WSC 2007: Di Dennis [#31]

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WSC 2007: Di Dennis [#31]

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On this page, you will find information about Di Dennis, 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 12-12, +534, and is ranked #45.

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): Di Surname(s): Dennis Home: Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Awards: 1992 UK Masters Hobbies: Reading Occupation: Company director WSC 1993 Rank: 19 WSC 2003 Rank: 27 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.

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Round by Round
High score: 561 Average for: 422 Average against: 399
Before the Tournament		Dennis is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 1	Australia	Dennis played #47 Bob Jackman (AUS) and lost 386 to 425 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 0-1, -39.
Round 2	England	Dennis played #8 Phil Appleby (Eng) and lost 383 to 428 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #81. Current record: 0-2, -84.
Round 3	Ireland	Dennis played #2 Olajide Ademola Ajayi (IRL) and lost 363 to 395 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #92. Current record: 0-3, -116.
Round 4	New Zealand	Dennis played #101 Howard Warner (NZL) and lost 338 to 446 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #98. Current record: 0-4, -224.
Round 5	Japan	Dennis played #67 Manabu Matsuda (JPN) and lost 367 to 440 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #102. Current record: 0-5, -297.
Round 6	Japan	Dennis played #56 Kunihiko Kuroda (JPN) and won 469 to 283 (a spread of 186). Current ranking: #93. Current record: 1-5, -111.
Round 7	Sri Lanka	Dennis played #5 Asanka Amarasinghe (LKA) and won 470 to 361 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 2-5, -2.
Round 8	France	Dennis played #14 Herve Bohbot (FRA) and won 459 to 326 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 3-5, +131.
Round 9	Uganda	Dennis played #71 Chris Ntege (UGA) and won 477 to 329 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 4-5, +279.
Round 10	South Africa	Dennis played #44 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (ZAF) and lost 409 to 422 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 4-6, +266.
Round 11	Zambia	Dennis played #49 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (ZMB) and lost 409 to 454 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 4-7, +221.
Round 12	Malta	Dennis played #29 Jojo Delia (MLT) and won 432 to 362 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 5-7, +291. Dennis is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 13	India	Dennis played #25 Mohan Chunkath (IND) and lost 367 to 413 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 5-8, +245.
Round 14	Netherlands	Dennis played #16 Anand Buddhdev (NLD) and won 561 to 323 (a spread of 238). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 6-8, +483.
Round 15	Kenya	Dennis played #64 Joshua Otieno Manase (KEN) and won 392 to 386 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 7-8, +489.
Round 16	Canada	Dennis played #88 Mark Schellenberg (CAN) and won 460 to 393 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 8-8, +556.
Round 17	Canada	Dennis played #12 Evan Berofsky (CAN) and lost 399 to 409 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 8-9, +546.
Round 18	United States	Dennis played #20 Amit Chakrabarti (USA) and lost 431 to 457 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 8-10, +520.
Round 19	England	Dennis played #65 Edward Martin (Eng) and lost 415 to 444 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 8-11, +491.
Round 20	United States	Dennis played #53 Mark Kenas (USA) and lost 310 to 597 (a spread of -287). Current ranking: #78. Current record: 8-12, +204.
Round 21	Germany, Federal Republic of	Dennis played #48 Llewellin Jegels (DEU) and won 449 to 429 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 9-12, +224.
Round 22	New Zealand	Dennis played #27 Joanne Craig (NZL) and won 433 to 370 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 10-12, +287.
Round 23	United States	Dennis played #80 Daniel Pratt (USA) and won 488 to 420 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 11-12, +355.
Round 24	Singapore	Dennis played #24 Jie Ming Benjamin Chow (SGP) and won 452 to 273 (a spread of 179). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 12-12, +534.
Final Round 1		Dennis is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).

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