SPC 2024: Robert Linn [CSW1-16]

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On this page, you will find information about Robert Linn, 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, +2, and is ranked #17 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): Robert Surname(s): Linn Home: Potomac, MD, United States Awards: 15 Division 1 Tourney wins; 1994 (9th) Thailand; 1989 (3rd) Australian Open Hobbies: tennis, ping pong, travel

Round by Round
High score: 541 Average for: 429 Average against: 431
Round 1		Linn played #17 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) and lost 378 to 485 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 0-1, -107.
Round 2		Linn played #30 Joe Roberdeau (Cincinnati, OH) and lost 431 to 452 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 0-2, -128.
Round 3		Linn played #3 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) and won 449 to 400 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 1-2, -79.
Round 4		Linn played #22 Mohammad Sulaiman (Shreveport, LA) and won 437 to 346 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-2, +12.
Round 5		Linn played #7 Josh Sokol (Montreal QC) and lost 370 to 455 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-3, -73.
Round 6		Linn played #4 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and won 541 to 532 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 3-3, -64. Linn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Linn played #15 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 470 to 416 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 4-3, -10.
Round 8		Linn played #31 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and won 421 to 379 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-3, +32.
Round 9		Linn played #5 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 405 to 452 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-4, -15.
Round 10		Linn played #10 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) and won 479 to 426 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-4, +38.
Round 11		Linn played #11 Thomas Reinke (Middleton, WI) and lost 369 to 490 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-5, -83.
Round 12		Linn played #21 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 434 to 347 (a spread of 87). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 7-5, +4.
Round 13		Linn played #18 Charles Reinke (Madison, WI) and lost 477 to 574 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 7-6, -93.
Round 14		Linn played #20 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 403 to 382 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-6, -72.
Round 15		Linn played #8 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 490 to 406 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-6, +12.
Round 16		Linn played #23 Wenwa Akinyi (Kenya) and won 401 to 336 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 10-6, +77.
Round 17		Linn played #25 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) and lost 406 to 492 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-7, -9.
Round 18		Linn played #6 Ben Schoenbrun (New Rochelle, NY) and won 416 to 371 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-7, +36.
Round 19		Linn played #10 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) again and lost 372 to 425 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-8, -17.
Round 20		Linn played #2 Will Anderson (Lawrenceville, NJ) and lost 393 to 407 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 11-9, -31.
Round 21		Linn played #29 Emily Brodeur (Nashville, TN) and won 473 to 443 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12-9, -1.
Round 22		Linn played #34 Cheryl Melvin (Grand Rapids, MI) and won 539 to 325 (a spread of 214). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13-9, +213.
Round 23		Linn played #28 Kaia (Weston, WV) and lost 366 to 471 (a spread of -105). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13-10, +108.
Round 24		Linn played #12 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 408 to 444 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 13-11, +72.
Round 25		Linn played #3 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) again and lost 424 to 455 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 13-12, +41.
Round 26		Linn recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14-12, +91.
Round 27		Linn played #14 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 454 to 436 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 15-12, +109.
Round 28		Linn played #17 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) again and lost 392 to 445 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 15-13, +56.
Round 29		Linn played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and won 479 to 441 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 16-13, +94. Linn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 30		Linn played #37 Moiz Ullah Baig (Pakistan) and won 420 to 371 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 17-13, +143. Linn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 31		Linn played #10 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) for the third time and lost 374 to 515 (a spread of -141). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 17-14, +2.

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