Siu Hean Cheah [#23] at WSC 2005

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On this page, you will find information about Siu Hean Cheah, 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. Cheah currently has a record of 15-9, +776, and is ranked #10.

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): Siu Hean Surname(s): Cheah Home: Singapore Age: 41 Awards: 2nd 1999 2001 Singapore NSC; 2002 2004 Australia NSC; 2002 Penang Open Hobbies: Board and card games Occupation: Consultant WSC 2001 Rank: 61 WSC 2005 Team: Singapore

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 552 Average for: 430 Average against: 398
Round 1		United States	Cheah played #9 Peter Armstrong (USA) and lost 428 to 456 (a spread of -28) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 0-1, -28.
Round 2	Larger photo available	Japan	Cheah played #44 Keiichiro Hirai (JPN) and lost 395 to 424 (a spread of -29) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 0-2, -57.
Round 3	Larger photo available	Oman	Cheah played #31 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (OMN) and won 408 to 386 (a spread of 22) . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 1-2, -35.
Round 4		Canada	Cheah played #45 Ron Hoekstra (CAN) and won 404 to 392 (a spread of 12) . Current ranking: #53. Current record: 2-2, -23.
Round 5	Larger photo available	Ghana	Cheah played #79 Michael Arthur Quao (GHA) and won 393 to 391 (a spread of 2) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 3-2, -21.
Round 6		Australia	Cheah played #35 Andrew Fisher (AUS) and lost 380 to 480 (a spread of -100) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 3-3, -121.
Round 7		Singapore	Cheah played #57 Andy Kurnia (SGP) and won 477 to 317 (a spread of 160) . Current ranking: #37. Current record: 4-3, +39.
Round 8		Israel	Cheah played #80 Paloma Raychbart (ISR) and won 506 to 484 (a spread of 22) . Current ranking: #31. Current record: 5-3, +61. Cheah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		England	Cheah played #8 Phil Appleby (Eng) and lost 339 to 367 (a spread of -28) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 5-4, +33.
Round 10		United States	Cheah played #78 Steve Polatnick (USA) and won 494 to 365 (a spread of 129) . Current ranking: #28. Current record: 6-4, +162.
Round 11		Sri Lanka	Cheah played #4 Shaila Amalean (LKA) and won 464 to 265 (a spread of 199) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 7-4, +361.
Round 12		Qatar	Cheah played #95 Asad ul-Haq (QAT) and won 465 to 387 (a spread of 78) . Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-4, +439.
Round 13		Canada	Cheah played #15 David Boys (CAN) and lost 402 to 513 (a spread of -111) . Current ranking: #23. Current record: 8-5, +328.
Round 14		England	Cheah played #55 Terry Kirk (Eng) and lost 345 to 351 (a spread of -6) . Current ranking: #29. Current record: 8-6, +322.
Round 15		Canada	Cheah played #51 Zev Kaufman (CAN) and won 412 to 325 (a spread of 87) . Current ranking: #22. Current record: 9-6, +409.
Round 16		South Africa	Cheah played #28 Dylan Early (ZAF) and won 522 to 334 (a spread of 188) . Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10-6, +597.
Round 17		Wales	Cheah played #100 Gareth Williams (Wal) and lost 399 to 440 (a spread of -41) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 10-7, +556.
Round 18		England	Cheah played #18 Russell Byers (Eng) and won 447 to 368 (a spread of 79) . Current ranking: #16. Current record: 11-7, +635.
Round 19		United States	Cheah played #1 Tim Adamson (USA) and lost 405 to 439 (a spread of -34) . Current ranking: #23. Current record: 11-8, +601.
Round 20		England	Cheah played #70 Mark Nyman (Eng) and won 552 to 457 (a spread of 95) . Current ranking: #17. Current record: 12-8, +696.
Round 21		United States	Cheah played #65 Joey Mallick (USA) and won 479 to 433 (a spread of 46) . Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13-8, +742.
Round 22		England	Cheah played #11 Nick Ball (Eng) and won 395 to 378 (a spread of 17) . Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-8, +759.
Round 23		Australia	Cheah played #35 Andrew Fisher (AUS) and won 464 to 418 (a spread of 46) . Current ranking: #6. Current record: 15-8, +805.
Round 24		Australia	Cheah played #24 Paul Cleary (AUS) and lost 352 to 381 (a spread of -29) . Current ranking: #10. Current record: 15-9, +776.
Finals		Cheah is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).

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