Samuel Tanee Fomum [#36] at WSC 2005

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On this page, you will find information about Samuel Tanee Fomum, 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. Fomum currently has a record of 10-14, -665, and is ranked #84.

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): Samuel Tanee Surname(s): Fomum Home: Inkster, MI, United States Age: 33 Awards: Cameroon Scrabble Champion 1997; 2000 SA NSC Hobbies: Soccer, Travel, Reading and Dancing Occupation: Application Engineer WSC 2001 Rank: 72 WSC 2005 Team: Cameroon

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 506 Average for: 378 Average against: 406
Round 1		England	Fomum played #66 Edward Martin (Eng) and lost 315 to 413 (a spread of -98) . Current ranking: #86. Current record: 0-1, -98.
Round 2		Philippines	Fomum played #92 John Edward Tabasa (PHL) and lost 330 to 388 (a spread of -58) . Current ranking: #91. Current record: 0-2, -156.
Round 3		Sweden	Fomum played #13 Marten Bjorkman (SWE) and won 442 to 361 (a spread of 81) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 1-2, -75.
Round 4		New Zealand	Fomum played #93 Rogelio Talosig (NZL) and lost 264 to 449 (a spread of -185) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 1-3, -260.
Round 5		Sri Lanka	Fomum played #96 Lakshan Wanniarachchi (LKA) and won 463 to 403 (a spread of 60) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 2-3, -200.
Round 6	Larger photo available	Poland	Fomum played #102 Mateusz Zbikowski (POL) and lost 340 to 349 (a spread of -9) . Current ranking: #84. Current record: 2-4, -209.
Round 7		Australia	Fomum played #29 David Eldar (AUS) and lost 347 to 411 (a spread of -64) . Current ranking: #90. Current record: 2-5, -273.
Round 8		Tanzania	Fomum played #30 Mushtak Esmail (TZA) and won 506 to 413 (a spread of 93) . Current ranking: #79. Current record: 3-5, -180.
Round 9		Kurdistan-Iraq	Fomum played #54 Karl Khoshnaw (Kur) and lost 398 to 412 (a spread of -14) . Current ranking: #86. Current record: 3-6, -194.
Round 10	Larger photo available	New Zealand	Fomum played #98 Howard Warner (NZL) and lost 247 to 488 (a spread of -241) . Current ranking: #90. Current record: 3-7, -435.
Round 11		Bahrain	Fomum played #33 Ben Filio (BHR) and won 434 to 342 (a spread of 92) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 4-7, -343.
Round 12		England	Fomum played #34 Peter Finley (Eng) and lost 339 to 406 (a spread of -67) . Current ranking: #90. Current record: 4-8, -410.
Round 13		Bahrain	Fomum played #2 Adeeb Ahmad (BHR) and won 473 to 379 (a spread of 94) . Current ranking: #84. Current record: 5-8, -316.
Round 14		Netherlands	Fomum played #16 Anand Buddhdev (NLD) and won 438 to 340 (a spread of 98) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 6-8, -218.
Round 15		United States	Fomum played #50 Jason Katz-Brown (USA) and lost 382 to 419 (a spread of -37) . Current ranking: #80. Current record: 6-9, -255.
Round 16	Larger photo available	South Africa	Fomum played #46 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (ZAF) and lost 259 to 485 (a spread of -226) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 6-10, -481.
Round 17		United States	Fomum played #56 Jim Kramer (USA) and lost 380 to 531 (a spread of -151) . Current ranking: #91. Current record: 6-11, -632.
Round 18	Larger photo available	Oman	Fomum played #31 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (OMN) and lost 338 to 428 (a spread of -90) . Current ranking: #94. Current record: 6-12, -722.
Round 19		Kuwait	Fomum played #94 Rohaina Tanveer (KWT) and lost 360 to 467 (a spread of -107) . Current ranking: #98. Current record: 6-13, -829.
Round 20		Romania	Fomum played #85 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (ROM) and won 465 to 356 (a spread of 109) . Current ranking: #97. Current record: 7-13, -720.
Round 21		Japan	Fomum played #58 Kunihiko Kuroda (JPN) and lost 329 to 399 (a spread of -70) . Current ranking: #96. Current record: 7-14, -790.
Round 22		France	Fomum played #14 Herve Bohbot (FRA) and won 431 to 427 (a spread of 4) . Current ranking: #95. Current record: 8-14, -786.
Round 23		Indonesia	Fomum played #7 Ferdy Anthonius (IDN) and won 459 to 374 (a spread of 85) . Current ranking: #89. Current record: 9-14, -701.
Round 24		Uganda	Fomum played #69 Chris Ntege (UGA) and won 336 to 300 (a spread of 36) . Current ranking: #84. Current record: 10-14, -665.

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