NSC 2014: Jeff Cook [#4]

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On this page, you will find information about Jeff Cook, who is competing at the 2014 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 22-9, +1140, and is ranked #2 in Division 2.

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): Jeff Surname(s): Cook Home: Keyser, WV, United States

Round by Round
High score: 585 Average for: 411 Average against: 374
Round 1		Cook played #121 Paul Mistrette (Little Falls, NJ) and won 484 to 356 (a spread of 128). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 1-0, +128.
Round 2		Cook played #81 Kristy Zurbrick (Dublin, OH) and won 488 to 348 (a spread of 140). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-0, +268.
Round 3		Cook played #57 Flossie Swint (Fremont, OH) and won 426 to 324 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 3-0, +370.
Round 4		Cook played #23 Kristina Simon (Plano, TX) and lost 376 to 435 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-1, +311.
Round 5		Cook played #68 Will Robertson (Toronto ON) and won 372 to 353 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-1, +330.
Round 6		Cook played #126 Katya Lezin (Charlotte, NC) and won 401 to 331 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 5-1, +400.
Round 7		Cook played #67 George Asaka (Omaha, NE) and won 360 to 354 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 6-1, +406.
Round 8		Cook played #25 Bernard Gotlieb (Montréal QC) and lost 442 to 457 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-2, +391.
Round 9		Cook played #24 Rahn McKeown (Cary, NC) and lost 367 to 374 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 6-3, +384.
Round 10		Cook played #83 Mark Peltier (Seattle, WA) and lost 356 to 376 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-4, +364.
Round 11		Cook played #61 Curtis Lee (Jacksonville, FL) and won 360 to 355 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 7-4, +369.
Round 12		Cook played #33 Scott McDougall (Williamsburg, VA) and won 412 to 354 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-4, +427.
Round 13		Cook played #79 Zachary Dang (Chevy Chase, MD) and won 585 to 349 (a spread of 236). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9-4, +663.
Round 14		Cook played #77 Ryan Chepita (Ottawa ON) and lost 327 to 423 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9-5, +567.
Round 15		Cook played #40 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 391 to 386 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 10-5, +572.
Round 16		Cook played #50 Daniel Blake (Guilderland, NY) and won 503 to 321 (a spread of 182). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 11-5, +754.
Round 17		Cook played #18 Tasha Asberry (Unknown city, IL) and lost 304 to 536 (a spread of -232). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 11-6, +522.
Round 18		Cook played #5 Doug Lundquist (Chicago, IL) and lost 372 to 384 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 11-7, +510.
Round 19		Cook played #43 Stefan Fatsis (Washington, DC) and won 515 to 414 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 12-7, +611.
Round 20		Cook played #69 Amalan Iyengar (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 439 to 421 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 13-7, +629. Cook is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Cook played #13 Gunther Jacobi (Portland, OR) and won 356 to 311 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 14-7, +674.
Round 22		Cook played #7 Travis Carlson (Tucson, AZ) and won 371 to 358 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 15-7, +687.
Round 23		Cook played #51 Bob Becker (Jefferson, MA) and lost 383 to 482 (a spread of -99). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 15-8, +588.
Round 24		Cook played #80 Kevin Bowerman (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 359 to 341 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 16-8, +606.
Round 25		Cook played #67 George Asaka (Omaha, NE) again and won 455 to 290 (a spread of 165). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 17-8, +771.
Round 26		Cook played #39 Yukiko Loritz (Anaheim, CA) and won 509 to 317 (a spread of 192). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 18-8, +963.
Round 27		Cook played #2 Mark Rosenberg (Atlantic City, NJ) and won 385 to 334 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 19-8, +1014.
Round 28		Cook played #24 Rahn McKeown (Cary, NC) again and won 414 to 381 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 20-8, +1047.
Round 29		Cook played #11 Mike Stafford (Columbus, OH) and lost 263 to 492 (a spread of -229). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 20-9, +818.
Round 30		Cook played #5 Doug Lundquist (Chicago, IL) again and won 515 to 302 (a spread of 213). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 21-9, +1031.
Round 31		Cook played #80 Kevin Bowerman (Chapel Hill, NC) again and won 450 to 341 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 22-9, +1140. Cook is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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