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WESPAC 2017: Lakshan Wanniarachchi [#82]

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On this page, you will find information about Lakshan Wanniarachchi, who is competing at the World English-language Scrabble Players Association Championship 2017. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 19-13, +908, and is ranked #18.

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): Lakshan Surname(s): Wanniarachchi Home: Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka Awards: 2002 2003 2005 Sri Lanka NSC; (5 times) Premier Players; (4 times) Scrabble Player of the Year Hobbies: Playing softball, cricket and touch rugby, reading WESPA Championship 2017 Team: Sri Lanka

Round by Round
High score: 626 Average for: 441 Average against: 413
Round 1	Canada	Wanniarachchi played #22 Shan Abbasi (CAN) and lost 464 to 556 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #93. Current record: 0-1, -92.
Round 2	Singapore	Wanniarachchi played #76 Siu Hean Cheah (SGP) and lost 472 to 474 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #93. Current record: 0-2, -94.
Round 3	United States	Wanniarachchi played #100 Daniel Milton (USA) and won 448 to 364 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 1-2, -10.
Round 4	United States	Wanniarachchi played #97 Steve Polatnick (USA) and won 508 to 469 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 2-2, +29.
Round 5	Nigeria	Wanniarachchi played #117 Dayo Tayo (NGA) and won 531 to 392 (a spread of 139). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 3-2, +168.
Round 6	United States	Wanniarachchi played #103 Tobey Roland (USA) and won 465 to 248 (a spread of 217). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 4-2, +385. Wanniarachchi is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7	Singapore	Wanniarachchi played #77 Andy Kurnia (SGP) and won 395 to 382 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-2, +398.
Round 8	Nigeria	Wanniarachchi played #62 Nsikak Solomon Etim (NGA) and lost 416 to 491 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 5-3, +323.
Round 9	Kenya	Wanniarachchi played #41 Willy Mwangi (KEN) and lost 342 to 462 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 5-4, +203.
Round 10	Ghana	Wanniarachchi played #33 Edwin Boama (GHA) and lost 391 to 447 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 5-5, +147.
Round 11	Trinidad and Tobago	Wanniarachchi played #88 Leslie Charles (TTO) and won 559 to 302 (a spread of 257). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 6-5, +404.
Round 12	Nigeria	Wanniarachchi played #116 Mpakaboari Jack (NGA) and won 390 to 365 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 7-5, +429.
Round 13	Zambia	Wanniarachchi played #106 Patrick Mulemena Mpundu (ZMB) and won 455 to 452 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 8-5, +432.
Round 14	Zambia	Wanniarachchi played #109 Justin Chansa (ZMB) and won 626 to 310 (a spread of 316). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-5, +748. Wanniarachchi is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15	Nigeria	Wanniarachchi played #64 Ben Quickpen (NGA) and won 350 to 348 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 10-5, +750.
Round 16	England	Wanniarachchi played #123 Mark Nyman (Eng) and won 458 to 395 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 11-5, +813. Wanniarachchi is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17	Nigeria	Wanniarachchi played #61 Eta Karo (NGA) and lost 438 to 485 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 11-6, +766. Wanniarachchi is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 18	Nigeria	Wanniarachchi played #59 Moses Moses Peter (NGA) and won 434 to 322 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-6, +878. Wanniarachchi is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19	Kenya	Wanniarachchi played #39 Patrick Gitonga Nderitu (KEN) and lost 406 to 485 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 12-7, +799.
Round 20	United States	Wanniarachchi played #99 Dave Wiegand (USA) and lost 420 to 484 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 12-8, +735.
Round 21	New Zealand	Wanniarachchi played #58 Howard Warner (NZL) and lost 391 to 455 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 12-9, +671.
Round 22	Canada	Wanniarachchi played #16 Adam Logan (CAN) and lost 407 to 442 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 12-10, +636.
Round 23	Canada	Wanniarachchi played #18 Mohammad Sulaiman (CAN) and lost 366 to 419 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 12-11, +583.
Round 24	Australia	Wanniarachchi played #7 Bob Jackman (AUS) and won 421 to 406 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 13-11, +598.
Round 25	New Zealand	Wanniarachchi played #52 Joanne Craig (NZL) and won 439 to 433 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 14-11, +604.
Round 26	Pakistan	Wanniarachchi played #70 Waseem Khatri (PAK) and won 426 to 390 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 15-11, +640.
Round 27	India	Wanniarachchi played #35 Goutham Jayaraman (IND) and lost 360 to 433 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 15-12, +567.
Round 28	Malaysia	Wanniarachchi played #49 Kien Hung Yeo (MYS) and won 535 to 365 (a spread of 170). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 16-12, +737.
Round 29	United States	Wanniarachchi played #98 Evans Clinchy (USA) and won 452 to 392 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 17-12, +797.
Round 30	Uganda	Wanniarachchi played #90 Geria Richard (UGA) and won 494 to 366 (a spread of 128). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 18-12, +925.
Round 31	Singapore	Wanniarachchi played #75 Weibin Toh (SGP) and lost 396 to 418 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 18-13, +903.
Round 32	Nigeria	Wanniarachchi played #63 Olatunde Oduwole (NGA) and won 456 to 451 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 19-13, +908.

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