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NSC 2013: B A Toole [#32]

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On this page, you will find information about B A Toole, 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 8-23, -3056, and is ranked #35 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

[photo of B A Toole]

Given name(s): B A
Surname(s): Toole
Home: Sausalito, CA, United States
Awards: Author of 2 books
Round by Round

High score: 435
Average for: 339
Average against: 443

Round 1

[photo of Marty Gabriel]

Toole played #9 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 270 to 595 (a spread of -325).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-1, -325.

Round 2

[photo of Bradley Whitmarsh]

Toole played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 334 to 450 (a spread of -116).

Current ranking: #37.

Current record: 0-2, -441.

Round 3

[photo of Becky Dyer]

Toole played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 360 to 531 (a spread of -171).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 0-3, -612.

Round 4

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Toole played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and lost 339 to 445 (a spread of -106).

Current ranking: #38.

Current record: 0-4, -718.

Round 5

[photo of Zbigniew Wieckowski]

Toole played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 395 to 335 (a spread of 60).

Current ranking: #36.

Current record: 1-4, -658.

Round 6

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Toole played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 378 to 428 (a spread of -50).

Current ranking: #37.

Current record: 1-5, -708.

Round 7

[photo of Randall Thomas]

Toole played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and lost 280 to 480 (a spread of -200).

Current ranking: #37.

Current record: 1-6, -908.

Round 8

[photo of Kay Faust]

Toole played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 427 to 324 (a spread of 103).

Current ranking: #36.

Current record: 2-6, -805.

Round 9

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Toole played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and lost 341 to 358 (a spread of -17).

Current ranking: #38.

Current record: 2-7, -822.

Round 10

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Toole played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 435 to 412 (a spread of 23).

Current ranking: #37.

Current record: 3-7, -799.

Round 11

[photo of Lynda Woods Cleary]

Toole played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and lost 303 to 313 (a spread of -10).

Current ranking: #36.

Current record: 3-8, -809.

Round 12

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Toole played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and won 360 to 335 (a spread of 25).

Current ranking: #36.

Current record: 4-8, -784.

Round 13

[photo of Nicky Huitson]

Toole played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and won 379 to 377 (a spread of 2).

Current ranking: #34.

Current record: 5-8, -782.

Round 14

[photo of Nuala O'Rourke]

Toole played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and lost 299 to 477 (a spread of -178).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 5-9, -960.

Round 15

[photo of Winter Zxqkj]

Toole played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 318 to 534 (a spread of -216).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 5-10, -1176.

Round 16

[photo of Trevor Halsall]

Toole played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and lost 362 to 484 (a spread of -122).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 5-11, -1298.

Round 17

[photo of Daniel Milton]

Toole played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and lost 291 to 410 (a spread of -119).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 5-12, -1417.

Round 18

[photo of Laurie Cohen]

Toole played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and lost 321 to 421 (a spread of -100).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 5-13, -1517.

Round 19

[photo of Puneet Sharma]

Toole played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 377 to 353 (a spread of 24).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 6-13, -1493.

Round 20

[photo of Joel Wapnick]

Toole played #12 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 322 to 472 (a spread of -150).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 6-14, -1643.

Round 21

[photo of Tony Leah]

Toole played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 243 to 637 (a spread of -394).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 6-15, -2037.

Round 22

[photo of Orlet Bullock]

Toole played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and lost 348 to 554 (a spread of -206).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 6-16, -2243.

Round 23

[photo of Sandy Nang]

Toole played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and lost 308 to 451 (a spread of -143).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 6-17, -2386.

Round 24

[photo of Travis Chaney]

Toole played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and lost 366 to 479 (a spread of -113).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 6-18, -2499.

Round 25

[photo of Steve Polatnick]

Toole played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 356 to 398 (a spread of -42).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 6-19, -2541.

Round 26  

Toole recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points.

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 7-19, -2491.

Round 27

[photo of Geoffrey Newman]

Toole played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 379 to 462 (a spread of -83).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 7-20, -2574.

Round 28

[photo of Carl Durdan]

Toole played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) and lost 354 to 418 (a spread of -64).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 7-21, -2638.

Round 29

[photo of Mark Kenas]

Toole played #11 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 272 to 503 (a spread of -231).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 7-22, -2869.

Round 30

[photo of Zbigniew Wieckowski]

Toole played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) again and lost 296 to 489 (a spread of -193).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 7-23, -3062.

Round 31

[photo of Zbigniew Wieckowski]

Toole played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) for the third time and won 362 to 356 (a spread of 6).

Current ranking: #35.

Current record: 8-23, -3056.


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