NSC 2013: Carl Durdan [#26]

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On this page, you will find information about Carl Durdan, 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, +682, and is ranked #7 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): Carl Surname(s): Durdan Home: Waltham, MA, United States Hobbies: Tennis, Board Games

Round by Round
High score: 604 Average for: 404 Average against: 382
Round 1		Durdan played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and lost 365 to 513 (a spread of -148). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 0-1, -148.
Round 2		Durdan played #11 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and won 426 to 396 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 1-1, -118.
Round 3		Durdan played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 466 to 346 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-1, +2.
Round 4		Durdan played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 394 to 381 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 3-1, +15. Durdan is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Durdan played #20 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 50 to 0 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-1, +65.
Round 6		Durdan played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and lost 498 to 512 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-2, +51.
Round 7		Durdan played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and lost 310 to 516 (a spread of -206). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 4-3, -155.
Round 8		Durdan played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and won 381 to 360 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 5-3, -134.
Round 9		Durdan played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and lost 339 to 456 (a spread of -117). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5-4, -251.
Round 10		Durdan played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and won 380 to 361 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-4, -232.
Round 11		Durdan played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and won 435 to 326 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-4, -123.
Round 12		Durdan played #8 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and won 448 to 434 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 8-4, -109.
Round 13		Durdan played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and won 492 to 359 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 9-4, +24.
Round 14		Durdan played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 383 to 474 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 9-5, -67.
Round 15		Durdan played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and won 445 to 336 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 10-5, +42.
Round 16		Durdan played #12 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and won 416 to 413 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 11-5, +45.
Round 17		Durdan played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and won 392 to 383 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 12-5, +54.
Round 18		Durdan played #4 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 380 to 436 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-6, -2.
Round 19		Durdan played #2 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and won 412 to 364 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 13-6, +46.
Round 20		Durdan played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 397 to 426 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13-7, +17. Durdan is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Durdan played #11 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) again and lost 395 to 429 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-8, -17.
Round 22		Durdan played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and lost 397 to 431 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 13-9, -51.
Round 23		Durdan played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and won 381 to 356 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 14-9, -26.
Round 24		Durdan played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and won 449 to 346 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 15-9, +77.
Round 25		Durdan played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 411 to 430 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 15-10, +58.
Round 26		Durdan played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 481 to 221 (a spread of 260). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 16-10, +318.
Round 27		Durdan played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and won 462 to 321 (a spread of 141). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 17-10, +459.
Round 28		Durdan played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and won 418 to 354 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 18-10, +523.
Round 29		Durdan played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 604 to 217 (a spread of 387). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 19-10, +910.
Round 30		Durdan played #5 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and lost 289 to 517 (a spread of -228). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 19-11, +682.
Round 31		Durdan played #4 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) again and tied at 419. Current ranking: #7. Current record: 19.5-11.5, +682. Durdan is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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