NSC 2014: Austin Shin [#35]

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On this page, you will find information about Austin Shin, 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, +561, and is ranked #21 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): Austin Surname(s): Shin Home: United Kingdom

Round by Round
High score: 559 Average for: 431 Average against: 413
Round 1		Shin played #19 Stefan Rau (Hudson, NY) and lost 399 to 517 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 0-1, -118.
Round 2		Shin played #13 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 367 to 441 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 0-2, -192.
Round 3		Shin played #60 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 559 to 320 (a spread of 239). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 1-2, +47.
Round 4		Shin played #32 Shan Abbasi (Mississauga ON) and won 449 to 411 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 2-2, +85.
Round 5		Shin played #62 Paul Richards (Australia) and won 542 to 312 (a spread of 230). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 3-2, +315.
Round 6		Shin played #37 Jean McArthur (Austin, TX) and won 452 to 402 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-2, +365.
Round 7		Shin played #45 Scott Kitchen (Bridgewater, NJ) and won 448 to 392 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 5-2, +421.
Round 8		Shin played #12 Rob Robinsky (Saint Louis Park, MN) and won 413 to 407 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-2, +427.
Round 9		Shin played #26 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 448 to 375 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-2, +500.
Round 10		Shin played #27 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 417 to 420 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-3, +497.
Round 11		Shin played #3 John OLaughlin (San Francisco, CA) and won 435 to 403 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-3, +529. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Shin played #8 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and lost 339 to 399 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 8-4, +469. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Shin played #1 Adam Logan (Ottawa ON) and lost 419 to 435 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 8-5, +453. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Shin played #4 Philip Nelkon (United Kingdom) and lost 355 to 484 (a spread of -129). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 8-6, +324.
Round 15		Shin played #34 Jason Broersma (Caledon ON) and won 520 to 261 (a spread of 259). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 9-6, +583.
Round 16		Shin played #18 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 435 to 429 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 10-6, +589.
Round 17		Shin played #2 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and won 430 to 382 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 11-6, +637.
Round 18		Shin played #9 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and won 459 to 392 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 12-6, +704.
Round 19		Shin played #10 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 387 to 493 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-7, +598.
Round 20		Shin played #15 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 436 to 478 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 12-8, +556.
Round 21		Shin played #27 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) again and won 466 to 392 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 13-8, +630. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Shin played #7 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and won 446 to 441 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 14-8, +635.
Round 23		Shin played #4 Philip Nelkon (United Kingdom) again and won 457 to 323 (a spread of 134). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 15-8, +769.
Round 24		Shin played #19 Stefan Rau (Hudson, NY) again and lost 367 to 378 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 15-9, +758. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Shin played #10 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) again and lost 407 to 531 (a spread of -124). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 15-10, +634.
Round 26		Shin played #26 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) again and lost 420 to 444 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 15-11, +610.
Round 27		Shin played #9 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) again and lost 331 to 525 (a spread of -194). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 15-12, +416.
Round 28		Shin played #16 Matthew Bernardina (Durham, NC) and lost 392 to 457 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 15-13, +351.
Round 29		Shin played #40 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) and won 489 to 341 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 16-13, +499.
Round 30		Shin played #14 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 438 to 448 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 16-14, +489.
Round 31		Shin played #23 Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) and won 446 to 374 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 17-14, +561.

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