NSC 2014: Scott Leifer [#46]

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On this page, you will find information about Scott Leifer, 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 20-11, +566, and is ranked #9 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): Scott Surname(s): Leifer Home: Mansfield, MA, United States Hobbies: Reading, Songwriting, Exercising

Round by Round
High score: 523 Average for: 390 Average against: 372
Round 1		Leifer played #101 Mad Palazzo (Richmond Hill ON) and won 387 to 345 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 1-0, +42.
Round 2		Leifer played #106 Tracy Bowman (Chicago, IL) and won 421 to 314 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-0, +149.
Round 3		Leifer played #1 Roland Filio (Thousand Oaks, CA) and lost 335 to 395 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 2-1, +89.
Round 4		Leifer played #126 Katya Lezin (Charlotte, NC) and lost 323 to 416 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 2-2, -4.
Round 5		Leifer played #30 David Gremaud (St. Louis, MO) and won 431 to 327 (a spread of 104). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 3-2, +100.
Round 6		Leifer played #51 Bob Becker (Jefferson, MA) and lost 319 to 424 (a spread of -105). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 3-3, -5.
Round 7		Leifer played #63 Arun Methaset (Thailand) and won 367 to 330 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 4-3, +32.
Round 8		Leifer played #6 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and won 394 to 381 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 5-3, +45.
Round 9		Leifer played #36 Jerry Scheiten (Buffalo, NY) and won 416 to 270 (a spread of 146). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 6-3, +191.
Round 10		Leifer played #40 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 380 to 304 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-3, +267.
Round 11		Leifer played #10 Howard Pistol (Oakland Park, FL) and lost 423 to 434 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7-4, +256.
Round 12		Leifer played #105 Edward Gowash (Fort Worth, TX) and won 523 to 244 (a spread of 279). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 8-4, +535.
Round 13		Leifer played #12 Mark Garrod (East Lansing, MI) and won 395 to 383 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 9-4, +547.
Round 14		Leifer played #20 Wes Eddings (Quincy, MA) and lost 350 to 502 (a spread of -152). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 9-5, +395.
Round 15		Leifer played #69 Amalan Iyengar (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 400 to 363 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10-5, +432.
Round 16		Leifer played #8 Siddharth Murali (Collierville, TN) and lost 347 to 473 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-6, +306.
Round 17		Leifer played #48 Connie Creed (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 330 to 412 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 10-7, +224.
Round 18		Leifer played #25 Bernard Gotlieb (Montréal QC) and won 469 to 293 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 11-7, +400.
Round 19		Leifer played #35 Dave Leonard (Kenmore, NY) and won 428 to 373 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 12-7, +455.
Round 20		Leifer played #23 Kristina Simon (Plano, TX) and won 369 to 335 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 13-7, +489.
Round 21		Leifer played #95 Anita Rackham (Austin QC) and lost 298 to 410 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13-8, +377.
Round 22		Leifer played #84 John Lodinsky (Tonawanda, NY) and won 384 to 360 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 14-8, +401.
Round 23		Leifer played #11 Mike Stafford (Columbus, OH) and lost 366 to 457 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14-9, +310.
Round 24		Leifer played #91 Gary Skowronski (Silver Spring, MD) and won 349 to 325 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 15-9, +334.
Round 25		Leifer played #31 Mark Fidler (Waltham, MA) and won 396 to 353 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 16-9, +377.
Round 26		Leifer played #80 Kevin Bowerman (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 402 to 387 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 17-9, +392.
Round 27		Leifer played #67 George Asaka (Omaha, NE) and won 414 to 398 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 18-9, +408.
Round 28		Leifer played #2 Mark Rosenberg (Atlantic City, NJ) and lost 363 to 465 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 18-10, +306.
Round 29		Leifer played #19 Mark Schmidt (Asheville, NC) and won 463 to 385 (a spread of 78). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 19-10, +384.
Round 30		Leifer played #11 Mike Stafford (Columbus, OH) again and won 509 to 269 (a spread of 240). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 20-10, +624.
Round 31		Leifer played #8 Siddharth Murali (Collierville, TN) again and lost 338 to 396 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 20-11, +566.

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