NSC 2014: Ruchi Gupta [#73]

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On this page, you will find information about Ruchi Gupta, 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 15.5-15.5, +88, and is ranked #68 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): Ruchi Surname(s): Gupta Home: Knoxville, TN, United States Awards: Happy to be among the top 10 of the state Hobbies: Gardening, Knitting, Travelling Cooking

Round by Round
High score: 444 Average for: 374 Average against: 371
Round 1		Gupta played #47 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and won 378 to 330 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 1-0, +48.
Round 2		Gupta played #18 Tasha Asberry (Unknown city, IL) and lost 336 to 337 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 1-1, +47.
Round 3		Gupta played #94 Connie Breitbeil (Cincinnati, OH) and lost 346 to 423 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 1-2, -30.
Round 4		Gupta played #30 David Gremaud (St. Louis, MO) and lost 376 to 388 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #99. Current record: 1-3, -42.
Round 5		Gupta played #123 Ellen Perr (New York, NY) and won 377 to 311 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 2-3, +24.
Round 6		Gupta played #90 Cynthia Pughsley (Oakland, CA) and won 346 to 297 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 3-3, +73.
Round 7		Gupta played #111 Sarah Rosenblum (West Orange, NJ) and won 374 to 323 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 4-3, +124.
Round 8		Gupta played #109 Marty Fialkow (Moorestown, NJ) and lost 357 to 383 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 4-4, +98.
Round 9		Gupta played #61 Curtis Lee (Jacksonville, FL) and tied at 382. Current ranking: #67. Current record: 4.5-4.5, +98.
Round 10		Gupta played #122 Flora Taylor (Chapel Hill, NC) and lost 362 to 413 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 4.5-5.5, +47.
Round 11		Gupta played #88 Carol McDonald (Northboro, MA) and won 430 to 328 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 5.5-5.5, +149.
Round 12		Gupta played #16 Ricky Sirois (Manchester, NH) and won 360 to 344 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 6.5-5.5, +165.
Round 13		Gupta played #28 Wayne Barclay (Ottawa ON) and lost 342 to 441 (a spread of -99). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 6.5-6.5, +66.
Round 14		Gupta played #17 Stephen Sneed (Fort Worth, TX) and won 385 to 306 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 7.5-6.5, +145.
Round 15		Gupta played #27 Will Scott (Versailles, KY) and won 372 to 331 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 8.5-6.5, +186.
Round 16		Gupta played #6 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and lost 360 to 472 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 8.5-7.5, +74.
Round 17		Gupta played #54 David Engelhardt (Baltimore, MD) and won 380 to 320 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 9.5-7.5, +134.
Round 18		Gupta played #84 John Lodinsky (Tonawanda, NY) and won 374 to 314 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 10.5-7.5, +194.
Round 19		Gupta played #40 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and lost 324 to 346 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 10.5-8.5, +172.
Round 20		Gupta played #26 Jack Eichenbaum (Flushing, NY) and won 384 to 292 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 11.5-8.5, +264.
Round 21		Gupta played #68 Will Robertson (Toronto ON) and won 387 to 386 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 12.5-8.5, +265.
Round 22		Gupta played #65 James Porter (Cleveland Heights, OH) and lost 386 to 416 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 12.5-9.5, +235.
Round 23		Gupta played #9 Ed Liebfried (Swanzey, NH) and won 433 to 386 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 13.5-9.5, +282.
Round 24		Gupta played #69 Amalan Iyengar (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 417 to 387 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14.5-9.5, +312.
Round 25		Gupta played #11 Mike Stafford (Columbus, OH) and lost 304 to 317 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14.5-10.5, +299.
Round 26		Gupta played #20 Wes Eddings (Quincy, MA) and lost 399 to 415 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 14.5-11.5, +283.
Round 27		Gupta played #48 Connie Creed (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 309 to 438 (a spread of -129). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 14.5-12.5, +154.
Round 28		Gupta played #34 Sean Wrona (Syracuse, NY) and lost 363 to 371 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 14.5-13.5, +146.
Round 29		Gupta played #3 Sam Hollington (St. Catharines ON) and lost 371 to 419 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #68. Current record: 14.5-14.5, +98.
Round 30		Gupta played #37 Steve Tier (New York, NY) and lost 444 to 463 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #78. Current record: 14.5-15.5, +79.
Round 31		Gupta played #17 Stephen Sneed (Fort Worth, TX) again and won 436 to 427 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #68. Current record: 15.5-15.5, +88.

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