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WESPAC 2023: Bright Idahosa [#46]

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On this page, you will find information about Bright Idahosa, who is competing at the World English-language Scrabble Players Association Championship 2023. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 17-15, -655, and is ranked #56.

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

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Given name(s): Bright
Surname(s): Idahosa
Home: Nigeria
WESPA Championship 2023 Team: Nigeria

Round by Round

High score: 497
Average for: 405
Average against: 425

Round 1

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Singapore

Idahosa played #93 Marlon Prudencio (SGP) and won 459 to 358 (a spread of 101).

Current ranking: #22.

Current record: 1-0, +101.

Round 2

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United States

Idahosa played #13 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (USA) and won 423 to 415 (a spread of 8).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 2-0, +109.

Round 3

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Canada

Idahosa played #18 Jason Broersma (CAN) and won 421 to 409 (a spread of 12).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 3-0, +121.

Round 4

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Nigeria

Idahosa played #84 Olatunde Oduwole (NGA) and lost 397 to 497 (a spread of -100).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 3-1, +21.

Round 5

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Nigeria

Idahosa played #52 Eta Karo (NGA) and won 482 to 368 (a spread of 114).

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 4-1, +135.

Round 6

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Northern Ireland

Idahosa played #55 Rik Kennedy (NIr) and won 458 to 396 (a spread of 62).

Current ranking: #17.

Current record: 5-1, +197.

Round 7

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United States

Idahosa played #37 Kevin Fraley (USA) and lost 320 to 455 (a spread of -135).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 5-2, +62.

Round 8

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Australia

Idahosa played #16 Anand Bharadwaj (AUS) and won 497 to 338 (a spread of 159).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 6-2, +221.

Round 9

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United States

Idahosa played #95 Stefan Rau (USA) and won 490 to 427 (a spread of 63).

Current ranking: #11.

Current record: 7-2, +284.

Round 10

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Canada

Idahosa played #116 Matthew Tunnicliffe (CAN) and lost 284 to 577 (a spread of -293).

Current ranking: #23.

Current record: 7-3, -9.

Round 11

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United States

Idahosa played #85 Samson Okosagah (USA) and lost 317 to 355 (a spread of -38).

Current ranking: #34.

Current record: 7-4, -47.

Round 12

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United States

Idahosa played #123 David Whitley (USA) and lost 292 to 618 (a spread of -326).

Current ranking: #53.

Current record: 7-5, -373.

Round 13

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Nigeria

Idahosa played #32 Nsikak Solomon Etim (NGA) and lost 318 to 570 (a spread of -252).

Current ranking: #69.

Current record: 7-6, -625.

Round 14

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Singapore

Idahosa played #94 Ricky Purnomo (SGP) and lost 375 to 492 (a spread of -117).

Current ranking: #79.

Current record: 7-7, -742.

Round 15

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United States

Idahosa played #53 Jason Keller (USA) and lost 403 to 477 (a spread of -74).

Current ranking: #93.

Current record: 7-8, -816.

Round 16

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England

Idahosa played #8 John Ashmore (Eng) and won 442 to 370 (a spread of 72).

Current ranking: #81.

Current record: 8-8, -744.

Round 17

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England

Idahosa played #10 Femi Awowade (Eng) and lost 345 to 527 (a spread of -182).

Current ranking: #89.

Current record: 8-9, -926.

Round 18

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Canada

Idahosa played #139 Dean Saldanha (CAN) and lost 417 to 479 (a spread of -62).

Current ranking: #96.

Current record: 8-10, -988.

Round 19

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Kenya

Idahosa played #4 Wenwa Akinyi (KEN) and won 442 to 324 (a spread of 118).

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 9-10, -870.

Round 20

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England

Idahosa played #86 Fidelis Olotu (Eng) and won 407 to 371 (a spread of 36).

Current ranking: #75.

Current record: 10-10, -834.

Round 21

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Nigeria

Idahosa played #138 Opeyemi Oloro (NGA) and won 490 to 388 (a spread of 102).

Current ranking: #63.

Current record: 11-10, -732.

Round 22

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Australia

Idahosa played #74 Sally Martin (AUS) and won 465 to 328 (a spread of 137).

Current ranking: #58.

Current record: 12-10, -595.

Round 23

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Australia

Idahosa played #33 Cameron Farlow (AUS) and won 456 to 395 (a spread of 61).

Current ranking: #47.

Current record: 13-10, -534.

Round 24

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United States

Idahosa played #103 Ben Schoenbrun (USA) and lost 378 to 435 (a spread of -57).

Current ranking: #56.

Current record: 13-11, -591.

Round 25

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Scotland

Idahosa played #5 Paul Allan (Sco) and lost 430 to 473 (a spread of -43).

Current ranking: #65.

Current record: 13-12, -634.

Round 26

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England

Idahosa played #19 Jason Carney (Eng) and lost 422 to 424 (a spread of -2).

Current ranking: #76.

Current record: 13-13, -636.

Round 27

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Singapore

Idahosa played #92 Wolfram Poh (SGP) and lost 333 to 436 (a spread of -103).

Current ranking: #84.

Current record: 13-14, -739.

Round 28

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Malaysia

Idahosa played #127 Yeo Kien Hung (MYS) and won 383 to 374 (a spread of 9).

Current ranking: #71.

Current record: 14-14, -730.

Round 29

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Zambia

Idahosa played #136 Patrick Mulemena Mpundu (ZMB) and won 462 to 399 (a spread of 63).

Current ranking: #63.

Current record: 15-14, -667.

Round 30

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England

Idahosa played #54 Wayne Kelly (Eng) and won 396 to 278 (a spread of 118).

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 16-14, -549.

Round 31

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United States

Idahosa played #82 Matthew O'Connor (USA) and lost 328 to 458 (a spread of -130).

Current ranking: #64.

Current record: 16-15, -679.

Round 32

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Zambia

Idahosa played #21 Justin Chansa (ZMB) and won 423 to 399 (a spread of 24).

Current ranking: #56.

Current record: 17-15, -655.