NSC 2013: Martin DeMello [#40]

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On this page, you will find information about Martin DeMello, 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, +361, and is ranked #21 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): Martin Surname(s): DeMello Home: San Francisco, CA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 580 Average for: 419 Average against: 407
Round 1		DeMello played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and lost 358 to 450 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 0-1, -92.
Round 2		DeMello played #5 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and lost 364 to 444 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 0-2, -172. DeMello is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		DeMello played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and won 386 to 315 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 1-2, -101.
Round 4		DeMello played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and won 445 to 339 (a spread of 106). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 2-2, +5.
Round 5		DeMello played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and lost 426 to 444 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 2-3, -13.
Round 6		DeMello played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and lost 349 to 510 (a spread of -161). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 2-4, -174.
Round 7		DeMello played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and won 423 to 402 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-4, -153.
Round 8		DeMello played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 428 to 448 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-5, -173. DeMello is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		DeMello played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 479 to 455 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-5, -149. DeMello is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		DeMello played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 395 to 385 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-5, -139.
Round 11		DeMello played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and won 480 to 417 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-5, -76.
Round 12		DeMello played #12 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 338 to 464 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 6-6, -202.
Round 13		DeMello played #8 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and lost 418 to 483 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 6-7, -267.
Round 14		DeMello played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 404 to 416 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-8, -279.
Round 15		DeMello played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 580 to 272 (a spread of 308). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 7-8, +29.
Round 16		DeMello played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 401 to 382 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 8-8, +48.
Round 17		DeMello played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and won 542 to 266 (a spread of 276). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-8, +324.
Round 18		DeMello played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and lost 373 to 486 (a spread of -113). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 9-9, +211.
Round 19		DeMello played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and won 404 to 389 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-9, +226.
Round 20		DeMello played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 441 to 437 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 11-9, +230.
Round 21		DeMello played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and won 457 to 348 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 12-9, +339. DeMello is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		DeMello played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 426 to 363 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13-9, +402.
Round 23		DeMello played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 376 to 463 (a spread of -87). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 13-10, +315.
Round 24		DeMello played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and won 444 to 422 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 14-10, +337.
Round 25		DeMello played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and won 403 to 301 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 15-10, +439.
Round 26		DeMello played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 331 to 482 (a spread of -151). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 15-11, +288.
Round 27		DeMello played #11 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and won 449 to 393 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 16-11, +344.
Round 28		DeMello played #4 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 379 to 420 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 16-12, +303.
Round 29		DeMello played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 431 to 464 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 16-13, +270.
Round 30		DeMello played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) again and won 434 to 388 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 17-13, +316.
Round 31		DeMello played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) for the third time and won 423 to 378 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 18-13, +361.

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