NASC 2019: Matt Graham [1-21]

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On this page, you will find information about Matt Graham, who is competing at the 2019 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 #9 in Division 1.

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): Graham Home: New York, NY, United States Awards: (2nd) 1997 WSC; 2002-05, 2003-05 Stamford, CT; 2003-06, 2005-01 Atlantic City, NJ;2004-09 Parsippany, NJ; 2005-01 Oshawa, ON Hobbies: consuming various media, working out

Round by Round
High score: 535 Average for: 418 Average against: 397
Round 1		Graham played #34 Darin True (Pontiac, IL) and won 455 to 303 (a spread of 152). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +152. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 2		Graham played #42 Michael Baker (Portland, OR) and won 502 to 345 (a spread of 157). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 2-0, +309. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 3		Graham played #7 Charles Reinke (Middleton, WI) and lost 415 to 436 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 2-1, +288. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Graham played #15 Joshua Sokol (Montreal QC) and lost 428 to 447 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-2, +269. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Graham played #13 Mike Frentz (San Mateo, CA) and lost 328 to 429 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 2-3, +168. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Graham played #3 Orry Swift (Houston, TX) and lost 335 to 513 (a spread of -178). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 2-4, -10.
Round 7		Graham played #39 Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY) and won 422 to 398 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 3-4, +14.
Round 8		Graham played #35 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and won 464 to 372 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 4-4, +106. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Graham played #32 Jack Peters (Waltham, MA) and lost 279 to 416 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 4-5, -31. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Graham played #28 Edward De Guzman (San Francisco, CA) and lost 357 to 440 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 4-6, -114.
Round 11		Graham played #48 Noah Berger (Berkeley, CA) and lost 430 to 435 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 4-7, -119. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Graham played #33 Howard Pistol (Oakland Park, FL) and won 379 to 373 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 5-7, -113. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Graham played #46 David Teich (New York, NY) and won 424 to 345 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 6-7, -34.
Round 14		Graham played #49 Greg Heidler (Waialua, HI) and won 452 to 377 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7-7, +41. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Graham played #6 Kenji Matsumoto (Berkeley, CA) and lost 379 to 388 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 7-8, +32.
Round 16		Graham played #17 Nigel Peltier (Portland, OR) and won 535 to 344 (a spread of 191). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 8-8, +223.
Round 17		Graham played #51 Oliver Roeder (Brooklyn, NY) and won 505 to 358 (a spread of 147). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-8, +370.
Round 18		Graham played #30 Leesa Berahovich (Berkeley, CA) and won 403 to 321 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 10-8, +452.
Round 19		Graham played #47 Tom Bond (Everett, WA) and won 441 to 333 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 11-8, +560. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 20		Graham played #1 Jackson Smylie (Toronto ON) and won 508 to 333 (a spread of 175). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 12-8, +735. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Graham played #5 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 416 to 476 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 12-9, +675. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Graham played #25 Christopher Sykes (Cambridge ON) and won 422 to 380 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 13-9, +717. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Graham played #8 Rafi Stern (Portland, OR) and lost 377 to 399 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 13-10, +695.
Round 24		Graham played #20 Thomas Reinke (Middleton, WI) and won 401 to 356 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 14-10, +740. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Graham played #4 Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) and won 424 to 404 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 15-10, +760. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26		Graham played #24 Darrell Day (Richardson, TX) and lost 398 to 474 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 15-11, +684. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Graham played #23 Siddharth Murali (Frisco, TX) and won 395 to 326 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 16-11, +753. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Graham played #9 Cesar Del Solar (Bronx, NY) and won 465 to 433 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 17-11, +785. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29		Graham played #10 Scott Appel (Elkins Park, PA) and won 424 to 380 (a spread of 44). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 18-11, +829. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 30		Graham played #15 Joshua Sokol (Montreal QC) again and lost 412 to 484 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 18-12, +757. Graham is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 31		Graham played #6 Kenji Matsumoto (Berkeley, CA) again and lost 375 to 475 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 18-13, +657.

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