NSC 2013: Joel Wapnick [#12]

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On this page, you will find information about Joel Wapnick, 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 19.5-11.5, +681, and is ranked #8 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
	Given name(s): Joel Surname(s): Wapnick Home: Montreal, QC, Canada Awards: 1999 World Champion; 1983 North American Champion; 1998 Canadian Champion Hobbies: Fiction writing Occupation: university professor

Round by Round
High score: 544 Average for: 427 Average against: 405
Before the Tournament		Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 1		Wapnick played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 484 to 404 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 1-0, +80.
Round 2		Wapnick played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 479 to 434 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-0, +125. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Wapnick played #3 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 330 to 426 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 2-1, +29.
Round 4		Wapnick played #20 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 50 to 0 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 3-1, +79.
Round 5		Wapnick played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and won 460 to 427 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 4-1, +112. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Wapnick played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and lost 390 to 418 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-2, +84.
Round 7		Wapnick played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 318 to 487 (a spread of -169). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 4-3, -85.
Round 8		Wapnick played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 531 to 371 (a spread of 160). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-3, +75.
Round 9		Wapnick played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 477 to 423 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 6-3, +129.
Round 10		Wapnick played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 401 to 484 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 6-4, +46.
Round 11		Wapnick played #8 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and won 497 to 316 (a spread of 181). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 7-4, +227.
Round 12		Wapnick played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and won 464 to 338 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-4, +353.
Round 13		Wapnick played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and won 454 to 313 (a spread of 141). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9-4, +494.
Round 14		Wapnick played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and lost 359 to 543 (a spread of -184). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-5, +310.
Round 15		Wapnick played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 412 to 519 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-6, +203.
Round 16		Wapnick played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) and lost 413 to 416 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 9-7, +200.
Round 17		Wapnick played #22 Quinn James (Charleston, SC) and lost 396 to 432 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 9-8, +164.
Round 18		Wapnick played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and tied at 431. Current ranking: #22. Current record: 9.5-8.5, +164.
Round 19		Wapnick played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 544 to 392 (a spread of 152). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 10.5-8.5, +316.
Round 20		Wapnick played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and won 472 to 322 (a spread of 150). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 11.5-8.5, +466.
Round 21		Wapnick played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 439 to 356 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12.5-8.5, +549.
Round 22		Wapnick played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and won 533 to 336 (a spread of 197). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13.5-8.5, +746.
Round 23		Wapnick played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and won 465 to 265 (a spread of 200). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 14.5-8.5, +946.
Round 24		Wapnick played #4 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and won 489 to 398 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 15.5-8.5, +1037.
Round 25		Wapnick played #5 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and won 496 to 434 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 16.5-8.5, +1099.
Round 26		Wapnick played #9 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and won 485 to 436 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 17.5-8.5, +1148.
Round 27		Wapnick played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) again and won 419 to 387 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 18.5-8.5, +1180. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Wapnick played #7 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 344 to 581 (a spread of -237). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 18.5-9.5, +943. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29		Wapnick played #5 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) again and lost 356 to 525 (a spread of -169). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 18.5-10.5, +774.
Round 30		Wapnick played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) again and won 483 to 456 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 19.5-10.5, +801.
Round 31		Wapnick played #39 David Eldar (Australia) and lost 374 to 494 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 19.5-11.5, +681. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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