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WESPAC 2023: Dave Wiegand [#126]

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On this page, you will find information about Dave Wiegand, who is competing at the World English-language Scrabble Players Association Championship 2023. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 21-11, +743, and is ranked #9.

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

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Given name(s): Dave
Surname(s): Wiegand
Home: Portland, OR, United States
Awards: (9th) 2001 WSC; (2nd) 1994 (3rd) 2000 (6th) 2002 NSC (1st) 2005 NSC; 2004-05 Seattle, WA; 2004-06 SWILLINS; 2004-09 Portland and numerous other Western US tournament
Hobbies: Anagrams, hot sauce
Occupation: Mortgage Underwriter
WESPA Championship 2023 Team: United States

Round by Round

High score: 547
Average for: 447
Average against: 424

Round 1

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Australia

Wiegand played #74 Sally Martin (AUS) and won 424 to 414 (a spread of 10).

Current ranking: #61.

Current record: 1-0, +10.

Round 2

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England

Wiegand played #44 Stewart Houten (Eng) and won 456 to 336 (a spread of 120).

Current ranking: #27.

Current record: 2-0, +130.

Round 3

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India

Wiegand played #107 Anuj Shetty (IND) and won 489 to 324 (a spread of 165).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 3-0, +295.

Round 4

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Australia

Wiegand played #43 Russell Honeybun (AUS) and lost 393 to 466 (a spread of -73).

Current ranking: #21.

Current record: 3-1, +222.

Round 5

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Nigeria

Wiegand played #76 Tuoyo Mayuku (NGA) and lost 338 to 475 (a spread of -137).

Current ranking: #50.

Current record: 3-2, +85.

Round 6

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United States

Wiegand played #71 Chris Lipe (USA) and lost 454 to 466 (a spread of -12).

Current ranking: #59.

Current record: 3-3, +73.

Round 7

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England

Wiegand played #10 Femi Awowade (Eng) and won 485 to 404 (a spread of 81).

Current ranking: #44.

Current record: 4-3, +154.

Round 8

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Singapore

Wiegand played #93 Marlon Prudencio (SGP) and won 454 to 372 (a spread of 82).

Current ranking: #32.

Current record: 5-3, +236.

Round 9

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Singapore

Wiegand played #121 Wee Ming Hui Hubert (SGP) and lost 491 to 520 (a spread of -29).

Current ranking: #45.

Current record: 5-4, +207.

Round 10

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United States

Wiegand played #108 Austin Shin (USA) and won 484 to 395 (a spread of 89).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 6-4, +296.

Round 11

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Australia

Wiegand played #48 Bob Jackman (AUS) and lost 386 to 459 (a spread of -73).

Current ranking: #51.

Current record: 6-5, +223.

Round 12

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South Africa

Wiegand played #38 Steven Gruzd (ZAF) and won 485 to 396 (a spread of 89).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 7-5, +312.

Round 13

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United States

Wiegand played #70 Robert Linn (USA) and lost 418 to 494 (a spread of -76).

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 7-6, +236.

Round 14

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Nigeria

Wiegand played #87 Prince Omosefe (NGA) and won 454 to 387 (a spread of 67).

Current ranking: #41.

Current record: 8-6, +303.

Round 15

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United States

Wiegand played #106 Puneet Sharma (USA) and won 440 to 386 (a spread of 54).

Current ranking: #33.

Current record: 9-6, +357.

Round 16

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Nigeria

Wiegand played #31 Nwali Enoch (NGA) and lost 400 to 482 (a spread of -82).

Current ranking: #44.

Current record: 9-7, +275.

Round 17

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Malta

Wiegand played #27 David Delicata (MLT) and won 488 to 382 (a spread of 106).

Current ranking: #31.

Current record: 10-7, +381.

Round 18

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Hong Kong

Wiegand played #91 Brian Po (HKG) and won 485 to 310 (a spread of 175).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 11-7, +556.

Round 19

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United States

Wiegand played #133 Nick Ball (USA) and won 527 to 502 (a spread of 25).

Current ranking: #13.

Current record: 12-7, +581.

Round 20

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Nigeria

Wiegand played #84 Olatunde Oduwole (NGA) and won 498 to 402 (a spread of 96).

Current ranking: #12.

Current record: 13-7, +677.

Round 21

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Canada

Wiegand played #116 Matthew Tunnicliffe (CAN) and won 356 to 352 (a spread of 4).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 14-7, +681.

Round 22

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Australia

Wiegand played #30 David Eldar (AUS) and lost 385 to 388 (a spread of -3).

Current ranking: #12.

Current record: 14-8, +678.

Round 23

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Malaysia

Wiegand played #12 Vannitha Balasingam (MYS) and won 487 to 464 (a spread of 23).

Current ranking: #12.

Current record: 15-8, +701.

Round 24

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Canada

Wiegand played #116 Matthew Tunnicliffe (CAN) again and won 449 to 410 (a spread of 39).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 16-8, +740.

Round 25

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England

Wiegand played #66 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Eng) and won 526 to 498 (a spread of 28).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 17-8, +768.

Round 26

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United States

Wiegand played #109 Alec Sjoholm (USA) and won 526 to 450 (a spread of 76).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 18-8, +844.

Round 27

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United States

Wiegand played #6 Will Anderson (USA) and won 547 to 483 (a spread of 64).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 19-8, +908.

Round 28

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Nigeria

Wiegand played #49 Wellington Jighere (NGA) and won 407 to 365 (a spread of 42).

Current ranking: #3.

Current record: 20-8, +950.

Round 29

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Nigeria

Wiegand played #49 Wellington Jighere (NGA) again and won 430 to 428 (a spread of 2).

Current ranking: #3.

Current record: 21-8, +952.

Round 30

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Australia

Wiegand played #30 David Eldar (AUS) again and lost 375 to 407 (a spread of -32).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 21-9, +920.

Round 31

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England

Wiegand played #66 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Eng) again and lost 352 to 468 (a spread of -116).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 21-10, +804.

Round 32

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England

Wiegand played #73 Lewis Mackay (Eng) and lost 428 to 489 (a spread of -61).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 21-11, +743.