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
	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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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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