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NASC 2016: Matthew Ridout [2-10]

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On this page, you will find information about Matthew Ridout, who is competing at the 2016 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, +793, and is ranked #18 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

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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: 653
Average for: 408
Average against: 382

Round 1

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Ridout played #87 Marshall Resnick (Coral Springs, FL) and lost 347 to 397 (a spread of -50).

Current ranking: #81.

Current record: 0-1, -50.

Round 2

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Ridout played #75 Trevor Sealy (Oshawa ON) and lost 333 to 463 (a spread of -130).

Current ranking: #100.

Current record: 0-2, -180.

Round 3

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Ridout played #53 Bernard Gotlieb (Montréal QC) and lost 326 to 407 (a spread of -81).

Current ranking: #108.

Current record: 0-3, -261.

Round 4

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Ridout played #65 Guy Ingram (Marietta, GA) and won 463 to 433 (a spread of 30).

Current ranking: #99.

Current record: 1-3, -231.

Round 5

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Ridout played #36 Elizabeth Ralston (Los Angeles, CA) and won 653 to 277 (a spread of 376).

Current ranking: #60.

Current record: 2-3, +145.

Round 6

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Ridout played #45 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and lost 418 to 451 (a spread of -33).

Current ranking: #79.

Current record: 2-4, +112.

Round 7

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Ridout played #111 Janet Gray (Royal Oak, MI) and won 425 to 415 (a spread of 10).

Current ranking: #62.

Current record: 3-4, +122.

Round 8

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Ridout played #101 Judy Cole (Concord, MA) and won 445 to 293 (a spread of 152).

Current ranking: #44.

Current record: 4-4, +274.

Round 9

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Ridout played #64 Elizabeth Davis (Dayton, OH) and won 351 to 313 (a spread of 38).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 5-4, +312.

Round 10

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Ridout played #49 David Engelhardt (Baltimore, MD) and won 391 to 300 (a spread of 91).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 6-4, +403.

Round 11

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Ridout played #112 Carol Tillson (Silver Spring, MD) and won 403 to 326 (a spread of 77).

Current ranking: #20.

Current record: 7-4, +480.

Round 12

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Ridout played #60 Joanne Cohen (Owings Mills, MD) and lost 405 to 407 (a spread of -2).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 7-5, +478.

Round 13

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Ridout played #103 Betty Cornelison (Portland, OR) and won 379 to 331 (a spread of 48).

Current ranking: #19.

Current record: 8-5, +526.

Round 14

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Ridout played #42 Ruchi Gupta (Knoxville, TN) and lost 371 to 450 (a spread of -79).

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 8-6, +447.

Round 15

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Ridout played #19 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 516 to 412 (a spread of 104).

Current ranking: #21.

Current record: 9-6, +551.

Round 16

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Ridout played #50 Vera Bigall (Toronto ON) and won 518 to 361 (a spread of 157).

Current ranking: #17.

Current record: 10-6, +708.

Round 17

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Ridout played #6 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and won 386 to 353 (a spread of 33).

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 11-6, +741.

Round 18

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Ridout played #16 Nedd Kareiva (Evanston, IL) and won 354 to 297 (a spread of 57).

Current ranking: #11.

Current record: 12-6, +798.

Round 19

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Ridout played #7 Kevin Leeds (Austin, TX) and lost 360 to 381 (a spread of -21).

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 12-7, +777.

Round 20

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Ridout played #14 David Turissini (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 428 to 419 (a spread of 9).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 13-7, +786.

Round 21

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Ridout played #8 Mike Stafford (Columbus, OH) and lost 303 to 404 (a spread of -101).

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 13-8, +685.

Round 22

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Ridout played #3 Jan Cardia (Hockessin, DE) and lost 379 to 456 (a spread of -77).

Current ranking: #20.

Current record: 13-9, +608.

Round 23

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Ridout played #66 Adam Fine (Rockville, MD) and won 469 to 340 (a spread of 129).

Current ranking: #17.

Current record: 14-9, +737.

Round 24

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Ridout played #23 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 379 to 331 (a spread of 48).

Current ranking: #12.

Current record: 15-9, +785.

Round 25

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Ridout played #15 Dave Leifer (Alpharetta, GA) and won 416 to 382 (a spread of 34).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 16-9, +819.

Round 26

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Ridout played #4 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and won 468 to 389 (a spread of 79).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 17-9, +898.

Round 27

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Ridout played #28 Mark Fidler (Waltham, MA) and lost 371 to 405 (a spread of -34).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 17-10, +864.

Ridout is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 28

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Ridout played #4 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) again and lost 439 to 474 (a spread of -35).

Current ranking: #13.

Current record: 17-11, +829.

Round 29

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Ridout played #18 David A Brown (Lexington, KY) and won 508 to 297 (a spread of 211).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 18-11, +1040.

Round 30

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Ridout played #7 Kevin Leeds (Austin, TX) again and lost 342 to 352 (a spread of -10).

Current ranking: #12.

Current record: 18-12, +1030.

Round 31

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Ridout played #2 Jackson Smylie (Toronto ON) and lost 304 to 541 (a spread of -237).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 18-13, +793.


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