Matayo Bwire [#17] at WSC 2005

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On this page, you will find information about Matayo Bwire, 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. Bwire currently has a record of 9-15, +65, and is ranked #88.

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): Matayo Surname(s): Bwire Home: Kenya Occupation: banker WSC 1999 Rank: 52 WSC 2005 Team: Kenya

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 548 Average for: 391 Average against: 388
Round 1		England	Bwire played #59 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Eng) and won 364 to 362 (a spread of 2) . Current ranking: #50. Current record: 1-0, +2.
Round 2		India	Bwire played #83 Sherwin Rodrigues (IND) and lost 236 to 411 (a spread of -175) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 1-1, -173.
Round 3		Wales	Bwire played #41 Neil Green (Wal) and lost 369 to 373 (a spread of -4) . Current ranking: #80. Current record: 1-2, -177.
Round 4		Indonesia	Bwire played #7 Ferdy Anthonius (IDN) and won 397 to 358 (a spread of 39) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 2-2, -138.
Round 5		Trinidad and Tobago	Bwire played #22 Leslie Charles (TTO) and lost 281 to 463 (a spread of -182) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 2-3, -320.
Round 6		Scotland	Bwire played #3 Paul Allan (Sco) and lost 393 to 405 (a spread of -12) . Current ranking: #89. Current record: 2-4, -332.
Round 7		United States	Bwire played #50 Jason Katz-Brown (USA) and lost 359 to 423 (a spread of -64) . Current ranking: #94. Current record: 2-5, -396.
Round 8		Japan	Bwire played #58 Kunihiko Kuroda (JPN) and won 437 to 270 (a spread of 167) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 3-5, -229.
Round 9		Australia	Bwire played #29 David Eldar (AUS) and lost 302 to 492 (a spread of -190) . Current ranking: #89. Current record: 3-6, -419.
Round 10		England	Bwire played #11 Nick Ball (Eng) and lost 349 to 464 (a spread of -115) . Current ranking: #92. Current record: 3-7, -534.
Round 11		Canada	Bwire played #42 Albert Hahn (CAN) and lost 348 to 423 (a spread of -75) . Current ranking: #94. Current record: 3-8, -609.
Round 12	Larger photo available	Japan	Bwire played #44 Keiichiro Hirai (JPN) and lost 383 to 466 (a spread of -83) . Current ranking: #96. Current record: 3-9, -692.
Round 13		Romania	Bwire played #85 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (ROM) and won 459 to 307 (a spread of 152) . Current ranking: #93. Current record: 4-9, -540.
Round 14		Sri Lanka	Bwire played #5 Samitha Amarasinghe (LKA) and lost 369 to 412 (a spread of -43) . Current ranking: #97. Current record: 4-10, -583.
Round 15		Sweden	Bwire played #13 Marten Bjorkman (SWE) and won 548 to 238 (a spread of 310) . Current ranking: #89. Current record: 5-10, -273.
Round 16	Larger photo available	Poland	Bwire played #102 Mateusz Zbikowski (POL) and won 483 to 340 (a spread of 143) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 6-10, -130.
Round 17		Uganda	Bwire played #69 Chris Ntege (UGA) and lost 332 to 487 (a spread of -155) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 6-11, -285.
Round 18		Malaysia	Bwire played #101 Kien Hung Yeo (MYS) and lost 351 to 363 (a spread of -12) . Current ranking: #91. Current record: 6-12, -297.
Round 19		Tanzania	Bwire played #30 Mushtak Esmail (TZA) and lost 414 to 427 (a spread of -13) . Current ranking: #94. Current record: 6-13, -310.
Round 20		Bahrain	Bwire played #2 Adeeb Ahmad (BHR) and won 405 to 403 (a spread of 2) . Current ranking: #92. Current record: 7-13, -308.
Round 21	Larger photo available	Oman	Bwire played #31 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (OMN) and won 520 to 270 (a spread of 250) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 8-13, -58.
Round 22		Israel	Bwire played #80 Paloma Raychbart (ISR) and won 460 to 271 (a spread of 189) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 9-13, +131.
Round 23		Kurdistan-Iraq	Bwire played #54 Karl Khoshnaw (Kur) and lost 438 to 456 (a spread of -18) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 9-14, +113.
Round 24	Larger photo available	New Zealand	Bwire played #89 Peter Sinton (NZL) and lost 389 to 437 (a spread of -48) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 9-15, +65.

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