NSC 2013: Dave Wiegand [#10]

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On this page, you will find information about Dave Wiegand, who is competing at the 2013 National SCRABBLE Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 19-12, +1153, and is ranked #10 in Division 1.

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): Dave Surname(s): Wiegand Home: Portland, OR, United States Awards: (9th) 2001 WSC; (2nd) 1994 (3rd) 2000 (6th) 2002 NSC (1st) 2005 NSC; 2004-05 Seattle, WA; 2004-06 SWILLINS; 2004-09 Portland and numerous other Western US tournament Hobbies: Anagrams, hot sauce Occupation: Mortgage Underwriter

Round by Round
High score: 536 Average for: 424 Average against: 386
Round 1		Wiegand played #105 Wallace Schultz (Las Vegas, NM) and won 395 to 301 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 1-0, +94.
Round 2		Wiegand played #77 Jeremy Hall (New York, NY) and lost 369 to 410 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 1-1, +53.
Round 3		Wiegand played #56 Michael Thelen (West Jordan, UT) and lost 374 to 377 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 1-2, +50.
Round 4		Wiegand played #85 Ken Kasney (Meridian, ID) and lost 404 to 407 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #87. Current record: 1-3, +47.
Round 5		Wiegand played #46 Cecilia Le (Cambridge, MA) and won 425 to 391 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 2-3, +81.
Round 6		Wiegand played #82 Paul Sidorsky (Calgary AB) and won 536 to 294 (a spread of 242). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 3-3, +323.
Round 7		Wiegand played #22 Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) and won 410 to 355 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 4-3, +378.
Round 8		Wiegand played #15 Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) and won 458 to 424 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 5-3, +412.
Round 9		Wiegand played #75 Terry Kang Rau (Hudson, NY) and won 502 to 294 (a spread of 208). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-3, +620.
Round 10		Wiegand played #44 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and won 447 to 357 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 7-3, +710. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Wiegand played #42 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) and won 499 to 302 (a spread of 197). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8-3, +907.
Round 12		Wiegand played #26 Scott Appel (Elkins Park, PA) and won 442 to 350 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 9-3, +999. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Wiegand played #13 Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) and lost 341 to 445 (a spread of -104). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9-4, +895. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 14		Wiegand played #5 Kenji Matsumoto (Berkeley, CA) and won 453 to 447 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 10-4, +901.
Round 15		Wiegand played #29 Komol Panyasophonlert (Thailand) and won 449 to 350 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 11-4, +1000.
Round 16		Wiegand played #66 Jan Cardia (Hockessin, DE) and won 476 to 387 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 12-4, +1089.
Round 17		Wiegand played #1 Nigel Richards (Malaysia) and won 414 to 405 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 13-4, +1098.
Round 18		Wiegand played #33 Rob Robinsky (Hopkins, MN) and won 450 to 369 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 14-4, +1179. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 19		Wiegand played #23 Ben Schoenbrun (Ardsley, NY) and won 412 to 374 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 15-4, +1217.
Round 20		Wiegand played #14 Mike Frentz (San Mateo, CA) and won 408 to 325 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 16-4, +1300. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Wiegand played #6 Noah Walton (Portland, OR) and lost 406 to 410 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 16-5, +1296. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 22		Wiegand played #2 Will Anderson (Croton, NY) and won 496 to 301 (a spread of 195). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 17-5, +1491. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Wiegand played #5 Kenji Matsumoto (Berkeley, CA) again and lost 317 to 411 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 17-6, +1397. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Wiegand played #1 Nigel Richards (Malaysia) again and lost 384 to 537 (a spread of -153). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 17-7, +1244. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).
Round 25		Wiegand played #6 Noah Walton (Portland, OR) again and lost 424 to 443 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 17-8, +1225. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 26		Wiegand played #29 Komol Panyasophonlert (Thailand) again and lost 449 to 483 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 17-9, +1191. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Wiegand played #2 Will Anderson (Croton, NY) again and lost 396 to 480 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 17-10, +1107. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Wiegand played #2 Will Anderson (Croton, NY) for the third time and lost 350 to 455 (a spread of -105). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 17-11, +1002. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29		Wiegand played #48 Matt Canik (Austin, TX) and won 502 to 259 (a spread of 243). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 18-11, +1245. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 30		Wiegand played #15 Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) again and lost 312 to 409 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 18-12, +1148. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 31		Wiegand played #16 Carl Johnson (Beaverton, OR) and won 431 to 426 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 19-12, +1153.
After the Tournament		Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

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