NSC 2013: Daniel Milton [#29]

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On this page, you will find information about Daniel Milton, 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 15-16, -720, and is ranked #27 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): Daniel Surname(s): Milton Home: Vienna, VA, United States Hobbies: amateur lexicographer

Round by Round
High score: 558 Average for: 393 Average against: 417
Round 1		Milton played #5 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and lost 385 to 499 (a spread of -114). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 0-1, -114.
Round 2		Milton played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and lost 334 to 605 (a spread of -271). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 0-2, -385.
Round 3		Milton played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and lost 315 to 386 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 0-3, -456.
Round 4		Milton played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 487 to 341 (a spread of 146). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-3, -310.
Round 5		Milton played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 293 to 571 (a spread of -278). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 1-4, -588.
Round 6		Milton played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and won 415 to 406 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 2-4, -579.
Round 7		Milton played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 371 to 295 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 3-4, -503.
Round 8		Milton played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) and lost 360 to 381 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 3-5, -524.
Round 9		Milton played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 369 to 509 (a spread of -140). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 3-6, -664. Milton is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Milton played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and won 436 to 343 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 4-6, -571.
Round 11		Milton played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 464 to 269 (a spread of 195). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-6, -376.
Round 12		Milton played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 445 to 318 (a spread of 127). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 6-6, -249.
Round 13		Milton played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and lost 430 to 520 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 6-7, -339.
Round 14		Milton played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 325 to 554 (a spread of -229). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-8, -568.
Round 15		Milton played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and won 349 to 311 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 7-8, -530.
Round 16		Milton played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and won 444 to 395 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-8, -481.
Round 17		Milton played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and won 410 to 291 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 9-8, -362.
Round 18		Milton played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 445 to 341 (a spread of 104). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 10-8, -258.
Round 19		Milton played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and won 387 to 363 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 11-8, -234.
Round 20		Milton played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 411 to 526 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 11-9, -349.
Round 21		Milton played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 350 to 437 (a spread of -87). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 11-10, -436.
Round 22		Milton played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 373 to 488 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 11-11, -551.
Round 23		Milton played #12 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 265 to 465 (a spread of -200). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 11-12, -751.
Round 24		Milton played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and won 369 to 353 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 12-12, -735.
Round 25		Milton played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and lost 369 to 393 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12-13, -759.
Round 26		Milton played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 558 to 338 (a spread of 220). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 13-13, -539.
Round 27		Milton played #4 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and won 439 to 436 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 14-13, -536.
Round 28		Milton played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 408 to 483 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 14-14, -611.
Round 29		Milton played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and lost 372 to 436 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 14-15, -675.
Round 30		Milton played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) again and won 465 to 336 (a spread of 129). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 15-15, -546.
Round 31		Milton played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and lost 352 to 526 (a spread of -174). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 15-16, -720.

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