NASC 2015: Nick Ball [CSW-10]

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On this page, you will find information about Nick Ball, 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, +841, and is ranked #3 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): Nick Surname(s): Ball Home: San Bruno, CA, United States Awards: National UK Schools Scrabble Championship winning team of two, 1994. Various UK and US tournament wins Hobbies: Reading, coffee shops, motorsport, road trips, hiking, museums, astronomy Occupation: Data Scientist

Round by Round
High score: 587 Average for: 445 Average against: 418
Round 1		Ball played #42 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 520 to 329 (a spread of 191). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-0, +191. Ball is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Ball played #30 Jason Broersma (Caledon ON) and lost 369 to 427 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 1-1, +133.
Round 3		Ball played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 470 to 407 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-1, +196.
Round 4		Ball played #25 Mohammad Sulaiman (United Arab Emirates) and won 587 to 346 (a spread of 241). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 3-1, +437. Ball is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Ball played #24 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 289 to 383 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-2, +343.
Round 6		Ball played #31 Walker Willingham (Bainbridge Island, WA) and won 500 to 345 (a spread of 155). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 4-2, +498. Ball is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Ball played #2 John O'Laughlin (San Francisco, CA) and lost 383 to 546 (a spread of -163). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 4-3, +335.
Round 8		Ball played #35 Amalan Iyengar (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 461 to 333 (a spread of 128). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-3, +463. Ball is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Ball played #9 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 486 to 411 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-3, +538. Ball is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Ball played #45 Bob Jackman (Australia) and won 484 to 447 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-3, +575. Ball is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Ball played #26 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 358 to 521 (a spread of -163). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 7-4, +412.
Round 12		Ball played #18 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) and lost 388 to 422 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-5, +378.
Round 13		Ball played #17 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) and lost 427 to 447 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 7-6, +358.
Round 14		Ball played #7 Stefan Rau (Hudson, NY) and lost 399 to 510 (a spread of -111). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-7, +247.
Round 15		Ball played #14 Cecilia Le (San Francisco, CA) and lost 382 to 404 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7-8, +225.
Round 16		Ball played #21 Orlet Bullock (Barbados) and lost 405 to 442 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 7-9, +188. Ball is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Ball played #41 Liam Hopfensperger (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 495 to 372 (a spread of 123). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 8-9, +311.
Round 18		Ball played #48 Pat Schuberg (Australia) and won 376 to 362 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 9-9, +325.
Round 19		Ball played #36 Shauna Petrie (Mississauga ON) and won 466 to 430 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 10-9, +361.
Round 20		Ball played #12 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and won 515 to 389 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 11-9, +487.
Round 21		Ball played #27 Jean McArthur (Austin, TX) and won 476 to 375 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 12-9, +588.
Round 22		Ball played #8 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) and won 539 to 330 (a spread of 209). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 13-9, +797.
Round 23		Ball played #6 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 451 to 385 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 14-9, +863.
Round 24		Ball played #16 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and won 443 to 356 (a spread of 87). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 15-9, +950.
Round 25		Ball played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) again and won 443 to 428 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 16-9, +965.
Round 26		Ball played #18 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) again and won 556 to 314 (a spread of 242). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 17-9, +1207.
Round 27		Ball played #6 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) again and lost 416 to 587 (a spread of -171). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 17-10, +1036. Ball is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Ball played #16 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) again and lost 401 to 701 (a spread of -300). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 17-11, +736. Ball is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29		Ball played #9 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) again and lost 353 to 414 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 17-12, +675.
Round 30		Ball played #38 Mark Francillon (Marlboro, VT) and won 473 to 440 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 18-12, +708.
Round 31		Ball played #18 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) for the third time and won 481 to 348 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19-12, +841.

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