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October 21-24, 2003

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Moshood Olasunkanmi Sanni [#54] at WSC 2003

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Congratulations to the new World Champion, Panupol Sujjayakorn. Panupol beat Pakorn Nemitrmansuk in an exciting best-of-five series, 418-380, 384-495, 470-514, 446-433 and 444-387.

 

Background Information

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Given name(s): Moshood Olasunkanmi
Surname(s): Sanni
Home: Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Age: 36
Awards: African Champion, African Grandmaster, series of national scrabble tournaments; 1995 Nigerian NSC
Hobbies: Scrabble, football, reading
Occupation: Marketing
WSC 2003 Team: Nigeria

 

 

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round

High score: 536
Average for: 422
Average against: 397

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In round Round 1, Sanni played #38 John O'Laughlin (Hartland, WI) and won 471 to 349 (a spread of 122).

Current ranking: #11.

Current record: 1-0, +122.

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In round Round 2, Sanni played #52 Michael Arthur Quao (Ghana) and won 400 to 387 (a spread of 13).

Current ranking: #13.

Current record: 2-0, +135.

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In round Round 3, Sanni played #65 Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) and lost 348 to 424 (a spread of -76).

Current ranking: #30.

Current record: 2-1, +59.

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In round Round 4, Sanni played #82 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 335 to 464 (a spread of -129).

Current ranking: #52.

Current record: 2-2, -70.

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In round Round 5, Sanni played #67 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Nigeria) and won 416 to 396 (a spread of 20).

Current ranking: #38.

Current record: 3-2, -50.

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In round Round 6, Sanni played #06 Andrew Golding (Montreal QC) and won 509 to 365 (a spread of 144).

Current ranking: #23.

Current record: 4-2, +94.

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In round Round 7, Sanni played #87 Tony Sim (Singapore) and lost 413 to 416 (a spread of -3).

Current ranking: #31.

Current record: 4-3, +91.

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In round Round 8, Sanni played #47 Lakshan Wanniarachchi (Sri Lanka) and won 400 to 392 (a spread of 8).

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 5-3, +99.

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In round Round 9, Sanni played #69 Ricardo V Gonzalez (Gulf Champion) and won 434 to 307 (a spread of 127).

Current ranking: #17.

Current record: 6-3, +226.

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In round Round 10, Sanni played #35 Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN) and lost 368 to 492 (a spread of -124).

Current ranking: #26.

Current record: 6-4, +102.

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In round Round 11, Sanni played #44 Komol Panyasoponlert (Thailand) and won 534 to 423 (a spread of 111).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 7-4, +213.

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In round Round 12, Sanni played #04 Andrew Davis (England) and lost 352 to 461 (a spread of -109).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 7-5, +104.

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In round Round 13, Sanni played #18 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) and won 393 to 336 (a spread of 57).

Current ranking: #20.

Current record: 8-5, +161.

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In round Round 14, Sanni played #27 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and won 463 to 456 (a spread of 7).

Current ranking: #17.

Current record: 9-5, +168.

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In round Round 15, Sanni played #41 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and won 485 to 393 (a spread of 92).

Current ranking: #12.

Current record: 10-5, +260.

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In round Round 16, Sanni played #05 Andrew Fisher (Australia) and won 386 to 375 (a spread of 11).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 11-5, +271.

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In round Round 17, Sanni played #04 Andrew Davis (England) and lost 394 to 401 (a spread of -7).

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 11-6, +264.

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In round Round 18, Sanni played #74 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 427 to 318 (a spread of 109).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 12-6, +373.

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In round Round 19, Sanni played #55 Naween Tharanga Fernando (Sri Lanka) and lost 383 to 403 (a spread of -20).

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 12-7, +353.

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In round Round 20, Sanni played #35 Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN) and lost 403 to 480 (a spread of -77).

Current ranking: #20.

Current record: 12-8, +276.

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In round Round 21, Sanni played #27 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and lost 402 to 428 (a spread of -26).

Current ranking: #26.

Current record: 12-9, +250.

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In round Round 22, Sanni played #16 David Delicata (Malta) and won 536 to 357 (a spread of 179).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 13-9, +429.

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In round Round 23, Sanni played #60 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and lost 401 to 406 (a spread of -5).

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 13-10, +424.

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In round Round 24, Sanni played #07 Andy Kurnia (Singapore) and won 465 to 308 (a spread of 157).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 14-10, +581.


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