WSC 2007: Gareth Williams [#105]

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WSC 2007: Gareth Williams [#105]

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On this page, you will find information about Gareth Williams, 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 14-10, +419, and is ranked #19.

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 Gareth Williams]

Given name(s): Gareth
Surname(s): Williams
Home: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Awards: 1989 BMSC; 1992 Prestige; (4th) 1993 WSC; 1996 UK Masters; ABSP GM
Hobbies: History
Occupation: Lecturer
WSC 1993 Rank: 4
WSC 1995 Rank: 34
WSC 1997 Rank: 26
WSC 1999 Rank: 34
WSC 2001 Rank: 34
WSC 2003 Rank: 32
WSC 2005 Rank: 5
2007 World SCRABBLE® Championship Team: Wales

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: 513 Average for: 412 Average against: 394
Before the Tournament		Williams is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 1	India	Williams played #25 Mohan Chunkath (IND) and lost 332 to 408 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 0-1, -76.
Round 2	Kenya	Williams played #98 Francis Wachira (KEN) and won 472 to 404 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 1-1, -8. Williams is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3	Romania	Williams played #94 Adrian Tamas (ROM) and won 503 to 372 (a spread of 131). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 2-1, +123.
Round 4	United States	Williams played #63 Rod MacNeil (USA) and lost 392 to 436 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 2-2, +79.
Round 5	Kuwait	Williams played #81 Shakir Reshamwala (KWT) and won 450 to 331 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-2, +198.
Round 6	Kenya	Williams played #39 Michael Gongolo (KEN) and lost 330 to 426 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 3-3, +102.
Round 7	Australia	Williams played #36 Andrew Fisher (AUS) and lost 310 to 516 (a spread of -206). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 3-4, -104.
Round 8	Singapore	Williams played #24 Jie Ming Benjamin Chow (SGP) and lost 362 to 363 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #73. Current record: 3-5, -105.
Round 9	Philippines	Williams played #66 Teodoro Martus (PHL) and won 513 to 274 (a spread of 239). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 4-5, +134.
Round 10	India	Williams played #42 Varisht Hingorani (IND) and lost 344 to 519 (a spread of -175). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 4-6, -41.
Round 11	Wales	Williams played #73 Shane O'Neill (Wal) and won 472 to 364 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 5-6, +67.
Round 12	Scotland	Williams played #90 Allan Simmons (Sco) and won 466 to 316 (a spread of 150). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 6-6, +217.
Round 13	Philippines	Williams played #28 Ronald Credo (PHL) and lost 384 to 407 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 6-7, +194.
Round 14	Pakistan	Williams played #46 Wajid Iqbal (PAK) and won 399 to 395 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 7-7, +198.
Round 15	Canada	Williams played #87 Dean Saldanha (CAN) and lost 345 to 416 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 7-8, +127.
Round 16	England	Williams played #52 Wayne Kelly (Eng) and won 440 to 397 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 8-8, +170.
Round 17	England	Williams played #57 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Eng) and won 451 to 399 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 9-8, +222.
Round 18	England	Williams played #78 Adam Philpotts (Eng) and won 404 to 337 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 10-8, +289.
Round 19	Scotland	Williams played #4 Paul Allan (Sco) and won 455 to 281 (a spread of 174). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 11-8, +463.
Round 20	United States	Williams played #55 Jim Kramer (USA) and lost 389 to 450 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-9, +402.
Round 21	Australia	Williams played #34 Naween Fernando (AUS) and won 401 to 376 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 12-9, +427.
Round 22	England	Williams played #84 Phil Robertshaw (Eng) and won 416 to 396 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 13-9, +447.
Round 23	World Champion	Williams played #62 Adam Logan (Wsc) and lost 377 to 512 (a spread of -135). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 13-10, +312.
Round 24	Thailand	Williams played #19 Gerald Carter (THA) and won 475 to 368 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 14-10, +419.

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