NSC 2013: Sandy Nang [#27]

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On this page, you will find information about Sandy Nang, 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 18-13, +751, and is ranked #19 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): Sandy Surname(s): Nang Home: Malibu, CA, United States Hobbies: Crosswords, Culinary Mysteries Occupation: Senior Project Manager

Round by Round
High score: 558 Average for: 423 Average against: 399
Round 1		Nang played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 399 to 451 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 0-1, -52.
Round 2		Nang played #2 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and lost 371 to 508 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 0-2, -189.
Round 3		Nang played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and won 408 to 287 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 1-2, -68. Nang is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Nang played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and won 474 to 391 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-2, +15. Nang is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Nang played #11 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 424 to 558 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 2-3, -119.
Round 6		Nang played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and won 510 to 349 (a spread of 161). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 3-3, +42. Nang is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Nang played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 471 to 371 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 4-3, +142.
Round 8		Nang played #9 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 428 to 430 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 4-4, +140.
Round 9		Nang played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 384 to 419 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 4-5, +105. Nang is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Nang played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) and lost 361 to 380 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-6, +86.
Round 11		Nang played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 476 to 466 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 5-6, +96.
Round 12		Nang played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and won 492 to 418 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-6, +170.
Round 13		Nang played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and won 520 to 430 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 7-6, +260.
Round 14		Nang played #8 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and lost 342 to 480 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 7-7, +122. Nang is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Nang played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and lost 333 to 413 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 7-8, +42.
Round 16		Nang played #22 Quinn James (Charleston, SC) and lost 352 to 365 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 7-9, +29.
Round 17		Nang played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and lost 340 to 380 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 7-10, -11.
Round 18		Nang played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 394 to 379 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 8-10, +4.
Round 19		Nang played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and won 540 to 228 (a spread of 312). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-10, +316.
Round 20		Nang played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and won 446 to 388 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 10-10, +374.
Round 21		Nang played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 558 to 275 (a spread of 283). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 11-10, +657.
Round 22		Nang played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 425 to 360 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 12-10, +722.
Round 23		Nang played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and won 451 to 308 (a spread of 143). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 13-10, +865.
Round 24		Nang played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 443 to 403 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 14-10, +905. Nang is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Nang played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and won 474 to 399 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 15-10, +980.
Round 26		Nang played #7 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 292 to 389 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 15-11, +883. Nang is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Nang played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) again and lost 296 to 518 (a spread of -222). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 15-12, +661.
Round 28		Nang played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 446 to 349 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 16-12, +758.
Round 29		Nang played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 456 to 351 (a spread of 105). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 17-12, +863.
Round 30		Nang played #4 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 302 to 427 (a spread of -125). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 17-13, +738.
Round 31		Nang played #3 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and won 500 to 487 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 18-13, +751.

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