NASC 2016: Matt DeWaelsche [2-69]

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On this page, you will find information about Matt DeWaelsche, 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, +447, and is ranked #23 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): Matt Surname(s): DeWaelsche Home: San Antonio, TX, United States Hobbies: reading, movies Occupation: Librarian/Archivist

Round by Round
High score: 504 Average for: 391 Average against: 377
Round 1		DeWaelsche played #35 Joe South (Piqua, OH) and lost 304 to 394 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #91. Current record: 0-1, -90.
Round 2		DeWaelsche played #17 Howard Pistol (Oakland Park, FL) and won 504 to 332 (a spread of 172). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 1-1, +82.
Round 3		DeWaelsche played #104 Barbara Hildenbrand (Irving, TX) and won 419 to 332 (a spread of 87). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 2-1, +169.
Round 4		DeWaelsche played #1 Roy Kamen (Covina, CA) and won 397 to 371 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 3-1, +195.
Round 5		DeWaelsche played #47 Will Scott (Versailles, KY) and lost 411 to 413 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 3-2, +193. DeWaelsche is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		DeWaelsche played #82 Paul Thornton (Spring, TX) and won 389 to 307 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-2, +275.
Round 7		DeWaelsche played #72 Steve Anstandig (Commerce Township, MI) and won 403 to 319 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-2, +359.
Round 8		DeWaelsche played #106 Carolyn Easter (Birmingham, MI) and won 488 to 328 (a spread of 160). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-2, +519.
Round 9		DeWaelsche played #78 Mark Garrod (East Lansing, MI) and won 393 to 325 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7-2, +587.
Round 10		DeWaelsche played #5 Menachem Rosenberg (Atlantic City, NJ) and lost 378 to 424 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 7-3, +541.
Round 11		DeWaelsche played #79 Edward Gowash (Fort Worth, TX) and won 400 to 329 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8-3, +612.
Round 12		DeWaelsche played #91 Ken Dutch (Lexington, KY) and lost 316 to 443 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 8-4, +485.
Round 13		DeWaelsche played #15 Dave Leifer (Alpharetta, GA) and lost 335 to 405 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 8-5, +415.
Round 14		DeWaelsche played #13 Jeff Cook (Keyser, WV) and lost 432 to 437 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-6, +410.
Round 15		DeWaelsche played #37 Heather McCall (Toronto ON) and lost 362 to 395 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 8-7, +377.
Round 16		DeWaelsche played #77 Andrew Gardner (Conyers, GA) and won 365 to 345 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 9-7, +397.
Round 17		DeWaelsche played #3 Jan Cardia (Hockessin, DE) and lost 391 to 492 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 9-8, +296.
Round 18		DeWaelsche played #19 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 431 to 312 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 10-8, +415.
Round 19		DeWaelsche played #102 Lydia Keras (London ON) and lost 311 to 499 (a spread of -188). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 10-9, +227.
Round 20		DeWaelsche played #23 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 410 to 321 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 11-9, +316.
Round 21		DeWaelsche played #62 Katya Lezin (Charlotte, NC) and won 459 to 336 (a spread of 123). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12-9, +439.
Round 22		DeWaelsche played #50 Vera Bigall (Toronto ON) and won 413 to 305 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 13-9, +547.
Round 23		DeWaelsche played #42 Ruchi Gupta (Knoxville, TN) and won 398 to 349 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 14-9, +596.
Round 24		DeWaelsche played #66 Adam Fine (Rockville, MD) and won 449 to 368 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 15-9, +677.
Round 25		DeWaelsche played #60 Joanne Cohen (Owings Mills, MD) and lost 358 to 479 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 15-10, +556.
Round 26		DeWaelsche played #76 Mike Johnson (Decorah, IA) and lost 357 to 446 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 15-11, +467.
Round 27		DeWaelsche played #18 David A Brown (Lexington, KY) and lost 341 to 448 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 15-12, +360.
Round 28		DeWaelsche played #34 Ed Saunders (Oro Valley, AZ) and won 364 to 252 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 16-12, +472.
Round 29		DeWaelsche played #90 Heather Drumm (Clinton, NY) and lost 323 to 397 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 16-13, +398.
Round 30		DeWaelsche played #30 Sam Masling (Washington, DC) and won 419 to 403 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 17-13, +414.
Round 31		DeWaelsche played #53 Bernard Gotlieb (Montréal QC) and won 410 to 377 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 18-13, +447.

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