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

Rank Diagram

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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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