WSC 2007: Phil Appleby [#8]

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WSC 2007: Phil Appleby [#8]

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On this page, you will find information about Phil Appleby, who is competing at the 2007 World SCRABBLE® Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 13-11, -538, and is ranked #43.

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

[photo of Phil Appleby]

Given name(s): Phil
Surname(s): Appleby
Home: Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Awards: 1990 BMSC; 1991 UK NSC; 1993 UK Masters; 3 times UK top-rated player; 2003 2006 BEST
Hobbies: Golf, Football, Travel, Good food
Occupation: Technical Editor
NSC 1990 Division: 1
NSC 1990 Rank: 75/176, 14-13 +208
WSC 1991 Rank: 33
WSC 1995 Rank: 12
WSC 1999 Rank: 14
WSC 2003 Rank: 14
WSC 2005 Rank: 41
2007 World SCRABBLE® Championship Team: England

Rank Diagram

Tournament Ups and Downs

Each pole is labelled at the top with the tournament round. The player’s rank that round is shown below.

[rank diagram]
See legend

Round by Round
High score: 544 Average for: 414 Average against: 437
Before the Tournament		Appleby is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 1	Canada	Appleby played #100 Joel Wapnick (CAN) and lost 311 to 485 (a spread of -174). Current ranking: #96. Current record: 0-1, -174.
Round 2	England	Appleby played #31 Di Dennis (Eng) and won 428 to 383 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #74. Current record: 1-1, -129.
Round 3	Philippines	Appleby played #66 Teodoro Martus (PHL) and won 458 to 387 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 2-1, -58.
Round 4	Canada	Appleby played #12 Evan Berofsky (CAN) and won 427 to 416 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 3-1, -47. Appleby is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 5	Nigeria	Appleby played #96 Emmanuel Umujose (NGA) and won 453 to 419 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 4-1, -13.
Round 6	United States	Appleby played #37 Marty Gabriel (USA) and lost 336 to 549 (a spread of -213). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-2, -226.
Round 7	Canada	Appleby played #15 David Boys (CAN) and lost 359 to 530 (a spread of -171). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 4-3, -397.
Round 8	Romania	Appleby played #94 Adrian Tamas (ROM) and won 462 to 450 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-3, -385.
Round 9	United States	Appleby played #79 Steve Polatnick (USA) and won 400 to 385 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 6-3, -370.
Round 10	South Africa	Appleby played #76 Lanre Oyekunle (ZAF) and lost 444 to 524 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 6-4, -450.
Round 11	United States	Appleby played #72 John O'Laughlin (USA) and lost 338 to 591 (a spread of -253). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 6-5, -703.
Round 12	England	Appleby played #84 Phil Robertshaw (Eng) and lost 347 to 469 (a spread of -122). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 6-6, -825.
Round 13	Oman	Appleby played #61 Ralph Lobo (OMN) and lost 370 to 441 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 6-7, -896.
Round 14	Scotland	Appleby played #90 Allan Simmons (Sco) and lost 416 to 435 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #80. Current record: 6-8, -915.
Round 15	Australia	Appleby played #68 Christopher May (AUS) and won 427 to 364 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 7-8, -852.
Round 16	Australia	Appleby played #47 Bob Jackman (AUS) and won 454 to 328 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 8-8, -726.
Round 17	United States	Appleby played #20 Amit Chakrabarti (USA) and won 516 to 396 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 9-8, -606.
Round 18	Pakistan	Appleby played #93 Mohammad Sulaiman (PAK) and lost 358 to 501 (a spread of -143). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 9-9, -749.
Round 19	New Zealand	Appleby played #17 Lynne Butler (NZL) and won 419 to 394 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 10-9, -724.
Round 20	United States	Appleby played #95 Geoff Thevenot (USA) and lost 375 to 445 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 10-10, -794.
Round 21	Canada	Appleby played #43 Ron Hoekstra (CAN) and won 438 to 320 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 11-10, -676.
Round 22	Australia	Appleby played #34 Naween Fernando (AUS) and lost 398 to 481 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 11-11, -759.
Round 23	England	Appleby played #57 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Eng) and won 544 to 406 (a spread of 138). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 12-11, -621.
Round 24	Bahrain	Appleby played #106 Mohammed Zafar Ali (BHR) and won 464 to 381 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 13-11, -538.

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