NSC 2013: Ross Brown [#37]

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On this page, you will find information about Ross Brown, 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 15-16, -482, and is ranked #78 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): Ross Surname(s): Brown Home: Ottawa, ON, Canada Awards: BMath, winner of Canadian national high-school mathematics contests in 1970s Hobbies: soccer referee, curler, recreational mathematician, shareware author, linguist Occupation: software designer

Round by Round
High score: 549 Average for: 386 Average against: 402
Round 1		Brown played #79 Reid Hattaway (Moscow, ID) and won 409 to 295 (a spread of 114). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 1-0, +114. Brown is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Brown played #107 Roland Filio (Thousand Oaks, CA) and lost 397 to 432 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 1-1, +79.
Round 3		Brown played #22 Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) and lost 328 to 485 (a spread of -157). Current ranking: #89. Current record: 1-2, -78.
Round 4		Brown played #4 Ian Weinstein (Coral Springs, FL) and won 429 to 408 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 2-2, -57.
Round 5		Brown played #93 Darin True (Pontiac, IL) and won 417 to 394 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 3-2, -34.
Round 6		Brown played #15 Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) and lost 391 to 439 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 3-3, -82.
Round 7		Brown played #86 Webster Phillips (Montclair, NJ) and lost 383 to 450 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #83. Current record: 3-4, -149.
Round 8		Brown played #50 Jason Li (Dollard-Des-Ormeaux QC) and won 359 to 350 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 4-4, -140. Brown is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Brown played #51 Lester Schonbrun (Oakland, CA) and won 384 to 331 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 5-4, -87.
Round 10		Brown played #35 Mark Przybyszewski (Depew, NY) and won 390 to 368 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 6-4, -65.
Round 11		Brown played #53 Trip Payne (West Hollywood, CA) and lost 336 to 421 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 6-5, -150. Brown is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Brown played #71 Jeff Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI) and lost 360 to 494 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 6-6, -284.
Round 13		Brown played #18 Peter Armstrong (Milwaukee, CA) and lost 322 to 515 (a spread of -193). Current ranking: #83. Current record: 6-7, -477.
Round 14		Brown played #46 Cecilia Le (Cambridge, MA) and lost 369 to 458 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #94. Current record: 6-8, -566.
Round 15		Brown played #73 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 455 to 307 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #81. Current record: 7-8, -418.
Round 16		Brown played #82 Paul Sidorsky (Calgary AB) and won 409 to 386 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 8-8, -395.
Round 17		Brown played #75 Terry Kang Rau (Hudson, NY) and won 392 to 313 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 9-8, -316.
Round 18		Brown played #45 Zev Kaufman (Toronto ON) and lost 341 to 350 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 9-9, -325.
Round 19		Brown played #81 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and lost 401 to 413 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #78. Current record: 9-10, -337.
Round 20		Brown played #39 Steve Glass (Dade City, FL) and lost 308 to 410 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #86. Current record: 9-11, -439.
Round 21		Brown played #69 Dielle Saldanha (Richmond BC) and lost 368 to 399 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #93. Current record: 9-12, -470.
Round 22		Brown played #120 Jeffrey Nelson (Burlington, VT) and won 375 to 333 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #85. Current record: 10-12, -428.
Round 23		Brown played #77 Jeremy Hall (New York, NY) and won 416 to 330 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 11-12, -342.
Round 24		Brown played #38 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Lawrenceville, NJ) and lost 370 to 543 (a spread of -173). Current ranking: #87. Current record: 11-13, -515.
Round 25		Brown played #92 Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand) and won 432 to 386 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #79. Current record: 12-13, -469.
Round 26		Brown played #41 Paul Holser (McKinney, TX) and lost 305 to 507 (a spread of -202). Current ranking: #89. Current record: 12-14, -671.
Round 27		Brown played #78 Robert Kahn (Plantation, FL) and won 410 to 331 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #80. Current record: 13-14, -592.
Round 28		Brown played #118 Bruce D Ambrosio (Los Angeles, CA) and won 549 to 313 (a spread of 236). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 14-14, -356.
Round 29		Brown played #85 Ken Kasney (Meridian, ID) and won 395 to 387 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 15-14, -348.
Round 30		Brown played #8 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and lost 380 to 395 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 15-15, -363.
Round 31		Brown played #43 Scott Jackson (Minneapolis, MN) and lost 390 to 509 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #78. Current record: 15-16, -482.

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