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Back to NASC 2015 Players
NASC 2015: Matthew Ridout [2-08]
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On this page, you will find information about
Matthew Ridout, 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 19-12, +545, and is ranked
#6 in Division 2.
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 Matthew Ridout]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/ridout_matthew.jpg)
| Given name(s): Matthew Surname(s): Ridout Home: Lexington, KY, United States Hobbies: screenwriting, movies, reading Occupation: stay-at-home dad |
Round by Round | High score: 576 Average for: 407 Average against: 390 | Round 1 | ![[photo of Marichelle Roque-Lutz]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/roque-lutz_marichelle.jpg)
| Ridout played #88 Marichelle Roque-Lutz (New Holland, PA) and won 576 to 398 (a spread of 178). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +178. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 2 | ![[photo of Joanne Cohen]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cohen_joanne_4.jpg)
| Ridout played #54 Joanne Cohen (Owings Mills, MD) and won 385 to 380 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 2-0, +183. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 3 | ![[photo of Mark Garrod]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/g/garrod_mark.jpg)
| Ridout played #27 Mark Garrod (East Lansing, MI) and won 388 to 312 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 3-0, +259. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 4 | ![[photo of Amnon Igra]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/i/igra_amnon.jpg)
| Ridout played #46 Amnon Igra (Sacramento, CA) and won 441 to 393 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-0, +307. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 5 | ![[photo of Elizabeth Ralston]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/ralston_elizabeth.jpg)
| Ridout played #62 Elizabeth Ralston (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 273 to 444 (a spread of -171). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 4-1, +136. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 6 | ![[photo of Dave Leifer]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/leifer_dave.jpg)
| Ridout played #16 Dave Leifer (Alpharetta, GA) and lost 367 to 441 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 4-2, +62. | Round 7 | ![[photo of Diana Grosman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/g/grosman_diana.jpg)
| Ridout played #60 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and won 532 to 292 (a spread of 240). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-2, +302. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 8 | ![[photo of Carlynn Mayer]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/mayer_carlynn.jpeg)
| Ridout played #21 Carlynn Mayer (Sparks, NV) and won 486 to 353 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-2, +435. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 9 | ![[photo of Edward Gowash]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/g/gowash_edward_AA004345.jpg)
| Ridout played #81 Edward Gowash (Fort Worth, TX) and won 438 to 402 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 7-2, +471. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 10 | ![[photo of Chris Williams]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/williams_chris_2.jpg)
| Ridout played #3 Chris Williams (Vancouver BC) and lost 385 to 430 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 7-3, +426. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 11 | ![[photo of Martin Weisskopf]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/weisskopf_martin.jpg)
| Ridout played #33 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and lost 364 to 458 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-4, +332. | Round 12 | ![[photo of Guy Ingram]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/i/ingram_guy.jpg)
| Ridout played #35 Guy Ingram (Ellenwood, GA) and won 564 to 348 (a spread of 216). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 8-4, +548. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 13 | ![[photo of Tod Taylor]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/taylor_tod_AA003389.jpg)
| Ridout played #55 Tod Taylor (Seattle, WA) and lost 377 to 411 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-5, +514. | Round 14 | ![[photo of Kevin Bowerman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bowerman_kevin.jpg)
| Ridout played #12 Kevin Bowerman (Chapel Hill, NC) and lost 338 to 450 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 8-6, +402. | Round 15 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Ridout played #59 Paul Mishkin (San Francisco, CA) and lost 300 to 449 (a spread of -149). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-7, +253. | Round 16 | ![[photo of Gerry Greenside]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/g/greenside_gerry.jpg)
| Ridout played #15 Gerry Greenside (Las Vegas, NV) and lost 342 to 350 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 8-8, +245. | Round 17 | ![[photo of Alan Stern]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/stern_alan_2.jpg)
| Ridout played #5 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and lost 337 to 528 (a spread of -191). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 8-9, +54. | Round 18 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Ridout played #45 Jonathan Lindh (Chicago, IL) and won 431 to 317 (a spread of 114). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 9-9, +168. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 19 | ![[photo of Yukiko Loritz]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/loritz_yukiko_2.jpg)
| Ridout played #23 Yukiko Loritz (Anaheim, CA) and won 437 to 372 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 10-9, +233. | Round 20 | ![[photo of Carolyn Easter]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/e/easter_carolyn_2.jpg)
| Ridout played #71 Carolyn Easter (Birmingham, MI) and won 420 to 382 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 11-9, +271. | Round 21 | ![[photo of James Porter]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/porter_james_2.jpg)
| Ridout played #31 James Porter (Cleveland Heights, OH) and lost 340 to 416 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 11-10, +195. | Round 22 | ![[photo of Mark Fidler]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/f/fidler_mark_4.jpg)
| Ridout played #24 Mark Fidler (Waltham, MA) and won 478 to 438 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 12-10, +235. | Round 23 | ![[photo of Ruchi Gupta]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/g/gupta_ruchi.jpg)
| Ridout played #19 Ruchi Gupta (Knoxville, TN) and won 393 to 335 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 13-10, +293. | Round 24 | ![[photo of Geoff Tongue]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/tongue_geoff_3.jpg)
| Ridout played #7 Geoff Tongue (Tacoma, WA) and won 452 to 387 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 14-10, +358. Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 25 | ![[photo of Gwen Stewart]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/stewart_gwen.jpg)
| Ridout played #75 Gwen Stewart (Ellicott City, MD) and won 414 to 322 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 15-10, +450. | Round 26 | ![[photo of Paul Avrin]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/a/avrin_paul_3.jpg)
| Ridout played #14 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and won 504 to 341 (a spread of 163). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 16-10, +613. | Round 27 | ![[photo of Michael Baker]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/baker_mike.jpeg)
| Ridout played #13 Michael Baker (Portland, OR) and lost 353 to 467 (a spread of -114). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 16-11, +499. | Round 28 | ![[photo of Carlene Wallis]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wallis_carlene.jpeg)
| Ridout played #11 Carlene Wallis (Sparks, NV) and won 421 to 359 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 17-11, +561. | Round 29 | ![[photo of Stephen Sneed]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sneed_stephen_AA000243.jpg)
| Ridout played #32 Stephen Sneed (Fort Worth, TX) and won 420 to 371 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 18-11, +610. | Round 30 | ![[photo of James Porter]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/porter_james_2.jpg)
| Ridout played #31 James Porter (Cleveland Heights, OH) again and lost 319 to 400 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 18-12, +529. | Round 31 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Ridout played #59 Paul Mishkin (San Francisco, CA) again and won 357 to 341 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 19-12, +545. |
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