16th Annual California Open Scrabble Tournament

“We welcomed a record-setting 36 CSW players to downtown San Francisco this year for the 16th annual California Open! Thanks to everyone for being a part of this wonderful event, and congratulations to our champion, Ben Schoenbrun.”
- Edward De Guzman, Director

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RESULTS

	Player	Record	Spread	Initial Rating	New Rating
1.	Ben Schoenbrun	16-4	1157	1929	1955
2.	Wellington Jighere	14-6	1584	2061	2040
3.	Edgar Odongkara	13-7	834	1927	1912
4.	Enoch Nwali	13-7	526	1946	1876
5.	Zachary Dang	13-7	203	1338	1599
6.	Evans Clinchy	12-8	1383	1848	1916
7.	Bharath Balakrishnan	12-8	696	1590	1766
8.	Joel Wapnick	12-8	694	1759	1796
9.	Conrad Bassett-Bouchard	12-8	593	1959	1871
10.	Rob Robinsky	12-8	298	1700	1730
11.	Rasheed Balogun	12-8	155	1803	1759
12.	Chris Lipe	11-9	581	1825	1830
13.	Kevin Fraley	11-9	382	1896	1768
14.	Tim Weiss	11-9	227	1678	1706
15.	Mehul Arora	11-9	221	1677	1582
16.	Yukiko Loritz	11-9	-151	1600	1625
17.	John O'Laughlin	10-10	749	1788	1750
18.	Randi Goldberg	10-10	-223	1333	1373
19.	Anuj Shetty	10-10	-250	1442	1466
20.	Martin DeMello	10-10	-307	1556	1569
21.	Carson Ip	10-10	-606	1598	1462
22.	Sridhar Paidikondala	9.5-10.5	-28	1326	1458
23.	Bruce Ward	9-11	144	1454	1450
24.	Robin Levin	9-11	-296	1290	1353
25.	Gary Smart	9-11	-328	1449	1397
26.	Caroline Polak Scowcroft	9-11	-854	1096	1125
27.	Paula Catanese	8.5-11.5	-508	1313	1337
28.	Pamina Deutsch	8-12	-388	1410	1296
29.	Jeannie Wilson	8-12	-855	1143	1157
30.	Bruce Baginski	8-12	-960	1287	1232
31.	Andrea Hatch	7-13	-590	1164	1211
32.	Mary Stevens	7-13	-639	1457	1261
33.	Jane Geary	7-13	-738	1317	1232
34.	Loreta Paelmo	6-14	-485	1272	1282
35.	Cheryl Melvin	5-15	-440	1128	1194
36.	Buffy Hogan	4-16	-1781	1175	1024

BLOGS

BUDGET DETAILS

• Entry fees: $4,700

• Donations: $1,700

• Returned as prizes: $3,505

  • 1st place: $1,000, Ben Schoenbrun

  • 2nd place: $685, Wellington Jighere

  • 3rd place: $500, Edgar Odongkora

  • 4th place: $400, Enoch Nwali

  • 5th place / class prize 1: $300, Zachary Dang

  • 6th place: $300, Evans Clinchy

  • Class prize 2: $200, Bharath Balakrishnan

  • Class prize 3: $120, Sridhar Paidikondala

• Expenses:

  • Venue rental: $2,473

  • AV and internet: $138

  • Financial transaction fees: $105

  • Trophies: $75

  • Early entry prize: $60

  • Printing/copying: $44