Terry Kirk [#55] 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 Terry Kirk, 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. Kirk currently has a record of 14-10, +770, and is ranked #20.

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): Terry Surname(s): Kirk Home: London, England Age: 43 Awards: Runner-up twice in UK NSC; winner of several UK tournaments Hobbies: Guinness, crosswords Occupation: Data Manager WSC 2005 Team: England

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
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Round-by-Round
High score: 526 Average for: 426 Average against: 394
Registration		Kirk is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 1		Kenya	Kirk played #61 Patrick Litunya (KEN) and lost 357 to 418 (a spread of -61) . Current ranking: #82. Current record: 0-1, -61.
Round 2	Larger photo available	South Africa	Kirk played #46 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (ZAF) and won 359 to 320 (a spread of 39) . Current ranking: #53. Current record: 1-1, -22.
Round 3		Bahrain	Kirk played #2 Adeeb Ahmad (BHR) and won 428 to 310 (a spread of 118) . Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-1, +96.
Round 4		France	Kirk played #14 Herve Bohbot (FRA) and won 469 to 414 (a spread of 55) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 3-1, +151.
Round 5		Nigeria	Kirk played #74 Lukeman Owolabi (NGA) and won 489 to 374 (a spread of 115) . Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-1, +266.
Round 6		England	Kirk played #59 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Eng) and lost 470 to 488 (a spread of -18) . Current ranking: #18. Current record: 4-2, +248.
Round 7		Qatar	Kirk played #95 Asad ul-Haq (QAT) and won 526 to 302 (a spread of 224) . Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5-2, +472.
Round 8		Oman	Kirk played #62 Ralph Lobo (OMN) and won 502 to 328 (a spread of 174) . Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-2, +646.
Round 9		Thailand	Kirk played #21 Gerald Carter (THA) and lost 340 to 465 (a spread of -125) . Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-3, +521. Kirk is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Kirk is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).
Round 10		India	Kirk played #12 Akshay Bhandarkar (IND) and won 461 to 362 (a spread of 99) . Current ranking: #9. Current record: 7-3, +620.
Round 11		England	Kirk played #70 Mark Nyman (Eng) and won 478 to 342 (a spread of 136) . Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-3, +756.
Round 12		Canada	Kirk played #63 Adam Logan (CAN) and lost 384 to 469 (a spread of -85) . Current ranking: #11. Current record: 8-4, +671. Kirk is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Kirk is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).
Round 13		United States	Kirk played #9 Peter Armstrong (USA) and lost 477 to 491 (a spread of -14) . Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-5, +657.
Round 14		Singapore	Kirk played #23 Siu Hean Cheah (SGP) and won 351 to 345 (a spread of 6) . Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-5, +663.
Round 15		United States	Kirk played #99 Dave Wiegand (USA) and lost 377 to 400 (a spread of -23) . Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-6, +640.
Round 16		Canada	Kirk played #84 Dean Saldanha (CAN) and lost 352 to 467 (a spread of -115) . Current ranking: #26. Current record: 9-7, +525.
Round 17		England	Kirk played #11 Nick Ball (Eng) and lost 370 to 391 (a spread of -21) . Current ranking: #36. Current record: 9-8, +504.
Round 18		Pakistan	Kirk played #53 Rashid Ateeq Khan (PAK) and won 415 to 344 (a spread of 71) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 10-8, +575.
Round 19		England	Kirk played #37 Helen Gipson (Eng) and won 428 to 366 (a spread of 62) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 11-8, +637.
Round 20		United States	Kirk played #65 Joey Mallick (USA) and lost 401 to 508 (a spread of -107) . Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-9, +530.
Round 21		Singapore	Kirk played #38 Jiang Pern Goh (SGP) and won 387 to 329 (a spread of 58) . Current ranking: #25. Current record: 12-9, +588.
Round 22		United States	Kirk played #60 Jerry Lerman (USA) and won 501 to 321 (a spread of 180) . Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13-9, +768.
Round 23		World Champion	Kirk played #91 Panupol Sujjayakorn (Wsc) and lost 436 to 552 (a spread of -116) . Current ranking: #23. Current record: 13-10, +652.
Round 24		Canada	Kirk played #42 Albert Hahn (CAN) and won 470 to 352 (a spread of 118) . Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14-10, +770.

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