038. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Sjoholm played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 570 to 403 (a spread of 167). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 14-7, +1205.
Round 22		Sjoholm played #42 Oshevire Avwenagha (Nigeria) and won 446 to 423 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 15-7, +1228. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Sjoholm played #51 Opeyemi Oloro (NGA) and won 448 to 393 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 16-7, +1283. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Sjoholm played #49 Eta Karo (Nigeria) again and won 424 to 416 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 17-7, +1291. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Sjoholm played #15 Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) again and won 452 to 429 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 18-7, +1314. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 26		Sjoholm played #37 Wellington Jighere (Nigeria) for the third time and lost 413 to 426 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 18-8, +1301.
Round 27		Sjoholm played #2 David Eldar (Australia) for the third time and won 427 to 384 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19-8, +1344.
Round 28		Sjoholm played #2 David Eldar (Australia) for the fourth time and lost 357 to 537 (a spread of -180). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19-9, +1164. Sjoholm is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 29		Sjoholm played #41 Prince Omosefe (Nigeria) and won 606 to 378 (a spread of 228). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 20-9, +1392.
Round 30		Sjoholm played #53 Olatunde Oduwole (Nigeria) for the third time and lost 377 to 452 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 20-10, +1317.
Round 31		Sjoholm played #53 Olatunde Oduwole (Nigeria) for the fourth time and lost 418 to 441 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 20-11, +1294.

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