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WESPAC 2023: Matthew Tunnicliffe [#116]

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On this page, you will find information about Matthew Tunnicliffe, 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 18-14, +906, and is ranked #29.

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): Matthew
Surname(s): Tunnicliffe
Home: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Occupation: Technical Writer
WESPA Championship 2023 Team: Canada

Round by Round

High score: 586
Average for: 444
Average against: 416

Round 1

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England

Tunnicliffe played #119 Bob Violett (Eng) and won 516 to 355 (a spread of 161).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 1-0, +161.

Round 2

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England

Tunnicliffe played #10 Femi Awowade (Eng) and lost 379 to 443 (a spread of -64).

Current ranking: #48.

Current record: 1-1, +97.

Round 3

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United States

Tunnicliffe played #71 Chris Lipe (USA) and won 462 to 388 (a spread of 74).

Current ranking: #31.

Current record: 2-1, +171.

Round 4

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Qatar

Tunnicliffe played #143 Maria Christine Caoile (QAT) and won 586 to 304 (a spread of 282).

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 3-1, +453.

Round 5

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United States

Tunnicliffe played #95 Stefan Rau (USA) and won 452 to 392 (a spread of 60).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 4-1, +513.

Round 6

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Nigeria

Tunnicliffe played #137 Emmanuel Ofidi (NGA) and lost 417 to 528 (a spread of -111).

Current ranking: #21.

Current record: 4-2, +402.

Round 7

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United States

Tunnicliffe played #103 Ben Schoenbrun (USA) and won 405 to 403 (a spread of 2).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 5-2, +404.

Round 8

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Scotland

Tunnicliffe played #5 Paul Allan (Sco) and won 448 to 363 (a spread of 85).

Current ranking: #13.

Current record: 6-2, +489.

Round 9

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Australia

Tunnicliffe played #43 Russell Honeybun (AUS) and lost 394 to 419 (a spread of -25).

Current ranking: #19.

Current record: 6-3, +464.

Round 10

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Nigeria

Tunnicliffe played #46 Bright Idahosa (NGA) and won 577 to 284 (a spread of 293).

Current ranking: #13.

Current record: 7-3, +757.

Round 11

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Australia

Tunnicliffe played #74 Sally Martin (AUS) and won 562 to 438 (a spread of 124).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 8-3, +881.

Round 12

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Thailand

Tunnicliffe played #118 Norases Vesdapunt (THA) and lost 393 to 407 (a spread of -14).

Current ranking: #13.

Current record: 8-4, +867.

Round 13

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Singapore

Tunnicliffe played #121 Wee Ming Hui Hubert (SGP) and lost 364 to 470 (a spread of -106).

Current ranking: #22.

Current record: 8-5, +761.

Round 14

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Malaysia

Tunnicliffe played #127 Yeo Kien Hung (MYS) and won 460 to 350 (a spread of 110).

Current ranking: #16.

Current record: 9-5, +871.

Round 15

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Nigeria

Tunnicliffe played #34 Olawale Fashina (NGA) and won 493 to 341 (a spread of 152).

Current ranking: #11.

Current record: 10-5, +1023.

Round 16

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Canada

Tunnicliffe played #72 Adam Logan (CAN) and won 462 to 456 (a spread of 6).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 11-5, +1029.

Round 17

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England

Tunnicliffe played #66 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Eng) and lost 362 to 586 (a spread of -224).

Current ranking: #13.

Current record: 11-6, +805.

Round 18

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United States

Tunnicliffe played #109 Alec Sjoholm (USA) and lost 454 to 507 (a spread of -53).

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 11-7, +752.

Round 19

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Australia

Tunnicliffe played #16 Anand Bharadwaj (AUS) and won 547 to 322 (a spread of 225).

Current ranking: #11.

Current record: 12-7, +977.

Round 20

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Singapore

Tunnicliffe played #115 Weibin Toh (SGP) and won 441 to 434 (a spread of 7).

Current ranking: #10.

Current record: 13-7, +984.

Round 21

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United States

Tunnicliffe played #126 Dave Wiegand (USA) and lost 352 to 356 (a spread of -4).

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 13-8, +980.

Round 22

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Canada

Tunnicliffe played #68 Tony Leah (CAN) and won 407 to 384 (a spread of 23).

Current ranking: #11.

Current record: 14-8, +1003.

Round 23

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Northern Ireland

Tunnicliffe played #55 Rik Kennedy (NIr) and won 474 to 354 (a spread of 120).

Current ranking: #10.

Current record: 15-8, +1123.

Round 24

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United States

Tunnicliffe played #126 Dave Wiegand (USA) again and lost 410 to 449 (a spread of -39).

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 15-9, +1084.

Round 25

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United States

Tunnicliffe played #108 Austin Shin (USA) and won 474 to 399 (a spread of 75).

Current ranking: #12.

Current record: 16-9, +1159.

Round 26

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Ghana

Tunnicliffe played #112 Charles Haizel Tachie-Menson (GHA) and lost 443 to 481 (a spread of -38).

Current ranking: #17.

Current record: 16-10, +1121.

Round 27

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Canada

Tunnicliffe played #72 Adam Logan (CAN) again and lost 417 to 481 (a spread of -64).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 16-11, +1057.

Round 28

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Canada

Tunnicliffe played #15 Evan Berofsky (CAN) and lost 404 to 456 (a spread of -52).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 16-12, +1005.

Round 29

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Singapore

Tunnicliffe played #92 Wolfram Poh (SGP) and won 456 to 409 (a spread of 47).

Current ranking: #20.

Current record: 17-12, +1052.

Round 30

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Nigeria

Tunnicliffe played #32 Nsikak Solomon Etim (NGA) and lost 425 to 467 (a spread of -42).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 17-13, +1010.

Round 31

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England

Tunnicliffe played #19 Jason Carney (Eng) and won 391 to 373 (a spread of 18).

Current ranking: #23.

Current record: 18-13, +1028.

Round 32

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Nigeria

Tunnicliffe played #31 Nwali Enoch (NGA) and lost 385 to 507 (a spread of -122).

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 18-14, +906.