NSC 2014: Gunther Jacobi [#13]

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On this page, you will find information about Gunther Jacobi, 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 18-13, +473, and is ranked #25 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): Gunther Surname(s): Jacobi Home: Portland, OR, United States Hobbies: Everything and Nothing.

Round by Round
High score: 507 Average for: 409 Average against: 395
Round 1		Jacobi played #109 Marty Fialkow (Moorestown, NJ) and won 507 to 317 (a spread of 190). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 1-0, +190.
Round 2		Jacobi recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #8. Current record: 2-0, +240.
Round 3		Jacobi played #43 Stefan Fatsis (Washington, DC) and won 476 to 374 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 3-0, +342.
Round 4		Jacobi played #9 Ed Liebfried (Swanzey, NH) and won 433 to 339 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-0, +436. Jacobi is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Jacobi played #10 Howard Pistol (Oakland Park, FL) and won 462 to 392 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 5-0, +506.
Round 6		Jacobi played #25 Bernard Gotlieb (Montréal QC) and lost 313 to 513 (a spread of -200). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-1, +306.
Round 7		Jacobi played #125 Robb Griffith (Cary, NC) and won 420 to 303 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-1, +423. Jacobi is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Jacobi played #24 Rahn McKeown (Cary, NC) and won 463 to 427 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 7-1, +459. Jacobi is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Jacobi played #80 Kevin Bowerman (Chapel Hill, NC) and lost 376 to 461 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-2, +374. Jacobi is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Jacobi played #50 Daniel Blake (Guilderland, NY) and lost 414 to 435 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 7-3, +353.
Round 11		Jacobi played #5 Doug Lundquist (Chicago, IL) and lost 320 to 383 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 7-4, +290.
Round 12		Jacobi played #77 Ryan Chepita (Ottawa ON) and lost 373 to 391 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 7-5, +272.
Round 13		Jacobi played #20 Wes Eddings (Quincy, MA) and won 447 to 412 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 8-5, +307.
Round 14		Jacobi played #79 Zachary Dang (Chevy Chase, MD) and won 462 to 379 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-5, +390.
Round 15		Jacobi played #58 Arnie Horowitz (Framingham, MA) and lost 306 to 532 (a spread of -226). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 9-6, +164.
Round 16		Jacobi played #69 Amalan Iyengar (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 425 to 290 (a spread of 135). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 10-6, +299.
Round 17		Jacobi played #31 Mark Fidler (Waltham, MA) and lost 390 to 439 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 10-7, +250.
Round 18		Jacobi played #61 Curtis Lee (Jacksonville, FL) and won 386 to 342 (a spread of 44). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 11-7, +294.
Round 19		Jacobi played #83 Mark Peltier (Seattle, WA) and won 426 to 374 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12-7, +346.
Round 20		Jacobi played #2 Mark Rosenberg (Atlantic City, NJ) and lost 345 to 395 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 12-8, +296.
Round 21		Jacobi played #4 Jeff Cook (Keyser, WV) and lost 311 to 356 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 12-9, +251.
Round 22		Jacobi played #102 Betty Cornelison (Portland, OR) and won 426 to 401 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 13-9, +276.
Round 23		Jacobi played #16 Ricky Sirois (Manchester, NH) and won 425 to 367 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 14-9, +334.
Round 24		Jacobi played #32 John Merlau (Kansas City, MO) and won 443 to 263 (a spread of 180). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 15-9, +514.
Round 25		Jacobi played #91 Gary Skowronski (Silver Spring, MD) and won 454 to 405 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 16-9, +563.
Round 26		Jacobi played #67 George Asaka (Omaha, NE) and won 437 to 417 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 17-9, +583.
Round 27		Jacobi played #8 Siddharth Murali (Collierville, TN) and lost 376 to 470 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 17-10, +489.
Round 28		Jacobi played #18 Tasha Asberry (Unknown city, IL) and lost 419 to 457 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 17-11, +451.
Round 29		Jacobi played #48 Connie Creed (Philadelphia, PA) and won 466 to 353 (a spread of 113). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 18-11, +564.
Round 30		Jacobi played #19 Mark Schmidt (Asheville, NC) and lost 359 to 430 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 18-12, +493.
Round 31		Jacobi played #20 Wes Eddings (Quincy, MA) again and lost 398 to 418 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 18-13, +473.

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