SPC 2025: Cesar Del Solar [1-10]

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On this page, you will find information about Cesar Del Solar, who is competing at the 2025 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 16-15, +653, and is ranked #26 in Division 1.

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): Cesar Surname(s): Del Solar Home: Stamford, CT, United States Awards: 1st place at the JFTSOI tournament Hobbies: Guitar, music, programming, making awkward conversation-stopping comments Occupation: software engineer

Round by Round
High score: 575 Average for: 420 Average against: 399
Round 1		Del Solar played #51 Noah Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 391 to 337 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 1-0, +54.
Round 2		Del Solar played #32 Randy Hersom (Thomasville, NC) and won 419 to 348 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-0, +125.
Round 3		Del Solar played #25 Karl Higby (Schenectady, NY) and lost 425 to 513 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 2-1, +37.
Round 4		Del Solar played #22 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 320 to 451 (a spread of -131). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 2-2, -94.
Round 5		Del Solar played #40 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and won 538 to 329 (a spread of 209). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-2, +115. Del Solar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Del Solar played #16 Kevin Fraley (San Jose, CA) and lost 356 to 477 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 3-3, -6.
Round 7		Del Solar played #28 Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY) and lost 386 to 448 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 3-4, -68.
Round 8		Del Solar played #45 Timothy Bottorff (Owings Mills, MD) and won 437 to 434 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 4-4, -65.
Round 9		Del Solar played #30 Samuel Kaplan (Roslyn Heights, NY) and won 575 to 279 (a spread of 296). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-4, +231.
Round 10		Del Solar played #21 Mike Frentz (San Mateo, CA) and lost 352 to 514 (a spread of -162). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 5-5, +69.
Round 11		Del Solar played #3 Ian Weinstein (coral springs, FL) and lost 425 to 482 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 5-6, +12.
Round 12		Del Solar played #50 Hank Hees (Saskatoon SK) and won 487 to 328 (a spread of 159). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 6-6, +171.
Round 13		Del Solar played #17 Joe Edley (San Francisco, CA) and won 462 to 293 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 7-6, +340.
Round 14		Del Solar played #46 Peter Schwartzman (Galesburg, IL) and lost 384 to 409 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 7-7, +315.
Round 15		Del Solar played #29 Marlon Hill (Randallstown, MD) and won 440 to 305 (a spread of 135). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 8-7, +450.
Round 16		Del Solar played #36 Brandon Randall (New Haven, CT) and won 372 to 345 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9-7, +477.
Round 17		Del Solar played #37 Noah Berger (Berkeley, CA) and lost 380 to 474 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 9-8, +383.
Round 18		Del Solar played #35 Jeremy Hall (New York, NY) and lost 346 to 443 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 9-9, +286.
Round 19		Del Solar played #42 Jonathan Lindh (Chicago, IL) and won 399 to 393 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 10-9, +292.
Round 20		Del Solar played #11 Zachary Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 380 to 473 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 10-10, +199.
Round 21		Del Solar played #14 Rafi Stern (Portland, OR) and lost 396 to 513 (a spread of -117). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 10-11, +82.
Round 22		Del Solar played #27 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and lost 351 to 365 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 10-12, +68.
Round 23		Del Solar played #34 Edward De Guzman (San Francisco, CA) and won 442 to 293 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 11-12, +217.
Round 24		Del Solar played #44 Mike Baron (Corrales, NM) and won 417 to 415 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12-12, +219.
Round 25		Del Solar played #49 Froilan Mendoza (Scarsdale, NY) and won 455 to 409 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 13-12, +265.
Round 26		Del Solar played #24 David Spargo (South Burlington, VT) and lost 371 to 404 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 13-13, +232.
Round 27		Del Solar played #54 Mark Miller (King of Prussia, PA) and won 501 to 308 (a spread of 193). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 14-13, +425.
Round 28		Del Solar played #39 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and won 546 to 396 (a spread of 150). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 15-13, +575.
Round 29		Del Solar played #25 Karl Higby (Schenectady, NY) again and lost 375 to 447 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 15-14, +503.
Round 30		Del Solar played #33 Maddy Kamen (Delray Beach, FL) and won 460 to 286 (a spread of 174). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 16-14, +677.
Round 31		Del Solar played #30 Samuel Kaplan (Roslyn Heights, NY) again and lost 436 to 460 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 16-15, +653.

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