WSC 2011: Chrys Placca [#69]

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WSC 2011: Chrys Placca [#69]

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On this page, you will find information about Chrys Placca, who is competing at the 2011 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 17-17, +313, and is ranked #54.

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): Chrys Surname(s): Placca Home: Accra, Ghana Awards: 1998 1999 2008 Ghana NSC; 2006 2008 Grandmaster Hobbies: Playing piano and organ, sports enthusiast, cats Occupation: Teacher WSC 1995 Rank: 28 WSC 2001 Rank: alt WSC 2003 Rank: 40 WSC 2005 Rank: 22 2011 World SCRABBLE® Championship Team: Ghana

Round by Round
High score: 566 Average for: 417 Average against: 408
Round 1	Canada	Placca played #54 Adam Logan (CAN) and lost 377 to 402 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 0-1, -25.
Round 2	Scotland	Placca played #82 Neil Scott (Sco) and won 456 to 386 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 1-1, +45.
Round 3	Canada	Placca played #10 David Boys (CAN) and lost 417 to 475 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 1-2, -13. Placca is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 4	United States	Placca played #9 Brian Bowman (USA) and lost 235 to 517 (a spread of -282). Current ranking: #95. Current record: 1-3, -295. Placca is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 5	Wales	Placca played #34 Neil Green (Wal) and lost 412 to 436 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #99. Current record: 1-4, -319.
Round 6	Singapore	Placca played #70 Ricky Purnomo (SGP) and lost 404 to 490 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #101. Current record: 1-5, -405.
Round 7	Scotland	Placca played #31 Simon Gillam (Sco) and won 566 to 357 (a spread of 209). Current ranking: #87. Current record: 2-5, -196.
Round 8	Singapore	Placca played #85 Tony Sim (SGP) and lost 364 to 419 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #94. Current record: 2-6, -251.
Round 9	France	Placca played #8 Herve Bohbot (FRA) and lost 350 to 412 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #101. Current record: 2-7, -313. Placca is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 10	Sweden	Placca played #2 Gunnar Andersson (SWE) and won 530 to 368 (a spread of 162). Current ranking: #93. Current record: 3-7, -151.
Round 11	Germany, Federal Republic of	Placca played #7 Ben Berger (DEU) and won 476 to 341 (a spread of 135). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 4-7, -16.
Round 12	Poland	Placca played #68 Bartosz Pieta (POL) and won 430 to 365 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #68. Current record: 5-7, +49.
Round 13	Poland	Placca played #21 Rafal Dominiczak (POL) and lost 355 to 466 (a spread of -111). Current ranking: #78. Current record: 5-8, -62. Placca is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 14	Poland	Placca played #103 Zbigniew Wieckowski (POL) and won 453 to 331 (a spread of 122). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 6-8, +60.
Round 15	Poland	Placca played #95 Wojtek Usakiewicz (POL) and won 456 to 271 (a spread of 185). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 7-8, +245.
Round 16	Netherlands	Placca played #22 Suzanne Dundas (NLD) and won 461 to 435 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 8-8, +271. Placca is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 17	England	Placca played #100 David Webb (Eng) and lost 424 to 473 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 8-9, +222.
Round 18	United States	Placca played #83 Joel Sherman (USA) and lost 362 to 482 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 8-10, +102.
Round 19	South Africa	Placca played #23 Dylan Early (ZAF) and won 482 to 451 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 9-10, +133.
Round 20	Singapore	Placca played #94 Weibin Toh (SGP) and lost 447 to 527 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 9-11, +53.
Round 21	Pakistan	Placca played #41 Wajid Iqbal (PAK) and won 544 to 250 (a spread of 294). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 10-11, +347.
Round 22	England	Placca played #24 Calum Edwards (Eng) and won 414 to 290 (a spread of 124). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 11-11, +471.
Round 23	United States	Placca played #17 Laurie Cohen (USA) and won 491 to 320 (a spread of 171). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 12-11, +642.
Round 24	South Africa	Placca played #40 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (ZAF) and lost 342 to 466 (a spread of -124). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 12-12, +518.
Round 25	South Africa	Placca played #36 Steven Gruzd (ZAF) and lost 388 to 404 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 12-13, +502. Placca is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 26	India	Placca played #35 Udayan Grover (IND) and lost 355 to 440 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 12-14, +417.
Round 27	Israel	Placca played #16 Evan Cohen (ISR) and won 391 to 368 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 13-14, +440.
Round 28	United States	Placca played #49 Jim Kramer (USA) and lost 332 to 451 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 13-15, +321.
Round 29	New Zealand	Placca played #93 Blue Thorogood (NZL) and won 449 to 324 (a spread of 125). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 14-15, +446.
Round 30	Australia	Placca played #26 Naween Fernando (AUS) and lost 358 to 621 (a spread of -263). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 14-16, +183.
Round 31	Ireland	Placca played #99 Feargal Weatherhead (IRL) and won 416 to 314 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 15-16, +285.
Round 32	Barbados	Placca played #12 Orlet Bullock (BRB) and won 410 to 336 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 16-16, +359.
Round 33	United States	Placca played #64 John OLaughlin (USA) and won 468 to 402 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 17-16, +425.
Round 34	New Zealand	Placca played #18 Joanne Craig (NZL) and lost 365 to 477 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 17-17, +313.

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