SPC 2024: Leslie Charles [CSW1-15]

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On this page, you will find information about Leslie Charles, 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 14-17, +129, and is ranked #26 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): Leslie Surname(s): Charles Home: Trincity, Trinidad and Tobago Awards: 1994 2004 2005 National Champion; 2006 Regional Champion Hobbies: Reading

Round by Round
High score: 546 Average for: 421 Average against: 418
Round 1		Charles played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and won 546 to 370 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 1-0, +176. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 2		Charles played #31 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and won 403 to 400 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 2-0, +179. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 3		Charles played #7 Josh Sokol (Montreal QC) and lost 362 to 388 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-1, +153. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 4		Charles played #12 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 398 to 451 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 2-2, +100.
Round 5		Charles played #30 Joe Roberdeau (Cincinnati, OH) and lost 344 to 471 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-3, -27.
Round 6		Charles played #23 Wenwa Akinyi (Kenya) and won 443 to 342 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 3-3, +74. Charles is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Charles played #16 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 416 to 470 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 3-4, +20.
Round 8		Charles played #14 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 320 to 491 (a spread of -171). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 3-5, -151.
Round 9		Charles played #13 Winter (Houston, TX) and won 393 to 384 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 4-5, -142.
Round 10		Charles played #4 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 436 to 468 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 4-6, -174.
Round 11		Charles played #20 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 478 to 411 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-6, -107.
Round 12		Charles played #28 Kaia (Weston, WV) and won 399 to 352 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-6, -60.
Round 13		Charles played #22 Mohammad Sulaiman (Shreveport, LA) and lost 375 to 386 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-7, -71.
Round 14		Charles played #21 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and lost 456 to 461 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 6-8, -76.
Round 15		Charles played #35 Kaveri Warriar (Dyer, IN) and won 452 to 373 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-8, +3.
Round 16		Charles recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 8-8, +53.
Round 17		Charles played #33 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and won 439 to 364 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 9-8, +128.
Round 18		Charles played #24 James Porter (Mazeppa, MN) and won 493 to 380 (a spread of 113). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10-8, +241.
Round 19		Charles played #34 Cheryl Melvin (Grand Rapids, MI) and won 447 to 378 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 11-8, +310.
Round 20		Charles played #27 Roger Cullman (Toronto ON) and lost 398 to 418 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-9, +290.
Round 21		Charles played #6 Ben Schoenbrun (New Rochelle, NY) and lost 444 to 475 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 11-10, +259.
Round 22		Charles played #26 Terry Kang (Slingerlands, NY) and lost 391 to 435 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 11-11, +215.
Round 23		Charles played #29 Emily Brodeur (Nashville, TN) and lost 435 to 440 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 11-12, +210.
Round 24		Charles played #8 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and lost 320 to 507 (a spread of -187). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 11-13, +23.
Round 25		Charles played #25 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) and won 508 to 411 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 12-13, +120.
Round 26		Charles played #14 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) again and lost 383 to 423 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 12-14, +80.
Round 27		Charles played #29 Emily Brodeur (Nashville, TN) again and lost 426 to 455 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 12-15, +51.
Round 28		Charles played #24 James Porter (Mazeppa, MN) again and won 509 to 316 (a spread of 193). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 13-15, +244.
Round 29		Charles played #20 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) again and won 439 to 386 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 14-15, +297.
Round 30		Charles played #28 Kaia (Weston, WV) again and lost 372 to 463 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 14-16, +206.
Round 31		Charles played #30 Joe Roberdeau (Cincinnati, OH) again and lost 408 to 485 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 14-17, +129.

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