2010 Malta International Scrabble Open: May 14-16

May 14–16, 2010

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MOST 2010: Mario Saliba [#32]

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On this page, you will find information about Mario Saliba, who is competing at the 2010 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 11-10, +68, and is ranked #39.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, 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): Mario Surname(s): Saliba Home: MLT Awards: 1989 1994 1998 Malta NSC Hobbies: sports 2010 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament Team: Malta

Round by Round
High score: 505 Average for: 388 Average against: 385
Round 1	Romania	Saliba played #50 Catalin Caba (ROM) and lost 347 to 352 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 0-1, -5.
Round 2	England	Saliba played #73 Paula Docherty (Eng) and won 423 to 332 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 1-1, +86.
Round 3	Ireland	Saliba played #59 Mary Doyle (IRL) and won 464 to 286 (a spread of 178). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-1, +264.
Round 4	Malta	Saliba played #74 Pawlu Frendo (MLT) and lost 377 to 416 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 2-2, +225. Saliba is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 5	Ireland	Saliba played #16 Gboye Balogun (IRL) and lost 341 to 459 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 2-3, +107.
Round 6	England	Saliba played #83 Judith Puttick (Eng) and won 424 to 362 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 3-3, +169.
Round 7	Malta	Saliba played #49 Sammy Mangion (MLT) and won 438 to 426 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 4-3, +181.
Round 8	Malta	Saliba played #52 Anna Borg (MLT) and won 385 to 355 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-3, +211.
Round 9	England	Saliba played #26 Kevin Synnott (Eng) and lost 338 to 372 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 5-4, +177.
Round 10	England	Saliba played #37 Jayne MacKenzie (Eng) and won 445 to 420 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 6-4, +202.
Round 11	Scotland	Saliba played #67 Julie Tate (Sco) and lost 324 to 401 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 6-5, +125.
Round 12	England	Saliba played #5 Femi Awowade (Eng) and lost 307 to 572 (a spread of -265). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 6-6, -140.
Round 13	Malta	Saliba played #42 Mario Camilleri (MLT) and lost 320 to 471 (a spread of -151). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 6-7, -291.
Round 14	Israel	Saliba played #40 Naomi Landau (ISR) and lost 381 to 389 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 6-8, -299.
Round 15	Australia	Saliba played #36 Gary Pollard (AUS) and won 391 to 332 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 7-8, -240.
Round 16	Malta	Saliba played #45 Mario Seychell (MLT) and lost 280 to 450 (a spread of -170). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 7-9, -410.
Round 17	Malta	Saliba played #54 Paul Mifsud (MLT) and won 441 to 344 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 8-9, -313.
Round 18	Malta	Saliba played #28 Nicky Vella-Laurenti (MLT) and won 400 to 355 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 9-9, -268.
Round 19	England	Saliba played #60 Ian Kendall (Eng) and won 469 to 233 (a spread of 236). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 10-9, -32.
Round 20	Malta	Saliba played #20 Cecil Muscat (MLT) and won 505 to 399 (a spread of 106). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 11-9, +74.
Round 21	Romania	Saliba played #50 Catalin Caba (ROM) again and lost 344 to 350 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 11-10, +68.

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