NSC 2013: Randall Thomas [#24]

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On this page, you will find information about Randall Thomas, 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, -471, and is ranked #29 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): Randall Surname(s): Thomas Home: Calgary, AB, Canada Hobbies: mountaineering, travel, the Arts, writing Occupation: freelance computer graphics

Round by Round
High score: 528 Average for: 390 Average against: 405
Round 1		Thomas played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 246 to 510 (a spread of -264). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 0-1, -264.
Round 2		Thomas played #7 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 245 to 584 (a spread of -339). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 0-2, -603.
Round 3		Thomas played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 418 to 249 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-2, -434.
Round 4		Thomas played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and lost 391 to 474 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 1-3, -517. Thomas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Thomas played #22 Quinn James (Charleston, SC) and lost 316 to 412 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 1-4, -613.
Round 6		Thomas played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and lost 406 to 415 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 1-5, -622.
Round 7		Thomas played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and won 480 to 280 (a spread of 200). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 2-5, -422.
Round 8		Thomas played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and won 451 to 322 (a spread of 129). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 3-5, -293.
Round 9		Thomas played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and lost 381 to 400 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 3-6, -312. Thomas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Thomas played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and won 528 to 358 (a spread of 170). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 4-6, -142.
Round 11		Thomas played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 403 to 412 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 4-7, -151.
Round 12		Thomas played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 435 to 382 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-7, -98.
Round 13		Thomas played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 475 to 331 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 6-7, +46.
Round 14		Thomas played #11 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 310 to 493 (a spread of -183). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 6-8, -137.
Round 15		Thomas played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 450 to 405 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 7-8, -92.
Round 16		Thomas played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and won 415 to 282 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 8-8, +41.
Round 17		Thomas played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and won 421 to 403 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 9-8, +59.
Round 18		Thomas played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and lost 324 to 418 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 9-9, -35.
Round 19		Thomas played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and lost 389 to 404 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 9-10, -50.
Round 20		Thomas played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 460 to 434 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 10-10, -24.
Round 21		Thomas played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 384 to 379 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 11-10, -19.
Round 22		Thomas played #12 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 336 to 533 (a spread of -197). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 11-11, -216.
Round 23		Thomas played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 342 to 372 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 11-12, -246.
Round 24		Thomas played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) and lost 346 to 449 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 11-13, -349.
Round 25		Thomas played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 393 to 437 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 11-14, -393.
Round 26		Thomas played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and lost 467 to 475 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 11-15, -401.
Round 27		Thomas played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 312 to 430 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 11-16, -519.
Round 28		Thomas played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and lost 364 to 433 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 11-17, -588.
Round 29		Thomas played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and won 435 to 328 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 12-17, -481.
Round 30		Thomas played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) again and won 383 to 355 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 13-17, -453.
Round 31		Thomas played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) again and lost 391 to 409 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 13-18, -471.

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