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Helen Gipson [#37] at WSC 2005
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On this page, you will find information about
Helen Gipson, who is a contestant in
at the 2005 World SCRABBLE®
Championship, held November 17–20 in London.
This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight EDT.
Gipson currently has a record of 13-11, +736, and is ranked
#29.
Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported
biographical details of the player,
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): Helen Surname(s): Gipson Home: Sandhurst, Berkshire, United Kingdom Age: 44 Awards: 1998 BMSC Hobbies: Gardening Occupation: Software Engineer WSC 1999 Rank: 49 WSC 2005 Team: England |
Round-by-Round | High score: 549 Average for: 423 Average against: 393 | Round 1 | | Trinidad and Tobago | Gipson played #22 Leslie Charles (TTO) and won 509 to 360 (a spread of 149) . Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-0, +149. | Round 2 | | United States | Gipson played #9 Peter Armstrong (USA) and won 439 to 346 (a spread of 93) . Current ranking: #5. Current record: 2-0, +242. | Round 3 | | England | Gipson played #66 Edward Martin (Eng) and won 402 to 327 (a spread of 75) . Current ranking: #5. Current record: 3-0, +317. | Round 4 | | Canada | Gipson played #15 David Boys (CAN) and lost 391 to 458 (a spread of -67) . Current ranking: #17. Current record: 3-1, +250. | Round 5 | | United States | Gipson played #52 Mark Kenas (USA) and won 549 to 356 (a spread of 193) . Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-1, +443. | Round 6 | | United States | Gipson played #71 John O'Laughlin (USA) and lost 329 to 365 (a spread of -36) . Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-2, +407. | Round 7 | | South Africa | Gipson played #28 Dylan Early (ZAF) and won 449 to 311 (a spread of 138) . Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-2, +545. | Round 8 | | Thailand | Gipson played #21 Gerald Carter (THA) and lost 328 to 453 (a spread of -125) . Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5-3, +420. | Round 9 | | Canada | Gipson played #84 Dean Saldanha (CAN) and won 436 to 416 (a spread of 20) . Current ranking: #16. Current record: 6-3, +440. | Round 10 | | Oman | Gipson played #62 Ralph Lobo (OMN) and won 464 to 282 (a spread of 182) . Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-3, +622. | Round 11 | | Australia | Gipson played #32 Naween Fernando (AUS) and lost 369 to 458 (a spread of -89) . Current ranking: #17. Current record: 7-4, +533. | Round 12 | | New Zealand | Gipson played #81 Nigel Richards (NZL) and lost 377 to 561 (a spread of -184) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 7-5, +349. | Round 13 | | Canada | Gipson played #51 Zev Kaufman (CAN) and lost 436 to 454 (a spread of -18) . Current ranking: #36. Current record: 7-6, +331. | Round 14 | | Wales | Gipson played #100 Gareth Williams (Wal) and lost 419 to 430 (a spread of -11) . Current ranking: #45. Current record: 7-7, +320. | Round 15 | Larger photo available
| Zambia | Gipson played #49 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (ZMB) and won 499 to 291 (a spread of 208) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 8-7, +528. | Round 16 | | England | Gipson played #18 Russell Byers (Eng) and lost 429 to 459 (a spread of -30) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 8-8, +498. | Round 17 | | England | Gipson played #90 Brett Smitheram (Eng) and won 496 to 331 (a spread of 165) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 9-8, +663. | Round 18 | | Nigeria | Gipson played #73 Olatunde Oduwole (NGA) and won 427 to 412 (a spread of 15) . Current ranking: #26. Current record: 10-8, +678. | Round 19 | | England | Gipson played #55 Terry Kirk (Eng) and lost 366 to 428 (a spread of -62) . Current ranking: #37. Current record: 10-9, +616. | Round 20 | | United States | Gipson played #72 Lisa Odom (USA) and lost 376 to 408 (a spread of -32) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 10-10, +584. | Round 21 | | Canada | Gipson played #97 Joel Wapnick (CAN) and lost 351 to 445 (a spread of -94) . Current ranking: #52. Current record: 10-11, +490. | Round 22 | | Singapore | Gipson played #57 Andy Kurnia (SGP) and won 421 to 344 (a spread of 77) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 11-11, +567. | Round 23 | | Qatar | Gipson played #95 Asad ul-Haq (QAT) and won 401 to 326 (a spread of 75) . Current ranking: #36. Current record: 12-11, +642. | Round 24 | | England | Gipson played #70 Mark Nyman (Eng) and won 496 to 402 (a spread of 94) . Current ranking: #29. Current record: 13-11, +736. |
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