NSC 2014: Winter Zxqkj [#18]

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On this page, you will find information about Winter Zxqkj, 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 16-15, +119, and is ranked #36 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): Winter Surname(s): Zxqkj Home: Houston, TX, United States Awards: Not a thing Hobbies: traveling

Round by Round
High score: 565 Average for: 425 Average against: 419
Round 1		Zxqkj recorded a forfeit with a spread of -50 points. Current ranking: #41. Current record: 0-1, -50.
Round 2		Zxqkj played #63 Cody McCormick (United Kingdom) and won 479 to 367 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 1-1, +62.
Round 3		Zxqkj played #5 David Koenig (Falls Church, VA) and won 421 to 380 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-1, +103.
Round 4		Zxqkj played #7 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and won 377 to 370 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 3-1, +110.
Round 5		Zxqkj played #15 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 383 to 458 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 3-2, +35. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Zxqkj played #2 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 367 to 453 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 3-3, -51.
Round 7		Zxqkj played #8 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and lost 360 to 589 (a spread of -229). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 3-4, -280. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Zxqkj played #55 Shauna Petrie (Mississauga ON) and won 437 to 402 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 4-4, -245.
Round 9		Zxqkj played #61 Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) and lost 366 to 567 (a spread of -201). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 4-5, -446.
Round 10		Zxqkj played #44 Marc Carnegie (New York, NY) and won 444 to 410 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 5-5, -412.
Round 11		Zxqkj played #46 Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR) and won 485 to 269 (a spread of 216). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 6-5, -196.
Round 12		Zxqkj played #26 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 565 to 388 (a spread of 177). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 7-5, -19.
Round 13		Zxqkj played #31 Ben Withers (Houston, TX) and lost 315 to 469 (a spread of -154). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 7-6, -173.
Round 14		Zxqkj played #34 Jason Broersma (Caledon ON) and won 440 to 343 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 8-6, -76.
Round 15		Zxqkj played #13 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and won 450 to 413 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-6, -39.
Round 16		Zxqkj played #35 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) and lost 429 to 435 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 9-7, -45.
Round 17		Zxqkj played #19 Stefan Rau (Hudson, NY) and lost 349 to 430 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 9-8, -126.
Round 18		Zxqkj played #22 Jeremy Hildebrand (Ottawa ON) and won 517 to 401 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10-8, -10.
Round 19		Zxqkj played #30 Orlet Bullock (Barbados) and won 511 to 454 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 11-8, +47.
Round 20		Zxqkj played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 354 to 446 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 11-9, -45.
Round 21		Zxqkj played #36 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 461 to 366 (a spread of 95). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12-9, +50. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Zxqkj played #29 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 463 to 292 (a spread of 171). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 13-9, +221.
Round 23		Zxqkj played #9 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and lost 395 to 471 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 13-10, +145.
Round 24		Zxqkj played #11 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 398 to 473 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 13-11, +70.
Round 25		Zxqkj played #25 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and won 471 to 344 (a spread of 127). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14-11, +197.
Round 26		Zxqkj played #16 Matthew Bernardina (Durham, NC) and lost 405 to 406 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 14-12, +196. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Zxqkj played #27 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and won 396 to 393 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 15-12, +199.
Round 28		Zxqkj played #6 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and lost 433 to 468 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 15-13, +164.
Round 29		Zxqkj played #28 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 429 to 490 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 15-14, +103.
Round 30		Zxqkj played #32 Shan Abbasi (Mississauga ON) and lost 424 to 482 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 15-15, +45.
Round 31		Zxqkj played #25 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) again and won 418 to 344 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 16-15, +119.

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