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Back to NASC 2015 Players
NASC 2015: Rafi Stern [1-10]
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On this page, you will find information about
Rafi Stern, who is competing
at the 2015 North American 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 18-13, +869, and is ranked
#5 in Division 1.
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 | ![[photo of Rafi Stern]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/stern_rafi_3.jpg)
| Given name(s): Rafi Surname(s): Stern Home: Seattle, WA, United States Awards: 2006 USSO (Division 3); 2007 Seattle Hobbies: Ultimate frisbee, Poker, Beatboxing, Bowling, Ping-Pong, Occupation: Student |
Round by Round | High score: 605 Average for: 427 Average against: 399 | Round 1 | ![[photo of Amnuay Ploysangngam]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/ploysangngam_amnuay_2.jpg)
| Stern played #63 Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand) and won 605 to 438 (a spread of 167). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +167. Stern is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits). | Round 2 | ![[photo of Ken Kasney]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kasney_ken_2.jpg)
| Stern played #42 Ken Kasney (Meridian, ID) and won 475 to 275 (a spread of 200). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 2-0, +367. Stern is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 3 | ![[photo of Charles Reinke]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/reinke_charles_3.jpg)
| Stern played #25 Charles Reinke (Middleton, WI) and lost 431 to 479 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-1, +319. Stern is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 4 | ![[photo of Nick Meyer]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/meyer_nick.jpg)
| Stern played #22 Nick Meyer (Berkeley, CA) and lost 404 to 417 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-2, +306. | Round 5 | ![[photo of Tom Bond]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bond_tom.jpg)
| Stern played #64 Tom Bond (Everett, WA) and won 417 to 404 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 3-2, +319. | Round 6 | ![[photo of Kate Fukawa-Connelly]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/f/fukawa-connelly_kate_2.jpg)
| Stern played #31 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Lawrenceville, NJ) and lost 377 to 453 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-3, +243. | Round 7 | ![[photo of Will Anderson]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/a/anderson_will.jpg)
| Stern played #3 Will Anderson (Croton, NY) and won 406 to 376 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 4-3, +273. | Round 8 | ![[photo of Matt Canik]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/canik_matt_AA000728.jpg)
| Stern played #17 Matt Canik (Austin, TX) and won 403 to 399 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5-3, +277. | Round 9 | ![[photo of Jerry Lerman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/lerman_jerry.jpg)
| Stern played #11 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and lost 373 to 414 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-4, +236. | Round 10 | ![[photo of Joel Sherman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sherman_joel.jpeg)
| Stern played #15 Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) and won 456 to 308 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-4, +384. | Round 11 | ![[photo of Tasha Asberry]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/a/asberry_tasha.jpg)
| Stern played #58 Tasha Asberry (Cordova, TN) and won 385 to 333 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-4, +436. | Round 12 | ![[photo of Matthew Tunnicliffe]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/tunnicliffe_matthew_3.jpg)
| Stern played #5 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) and lost 463 to 544 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-5, +355. Stern is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 13 | ![[photo of Sal Piro]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/piro_sal.jpeg)
| Stern played #40 Sal Piro (New York, NY) and won 554 to 379 (a spread of 175). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 8-5, +530. | Round 14 | ![[photo of Laurie Cohen]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cohen_laurie.jpg)
| Stern played #18 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and lost 432 to 435 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-6, +527. Stern is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). | Round 15 | ![[photo of Darrell Day]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/day_darrell_3.jpg)
| Stern played #38 Darrell Day (Richardson, TX) and won 420 to 342 (a spread of 78). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9-6, +605. | Round 16 | ![[photo of Trey Wright]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wright_trey_2.jpg)
| Stern played #16 Trey Wright (Sierra Madre, CA) and won 459 to 402 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 10-6, +662. | Round 17 | ![[photo of Manop Phiphatboonserm]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/phiphatboonserm_manop_3.jpg)
| Stern played #46 Manop Phiphatboonserm (Thailand) and lost 315 to 388 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10-7, +589. | Round 18 | ![[photo of Jason Li]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/li_jason.jpg)
| Stern played #12 Jason Li (Dollard-Des-Ormeaux QC) and lost 387 to 435 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 10-8, +541. | Round 19 | ![[photo of Ian Weinstein]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/weinstein_ian.jpeg)
| Stern played #2 Ian Weinstein (Coral Springs, FL) and won 419 to 415 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 11-8, +545. Stern is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 20 | ![[photo of Marty Gabriel]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/g/gabriel_marty.jpg)
| Stern played #21 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 379 to 418 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 11-9, +506. | Round 21 | ![[photo of Leesa Berahovich]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/berahovich_leesa_AA001172.jpg)
| Stern played #26 Leesa Berahovich (Berkeley, CA) and lost 342 to 374 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 11-10, +474. | Round 22 | ![[photo of Avery Mojica]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/mojica_avery.jpg)
| Stern played #33 Avery Mojica (Overland Park, KS) and lost 336 to 481 (a spread of -145). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 11-11, +329. | Round 23 | ![[photo of Jim Burlant]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/burlant_jim.jpg)
| Stern played #32 Jim Burlant (Grapevine, TX) and won 394 to 377 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 12-11, +346. | Round 24 | ![[photo of Terry Kang Rau]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/withheld.gif)
| Stern played #62 Terry Kang Rau (Hudson, NY) and won 568 to 250 (a spread of 318). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 13-11, +664. | Round 25 | ![[photo of Kolton Koehler]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/koehler_kolton.jpg)
| Stern played #20 Kolton Koehler (Portland, OR) and won 492 to 380 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 14-11, +776. | Round 26 | ![[photo of Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bassett-bouchard_conrad_AA000372.jpg)
| Stern played #4 Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (Piedmont, CA) and won 515 to 424 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 15-11, +867. | Round 27 | ![[photo of Cesar Del Solar]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/del_solar_cesar_3.jpg)
| Stern played #19 Cesar Del Solar (Albany, CA) and won 465 to 434 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 16-11, +898. | Round 28 | ![[photo of Joey Krafchick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/krafchick_joey_AA000733.jpg)
| Stern played #6 Joey Krafchick (Richardson, TX) and won 473 to 428 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 17-11, +943. Stern is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 29 | ![[photo of Chris Cree]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cree_chris_CM000002.jpg)
| Stern played #28 Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) and lost 382 to 464 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 17-12, +861. | Round 30 | ![[photo of Marty Gabriel]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/g/gabriel_marty.jpg)
| Stern played #21 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) again and won 333 to 273 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 18-12, +921. | Round 31 | ![[photo of Chris Cree]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cree_chris_CM000002.jpg)
| Stern played #28 Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) again and lost 378 to 430 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 18-13, +869. |
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