NASC 2015: Joel Wapnick [CSW-03]

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On this page, you will find information about Joel Wapnick, 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 14-7, +700, and is ranked #31 in Division CSW.

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): Joel Surname(s): Wapnick Home: Montreal, QC, Canada Awards: 1999 World Champion; 1983 North American Champion; 1998 Canadian Champion Hobbies: Fiction writing Occupation: university professor

Round by Round
High score: 544 Average for: 442 Average against: 408
Round 1		Wapnick played #39 Supriya Devnani (Orlando, FL) and won 498 to 353 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-0, +145.
Round 2		Wapnick played #29 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and lost 309 to 555 (a spread of -246). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-1, -101.
Round 3		Wapnick played #14 Cecilia Le (San Francisco, CA) and won 503 to 429 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 2-1, -27.
Round 4		Wapnick played #48 Pat Schuberg (Australia) and won 486 to 290 (a spread of 196). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-1, +169. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Wapnick played #17 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) and lost 405 to 511 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 3-2, +63.
Round 6		Wapnick played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 380 to 337 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-2, +106. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Wapnick played #9 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 544 to 316 (a spread of 228). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-2, +334. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Wapnick played #12 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 397 to 512 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 5-3, +219.
Round 9		Wapnick played #4 Peter Armstrong (Oakland, CA) and lost 382 to 528 (a spread of -146). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 5-4, +73.
Round 10		Wapnick played #6 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 334 to 401 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-5, +6. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Wapnick played #24 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 467 to 367 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 6-5, +106. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Wapnick played #35 Amalan Iyengar (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 460 to 315 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 7-5, +251.
Round 13		Wapnick played #8 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) and won 447 to 354 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-5, +344.
Round 14		Wapnick played #47 Joanne Craig (Australia) and lost 417 to 489 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-6, +272.
Round 15		Wapnick played #30 Jason Broersma (Caledon ON) and won 493 to 350 (a spread of 143). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-6, +415.
Round 16		Wapnick played #27 Jean McArthur (Austin, TX) and lost 386 to 457 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-7, +344. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Wapnick played #1 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and won 526 to 435 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 10-7, +435.
Round 18		Wapnick played #21 Orlet Bullock (Barbados) and won 515 to 357 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-7, +593. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 19		Wapnick played #2 John O'Laughlin (San Francisco, CA) and won 464 to 421 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 12-7, +636.
Round 20		Wapnick played #18 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) and won 439 to 393 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 13-7, +682. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Wapnick played #47 Joanne Craig (Australia) again and won 425 to 407 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 22		Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #4. Current record: 14-7, +700.
Round 23		Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #6. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26		Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #12. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #26. Current record: 14-7, +700.
Round 29		Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14-7, +700.
Round 30		Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #31. Current record: 14-7, +700.
Round 31		Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #31. Current record: 14-7, +700.

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