NSC 2014: David Whitley [#25]

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On this page, you will find information about David Whitley, 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 15-16, -76, and is ranked #46 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): David Surname(s): Whitley Home: Monrovia, CA, United States Occupation: Actuary

Round by Round
High score: 568 Average for: 419 Average against: 422
Round 1		Whitley played #42 Wendell Haynes (Loxahatchee, FL) and lost 446 to 480 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 0-1, -34.
Round 2		Whitley played #57 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and lost 391 to 423 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 0-2, -66.
Round 3		Whitley played #4 Philip Nelkon (United Kingdom) and won 408 to 341 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 1-2, +1.
Round 4		Whitley played #55 Shauna Petrie (Mississauga ON) and won 479 to 396 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 2-2, +84. Whitley is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Whitley played #45 Scott Kitchen (Bridgewater, NJ) and lost 384 to 448 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 2-3, +20.
Round 6		Whitley played #62 Paul Richards (Australia) and won 398 to 382 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 3-3, +36.
Round 7		Whitley played #19 Stefan Rau (Hudson, NY) and won 481 to 282 (a spread of 199). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 4-3, +235.
Round 8		Whitley played #30 Orlet Bullock (Barbados) and won 501 to 352 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 5-3, +384.
Round 9		Whitley played #46 Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR) and won 568 to 385 (a spread of 183). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-3, +567.
Round 10		Whitley played #65 Patricia John (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 437 to 321 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 7-3, +683.
Round 11		Whitley played #6 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and lost 358 to 518 (a spread of -160). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 7-4, +523.
Round 12		Whitley played #11 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and won 503 to 458 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-4, +568.
Round 13		Whitley played #29 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 497 to 430 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 9-4, +635.
Round 14		Whitley played #3 John OLaughlin (San Francisco, CA) and lost 333 to 471 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-5, +497. Whitley is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Whitley played #12 Rob Robinsky (Saint Louis Park, MN) and lost 423 to 500 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 9-6, +420.
Round 16		Whitley played #2 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 419 to 457 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-7, +382. Whitley is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Whitley played #22 Jeremy Hildebrand (Ottawa ON) and won 507 to 404 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10-7, +485.
Round 18		Whitley played #26 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 333 to 663 (a spread of -330). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-8, +155.
Round 19		Whitley played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 328 to 455 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 10-9, +28.
Round 20		Whitley played #16 Matthew Bernardina (Durham, NC) and won 518 to 445 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 11-9, +101.
Round 21		Whitley played #38 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and won 431 to 273 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 12-9, +259.
Round 22		Whitley played #9 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and won 435 to 360 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-9, +334.
Round 23		Whitley played #31 Ben Withers (Houston, TX) and lost 334 to 429 (a spread of -95). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 13-10, +239.
Round 24		Whitley played #27 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 390 to 452 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 13-11, +177.
Round 25		Whitley played #18 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 344 to 471 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 13-12, +50.
Round 26		Whitley played #21 Carmel Dodd (Australia) and won 473 to 363 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 14-12, +160.
Round 27		Whitley played #37 Jean McArthur (Austin, TX) and lost 364 to 399 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 14-13, +125.
Round 28		Whitley played #32 Shan Abbasi (Mississauga ON) and won 460 to 430 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 15-13, +155. Whitley is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29		Whitley played #36 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and lost 379 to 465 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 15-14, +69.
Round 30		Whitley played #28 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 335 to 406 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 15-15, -2.
Round 31		Whitley played #18 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) again and lost 344 to 418 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 15-16, -76.

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