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
	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 event	7-9 (0.438)
Past 1-12 months	7-9 (0.438)	WWW L WW LLL W LLLLL 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

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 506 Average for: 392 Average against: 380
Round 1		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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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