SPC 2024: Benjamin Ansell [2-53]

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On this page, you will find information about Benjamin Ansell, who is competing at the 2024 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, +226, and is ranked #20 in Division 2.

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: 478 Average for: 389 Average against: 381
Round 1		Ansell played #11 Joe South (Schertz, TX) and lost 323 to 409 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 0-1, -86.
Round 2		Ansell played #24 Tracy Cobbs (Hartselle, AL) and lost 314 to 496 (a spread of -182). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 0-2, -268.
Round 3		Ansell played #33 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 445 to 438 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 1-2, -261.
Round 4		Ansell played #39 Caesar Jaramillo (Seagraves, TX) and lost 414 to 417 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 1-3, -264.
Round 5		Ansell played #32 Emmett Brosowsky (Washington, DC) and won 435 to 327 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 2-3, -156. Ansell is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Ansell played #37 John Wilder (Arlington, VA) and won 366 to 359 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 3-3, -149.
Round 7		Ansell played #49 Susan Bertoni (Pfafftown, NC) and won 379 to 346 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 4-3, -116.
Round 8		Ansell played #28 Mike Stafford (Columbus, OH) and lost 263 to 393 (a spread of -130). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 4-4, -246.
Round 9		Ansell played #1 Menachem Rosenberg (Galloway, NJ) and lost 364 to 407 (a spread of -43). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 4-5, -289.
Round 10		Ansell played #41 Troy Thompson (Lebanon, IN) and lost 265 to 457 (a spread of -192). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 4-6, -481.
Round 11		Ansell played #45 Cherish Amby-Okolo (Houston, TX) and lost 376 to 430 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 4-7, -535.
Round 12		Ansell played #56 Letitia Sears (Vancouver BC) and won 367 to 288 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 5-7, -456.
Round 13		Ansell played #58 Arthur Finkle (Coral Gables, FL) and won 427 to 281 (a spread of 146). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 6-7, -310.
Round 14		Ansell played #54 Beth Mix (Manchester, CT) and won 446 to 252 (a spread of 194). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 7-7, -116.
Round 15		Ansell played #18 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and won 433 to 352 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 8-7, -35.
Round 16		Ansell played #9 Paul Mulik (Joplin, MO) and won 398 to 364 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-7, -1.
Round 17		Ansell played #25 Sebastian Knowles (Columbus, OH) and won 414 to 303 (a spread of 111). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 10-7, +110.
Round 18		Ansell played #21 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and lost 371 to 446 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 10-8, +35.
Round 19		Ansell played #8 Dave Leifer (Alpharetta, GA) and lost 382 to 433 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 10-9, -16.
Round 20		Ansell played #48 Lisa Perry (Raleigh, NC) and lost 401 to 454 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 10-10, -69.
Round 21		Ansell played #23 Yaacov Barak (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 414 to 362 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 11-10, -17.
Round 22		Ansell played #20 Tom Bond (Everett, WA) and won 472 to 308 (a spread of 164). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 12-10, +147.
Round 23		Ansell played #57 Sheikh K Dukuly (Liberia) and lost 349 to 357 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 12-11, +139.
Round 24		Ansell played #13 Kristy Zurbrick (Dublin, OH) and won 420 to 401 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 13-11, +158.
Round 25		Ansell played #27 Steve Anstandig (Commerce Township, MI) and won 395 to 341 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 14-11, +212.
Round 26		Ansell played #26 Steve Hartsman (Germantown, WI) and won 445 to 377 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 15-11, +280.
Round 27		Ansell played #38 Mark Abadi (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 375 to 437 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 15-12, +218.
Round 28		Ansell played #1 Menachem Rosenberg (Galloway, NJ) again and won 478 to 463 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 16-12, +233.
Round 29		Ansell played #21 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) again and lost 348 to 364 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 16-13, +217.
Round 30		Ansell played #5 Michael Thelen (Newton, MA) and lost 388 to 413 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 16-14, +192.
Round 31		Ansell played #57 Sheikh K Dukuly (Liberia) again and won 383 to 349 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 17-14, +226.

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