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NSC 2013: Chris Lipe [#8]
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On this page, you will find information about
Chris Lipe, 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, +1285, and is ranked
#11 in Division 5.
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 | ![[photo of Chris Lipe]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/lipe_chris.jpg)
| Given name(s): Chris Surname(s): Lipe Home: Rome, NY, United States Hobbies: playing saxophone |
Round by Round | High score: 558 Average for: 433 Average against: 391 | Round 1 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Lipe played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and won 399 to 222 (a spread of 177). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 1-0, +177. | Round 2 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Lipe played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and won 495 to 333 (a spread of 162). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-0, +339. Lipe is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 3 | ![[photo of Winter Zxqkj]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/z/zxqkj_winter.jpg)
| Lipe played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 432 to 401 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 3-0, +370. | Round 4 | ![[photo of David Eldar]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/e/eldar_david_3.jpg)
| Lipe played #39 David Eldar (Australia) and won 500 to 374 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-0, +496. | Round 5 | ![[photo of Brian Bowman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bowman_brian_2.jpg)
| Lipe played #4 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 418 to 486 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-1, +428. Lipe is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 6 | ![[photo of Geoff Thevenot]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/thevenot_geoff_3.jpg)
| Lipe played #5 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and lost 475 to 481 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 4-2, +422. | Round 7 | ![[photo of Evan Berofsky]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/berofsky_evan.jpg)
| Lipe played #2 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and lost 511 to 563 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 4-3, +370. Lipe is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 8 | ![[photo of Tony Leah]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/leah_tony.jpg)
| Lipe played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 323 to 467 (a spread of -144). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 4-4, +226. | Round 9 | ![[photo of Becky Dyer]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/dyer_becky_2.jpg)
| Lipe played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and won 498 to 390 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 5-4, +334. | Round 10 | ![[photo of Leslie Charles]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/charles_leslie.jpeg)
| Lipe played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 558 to 313 (a spread of 245). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-4, +579. | Round 11 | ![[photo of Joel Wapnick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wapnick_joel_2.jpg)
| Lipe played #12 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 316 to 497 (a spread of -181). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-5, +398. | Round 12 | ![[photo of Carl Durdan]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/durdan_carl.jpg)
| Lipe played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) and lost 434 to 448 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-6, +384. Lipe is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 13 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Lipe played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and won 483 to 418 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 7-6, +449. | Round 14 | ![[photo of Sandy Nang]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/n/nang_sandy.jpg)
| Lipe played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and won 480 to 342 (a spread of 138). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-6, +587. Lipe is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 15 | ![[photo of Marty Gabriel]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/g/gabriel_marty.jpg)
| Lipe played #9 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 301 to 385 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 8-7, +503. | Round 16 | ![[photo of Geoffrey Newman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/withheld.gif)
| Lipe played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and won 487 to 459 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9-7, +531. | Round 17 | ![[photo of Sam Kantimathi]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kantimathi_sam_3.jpg)
| Lipe played #20 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 50 to 0 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 10-7, +581. | Round 18 | ![[photo of Robert Linn]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/linn_robert.jpg)
| Lipe played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 457 to 363 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 11-7, +675. | Round 19 | ![[photo of Steve Polatnick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/polatnick_steve.jpg)
| Lipe played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 458 to 383 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 12-7, +750. | Round 20 | ![[photo of Nuala O'Rourke]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/o_rourke_nuala.jpg)
| Lipe played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and won 493 to 424 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 13-7, +819. | Round 21 | ![[photo of Quinn James]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/j/james_nathan_2.jpg)
| Lipe played #22 Quinn James (Charleston, SC) and lost 388 to 475 (a spread of -87). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13-8, +732. | Round 22 | ![[photo of John OLaughlin]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/o_laughlin_john.jpg)
| Lipe played #7 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 409 to 471 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 13-9, +670. Lipe is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 23 | ![[photo of Robert Linn]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/linn_robert.jpg)
| Lipe played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) again and won 450 to 368 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 14-9, +752. | Round 24 | ![[photo of Nicky Huitson]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/huitson_nicky.jpg)
| Lipe played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and lost 390 to 457 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14-10, +685. | Round 25 | ![[photo of Evans Clinchy]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/clinchy_evans.jpg)
| Lipe played #3 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and won 499 to 379 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 15-10, +805. | Round 26 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Lipe played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 466 to 517 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 15-11, +754. | Round 27 | ![[photo of Laurie Cohen]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cohen_laurie.jpg)
| Lipe played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and won 493 to 352 (a spread of 141). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 16-11, +895. Lipe is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 28 | ![[photo of Lynda Woods Cleary]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cleary_lynda_3.jpg)
| Lipe played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 512 to 298 (a spread of 214). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 17-11, +1109. | Round 29 | ![[photo of Kay Faust]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/f/faust_kay.jpg)
| Lipe played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 424 to 257 (a spread of 167). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 18-11, +1276. | Round 30 | ![[photo of Tony Leah]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/leah_tony.jpg)
| Lipe played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) again and lost 328 to 438 (a spread of -110). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 18-12, +1166. | Round 31 | ![[photo of Winter Zxqkj]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/z/zxqkj_winter.jpg)
| Lipe played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) again and won 486 to 367 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 19-12, +1285. |
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