NSC 2014: Carmel Dodd [#21]

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On this page, you will find information about Carmel Dodd, 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 17-14, +373, and is ranked #24 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): Carmel Surname(s): Dodd Home: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Hobbies: Travelling, walking

Round by Round
High score: 598 Average for: 422 Average against: 411
Round 1		Dodd played #32 Shan Abbasi (Mississauga ON) and won 394 to 370 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 1-0, +24.
Round 2		Dodd played #54 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and lost 375 to 509 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 1-1, -110. Dodd is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Dodd played #9 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and lost 232 to 541 (a spread of -309). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 1-2, -419.
Round 4		Dodd played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 399 to 426 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 1-3, -446.
Round 5		Dodd played #58 Cecilia Huber (Cleveland, OH) and won 496 to 289 (a spread of 207). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 2-3, -239.
Round 6		Dodd played #57 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and won 561 to 393 (a spread of 168). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 3-3, -71.
Round 7		Dodd played #64 Karen Richards (Australia) and won 412 to 352 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 4-3, -11.
Round 8		Dodd played #29 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 327 to 519 (a spread of -192). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 4-4, -203.
Round 9		Dodd played #38 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and won 414 to 408 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 5-4, -197.
Round 10		Dodd played #36 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and lost 409 to 448 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-5, -236.
Round 11		Dodd played #31 Ben Withers (Houston, TX) and won 428 to 416 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-5, -224.
Round 12		Dodd played #13 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 413 to 421 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 6-6, -232.
Round 13		Dodd played #26 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 381 to 453 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 6-7, -304.
Round 14		Dodd played #28 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 355 to 448 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 6-8, -397.
Round 15		Dodd played #65 Patricia John (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 452 to 431 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 7-8, -376.
Round 16		Dodd played #46 Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR) and lost 434 to 435 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 7-9, -377.
Round 17		Dodd played #48 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and lost 355 to 410 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 7-10, -432.
Round 18		Dodd played #40 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) and lost 402 to 439 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 7-11, -469.
Round 19		Dodd recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #53. Current record: 8-11, -419.
Round 20		Dodd played #51 Warodom Geamsakul (Japan) and won 422 to 315 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 9-11, -312.
Round 21		Dodd played #56 Cheryl Melvin (Grand Rapids, MI) and won 520 to 286 (a spread of 234). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 10-11, -78.
Round 22		Dodd played #43 Walker Willingham (Bainbridge Island, WA) and won 500 to 399 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 11-11, +23.
Round 23		Dodd played #23 Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) and won 374 to 370 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 12-11, +27.
Round 24		Dodd played #47 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and lost 342 to 562 (a spread of -220). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 12-12, -193.
Round 25		Dodd played #42 Wendell Haynes (Loxahatchee, FL) and won 454 to 398 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 13-12, -137.
Round 26		Dodd played #25 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and lost 363 to 473 (a spread of -110). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 13-13, -247.
Round 27		Dodd played #5 David Koenig (Falls Church, VA) and lost 343 to 464 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 13-14, -368.
Round 28		Dodd played #59 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 554 to 309 (a spread of 245). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 14-14, -123.
Round 29		Dodd played #63 Cody McCormick (United Kingdom) and won 493 to 390 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 15-14, -20.
Round 30		Dodd played #52 Michal Josko (Rochester, NY) and won 454 to 332 (a spread of 122). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 16-14, +102.
Round 31		Dodd played #43 Walker Willingham (Bainbridge Island, WA) again and won 598 to 327 (a spread of 271). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 17-14, +373. Dodd is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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