NASC 2018: David Eldar [CSW-03]

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On this page, you will find information about David Eldar, 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 19-12, +2207, and is ranked #7 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
	Given name(s): David Surname(s): Eldar Home: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Awards: Victoria 2003; 2006 (5th) Causeway; 2006 (3rd) King's Cup; 2006 WYSC; 2007 Australia NSC; 2008 Masters Hobbies: Sports, sleeping, eating/watching cake

Round by Round
High score: 684 Average for: 487 Average against: 415
Round 1		Eldar played #59 Dallas Johnson (Stow, OH) and won 573 to 320 (a spread of 253). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 1-0, +253. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Eldar played #41 Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR) and lost 396 to 440 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 1-1, +209.
Round 3		Eldar played #28 Martin DeMello (Mountain View, CA) and won 511 to 472 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-1, +248. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Eldar played #29 Puneet Sharma (Redwood City, CA) and lost 380 to 436 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-2, +192.
Round 5		Eldar played #39 Mohammad Sulaiman (United Arab Emirates) and won 445 to 408 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-2, +229.
Round 6		Eldar played #53 Shauna Petrie (Mississauga ON) and won 494 to 400 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-2, +323.
Round 7		Eldar played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and won 520 to 348 (a spread of 172). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-2, +495.
Round 8		Eldar played #14 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) and won 481 to 351 (a spread of 130). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-2, +625. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Eldar played #50 Daniel Blake (Albany, NY) and won 684 to 284 (a spread of 400). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 7-2, +1025. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 10		Eldar played #9 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and lost 386 to 467 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-3, +944. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Eldar played #7 Evan Berofsky (Waterford, MI) and won 592 to 303 (a spread of 289). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 8-3, +1233. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 12		Eldar played #5 Rob Robinsky (Saint Louis Park, MN) and won 460 to 455 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 9-3, +1238. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Eldar played #2 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 457 to 532 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9-4, +1163. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Eldar played #1 Craig Beevers (United Kingdom) and lost 445 to 460 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9-5, +1148. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Eldar played #13 Joanne Craig (Australia) and won 521 to 302 (a spread of 219). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 10-5, +1367. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Eldar played #10 Chris Lipe (Saint Louis, MO) and lost 427 to 433 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 10-6, +1361.
Round 17		Eldar played #15 Matthew Bernardina (Durham, NC) and lost 441 to 526 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-7, +1276.
Round 18		Eldar played #4 Evans Clinchy (Tacoma, WA) and won 550 to 394 (a spread of 156). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 11-7, +1432.
Round 19		Eldar played #33 James Curley (New York, NY) and lost 397 to 485 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 11-8, +1344.
Round 20		Eldar played #30 Lucas Freeman (Nashville, TN) and won 595 to 370 (a spread of 225). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 12-8, +1569.
Round 21		Eldar played #6 Jesse Day (New York, NY) and won 641 to 447 (a spread of 194). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 13-8, +1763. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Eldar played #8 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) and won 501 to 332 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 14-8, +1932.
Round 23		Eldar played #12 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and won 507 to 381 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 15-8, +2058.
Round 24		Eldar played #13 Joanne Craig (Australia) again and lost 426 to 431 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 15-9, +2053. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 25		Eldar played #9 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) again and lost 406 to 442 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 15-10, +2017.
Round 26		Eldar played #2 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) again and won 422 to 362 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 16-10, +2077.
Round 27		Eldar played #7 Evan Berofsky (Waterford, MI) again and won 541 to 507 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 17-10, +2111. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Eldar played #71 Jeremy Khoo (Singapore) and won 571 to 402 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 18-10, +2280. Eldar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29		Eldar played #15 Matthew Bernardina (Durham, NC) again and lost 442 to 458 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 18-11, +2264.
Round 30		Eldar played #2 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) for the third time and lost 337 to 532 (a spread of -195). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 18-12, +2069.
Round 31		Eldar played #14 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) again and won 535 to 397 (a spread of 138). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 19-12, +2207.

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