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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 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| 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 | ![[photo of Orlet Bullock]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bullock_orlet.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Geoff Thevenot]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/thevenot_geoff_3.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Daniel Milton]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/milton_daniel.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of B A Toole]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/toole_betty.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Trevor Halsall]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/halsall_trevor_3.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Sandy Nang]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/n/nang_sandy.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Tony Leah]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/leah_tony.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Bradley Whitmarsh]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/whitmarsh_bradley_2.jpg)
| 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 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| 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 | ![[photo of Lynda Woods Cleary]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cleary_lynda_3.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Nuala O'Rourke]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/o_rourke_nuala.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Joel Wapnick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wapnick_joel_2.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Chris Lipe]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/lipe_chris.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Leslie Charles]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/charles_leslie.jpeg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Kay Faust]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/f/faust_kay.jpg)
| 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 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| 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 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| 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 | ![[photo of Nicky Huitson]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/huitson_nicky.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Randall Thomas]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/thomas_randall.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Zbigniew Wieckowski]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wieckowski_zbigniew.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Travis Chaney]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/chaney_travis_4.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Puneet Sharma]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sharma_puneet.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Becky Dyer]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/dyer_becky_2.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Laurie Cohen]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cohen_laurie.jpg)
| 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 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| 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 | ![[photo of Winter Zxqkj]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/z/zxqkj_winter.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Mark Kenas]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kenas_mark.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Brian Bowman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bowman_brian_2.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Steve Polatnick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/polatnick_steve.jpg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Leslie Charles]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/charles_leslie.jpeg)
| 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 | ![[photo of Leslie Charles]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/charles_leslie.jpeg)
| 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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