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NSC 2013: Kay Faust [#34]

[ Congratulations to the 2013 National SCRABBLE Champion, Nigel Richards. ]

On this page, you will find information about Kay Faust, 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 2-29, -4538, and is ranked #39 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 Kay Faust]

Given name(s): Kay
Surname(s): Faust
Home: Baltimore, VT, United States
Round by Round

High score: 389
Average for: 304
Average against: 457

Round 1

[photo of John OLaughlin]

Faust played #7 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 266 to 517 (a spread of -251).

Current ranking: #37.

Current record: 0-1, -251.

Round 2

[photo of Geoffrey Newman]

Faust played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 303 to 538 (a spread of -235).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 0-2, -486.

Round 3

[photo of Randall Thomas]

Faust played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and lost 249 to 418 (a spread of -169).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-3, -655.

Round 4

[photo of Tony Leah]

Faust played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 245 to 458 (a spread of -213).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-4, -868.

Round 5

[photo of Lynda Woods Cleary]

Faust played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and lost 331 to 435 (a spread of -104).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-5, -972.

Round 6

[photo of Zbigniew Wieckowski]

Faust played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and lost 265 to 491 (a spread of -226).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-6, -1198.

Round 7

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Faust played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and lost 338 to 378 (a spread of -40).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-7, -1238.

Round 8

[photo of B A Toole]

Faust played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and lost 324 to 427 (a spread of -103).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-8, -1341.

Round 9

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Faust played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and lost 323 to 408 (a spread of -85).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-9, -1426.

Round 10

[photo of Laurie Cohen]

Faust played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and lost 334 to 425 (a spread of -91).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-10, -1517.

Round 11

[photo of Daniel Milton]

Faust played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and lost 269 to 464 (a spread of -195).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-11, -1712.

Round 12

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Faust played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 335 to 433 (a spread of -98).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-12, -1810.

Round 13

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Faust played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and lost 363 to 383 (a spread of -20).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-13, -1830.

Round 14

[photo of Nicky Huitson]

Faust played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and lost 285 to 475 (a spread of -190).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-14, -2020.

Round 15

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Faust played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and lost 272 to 580 (a spread of -308).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-15, -2328.

Round 16

[photo of Winter Zxqkj]

Faust played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 368 to 449 (a spread of -81).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 0-16, -2409.

Round 17

[photo of Sandy Nang]

Faust played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and won 380 to 340 (a spread of 40).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 1-16, -2369.

Round 18

[photo of Nuala O'Rourke]

Faust played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and lost 312 to 476 (a spread of -164).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 1-17, -2533.

Round 19

[photo of Orlet Bullock]

Faust played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and lost 389 to 503 (a spread of -114).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 1-18, -2647.

Faust is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 20

[photo of Trevor Halsall]

Faust played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and lost 274 to 527 (a spread of -253).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 1-19, -2900.

Round 21

[photo of Puneet Sharma]

Faust played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and lost 339 to 569 (a spread of -230).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 1-20, -3130.

Round 22  

Faust recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points.

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 2-20, -3080.

Round 23

[photo of Travis Chaney]

Faust played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and lost 295 to 392 (a spread of -97).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 2-21, -3177.

Round 24

[photo of Steve Polatnick]

Faust played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 258 to 574 (a spread of -316).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 2-22, -3493.

Faust is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 25

[photo of Becky Dyer]

Faust played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 303 to 458 (a spread of -155).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 2-23, -3648.

Round 26

[photo of Carl Durdan]

Faust played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) and lost 221 to 481 (a spread of -260).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 2-24, -3908.

Round 27

[photo of Leslie Charles]

Faust played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 265 to 473 (a spread of -208).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 2-25, -4116.

Faust is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

Round 28

[photo of Evans Clinchy]

Faust played #3 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 364 to 489 (a spread of -125).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 2-26, -4241.

Round 29

[photo of Chris Lipe]

Faust played #8 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and lost 257 to 424 (a spread of -167).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 2-27, -4408.

Round 30

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Faust played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) again and lost 284 to 348 (a spread of -64).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 2-28, -4472.

Round 31

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Faust played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) for the third time and lost 309 to 375 (a spread of -66).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 2-29, -4538.


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