SPC 2025: Asif Ali [2-36]

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On this page, you will find information about Asif Ali, 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, -90, and is ranked #31 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): Asif Surname(s): Ali Home: NORMAN, OK, United States Hobbies: scrabble

Round by Round
High score: 499 Average for: 380 Average against: 383
Round 1		Ali played #30 Robin Lewis (Houston, TX) and won 390 to 378 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 1-0, +12.
Round 2		Ali played #6 Mark Garrod (Lansing, MI) and won 462 to 395 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-0, +79. Ali is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Ali played #67 Shelley Kirk (Wyoming, OH) and won 403 to 401 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-0, +81. Ali is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Ali played #37 Daniel Stock (Medina, OH) and won 433 to 384 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-0, +130.
Round 5		Ali played #7 Joe South (Schertz, TX) and lost 342 to 403 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-1, +69. Ali is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Ali played #39 Arnie Horowitz (Framingham, MA) and won 387 to 295 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5-1, +161. Ali is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 7		Ali played #16 Emmett Brosowsky (Washington, DC) and lost 325 to 392 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-2, +94.
Round 8		Ali played #38 John Wilder (Arlington, VA) and lost 322 to 412 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 5-3, +4. Ali is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Ali played #26 Kristy Zurbrick (Dublin, OH) and won 351 to 331 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-3, +24.
Round 10		Ali played #3 Evan Chester (Southampton, PA) and lost 370 to 462 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 6-4, -68.
Round 11		Ali played #34 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and lost 414 to 439 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 6-5, -93.
Round 12		Ali played #8 Robert DeSimone (Norwalk, CT) and lost 352 to 477 (a spread of -125). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 6-6, -218.
Round 13		Ali played #20 Ed Liebfried (East Kingston, NH) and won 369 to 308 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 7-6, -157.
Round 14		Ali played #5 Adam Henderson (Seattle, WA) and lost 318 to 429 (a spread of -111). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 7-7, -268.
Round 15		Ali played #29 Kevin Nai (Wilmington, DE) and lost 370 to 458 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 7-8, -356.
Round 16		Ali played #51 Sheikh K Dukuly (Liberia) and lost 286 to 474 (a spread of -188). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 7-9, -544.
Round 17		Ali played #28 Jay Levin (Teaneck, NJ) and lost 344 to 370 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 7-10, -570.
Round 18		Ali played #59 Verna Richards Berg (New York, NY) and won 369 to 318 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 8-10, -519.
Round 19		Ali played #11 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and won 484 to 266 (a spread of 218). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 9-10, -301.
Round 20		Ali played #63 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 380 to 398 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 9-11, -319.
Round 21		Ali played #32 Bruce D Ambrosio (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 372 to 427 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 9-12, -374.
Round 22		Ali played #65 Arthur Finkle (Coral Gables, FL) and lost 322 to 426 (a spread of -104). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 9-13, -478.
Round 23		Ali played #60 Benjamin Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) and won 377 to 329 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 10-13, -430.
Round 24		Ali played #50 Gary Perman (Blairsville, PA) and won 481 to 294 (a spread of 187). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 11-13, -243.
Round 25		Ali played #66 Edward Stewart (Ellicott City, MD) and won 402 to 400 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 12-13, -241.
Round 26		Ali played #18 Kevin Leeds (Austin, TX) and lost 306 to 439 (a spread of -133). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 12-14, -374.
Round 27		Ali played #46 David Gremaud (St. Louis, MO) and won 499 to 269 (a spread of 230). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 13-14, -144.
Round 28		Ali played #57 Clay Herron (Dover, DE) and lost 301 to 463 (a spread of -162). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 13-15, -306.
Round 29		Ali played #22 Joe Petree (Secane, PA) and won 454 to 318 (a spread of 136). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 14-15, -170.
Round 30		Ali played #12 Patrick Beatrez (North Olmsted, OH) and won 418 to 365 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 15-15, -117.
Round 31		Ali played #31 Gary Skowronski (Okemos, MI) and won 372 to 345 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 16-15, -90.

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