Rasheed Olajide Balogun [#67] at WSC 2003

October 21-24, 2003

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Rasheed Olajide Balogun [#67] at WSC 2003

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
	Given name(s): Rasheed Olajide Surname(s): Balogun Home: Iju-ishaga, Lagos State, Lagos State, Nigeria Age: 29 Awards: PARTICIPATION IN AFRICAN SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP Hobbies: READING, SCRABBLE Occupation: BANKING WSC 2003 Team: Nigeria

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 509 Average for: 410 Average against: 412
		In round Round 1, Balogun played #12 Ben Withers (Lake Jackson, TX) and won 419 to 319 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 1-0, +100.
		In round Round 2, Balogun played #47 Lakshan Wanniarachchi (Sri Lanka) and won 484 to 359 (a spread of 125). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 2-0, +225.
Larger photo available		In round Round 3, Balogun played #41 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and lost 369 to 415 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 2-1, +179.
		In round Round 4, Balogun played #66 Rich Baker (Westhampton Beach, NY) and lost 272 to 518 (a spread of -246). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 2-2, -67.
		In round Round 5, Balogun played #54 Moshood Olasunkanmi Sanni (Nigeria) and lost 396 to 416 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 2-3, -87.
		In round Round 6, Balogun played #25 Ferrer Abordo (Bahrain) and won 431 to 410 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 3-3, -66.
		In round Round 7, Balogun played #03 Aaron Chong (Malaysia) and lost 385 to 399 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 3-4, -80.
		In round Round 8, Balogun played #78 Stewart Holden (England) and lost 413 to 425 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 3-5, -92.
		In round Round 9, Balogun played #60 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and lost 324 to 446 (a spread of -122). Current ranking: #73. Current record: 3-6, -214.
Larger photo available		In round Round 10, Balogun played #62 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (Zambia) and lost 342 to 502 (a spread of -160). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 3-7, -374.
		In round Round 11, Balogun played #38 John O'Laughlin (Hartland, WI) and won 486 to 385 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 4-7, -273.
		In round Round 12, Balogun played #90 Walker Willingham (Bainbridge Island, WA) and lost 379 to 405 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #79. Current record: 4-8, -299.
		In round Round 13, Balogun played #76 Rogelio Talosig (New Zealand) and lost 426 to 518 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 4-9, -391.
		In round Round 14, Balogun played #48 Mushtak Esmail (Tanzania) and won 462 to 332 (a spread of 130). Current ranking: #78. Current record: 5-9, -261.
		In round Round 15, Balogun played #49 Michael Gongolo (Kenya) and won 424 to 363 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 6-9, -200.
		In round Round 16, Balogun played #86 Terry Kirk (England) and won 441 to 309 (a spread of 132). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 7-9, -68.
		In round Round 17, Balogun played #78 Stewart Holden (England) and lost 367 to 501 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 7-10, -202.
		In round Round 18, Balogun played #47 Lakshan Wanniarachchi (Sri Lanka) and won 418 to 396 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 8-10, -180.
		In round Round 19, Balogun played #02 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) and won 404 to 343 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 9-10, -119.
		In round Round 20, Balogun played #20 Dean Saldanha (Richmond BC) and won 446 to 364 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 10-10, -37.
		In round Round 21, Balogun played #90 Walker Willingham (Bainbridge Island, WA) and won 509 to 449 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 11-10, +23.
		In round Round 22, Balogun played #07 Andy Kurnia (Singapore) and lost 325 to 518 (a spread of -193). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 11-11, -170.
		In round Round 23, Balogun played #89 Wone Mamadou (Kuwait) and won 508 to 440 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 12-11, -102.
		In round Round 24, Balogun played #61 Peter Finley (England) and won 413 to 366 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 13-11, -55.

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