NSC 2013: Liz Ashby [#88]

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On this page, you will find information about Liz Ashby, 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 13-18, -472, and is ranked #103 in Division 2.

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): Liz Surname(s): Ashby Home: Eureka, CA, United States Awards: Co-organizer of overseas Scrabble tours and tournaments with Rich Baker Hobbies: Travel, Yard Sales, Reading, Entertaining

Round by Round
High score: 435 Average for: 360 Average against: 377
Round 1		Ashby played #41 Joanne Cohen (Owings Mills, MD) and lost 353 to 394 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #80. Current record: 0-1, -41.
Round 2		Ashby played #16 David Engelhardt (Baltimore, MD) and lost 399 to 400 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #95. Current record: 0-2, -42.
Round 3		Ashby played #100 Linda Wancel (Flushing, NY) and won 400 to 360 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 1-2, -2.
Round 4		Ashby played #65 Chuck Riordan (Des Moines, IA) and won 348 to 345 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 2-2, +1.
Round 5		Ashby played #110 Cheryl Melvin (Muskegon, MI) and lost 308 to 355 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #80. Current record: 2-3, -46.
Round 6		Ashby played #85 Andrea Michaels (San Francisco, CA) and won 435 to 317 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 3-3, +72.
Round 7		Ashby played #44 Curran Eggertson (Calgary AB) and lost 321 to 388 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 3-4, +5. Ashby is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Ashby played #80 Trevor Sealy (Oshawa ON) and lost 386 to 398 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #86. Current record: 3-5, -7.
Round 9		Ashby played #61 Curtis Lee (Jacksonville, FL) and won 408 to 293 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 4-5, +108.
Round 10		Ashby played #84 Marty Fialkow (Moorestown, NJ) and won 364 to 309 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 5-5, +163.
Round 11		Ashby played #104 Alex Rodriguez (NYC, NY) and lost 340 to 383 (a spread of -43). Current ranking: #74. Current record: 5-6, +120.
Round 12		Ashby played #72 Jeremy Jeffers (Decatur, GA) and lost 400 to 456 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #86. Current record: 5-7, +64.
Round 13		Ashby played #74 Ruchi Gupta (Knoxville, TN) and lost 287 to 447 (a spread of -160). Current ranking: #94. Current record: 5-8, -96.
Round 14		Ashby played #46 Gary Moss (Laguna Woods, CA) and lost 374 to 424 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #107. Current record: 5-9, -146.
Round 15		Ashby played #9 Chris Schneider (Chicago, IL) and lost 277 to 489 (a spread of -212). Current ranking: #113. Current record: 5-10, -358.
Round 16		Ashby played #70 Lynda Wise (Toronto ON) and won 392 to 380 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #108. Current record: 6-10, -346.
Round 17		Ashby played #116 Michael Bassett (Port Clinton, GA) and lost 379 to 456 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #113. Current record: 6-11, -423. Ashby is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Ashby played #120 Arun Methaset (Thailand) and won 368 to 330 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #103. Current record: 7-11, -385.
Round 19		Ashby played #52 Carole Denton (New Carrollton, MD) and lost 344 to 395 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #111. Current record: 7-12, -436.
Round 20		Ashby played #113 Ellen Perr (New York, NY) and lost 341 to 351 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #115. Current record: 7-13, -446.
Round 21		Ashby played #107 Nancy Scott (Schertz, TX) and lost 369 to 467 (a spread of -98). Current ranking: #117. Current record: 7-14, -544.
Round 22		Ashby recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #112. Current record: 8-14, -494. Ashby is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Ashby played #98 Arthur Finkle (Coral Gables, FL) and won 404 to 290 (a spread of 114). Current ranking: #109. Current record: 9-14, -380.
Round 24		Ashby played #115 George Bissonnette (Seattle, WA) and won 399 to 398 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #102. Current record: 10-14, -379.
Round 25		Ashby played #111 Carole Miller (Walnut Creek, CA) and won 372 to 312 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #91. Current record: 11-14, -319.
Round 26		Ashby played #38 Arnie Horowitz (Framingham, MA) and lost 297 to 382 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #102. Current record: 11-15, -404.
Round 27		Ashby played #121 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and won 355 to 280 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #92. Current record: 12-15, -329. Ashby is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Ashby played #99 Caesar Jaramillo (Seagraves, TX) and lost 332 to 354 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #99. Current record: 12-16, -351.
Round 29		Ashby played #81 David Slavin (Hawthorne, CA) and lost 343 to 366 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #104. Current record: 12-17, -374.
Round 30		Ashby played #92 Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY) and lost 348 to 465 (a spread of -117). Current ranking: #109. Current record: 12-18, -491.
Round 31		Ashby played #95 Anna Miransky (Toronto ON) and won 350 to 331 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #103. Current record: 13-18, -472.

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