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NASC 2018: Dave Wiegand [CSW-02]

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On this page, you will find information about Dave Wiegand, who is competing at the 2018 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 20-11, +1970, and is ranked #4 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

[photo of Dave Wiegand]

Given name(s): Dave
Surname(s): Wiegand
Home: Portland, OR, United States
Awards: (9th) 2001 WSC; (2nd) 1994 (3rd) 2000 (6th) 2002 NSC (1st) 2005 NSC; 2004-05 Seattle, WA; 2004-06 SWILLINS; 2004-09 Portland and numerous other Western US tournament
Hobbies: Anagrams, hot sauce
Occupation: Mortgage Underwriter
Round by Round

High score: 696
Average for: 480
Average against: 417

Round 1

[photo of Albert Hahn]

Wiegand played #27 Albert Hahn (Calgary AB) and won 532 to 398 (a spread of 134).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 1-0, +134.

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

Round 2

[photo of Randi Goldberg]

Wiegand played #42 Randi Goldberg (Phoenixville, PA) and won 422 to 395 (a spread of 27).

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 2-0, +161.

Round 3

[photo of Becky Dyer]

Wiegand played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and won 696 to 349 (a spread of 347).

Current ranking: #3.

Current record: 3-0, +508.

Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).

Round 4

[photo of Chris Lipe]

Wiegand played #10 Chris Lipe (Saint Louis, MO) and lost 399 to 452 (a spread of -53).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 3-1, +455.

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

Round 5

[photo of James Curley]

Wiegand played #33 James Curley (New York, NY) and won 483 to 482 (a spread of 1).

Current ranking: #5.

Current record: 4-1, +456.

Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).

Round 6

[photo of Joel Wapnick]

Wiegand played #8 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) and won 475 to 387 (a spread of 88).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 5-1, +544.

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

Round 7

[photo of Joanne Craig]

Wiegand played #13 Joanne Craig (Australia) and lost 487 to 511 (a spread of -24).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 5-2, +520.

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

Round 8

[photo of Winter Zxqkj]

Wiegand played #16 Winter (Houston, TX) and lost 454 to 509 (a spread of -55).

Current ranking: #16.

Current record: 5-3, +465.

Round 9

[photo of Karen Richards]

Wiegand played #34 Karen Richards (Australia) and won 476 to 337 (a spread of 139).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 6-3, +604.

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

Round 10

[photo of Matthew Bernardina]

Wiegand played #15 Matthew Bernardina (Durham, NC) and won 425 to 336 (a spread of 89).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 7-3, +693.

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

Round 11

[photo of Esther Perrins]

Wiegand played #73 Esther Perrins (Australia) and won 481 to 428 (a spread of 53).

Current ranking: #5.

Current record: 8-3, +746.

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

Round 12

[photo of Tim Weiss]

Wiegand played #14 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) and won 513 to 422 (a spread of 91).

Current ranking: #5.

Current record: 9-3, +837.

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

Round 13

[photo of David Eldar]

Wiegand played #3 David Eldar (Australia) and won 532 to 457 (a spread of 75).

Current ranking: #3.

Current record: 10-3, +912.

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

Round 14

[photo of Rob Robinsky]

Wiegand played #5 Rob Robinsky (Saint Louis Park, MN) and lost 446 to 447 (a spread of -1).

Current ranking: #3.

Current record: 10-4, +911.

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

Round 15

[photo of Evans Clinchy]

Wiegand played #4 Evans Clinchy (Tacoma, WA) and lost 394 to 443 (a spread of -49).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 10-5, +862.

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

Round 16

[photo of Craig Beevers]

Wiegand played #1 Craig Beevers (United Kingdom) and won 567 to 337 (a spread of 230).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 11-5, +1092.

Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).

Round 17

[photo of Lucas Freeman]

Wiegand played #30 Lucas Freeman (Nashville, TN) and lost 454 to 459 (a spread of -5).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 11-6, +1087.

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

Round 18

[photo of Jason Keller]

Wiegand played #9 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 528 to 456 (a spread of 72).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 12-6, +1159.

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

Round 19

[photo of Evan Berofsky]

Wiegand played #7 Evan Berofsky (Waterford, MI) and lost 343 to 497 (a spread of -154).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 12-7, +1005.

Round 20

[photo of Jason Keller]

Wiegand played #9 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) again and won 600 to 324 (a spread of 276).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 13-7, +1281.

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

Round 21

[photo of James Curley]

Wiegand played #33 James Curley (New York, NY) again and won 528 to 407 (a spread of 121).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 14-7, +1402.

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

Round 22

[photo of Evan Berofsky]

Wiegand played #7 Evan Berofsky (Waterford, MI) again and lost 429 to 466 (a spread of -37).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 14-8, +1365.

Round 23

[photo of Evans Clinchy]

Wiegand played #4 Evans Clinchy (Tacoma, WA) again and won 464 to 408 (a spread of 56).

Current ranking: #5.

Current record: 15-8, +1421.

Round 24

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Wiegand played #28 Martin DeMello (Mountain View, CA) and won 619 to 303 (a spread of 316).

Current ranking: #3.

Current record: 16-8, +1737.

Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).

Round 25

[photo of Craig Beevers]

Wiegand played #1 Craig Beevers (United Kingdom) again and lost 443 to 511 (a spread of -68).

Current ranking: #5.

Current record: 16-9, +1669.

Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).

Round 26

[photo of David Eldar]

Wiegand played #3 David Eldar (Australia) again and lost 362 to 422 (a spread of -60).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 16-10, +1609.

Round 27

[photo of Matthew Bernardina]

Wiegand played #15 Matthew Bernardina (Durham, NC) again and lost 382 to 521 (a spread of -139).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 16-11, +1470.

Round 28

[photo of Ezekiel Markwei]

Wiegand played #20 Ezekiel Markwei (Ruskin, FL) and won 472 to 349 (a spread of 123).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 17-11, +1593.

Round 29

[photo of Rasheed Olajide Balogun]

Wiegand played #11 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Grand Prairie, TX) and won 452 to 382 (a spread of 70).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 18-11, +1663.

Round 30

[photo of David Eldar]

Wiegand played #3 David Eldar (Australia) for the third time and won 532 to 337 (a spread of 195).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 19-11, +1858.

Round 31

[photo of Craig Beevers]

Wiegand played #1 Craig Beevers (United Kingdom) for the third time and won 495 to 383 (a spread of 112).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 20-11, +1970.

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


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