NSC 2013: Nicky Huitson [#42]

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On this page, you will find information about Nicky Huitson, 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 12-19, -928, and is ranked #33 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): Nicky Surname(s): Huitson Home: Cheltenham, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom

Round by Round
High score: 554 Average for: 394 Average against: 426
Round 1		Huitson played #2 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and lost 286 to 487 (a spread of -201). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 0-1, -201.
Round 2		Huitson played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 345 to 412 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 0-2, -268.
Round 3		Huitson played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and lost 287 to 408 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 0-3, -389. Huitson is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Huitson played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and won 474 to 337 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1-3, -252.
Round 5		Huitson played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 522 to 277 (a spread of 245). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-3, -7.
Round 6		Huitson played #22 Quinn James (Charleston, SC) and lost 377 to 514 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 2-4, -144.
Round 7		Huitson played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 356 to 520 (a spread of -164). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-5, -308.
Round 8		Huitson played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 436 to 402 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 3-5, -274.
Round 9		Huitson played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and lost 357 to 411 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 3-6, -328.
Round 10		Huitson played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and lost 343 to 436 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 3-7, -421.
Round 11		Huitson played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 554 to 406 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 4-7, -273.
Round 12		Huitson played #11 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 341 to 469 (a spread of -128). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 4-8, -401.
Round 13		Huitson played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and lost 377 to 379 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 4-9, -403.
Round 14		Huitson played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 475 to 285 (a spread of 190). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 5-9, -213.
Round 15		Huitson played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and lost 364 to 477 (a spread of -113). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 5-10, -326.
Round 16		Huitson played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and lost 337 to 440 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 5-11, -429. Huitson is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 17		Huitson played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and lost 403 to 421 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 5-12, -447.
Round 18		Huitson played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and won 486 to 373 (a spread of 113). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 6-12, -334.
Round 19		Huitson played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and won 458 to 423 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 7-12, -299.
Round 20		Huitson played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 391 to 457 (a spread of -66). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 7-13, -365.
Round 21		Huitson played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and won 447 to 400 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 8-13, -318.
Round 22		Huitson played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 322 to 556 (a spread of -234). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 8-14, -552.
Round 23		Huitson played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 428 to 529 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 8-15, -653.
Round 24		Huitson played #8 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and won 457 to 390 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 9-15, -586. Huitson is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Huitson played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and lost 377 to 503 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 9-16, -712.
Round 26		Huitson played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and lost 374 to 471 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 9-17, -809.
Round 27		Huitson played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 420 to 366 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 10-17, -755.
Round 28		Huitson recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-17, -705.
Round 29		Huitson played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 388 to 490 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 11-18, -807. Huitson is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 30		Huitson played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) again and won 331 to 310 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 12-18, -786.
Round 31		Huitson played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) for the third time and lost 296 to 438 (a spread of -142). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 12-19, -928.

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