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NASC 2019: Terry Kang Rau [CSW-28]

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On this page, you will find information about Terry Kang Rau, 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 10.5-20.5, -1133, and is ranked #32 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 Terry Kang Rau]

Given name(s): Terry Kang
Surname(s): Rau
Home: Rhinebeck, NY, United States
Round by Round

High score: 486
Average for: 393
Average against: 432

Round 1

[photo of Jesse Day]

Rau played #4 Jesse Day (New York, NY) and won 454 to 382 (a spread of 72).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 1-0, +72.

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

Round 2

[photo of Puneet Sharma]

Rau played #11 Puneet Sharma (Redwood City, CA) and lost 330 to 524 (a spread of -194).

Current ranking: #23.

Current record: 1-1, -122.

Round 3

[photo of Robert Linn]

Rau played #17 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 486 to 479 (a spread of 7).

Current ranking: #20.

Current record: 2-1, -115.

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

Round 4

[photo of Jason Ubeika]

Rau played #19 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 463 to 410 (a spread of 53).

Current ranking: #12.

Current record: 3-1, -62.

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

Round 5

[photo of Jason Keller]

Rau played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and lost 400 to 432 (a spread of -32).

Current ranking: #19.

Current record: 3-2, -94.

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

Round 6

[photo of Dave Wiegand]

Rau played #1 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 452 to 517 (a spread of -65).

Current ranking: #22.

Current record: 3-3, -159.

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

Round 7

[photo of Dielle Pinto]

Rau played #21 Dielle Pinto (Richmond BC) and lost 324 to 486 (a spread of -162).

Current ranking: #27.

Current record: 3-4, -321.

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

Round 8

[photo of Yvonne Lobo]

Rau played #31 Yvonne Lobo (Mississauga ON) and lost 422 to 454 (a spread of -32).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 3-5, -353.

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

Round 9

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Rau played #33 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and lost 346 to 371 (a spread of -25).

Current ranking: #30.

Current record: 3-6, -378.

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

Round 10  

Rau recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points.

Current ranking: #27.

Current record: 4-6, -328.

Round 11

[photo of Paula Catanese]

Rau played #30 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and lost 312 to 431 (a spread of -119).

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 4-7, -447.

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

Round 12

[photo of Betty Cornelison]

Rau played #34 Betty Cornelison (Portland, OR) and won 446 to 292 (a spread of 154).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 5-7, -293.

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

Round 13

[photo of Bharath Balakrishnan]

Rau played #32 Bharath Balakrishnan (Redmond, WA) and won 479 to 452 (a spread of 27).

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 6-7, -266.

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

Round 14

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Rau played #24 Mark Francillon (Marlboro, VT) and won 389 to 380 (a spread of 9).

Current ranking: #23.

Current record: 7-7, -257.

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

Round 15

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Rau played #23 Martin DeMello (Mountain View, CA) and lost 223 to 493 (a spread of -270).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 7-8, -527.

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

Round 16

[photo of Jacob Bergmann]

Rau played #22 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) and lost 300 to 577 (a spread of -277).

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 7-9, -804.

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

Round 17

[photo of Priya Fernando]

Rau played #29 Priya Fernando (Mississauga ON) and lost 378 to 389 (a spread of -11).

Current ranking: #30.

Current record: 7-10, -815.

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

Round 18

[photo of Dean Saldanha]

Rau played #8 Dean Saldanha (Richmond BC) and lost 442 to 478 (a spread of -36).

Current ranking: #30.

Current record: 7-11, -851.

Round 19

[photo of Lynda Woods Cleary]

Rau played #35 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 398 to 283 (a spread of 115).

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 8-11, -736.

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

Round 20

[photo of Tony Leah]

Rau played #10 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) and lost 306 to 557 (a spread of -251).

Current ranking: #30.

Current record: 8-12, -987.

Round 21

[photo of Randi Goldberg]

Rau played #25 Randi Goldberg (Phoenixville, PA) and lost 383 to 408 (a spread of -25).

Current ranking: #30.

Current record: 8-13, -1012.

Round 22

[photo of Mohammad Sulaiman]

Rau played #20 Mohammad Sulaiman (United Arab Emirates) and lost 430 to 434 (a spread of -4).

Current ranking: #30.

Current record: 8-14, -1016.

Round 23

[photo of Priya Fernando]

Rau played #29 Priya Fernando (Mississauga ON) again and won 420 to 314 (a spread of 106).

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 9-14, -910.

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

Round 24  

Rau recorded a forfeit with a spread of -50 points.

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 9-15, -960.

Round 25

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Rau played #33 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) again and won 422 to 388 (a spread of 34).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 10-15, -926.

Round 26

[photo of Mina Del Solar]

Rau played #26 Mina Del Solar (Englewood, NJ) and lost 395 to 430 (a spread of -35).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 10-16, -961.

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

Round 27

[photo of Mohammad Sulaiman]

Rau played #20 Mohammad Sulaiman (United Arab Emirates) again and lost 367 to 443 (a spread of -76).

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 10-17, -1037.

Round 28

[photo of Paula Catanese]

Rau played #30 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) again and lost 389 to 416 (a spread of -27).

Current ranking: #30.

Current record: 10-18, -1064.

Round 29

[photo of Betty Cornelison]

Rau played #34 Betty Cornelison (Portland, OR) again and tied at 415.

Current ranking: #31.

Current record: 10.5-18.5, -1064.

Round 30

[photo of Paula Catanese]

Rau played #30 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) for the third time and lost 419 to 463 (a spread of -44).

Current ranking: #32.

Current record: 10.5-19.5, -1108.

Round 31

[photo of Priya Fernando]

Rau played #29 Priya Fernando (Mississauga ON) for the third time and lost 405 to 430 (a spread of -25).

Current ranking: #32.

Current record: 10.5-20.5, -1133.


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