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November 19–23, 2014

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SCT 2014: Joel Wapnick [#101]

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On this page, you will find information about Joel Wapnick, who is competing at the 2014 Scrabble Champions Tournament. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 14-10, +718, and is ranked #23.

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): Joel Surname(s): Wapnick Home: Montreal, QC, Canada Awards: 1999 World Champion; 1983 North American Champion; 1998 Canadian Champion Hobbies: Fiction writing Occupation: university professor SCT 2014 Team: Canada

Round by Round
High score: 578 Average for: 435 Average against: 405
Round 1	England	Wapnick played #82 Beverley Robertshaw (Eng) and won 557 to 420 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 1-0, +137.
Round 2	England	Wapnick played #63 John Mayhew (Eng) and lost 402 to 496 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 1-1, +43.
Round 3	United States	Wapnick played #73 Steve Polatnick (USA) and won 578 to 318 (a spread of 260). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 2-1, +303.
Round 4	Scotland	Wapnick played #37 Simon Gillam (Sco) and lost 411 to 432 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 2-2, +282.
Round 5	United States	Wapnick played #30 Becky Dyer (USA) and lost 334 to 578 (a spread of -244). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 2-3, +38.
Round 6	United States	Wapnick played #104 Walker Willingham (USA) and won 423 to 306 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 3-3, +155.
Round 7	Japan	Wapnick played #36 Warodom Geamsakul (JPN) and won 554 to 289 (a spread of 265). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 4-3, +420.
Round 8	Sweden	Wapnick played #6 Gunnar Andersson (SWE) and won 474 to 269 (a spread of 205). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-3, +625. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 9	United States	Wapnick played #52 David Koenig (USA) and lost 351 to 516 (a spread of -165). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 5-4, +460.
Round 10	United States	Wapnick played #26 Jesse Day (USA) and won 383 to 302 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 6-4, +541.
Round 11	United States	Wapnick played #47 Jason Keller (USA) and won 465 to 404 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 7-4, +602.
Round 12	England	Wapnick played #70 Steve Perry (Eng) and won 505 to 339 (a spread of 166). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-4, +768.
Round 13	United States	Wapnick played #21 Evans Clinchy (USA) and lost 316 to 421 (a spread of -105). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 8-5, +663.
Round 14	England	Wapnick played #51 Terry Kirk (Eng) and lost 383 to 384 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-6, +662.
Round 15	England	Wapnick played #5 Paul Allan (Eng) and won 503 to 328 (a spread of 175). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 9-6, +837.
Round 16	Bahrain	Wapnick played #91 Irfan Siddiqui (BHR) and lost 422 to 464 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 9-7, +795.
Round 17	Canada	Wapnick played #13 Evan Berofsky (CAN) and lost 370 to 578 (a spread of -208). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 9-8, +587. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18	Philippines	Wapnick played #81 Odette Carmina Rio (PHL) and won 476 to 434 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 10-8, +629.
Round 19	Australia	Wapnick played #79 Karen Richards (AUS) and won 441 to 403 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 11-8, +667.
Round 20	England	Wapnick played #22 Ian Coventry (Eng) and won 482 to 423 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12-8, +726.
Round 21	England	Wapnick played #40 Graham Haigh (Eng) and won 497 to 358 (a spread of 139). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 13-8, +865.
Round 22	Canada	Wapnick played #61 Jesse Matthews (CAN) and won 403 to 393 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 14-8, +875.
Round 23	Malaysia	Wapnick played #10 Vannitha Balasingam (MYS) and lost 386 to 422 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 14-9, +839.
Round 24	New Zealand	Wapnick played #80 Nigel Richards (NZL) and lost 315 to 436 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 14-10, +718.

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