Samitha Amarasinghe [#5] 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 Samitha Amarasinghe, 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. Amarasinghe currently has a record of 9-15, -900, and is ranked #92.

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): Samitha Surname(s): Amarasinghe Home: Colombo 5, Sri Lanka Age: 14 Awards: 2002 (sub-juniors) 2003 (juniors) All-Island Scrabble competition; 2004 (juniors) 2005 (juniors) Sri Lanka NSC Hobbies: cricket, collecting stamps Occupation: Student WSC 2005 Team: Sri Lanka

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 479 Average for: 379 Average against: 417
Round 1		Tanzania	Amarasinghe played #30 Mushtak Esmail (TZA) and lost 433 to 441 (a spread of -8) . Current ranking: #56. Current record: 0-1, -8.
Round 2		United States	Amarasinghe played #56 Jim Kramer (USA) and lost 293 to 592 (a spread of -299) . Current ranking: #100. Current record: 0-2, -307.
Round 3		Trinidad and Tobago	Amarasinghe played #22 Leslie Charles (TTO) and lost 312 to 487 (a spread of -175) . Current ranking: #102. Current record: 0-3, -482.
Round 4		Sweden	Amarasinghe played #13 Marten Bjorkman (SWE) and lost 407 to 457 (a spread of -50) . Current ranking: #101. Current record: 0-4, -532.
Round 5		Scotland	Amarasinghe played #88 Allan Simmons (Sco) and lost 334 to 417 (a spread of -83) . Current ranking: #101. Current record: 0-5, -615.
Round 6	Larger photo available	Oman	Amarasinghe played #31 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (OMN) and won 430 to 317 (a spread of 113) . Current ranking: #98. Current record: 1-5, -502.
Round 7		United Arab Emirates	Amarasinghe played #20 Leonardo Capuno (ARE) and lost 299 to 471 (a spread of -172) . Current ranking: #99. Current record: 1-6, -674.
Round 8		Romania	Amarasinghe played #85 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (ROM) and won 395 to 345 (a spread of 50) . Current ranking: #98. Current record: 2-6, -624. Amarasinghe is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).
Round 9		Japan	Amarasinghe played #58 Kunihiko Kuroda (JPN) and won 479 to 346 (a spread of 133) . Current ranking: #90. Current record: 3-6, -491.
Round 10		Netherlands	Amarasinghe played #16 Anand Buddhdev (NLD) and lost 312 to 389 (a spread of -77) . Current ranking: #94. Current record: 3-7, -568.
Round 11		Indonesia	Amarasinghe played #7 Ferdy Anthonius (IDN) and won 441 to 278 (a spread of 163) . Current ranking: #89. Current record: 4-7, -405.
Round 12	Larger photo available	Zambia	Amarasinghe played #49 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (ZMB) and lost 342 to 465 (a spread of -123) . Current ranking: #91. Current record: 4-8, -528.
Round 13	Larger photo available	Japan	Amarasinghe played #44 Keiichiro Hirai (JPN) and lost 344 to 458 (a spread of -114) . Current ranking: #95. Current record: 4-9, -642.
Round 14		Kenya	Amarasinghe played #17 Matayo Bwire (KEN) and won 412 to 369 (a spread of 43) . Current ranking: #91. Current record: 5-9, -599.
Round 15		Uganda	Amarasinghe played #69 Chris Ntege (UGA) and won 460 to 315 (a spread of 145) . Current ranking: #84. Current record: 6-9, -454.
Round 16		Pakistan	Amarasinghe played #48 Abdul Jabbar (PAK) and lost 310 to 447 (a spread of -137) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 6-10, -591.
Round 17		Israel	Amarasinghe played #25 Evan Cohen (ISR) and won 474 to 404 (a spread of 70) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 7-10, -521.
Round 18		United States	Amarasinghe played #50 Jason Katz-Brown (USA) and lost 317 to 567 (a spread of -250) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 7-11, -771.
Round 19		France	Amarasinghe played #14 Herve Bohbot (FRA) and won 385 to 382 (a spread of 3) . Current ranking: #82. Current record: 8-11, -768.
Round 20		Kurdistan-Iraq	Amarasinghe played #54 Karl Khoshnaw (Kur) and lost 387 to 460 (a spread of -73) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 8-12, -841.
Round 21		Bahrain	Amarasinghe played #33 Ben Filio (BHR) and won 435 to 352 (a spread of 83) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 9-12, -758.
Round 22		Kenya	Amarasinghe played #61 Patrick Litunya (KEN) and lost 376 to 412 (a spread of -36) . Current ranking: #86. Current record: 9-13, -794.
Round 23		Bahrain	Amarasinghe played #2 Adeeb Ahmad (BHR) and lost 294 to 368 (a spread of -74) . Current ranking: #91. Current record: 9-14, -868.
Round 24		Netherlands	Amarasinghe played #16 Anand Buddhdev (NLD) and lost 433 to 465 (a spread of -32) . Current ranking: #92. Current record: 9-15, -900.

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