Christopher Sykes [#79] at USSO 2006

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On this page, you will find information about Christopher Sykes, who is a contestant at the 2006 U.S. SCRABBLE® Open. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. Sykes currently has a record of 13-15, +132, and is ranked #48 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): Christopher Surname(s): Sykes Home: Cambridge, ON, Canada Awards: 3rd Canadian Nationals 2000 Hobbies: nothing in particular Occupation: Computer Programmer/Analyst NSC 2000 Division: 1 NSC 2000 Rank: 67/98, 14-17 -16 WSC 2001 Rank: 32

Career History

7-year record against other players at this event	35-38 (0.479)
Past 1-12 months	11-10 (0.524)	W LL W L WW L W L WW LL W L WW LL W
Past 13-24 months	7-5 (0.583)	L WWWWW LL WW LL
Past 25-36 months	0-1 (0.000)	L
Past 37-48 months	5-8 (0.385)	LLLL WW L WW L W LL
Past 49-60 months	5-5 (0.500)	L W LLL WWW L W
Past 61-72 months	7-9 (0.438)	LLL WWWW L W L W LLLL W
Past 73-84 months	no games

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 549 Average for: 397 Average against: 393
Round 1		Sykes played #36 Cecilia Le (Wilmington, DE) and lost 334 to 475 (a spread of -141). Before this event, Sykes had not played Le in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #71. Current record: 0-1, -141.
Round 2		Sykes played #25 Albert Hahn (Calgary AB) and won 430 to 326 (a spread of 104). The last time these two played was 2000-12 at: CANADIAN NSC 10-18 + Final Sykes’s record vs. Hahn in the 7 years leading up to this event: 1-1 (0.500). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: WL. Past 73-84 months: no games. Current ranking: #41. Current record: 1-1, -37.
Round 3		Sykes played #67 Lester Schonbrun (Oakland, CA) and lost 368 to 391 (a spread of -23). Before this event, Sykes had not played Schonbrun in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #48. Current record: 1-2, -60.
Round 4		Sykes played #73 Ian Weinstein (Coral Springs, FL) and lost 347 to 549 (a spread of -202). Before this event, Sykes had not played Weinstein in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #63. Current record: 1-3, -262.
Round 5		Sykes played #75 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 376 to 461 (a spread of -85). Before this event, Sykes had not played Wiegand in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #69. Current record: 1-4, -347.
Round 6		Sykes played #55 Iffy Onyeonwu (Austin, TX) and won 471 to 359 (a spread of 112). Before this event, Sykes had not played Onyeonwu in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #59. Current record: 2-4, -235.
Round 7		Sykes played #62 Larry Rand (Chandler, AZ) and won 398 to 331 (a spread of 67). Before this event, Sykes had not played Rand in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 3-4, -168.
Round 8		Sykes played #12 Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) and won 393 to 389 (a spread of 4). The last time these two played was 2005-09 at: TORONTO, ONT, CAN Sykes’s record vs. Cree in the 7 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: W. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 4-4, -164.
Round 9		Sykes played #17 Robert Ellickson (New Haven, CT) and lost 392 to 411 (a spread of -19). Before this event, Sykes had not played Ellickson in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 4-5, -183.
Round 10		Sykes played #28 Ron Hoekstra (Kentwood, MI) and lost 352 to 391 (a spread of -39). The last time these two played was 2006-06 at: HAZEL PARK, MI Sykes’s record vs. Hoekstra in the 7 years leading up to this event: 3-6 (0.333). Past 1-12 months: WW. Past 13-24 months: LL. Past 25-36 months: L. Past 37-48 months: LLL. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: W. Past 73-84 months: no games. Current ranking: #55. Current record: 4-6, -222.
Round 11		Sykes played #10 Ira Cohen (Los Angeles, CA) and won 382 to 308 (a spread of 74). Before this event, Sykes had not played Cohen in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #48. Current record: 5-6, -148.
Round 12		Sykes played #38 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and lost 343 to 489 (a spread of -146). Before this event, Sykes had not played Lerman in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #58. Current record: 5-7, -294.
Round 13		Sykes played #74 Jeff Widergren (Morgan Hill, CA) and won 428 to 309 (a spread of 119). Before this event, Sykes had not played Widergren in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #47. Current record: 6-7, -175.
Round 14		Sykes played #31 Jeffrey Kastner (Phoenix, AZ) and lost 393 to 395 (a spread of -2). Before this event, Sykes had not played Kastner in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #53. Current record: 6-8, -177.
Round 15		Sykes played #65 Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY) and lost 344 to 366 (a spread of -22). Before this event, Sykes had not played Rubin in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #58. Current record: 6-9, -199.
Round 16		Sykes played #31 Jeffrey Kastner (Phoenix, AZ) again and won 437 to 346 (a spread of 91). Before this event, Sykes had not played Kastner in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #54. Current record: 7-9, -108.
Round 17		Sykes played #75 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) again and lost 341 to 425 (a spread of -84). Before this event, Sykes had not played Wiegand in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #59. Current record: 7-10, -192.
Round 18		Sykes played #66 Dean Saldanha (Richmond BC) and lost 355 to 520 (a spread of -165). Before this event, Sykes had not played Saldanha in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #66. Current record: 7-11, -357.
Round 19		Sykes played #27 Patrick Hodges (Glendale, AZ) and lost 468 to 506 (a spread of -38). Before this event, Sykes had not played Hodges in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #67. Current record: 7-12, -395.
Round 20		Sykes played #9 Wayne Clifford (Calgary AB) and won 445 to 368 (a spread of 77). Before this event, Sykes had not played Clifford in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #64. Current record: 8-12, -318.
Round 21		Sykes played #74 Jeff Widergren (Morgan Hill, CA) again and won 495 to 329 (a spread of 166). Before this event, Sykes had not played Widergren in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #58. Current record: 9-12, -152.
Round 22		Sykes played #30 Carol Kaplan (San Diego, CA) and won 453 to 282 (a spread of 171). Before this event, Sykes had not played Kaplan in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #51. Current record: 10-12, +19.
Round 23		Sykes played #61 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 317 to 349 (a spread of -32). Before this event, Sykes had not played Polatnick in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #55. Current record: 10-13, -13.
Round 24		Sykes played #22 Jim Geary (Phoenix, AZ) and lost 334 to 460 (a spread of -126). Before this event, Sykes had not played Geary in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #61. Current record: 10-14, -139.
Round 25		Sykes played #78 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 371 to 309 (a spread of 62). The last time these two played was 2005-10 at: LAKE GEORGE, NY Sykes’s record vs. Zxqkj in the 7 years leading up to this event: 1-1 (0.500). Past 1-12 months: L. Past 13-24 months: W. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Current ranking: #55. Current record: 11-14, -77.
Round 26		Sykes played #44 Lewis Martinez (Fresno, CA) and won 451 to 389 (a spread of 62). Before this event, Sykes had not played Martinez in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #48. Current record: 12-14, -15.
Round 27		Sykes played #33 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 362 to 460 (a spread of -98). Before this event, Sykes had not played Kenas in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #56. Current record: 12-15, -113.
Round 28		Sykes played #29 Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) and won 549 to 304 (a spread of 245). The last time these two played was 2003-04 at: CAMBRIDGE, ONT Sykes’s record vs. Kantimathi in the 7 years leading up to this event: 0-1 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: L. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Current ranking: #48. Current record: 13-15, +132.

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