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Shannon Burns [#22] at 2005 Canadian National SCRABBLE® Championship

Congratulations to the first-ever two-time Canadian Champion, Adam Logan!

On this page, you will find information about Shannon Burns, who is a contestant in at the 2005 Canadian National SCRABBLE® Championship, held June 9–11 at the Great Hall in Toronto. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight EDT. Burns currently has a record of 9-9, -227, and is ranked #27.

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): Shannon Surname(s): Burns Home: Airdrie, AB, Canada Age: 31 Awards: 2004-03 Calgary AB; Member of the National Cartoonists Society Hobbies: Hiking, Bible study, avoiding carpal tunnel syndrome Occupation: Health Records / Graphic Design

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 516 Average for: 391 Average against: 404
Round 1		Burns played #11 Jim Nanavati (Burlington ON) and won 468 to 300 (a spread of 168) . Before this event, Burns had not played Nanavati in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #5. Current record: 1-0, +168. Burns is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Burns is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 2		Burns played #47 Barbara Bultz (Dollard-des-Ormeaux QC) and won 415 to 270 (a spread of 145) . Before this event, Burns had not played Bultz in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #2. Current record: 2-0, +313.
Round 3		Burns played #30 Salvatore Desiato (Toronto ON) and lost 259 to 403 (a spread of -144) . Before this event, Burns had not played Desiato in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-1, +169.
Round 4		Burns played #40 Linda Espallardo (Cote Saint-Luc QC) and won 428 to 361 (a spread of 67) . Before this event, Burns had not played Espallardo in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-1, +236.
Round 5		Burns played #13 Fran Silver (Cote Saint-Luc QC) and lost 322 to 499 (a spread of -177) . Before this event, Burns had not played Silver in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #18. Current record: 3-2, +59. Burns is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Burns is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 6		Burns played #34 Timothy Anglin (Scarborough ON) and lost 399 to 515 (a spread of -116) . Before this event, Burns had not played Anglin in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-3, -57. Burns is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Burns is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 7		Burns played #17 George MacAulay (Saskatoon SK) and lost 393 to 439 (a spread of -46) . Before this event, Burns had not played MacAulay in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #31. Current record: 3-4, -103.
Round 8		Burns played #48 Trevor Sealy (Oshawa ON) and won 428 to 405 (a spread of 23) . Before this event, Burns had not played Sealy in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-4, -80. Burns is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Burns is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 9		Burns played #35 Glenn Mosher (Toronto ON) and won 461 to 349 (a spread of 112) . Before this event, Burns had not played Mosher in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5-4, +32.
Round 10		Burns played #25 Sinna Vijayakumar (Mississauga ON) and won 460 to 392 (a spread of 68) . Before this event, Burns had not played Vijayakumar in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-4, +100.
Round 11		Burns played #28 David Hermanson (Temple City, CA) and won 455 to 392 (a spread of 63) . Before this event, Burns had not played Hermanson in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-4, +163.
Round 12		Burns played #20 Maxim Panitch (Toronto ON) and lost 290 to 354 (a spread of -64) . Before this event, Burns had not played Panitch in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #16. Current record: 7-5, +99.
Round 13		Burns played #39 Carl Madden (Brantford ON) and won 516 to 275 (a spread of 241) . Before this event, Burns had not played Madden in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #11. Current record: 8-5, +340. Burns is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Burns is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 14		Burns played #1 Adam Logan (United Kingdom) and lost 255 to 575 (a spread of -320) . Before this event, Burns had not played Logan in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-6, +20. Burns is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Burns is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 15		Burns played #35 Glenn Mosher (Toronto ON) and lost 410 to 424 (a spread of -14) . Before this event, Burns had not played Mosher in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 8-7, +6.
Round 16		Burns played #19 Albert Hahn (Calgary AB) and lost 318 to 504 (a spread of -186) . Before this event, Burns had not played Hahn in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #25. Current record: 8-8, -180.
Round 17		Burns played #19 Albert Hahn (Calgary AB) and won 374 to 332 (a spread of 42) . Before this event, Burns had not played Hahn in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #22. Current record: 9-8, -138.
Round 18		Burns played #13 Fran Silver (Cote Saint-Luc QC) and lost 393 to 482 (a spread of -89) . Before this event, Burns had not played Silver in at least 0 years. Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-9, -227.
Final Round 2		Burns is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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