Herve Bohbot [#14] at WSC 2005

[ Congratulations to the new World Scrabble® Champion, Adam Logan (CAN), and the runner-up Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (THA). ]

On this page, you will find information about Herve Bohbot, 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. Bohbot currently has a record of 9-15, -901, and is ranked #93.

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): Herve Surname(s): Bohbot Home: Montpellier, France Age: 37 Awards: 2005 France Match Play Champion (in French :-) Hobbies: bowling, lexicography Occupation: Research engineer WSC 2005 Team: France

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
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Round-by-Round
High score: 495 Average for: 372 Average against: 410
Round 1		Canada	Bohbot played #97 Joel Wapnick (CAN) and won 428 to 415 (a spread of 13) . Current ranking: #45. Current record: 1-0, +13.
Round 2		Australia	Bohbot played #24 Paul Cleary (AUS) and won 343 to 310 (a spread of 33) . Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-0, +46.
Round 3		United States	Bohbot played #71 John O'Laughlin (USA) and lost 302 to 410 (a spread of -108) . Current ranking: #48. Current record: 2-1, -62.
Round 4		England	Bohbot played #55 Terry Kirk (Eng) and lost 414 to 469 (a spread of -55) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 2-2, -117.
Round 5		India	Bohbot played #83 Sherwin Rodrigues (IND) and lost 411 to 464 (a spread of -53) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 2-3, -170.
Round 6		Canada	Bohbot played #45 Ron Hoekstra (CAN) and lost 320 to 479 (a spread of -159) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 2-4, -329.
Round 7		Tanzania	Bohbot played #30 Mushtak Esmail (TZA) and won 421 to 411 (a spread of 10) . Current ranking: #74. Current record: 3-4, -319.
Round 8		Philippines	Bohbot played #82 Oscar T. Rivera (PHL) and lost 369 to 453 (a spread of -84) . Current ranking: #84. Current record: 3-5, -403.
Round 9		United States	Bohbot played #77 David Poder (USA) and lost 294 to 433 (a spread of -139) . Current ranking: #91. Current record: 3-6, -542.
Round 10	Larger photo available	New Zealand	Bohbot played #89 Peter Sinton (NZL) and lost 279 to 358 (a spread of -79) . Current ranking: #95. Current record: 3-7, -621.
Round 11		United States	Bohbot played #50 Jason Katz-Brown (USA) and lost 250 to 547 (a spread of -297) . Current ranking: #98. Current record: 3-8, -918.
Round 12	Larger photo available	Oman	Bohbot played #31 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (OMN) and lost 392 to 409 (a spread of -17) . Current ranking: #100. Current record: 3-9, -935.
Round 13		Japan	Bohbot played #58 Kunihiko Kuroda (JPN) and won 495 to 311 (a spread of 184) . Current ranking: #97. Current record: 4-9, -751.
Round 14		Sweden	Bohbot played #13 Marten Bjorkman (SWE) and lost 350 to 418 (a spread of -68) . Current ranking: #98. Current record: 4-10, -819.
Round 15		Romania	Bohbot played #85 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (ROM) and lost 360 to 383 (a spread of -23) . Current ranking: #98. Current record: 4-11, -842.
Round 16		Indonesia	Bohbot played #7 Ferdy Anthonius (IDN) and won 378 to 349 (a spread of 29) . Current ranking: #97. Current record: 5-11, -813.
Round 17		Bahrain	Bohbot played #2 Adeeb Ahmad (BHR) and won 477 to 320 (a spread of 157) . Current ranking: #92. Current record: 6-11, -656.
Round 18		Bahrain	Bohbot played #33 Ben Filio (BHR) and won 424 to 387 (a spread of 37) . Current ranking: #86. Current record: 7-11, -619.
Round 19		Sri Lanka	Bohbot played #5 Samitha Amarasinghe (LKA) and lost 382 to 385 (a spread of -3) . Current ranking: #89. Current record: 7-12, -622.
Round 20		Wales	Bohbot played #41 Neil Green (Wal) and lost 301 to 384 (a spread of -83) . Current ranking: #95. Current record: 7-13, -705.
Round 21		Uganda	Bohbot played #69 Chris Ntege (UGA) and won 447 to 350 (a spread of 97) . Current ranking: #91. Current record: 8-13, -608.
Round 22		Cameroon	Bohbot played #36 Samuel Tanee Fomum (CMR) and lost 427 to 431 (a spread of -4) . Current ranking: #94. Current record: 8-14, -612.
Round 23	Larger photo available	Poland	Bohbot played #102 Mateusz Zbikowski (POL) and won 436 to 375 (a spread of 61) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 9-14, -551.
Round 24		Pakistan	Bohbot played #48 Abdul Jabbar (PAK) and lost 238 to 588 (a spread of -350) . Current ranking: #93. Current record: 9-15, -901.
Finals		Bohbot is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).

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