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November 19–23, 2014

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SCT 2014: Dan Sandu [#87]

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On this page, you will find information about Dan Sandu, 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 10-14, -748, and is ranked #88.

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): Dan Surname(s): Sandu Home: Bucharest, Romania Awards: 1995-2005 Romanian English-language champion Hobbies: Computers, Chess, Puzzles, UFOs SCT 2014 Team: Romania

Round by Round
High score: 499 Average for: 382 Average against: 413
Round 1	Scotland	Sandu played #7 Piotr Andronowski (Sco) and lost 405 to 439 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 0-1, -34.
Round 2	Poland	Sandu played #28 Rafal Dominiczak (POL) and lost 378 to 453 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #79. Current record: 0-2, -109.
Round 3	United States	Sandu played #109 Cecilia Le (USA) and lost 385 to 476 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #92. Current record: 0-3, -200.
Round 4	Slovakia	Sandu played #94 Viliam Snabel (SVK) and won 418 to 331 (a spread of 87). Current ranking: #77. Current record: 1-3, -113.
Round 5	England	Sandu played #22 Ian Coventry (Eng) and won 404 to 356 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 2-3, -65.
Round 6	Australia	Sandu played #79 Karen Richards (AUS) and lost 398 to 429 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 2-4, -96.
Round 7	United States	Sandu played #77 Terry Kang Rau (USA) and lost 390 to 411 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 2-5, -117.
Round 8	Ghana	Sandu played #88 Kwaku Sapong (GHA) and won 473 to 370 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #73. Current record: 3-5, -14.
Round 9	Ireland	Sandu played #64 Maurice McParland (IRL) and lost 374 to 415 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #81. Current record: 3-6, -55.
Round 10	Romania	Sandu played #16 Catalin Caba (ROM) and won 436 to 409 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 4-6, -28.
Round 11	England	Sandu played #92 Sumbul Siddiqui (Eng) and won 418 to 348 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 5-6, +42.
Round 12	United States	Sandu played #65 Sandy Nang (USA) and won 440 to 386 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 6-6, +96.
Round 13	Nigeria	Sandu played #3 Toke Aka (NGA) and won 369 to 352 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 7-6, +113.
Round 14	Malaysia	Sandu played #108 Jin Chor Tan (MYS) and lost 320 to 451 (a spread of -131). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 7-7, -18.
Round 15	New Zealand	Sandu played #80 Nigel Richards (NZL) and lost 254 to 438 (a spread of -184). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 7-8, -202. Sandu is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16	England	Sandu played #48 Wayne Kelly (Eng) and lost 412 to 491 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #73. Current record: 7-9, -281.
Round 17	England	Sandu played #86 Neil Rowley (Eng) and lost 311 to 458 (a spread of -147). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 7-10, -428.
Round 18	United States	Sandu played #54 Robert Linn (USA) and won 360 to 359 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 8-10, -427.
Round 19	United States	Sandu played #30 Becky Dyer (USA) and lost 361 to 442 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 8-11, -508.
Round 20	New Zealand	Sandu played #15 Cicely Bruce (NZL) and won 499 to 342 (a spread of 157). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 9-11, -351.
Round 21	United States	Sandu played #2 Tim Adamson (USA) and lost 328 to 426 (a spread of -98). Current ranking: #83. Current record: 9-12, -449.
Round 22	England	Sandu played #57 Ruth MacInerney (Eng) and won 445 to 338 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 10-12, -342.
Round 23	Malaysia	Sandu played #100 Alex Tan (MYS) and lost 289 to 527 (a spread of -238). Current ranking: #80. Current record: 10-13, -580.
Round 24	England	Sandu played #97 Donna Stanton (Eng) and lost 301 to 469 (a spread of -168). Current ranking: #88. Current record: 10-14, -748.

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