NASC 2016: Joanne Cohen [2-60]

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On this page, you will find information about Joanne Cohen, 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, +657, and is ranked #20 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): Joanne Surname(s): Cohen Home: Owings Mills, MD, United States Hobbies: reading; world travel

Round by Round
High score: 527 Average for: 403 Average against: 383
Round 1		Cohen recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #35. Current record: 1-0, +50.
Round 2		Cohen played #42 Ruchi Gupta (Knoxville, TN) and lost 372 to 373 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 1-1, +49.
Round 3		Cohen played #89 Gary Perman (Blairsville, PA) and lost 288 to 377 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #68. Current record: 1-2, -40.
Round 4		Cohen played #94 Paul Mishkin (San Francisco, CA) and lost 378 to 389 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #81. Current record: 1-3, -51.
Round 5		Cohen played #84 Sarah Rosenblum (West Orange, NJ) and won 406 to 384 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #68. Current record: 2-3, -29.
Round 6		Cohen played #81 Joe Roberdeau (Cincinnati, OH) and won 431 to 340 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 3-3, +62.
Round 7		Cohen played #53 Bernard Gotlieb (Montréal QC) and won 527 to 307 (a spread of 220). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 4-3, +282.
Round 8		Cohen played #68 Kit Morehead (Berkley, MI) and won 470 to 274 (a spread of 196). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-3, +478.
Round 9		Cohen played #3 Jan Cardia (Hockessin, DE) and won 441 to 438 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-3, +481.
Round 10		Cohen played #93 Flora Taylor (Chapel Hill, NC) and lost 328 to 458 (a spread of -130). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 6-4, +351.
Round 11		Cohen played #41 Curtis Lee (Jacksonville, FL) and won 414 to 382 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-4, +383.
Round 12		Cohen played #10 Matthew Ridout (Lexington, KY) and won 407 to 405 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-4, +385.
Round 13		Cohen played #12 Wes Eddings (Quincy, MA) and won 433 to 296 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 9-4, +522.
Round 14		Cohen played #2 Jackson Smylie (Toronto ON) and won 491 to 397 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 10-4, +616.
Round 15		Cohen played #7 Kevin Leeds (Austin, TX) and lost 319 to 421 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-5, +514.
Round 16		Cohen played #15 Dave Leifer (Alpharetta, GA) and lost 390 to 435 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 10-6, +469.
Round 17		Cohen played #76 Mike Johnson (Decorah, IA) and won 393 to 327 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 11-6, +535.
Round 18		Cohen played #18 David A Brown (Lexington, KY) and won 416 to 407 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 12-6, +544.
Round 19		Cohen played #13 Jeff Cook (Keyser, WV) and won 407 to 326 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 13-6, +625.
Round 20		Cohen played #28 Mark Fidler (Waltham, MA) and lost 402 to 456 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 13-7, +571. Cohen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Cohen played #72 Steve Anstandig (Commerce Township, MI) and won 387 to 313 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 14-7, +645.
Round 22		Cohen played #4 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and lost 352 to 492 (a spread of -140). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 14-8, +505.
Round 23		Cohen played #35 Joe South (Piqua, OH) and lost 334 to 527 (a spread of -193). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14-9, +312.
Round 24		Cohen played #106 Carolyn Easter (Birmingham, MI) and won 492 to 385 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 15-9, +419.
Round 25		Cohen played #69 Matt DeWaelsche (San Antonio, TX) and won 479 to 358 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 16-9, +540.
Round 26		Cohen played #33 Mark Schmidt (Asheville, NC) and lost 411 to 415 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 16-10, +536.
Round 27		Cohen played #14 David Turissini (Chapel Hill, NC) and lost 371 to 407 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 16-11, +500.
Round 28		Cohen played #49 David Engelhardt (Baltimore, MD) and won 510 to 322 (a spread of 188). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 17-11, +688.
Round 29		Cohen played #8 Mike Stafford (Columbus, OH) and lost 285 to 348 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 17-12, +625.
Round 30		Cohen played #2 Jackson Smylie (Toronto ON) again and lost 309 to 450 (a spread of -141). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 17-13, +484.
Round 31		Cohen played #102 Lydia Keras (London ON) and won 447 to 274 (a spread of 173). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 18-13, +657.

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