SPC 2022: Don Gawryla [4-56]

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On this page, you will find information about Don Gawryla, who is competing at the 2022 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 13-18, -935, and is ranked #48 in Division 4.

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): Don Surname(s): Gawryla Home: Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 445 Average for: 327 Average against: 357
Round 1		Gawryla played #6 Rick Settle (Stephens City, VA) and lost 234 to 338 (a spread of -104). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 0-1, -104. Gawryla is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Gawryla played #25 Robin Schlauch (College Park, MD) and won 351 to 268 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 1-1, -21.
Round 3		Gawryla played #35 Pamela Pudelka (Corpus Christi, TX) and lost 296 to 396 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 1-2, -121.
Round 4		Gawryla played #3 Lois Greene (Dayton, OH) and won 383 to 301 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 2-2, -39.
Round 5		Gawryla played #53 Andrew Rosen (Newmarket ON) and lost 332 to 450 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 2-3, -157.
Round 6		Gawryla played #10 Marie Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and won 445 to 257 (a spread of 188). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 3-3, +31.
Round 7		Gawryla played #23 Emily Lichtman (New York, NY) and lost 297 to 365 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 3-4, -37.
Round 8		Gawryla played #34 James Krycka (Jessup, MD) and lost 281 to 406 (a spread of -125). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 3-5, -162.
Round 9		Gawryla played #5 Dan Goldberg (East Meadow, NY) and won 386 to 260 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 4-5, -36.
Round 10		Gawryla played #43 Jennifer Hay (Portland, TX) and won 416 to 368 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 5-5, +12.
Round 11		Gawryla played #44 Joseph Quoyeser (Houston, TX) and won 408 to 314 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 6-5, +106.
Round 12		Gawryla played #32 Donna Biderman (Alexandria, VA) and lost 306 to 440 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-6, -28.
Round 13		Gawryla played #49 Deborah Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and lost 268 to 468 (a spread of -200). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 6-7, -228.
Round 14		Gawryla played #13 Brian Summers (High Ridge, MO) and lost 320 to 398 (a spread of -78). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 6-8, -306.
Round 15		Gawryla played #41 Kay Weston (Lubbock, TX) and lost 296 to 326 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 6-9, -336. Gawryla is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Gawryla played #29 Jean Lithgow (New York City, NY) and won 352 to 350 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 7-9, -334.
Round 17		Gawryla played #7 Jeffrey Goldstein (Plainview, NY) and won 391 to 389 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 8-9, -332.
Round 18		Gawryla played #26 Samuel Austin (Cheektowaga, NY) and lost 286 to 367 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 8-10, -413.
Round 19		Gawryla played #46 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) and lost 254 to 406 (a spread of -152). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 8-11, -565. Gawryla is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 20		Gawryla played #55 Celia Dayrit Thompson (Hudson, FL) and won 358 to 320 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 9-11, -527.
Round 21		Gawryla played #52 Chandra Hebert (Knoxville, TN) and lost 296 to 323 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 9-12, -554. Gawryla is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Gawryla played #50 Rouzier Dorce (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 365 to 341 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 10-12, -530.
Round 23		Gawryla played #48 Fay Ireland (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 312 to 321 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 10-13, -539. Gawryla is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Gawryla played #58 Jay Westreich (Washington, DC) and won 403 to 347 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 11-13, -483.
Round 25		Gawryla played #51 Jan Lapierre (Marlton, NJ) and lost 294 to 381 (a spread of -87). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 11-14, -570.
Round 26		Gawryla played #39 Ruth Brower (Hockessin, DE) and lost 243 to 437 (a spread of -194). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 11-15, -764. Gawryla is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Gawryla played #22 Dianne Franz (Palm Harbor, FL) and lost 324 to 367 (a spread of -43). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 11-16, -807.
Round 28		Gawryla played #33 Rana Afeiche (Fort Worth, TX) and lost 290 to 372 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 11-17, -889.
Round 29		Gawryla played #54 Mike Bell (Fletcher, NC) and won 297 to 271 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 12-17, -863. Gawryla is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 30		Gawryla played #31 Donna Anderson (Evans, GA) and won 370 to 368 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 13-17, -861.
Round 31		Gawryla played #22 Dianne Franz (Palm Harbor, FL) again and lost 292 to 366 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 13-18, -935.

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