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Aniekan B. Uwan [#157] at 2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship

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On this page, you will find information about Aniekan B. Uwan, who is a contestant in Division 3 at the 2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship, held July 31st - August 5th in New Orleans, LA. This page is updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight CDT. Uwan currently has a record of 15-15, +360, and is ranked #79 in Division 3.

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

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Given name(s): Aniekan B.
Surname(s): Uwan
Home: Santa Clara, CA, United States
Age: 36
Hobbies: Soccer, Table-tennis, board games. Oh yes, scrabble.

 

Career History

5-year record against other players at this event7-9 (0.438) 
Past 1-12 months7-9 (0.438)WWW L WW LLL W LLLLL W
Past 13-24 monthsno games
Past 25-36 monthsno games
Past 37-48 monthsno games
Past 49-60 monthsno games

 

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round

High score: 506
Average for: 392
Average against: 380

Round 1

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Uwan played #8 Mitch Bayersdorfer (Menlo Park, CA) and won 435 to 375 (a spread of 60) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Bayersdorfer in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #42.

Current record: 1-0, +60.

Round 2

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Uwan played #1 James Abbott (Chicago, IL) and won 411 to 393 (a spread of 18) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Abbott in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 2-0, +78.

Round 3

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Uwan played #58 Kathy Gray (Annapolis, MD) and lost 403 to 472 (a spread of -69) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Gray in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #79.

Current record: 2-1, +9.

Round 4

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Uwan played #129 Angelina Scroggins (Minneapolis, MN) and lost 368 to 383 (a spread of -15) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Scroggins in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #82.

Current record: 2-2, -6.

Round 5

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Uwan played #135 Raymond Slaughter (Louisville, KY) and won 483 to 415 (a spread of 68) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Slaughter in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #63.

Current record: 3-2, +62.

Round 6

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Uwan played #31 Michelle Davis (Fort Worth, TX) and won 432 to 265 (a spread of 167) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Davis in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #36.

Current record: 4-2, +229.

Round 7

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Uwan played #43 Arthur Finkle (Coral Gables, FL) and lost 361 to 367 (a spread of -6) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Finkle in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #52.

Current record: 4-3, +223.

Round 8

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Uwan played #131 Brian Sebastian (Cincinnati, OH) and lost 378 to 387 (a spread of -9) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Sebastian in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #71.

Current record: 4-4, +214.

Round 9

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Uwan played #98 Lynne Mitchnick (North Bergen, NJ) and won 506 to 342 (a spread of 164) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Mitchnick in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #48.

Current record: 5-4, +378.

Round 10

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Uwan played #85 Tim Margolis (Silver Spring, MD) and won 434 to 313 (a spread of 121) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Margolis in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #31.

Current record: 6-4, +499.

Round 11

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Uwan played #126 Teresa Schaeffer (Potomac, MD) and won 402 to 299 (a spread of 103) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Schaeffer in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #25.

Current record: 7-4, +602.

Round 12

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Uwan played #39 Linda Espallardo (Cote Saint-Luc QC) and lost 373 to 402 (a spread of -29) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Espallardo in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #38.

Current record: 7-5, +573.

Round 13

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Uwan played #169 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 364 to 399 (a spread of -35) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Zxqkj in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #48.

Current record: 7-6, +538.

Round 14

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Uwan played #19 Woody Chen (Flushing, NY) and lost 360 to 453 (a spread of -93) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Chen in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #69.

Current record: 7-7, +445.

Round 15

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Uwan played #165 Charmaine Wolfe (North Tonawanda, NY) and won 426 to 330 (a spread of 96) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Wolfe in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 8-7, +541.

Round 16

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Uwan played #4 Francis Anum (Raleigh, NC) and lost 248 to 468 (a spread of -220) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Anum in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #74.

Current record: 8-8, +321.

Uwan is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).

Round 17

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Uwan played #167 Ellis Wyer (La Jolla, CA) and won 312 to 291 (a spread of 21) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Wyer in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #60.

Current record: 9-8, +342.

Round 18

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Uwan played #150 Paul Thornton (Spring, TX) and won 414 to 380 (a spread of 34) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Thornton in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #48.

Current record: 10-8, +376.

Round 19

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Uwan played #29 Scott Davies (Pearland, TX) and lost 357 to 458 (a spread of -101) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Davies in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #66.

Current record: 10-9, +275.

Round 20

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Uwan played #1 James Abbott (Chicago, IL) and lost 345 to 406 (a spread of -61) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Abbott in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #80.

Current record: 10-10, +214.

Round 21

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Uwan played #26 Bruce Cramer (Grand Island, NY) and lost 317 to 370 (a spread of -53) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Cramer in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #93.

Current record: 10-11, +161.

Round 22

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Uwan played #89 Heather McCall (Toronto ON) and lost 378 to 491 (a spread of -113) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played McCall in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #103.

Current record: 10-12, +48.

Round 23

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Uwan played #108 Chris Ofstad (Antioch, CA) and lost 406 to 460 (a spread of -54) .

The last time these two played was 2004-04 at: OAKLAND, CA

Uwan's record vs. Ofstad in the 5 years leading up to this event: 1-2 (0.333).
Past 1-12 months: WLL.
Past 13-24 months: no games.
Past 25-36 months: no games.
Past 37-48 months: no games.
Past 49-60 months: no games.

Current ranking: #114.

Current record: 10-13, -6.

Round 24

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Uwan played #32 Carole Denton (New Carrollton, MD) and won 449 to 311 (a spread of 138) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Denton in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #101.

Current record: 11-13, +132.

Round 25

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Uwan played #11 Lee Brooks (Lawton, OK) and won 446 to 305 (a spread of 141) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Brooks in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #89.

Current record: 12-13, +273.

Round 26

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Uwan played #70 Robert Kilpatrick (Washington, DC) and won 391 to 363 (a spread of 28) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Kilpatrick in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #83.

Current record: 13-13, +301.

Round 27

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Uwan played #90 April McCarley (Austin, TX) and won 442 to 347 (a spread of 95) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played McCarley in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #66.

Current record: 14-13, +396.

Round 28

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Uwan played #45 Karen Fishman (Stamford, CT) and won 398 to 335 (a spread of 63) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Fishman in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 15-13, +459.

Round 29

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Uwan played #1 James Abbott (Chicago, IL) and lost 346 to 419 (a spread of -73) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Abbott in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #73.

Current record: 15-14, +386.

Round 30

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Uwan played #21 Gary Cleaveland (Carolina Beach, NC) and lost 382 to 408 (a spread of -26) .

Before this event, Uwan had not played Cleaveland in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #79.

Current record: 15-15, +360.


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