Patrick Litunya [#61] at WSC 2005

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On this page, you will find information about Patrick Litunya, 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. Litunya currently has a record of 12-12, -452, and is ranked #57.

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): Patrick Surname(s): Litunya Home: Machakos, Eastern State, Kenya Age: 43 Awards: (4th) 1998 (7th) 2000 Pan-African Hobbies: football Occupation: Dentist WSC 2001 Rank: 67 WSC 2005 Team: Kenya

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 486 Average for: 395 Average against: 414
Registration	Litunya is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 1	England	Litunya played #55 Terry Kirk (Eng) and won 418 to 357 (a spread of 61) . Current ranking: #20. Current record: 1-0, +61.
Round 2	Tanzania	Litunya played #30 Mushtak Esmail (TZA) and won 457 to 377 (a spread of 80) . Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-0, +141.
Round 3	Israel	Litunya played #80 Paloma Raychbart (ISR) and won 464 to 432 (a spread of 32) . Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-0, +173.
Round 4	Malaysia	Litunya played #10 Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS) and lost 374 to 505 (a spread of -131) . Current ranking: #29. Current record: 3-1, +42.
Round 5	Australia	Litunya played #24 Paul Cleary (AUS) and lost 341 to 517 (a spread of -176) . Current ranking: #45. Current record: 3-2, -134.
Round 6	Oman	Litunya played #62 Ralph Lobo (OMN) and lost 357 to 474 (a spread of -117) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 3-3, -251.
Round 7	United States	Litunya played #72 Lisa Odom (USA) and lost 355 to 497 (a spread of -142) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 3-4, -393.
Round 8	Ireland	Litunya played #67 Brendan McDonnell (IRL) and won 404 to 318 (a spread of 86) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 4-4, -307.
Round 9	England	Litunya played #34 Peter Finley (Eng) and won 407 to 348 (a spread of 59) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 5-4, -248.
Round 10	Nigeria	Litunya played #74 Lukeman Owolabi (NGA) and lost 416 to 430 (a spread of -14) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 5-5, -262.
Round 11	England	Litunya played #66 Edward Martin (Eng) and won 459 to 458 (a spread of 1) . Current ranking: #50. Current record: 6-5, -261.
Round 12	United States	Litunya played #65 Joey Mallick (USA) and lost 343 to 460 (a spread of -117) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 6-6, -378.
Round 13	United States	Litunya played #78 Steve Polatnick (USA) and won 392 to 359 (a spread of 33) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 7-6, -345.
Round 14	Qatar	Litunya played #95 Asad ul-Haq (QAT) and lost 383 to 406 (a spread of -23) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 7-7, -368.
Round 15	United Arab Emirates	Litunya played #20 Leonardo Capuno (ARE) and lost 395 to 419 (a spread of -24) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 7-8, -392.
Round 16	Malta	Litunya played #27 Jojo Delia (MLT) and won 382 to 380 (a spread of 2) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 8-8, -390.
Round 17	Singapore	Litunya played #38 Jiang Pern Goh (SGP) and lost 362 to 475 (a spread of -113) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 8-9, -503.
Round 18	Singapore	Litunya played #57 Andy Kurnia (SGP) and lost 452 to 471 (a spread of -19) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 8-10, -522.
Round 19	United States	Litunya played #77 David Poder (USA) and won 364 to 290 (a spread of 74) . Current ranking: #66. Current record: 9-10, -448.
Round 20	Pakistan	Litunya played #53 Rashid Ateeq Khan (PAK) and lost 332 to 406 (a spread of -74) . Current ranking: #74. Current record: 9-11, -522.
Round 21	Philippines	Litunya played #92 John Edward Tabasa (PHL) and lost 323 to 402 (a spread of -79) . Current ranking: #80. Current record: 9-12, -601.
Round 22	Sri Lanka	Litunya played #5 Samitha Amarasinghe (LKA) and won 412 to 376 (a spread of 36) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 10-12, -565.
Round 23	Sri Lanka	Litunya played #96 Lakshan Wanniarachchi (LKA) and won 486 to 391 (a spread of 95) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 11-12, -470.
Round 24	India	Litunya played #83 Sherwin Rodrigues (IND) and won 394 to 376 (a spread of 18) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 12-12, -452.

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