NSC 2014: Joel Wapnick [#10]

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On this page, you will find information about Joel Wapnick, 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 21-10, +1379, and is ranked #2 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): Joel Surname(s): Wapnick Home: Montreal, QC, Canada Awards: 1999 World Champion; 1983 North American Champion; 1998 Canadian Champion Hobbies: Fiction writing Occupation: university professor

Round by Round
High score: 586 Average for: 450 Average against: 406
Round 1		Wapnick played #50 Andy Saunders (Guelph ON) and lost 431 to 439 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 0-1, -8.
Round 2		Wapnick played #46 Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR) and lost 401 to 404 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 0-2, -11.
Round 3		Wapnick played #22 Jeremy Hildebrand (Ottawa ON) and won 439 to 332 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 1-2, +96.
Round 4		Wapnick played #63 Cody McCormick (United Kingdom) and won 432 to 400 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-2, +128.
Round 5		Wapnick played #64 Karen Richards (Australia) and won 461 to 390 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 3-2, +199.
Round 6		Wapnick played #49 Sue Tremblay (Caledon ON) and won 516 to 347 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-2, +368.
Round 7		Wapnick played #14 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and won 481 to 369 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-2, +480.
Round 8		Wapnick played #24 Jesse Matthews (Kelowna BC) and won 479 to 450 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-2, +509.
Round 9		Wapnick played #12 Rob Robinsky (Saint Louis Park, MN) and won 430 to 340 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 7-2, +599.
Round 10		Wapnick played #3 John OLaughlin (San Francisco, CA) and lost 315 to 372 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-3, +542.
Round 11		Wapnick played #9 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and won 522 to 475 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8-3, +589. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Wapnick played #1 Adam Logan (Ottawa ON) and lost 360 to 465 (a spread of -105). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 8-4, +484.
Round 13		Wapnick played #2 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 413 to 506 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-5, +391.
Round 14		Wapnick played #6 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and won 443 to 425 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-5, +409.
Round 15		Wapnick played #27 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and won 434 to 394 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 10-5, +449.
Round 16		Wapnick played #8 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and won 474 to 465 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 11-5, +458.
Round 17		Wapnick played #4 Philip Nelkon (United Kingdom) and won 445 to 342 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 12-5, +561.
Round 18		Wapnick played #31 Ben Withers (Houston, TX) and won 529 to 317 (a spread of 212). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 13-5, +773.
Round 19		Wapnick played #35 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) and won 493 to 387 (a spread of 106). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 14-5, +879.
Round 20		Wapnick played #26 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 394 to 348 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 15-5, +925.
Round 21		Wapnick played #2 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) again and lost 377 to 494 (a spread of -117). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 15-6, +808. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Wapnick played #15 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and won 480 to 469 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 16-6, +819.
Round 23		Wapnick played #1 Adam Logan (Ottawa ON) again and lost 373 to 425 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 16-7, +767. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Wapnick played #3 John OLaughlin (San Francisco, CA) again and won 475 to 408 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 17-7, +834. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 25		Wapnick played #35 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) again and won 531 to 407 (a spread of 124). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 18-7, +958.
Round 26		Wapnick played #19 Stefan Rau (Hudson, NY) and lost 385 to 413 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 18-8, +930. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Wapnick played #12 Rob Robinsky (Saint Louis Park, MN) again and lost 462 to 497 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 18-9, +895. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 28		Wapnick played #11 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 396 to 459 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 18-10, +832.
Round 29		Wapnick played #19 Stefan Rau (Hudson, NY) again and won 435 to 317 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19-10, +950.
Round 30		Wapnick played #7 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and won 586 to 315 (a spread of 271). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 20-10, +1221.
Round 31		Wapnick played #19 Stefan Rau (Hudson, NY) for the third time and won 562 to 404 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 21-10, +1379. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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