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Lakshan Wanniarachchi [#96] at WSC 2005
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On this page, you will find information about
Lakshan Wanniarachchi, 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.
Wanniarachchi currently has a record of 10-14, -532, and is ranked
#80.
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): Lakshan Surname(s): Wanniarachchi Home: Colombo, Sri Lanka Awards: 2002 2003 2005 Sri Lanka NSC; (32nd) Asia Pacific; numerous tournaments in Sri Lanka Hobbies: Playing softball, cricket and touch rugby, reading Occupation: Banker WSC 1999 Rank: 94 WSC 2005 Team: Sri Lanka |
Round-by-Round | High score: 574 Average for: 390 Average against: 413 | Round 1 | | Canada | Wanniarachchi played #15 David Boys (CAN) and lost 348 to 513 (a spread of -165) . Current ranking: #98. Current record: 0-1, -165. | Round 2 | Larger photo available
| Ghana | Wanniarachchi played #79 Michael Arthur Quao (GHA) and lost 272 to 523 (a spread of -251) . Current ranking: #102. Current record: 0-2, -416. | Round 3 | | United Arab Emirates | Wanniarachchi played #20 Leonardo Capuno (ARE) and won 441 to 392 (a spread of 49) . Current ranking: #89. Current record: 1-2, -367. | Round 4 | | Netherlands | Wanniarachchi played #16 Anand Buddhdev (NLD) and lost 358 to 369 (a spread of -11) . Current ranking: #96. Current record: 1-3, -378. | Round 5 | | Cameroon | Wanniarachchi played #36 Samuel Tanee Fomum (CMR) and lost 403 to 463 (a spread of -60) . Current ranking: #97. Current record: 1-4, -438. | Round 6 | | Tanzania | Wanniarachchi played #30 Mushtak Esmail (TZA) and lost 366 to 370 (a spread of -4) . Current ranking: #96. Current record: 1-5, -442. | Round 7 | | Indonesia | Wanniarachchi played #7 Ferdy Anthonius (IDN) and won 406 to 352 (a spread of 54) . Current ranking: #93. Current record: 2-5, -388. | Round 8 | | Bahrain | Wanniarachchi played #33 Ben Filio (BHR) and lost 369 to 373 (a spread of -4) . Current ranking: #95. Current record: 2-6, -392. | Round 9 | | England | Wanniarachchi played #11 Nick Ball (Eng) and lost 431 to 442 (a spread of -11) . Current ranking: #95. Current record: 2-7, -403. | Round 10 | | Sweden | Wanniarachchi played #13 Marten Bjorkman (SWE) and won 452 to 350 (a spread of 102) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 3-7, -301. | Round 11 | | Bahrain | Wanniarachchi played #2 Adeeb Ahmad (BHR) and won 442 to 419 (a spread of 23) . Current ranking: #86. Current record: 4-7, -278. | Round 12 | | England | Wanniarachchi played #39 Femi Awowade (Eng) and lost 371 to 432 (a spread of -61) . Current ranking: #89. Current record: 4-8, -339. | Round 13 | Larger photo available
| South Africa | Wanniarachchi played #46 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (ZAF) and won 394 to 391 (a spread of 3) . Current ranking: #85. Current record: 5-8, -336. | Round 14 | | England | Wanniarachchi played #34 Peter Finley (Eng) and lost 289 to 417 (a spread of -128) . Current ranking: #89. Current record: 5-9, -464. | Round 15 | | Israel | Wanniarachchi played #80 Paloma Raychbart (ISR) and won 381 to 350 (a spread of 31) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 6-9, -433. | Round 16 | | United States | Wanniarachchi played #56 Jim Kramer (USA) and won 498 to 497 (a spread of 1) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 7-9, -432. | Round 17 | | Malaysia | Wanniarachchi played #101 Kien Hung Yeo (MYS) and won 420 to 341 (a spread of 79) . Current ranking: #66. Current record: 8-9, -353. | Round 18 | | United States | Wanniarachchi played #72 Lisa Odom (USA) and lost 362 to 380 (a spread of -18) . Current ranking: #76. Current record: 8-10, -371. | Round 19 | | Thailand | Wanniarachchi played #86 Navapadol Sayavesa (THA) and lost 350 to 427 (a spread of -77) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 8-11, -448. | Round 20 | | Pakistan | Wanniarachchi played #48 Abdul Jabbar (PAK) and won 402 to 391 (a spread of 11) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 9-11, -437. | Round 21 | | Kurdistan-Iraq | Wanniarachchi played #54 Karl Khoshnaw (Kur) and won 574 to 360 (a spread of 214) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 10-11, -223. | Round 22 | Larger photo available
| Zambia | Wanniarachchi played #49 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (ZMB) and lost 399 to 407 (a spread of -8) . Current ranking: #68. Current record: 10-12, -231. | Round 23 | | Kenya | Wanniarachchi played #61 Patrick Litunya (KEN) and lost 391 to 486 (a spread of -95) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 10-13, -326. | Round 24 | | Nigeria | Wanniarachchi played #73 Olatunde Oduwole (NGA) and lost 252 to 458 (a spread of -206) . Current ranking: #80. Current record: 10-14, -532. |
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