SPC 2023: Marvin Kraus [3-16]

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On this page, you will find information about Marvin Kraus, who is competing at the 2023 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 18-13, +374, and is ranked #17 in Division 3.

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): Marvin Surname(s): Kraus Home: Newton, MA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 508 Average for: 382 Average against: 370
Round 1		Kraus played #69 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and lost 267 to 390 (a spread of -123). Current ranking: #68. Current record: 0-1, -123.
Round 2		Kraus played #52 Karrie Bowe (Portage, MI) and won 411 to 363 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 1-1, -75.
Round 3		Kraus played #28 Carol Tillson (Silver Spring, MD) and lost 336 to 475 (a spread of -139). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 1-2, -214.
Round 4		Kraus played #71 Lilia Murnane (Vancouver BC) and lost 360 to 374 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 1-3, -228.
Round 5		Kraus played #55 Marina A Villena (Daytona Beach, FL) and won 369 to 328 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 2-3, -187.
Round 6		Kraus played #68 Cecilia Huber (Cleveland, OH) and won 456 to 357 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 3-3, -88.
Round 7		Kraus played #39 April McCarley (Austin, TX) and lost 373 to 482 (a spread of -109). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 3-4, -197.
Round 8		Kraus played #49 James W Flomo (Lanham, MD) and lost 339 to 392 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 3-5, -250.
Round 9		Kraus played #37 Sharmaine Farini (Toronto ON) and lost 350 to 422 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 3-6, -322.
Round 10		Kraus played #38 Kent Croswell (Hot Springs Village, AR) and lost 345 to 367 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 3-7, -344.
Round 11		Kraus played #77 Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) and won 446 to 253 (a spread of 193). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 4-7, -151.
Round 12		Kraus played #59 Wilma Pitzer (Englewood, OH) and won 409 to 250 (a spread of 159). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 5-7, +8.
Round 13		Kraus played #58 Kia Lindsay (West Hempstead, NY) and won 403 to 388 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 6-7, +23. Kraus is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 14		Kraus played #75 Marlena Cannon (Santa Rosa, CA) and lost 396 to 402 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 6-8, +17.
Round 15		Kraus played #43 Thomas Tremont (Santa Rosa, CA) and lost 324 to 378 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 6-9, -37.
Round 16		Kraus played #46 Hannah Rozear (Durham, NC) and lost 351 to 374 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 6-10, -60.
Round 17		Kraus played #53 Megan McMahon (Worcester, MA) and won 427 to 338 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 7-10, +29.
Round 18		Kraus played #70 Ed Bowe (Portage, MI) and won 508 to 356 (a spread of 152). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 8-10, +181. Kraus is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Kraus played #73 Beth Leech (Highland Park, NJ) and won 452 to 344 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 9-10, +289.
Round 20		Kraus played #26 Chan Fonseka (Dublin, CA) and won 364 to 335 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 10-10, +318.
Round 21		Kraus played #34 Harry Durbin (Collierville, TN) and won 412 to 314 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 11-10, +416.
Round 22		Kraus played #50 Jane Bissonnette (Seattle, WA) and won 303 to 298 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 12-10, +421. Kraus is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Kraus played #31 Larry Durbin (Cordova, TN) and won 446 to 362 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 13-10, +505.
Round 24		Kraus played #35 John Fultz (Chesterfield, MO) and lost 360 to 396 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 13-11, +469.
Round 25		Kraus played #5 Bennett Jacobstein (Moraga, CA) and won 386 to 312 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14-11, +543.
Round 26		Kraus played #33 Ralph Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and won 392 to 367 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 15-11, +568.
Round 27		Kraus played #17 Florence Spanfelner (Gilbert, AZ) and won 415 to 406 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 16-11, +577.
Round 28		Kraus played #2 Eugenio Ngan Tian (Winnipeg MB) and lost 257 to 476 (a spread of -219). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 16-12, +358.
Round 29		Kraus played #30 Benjamin Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) and won 406 to 321 (a spread of 85). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 17-12, +443.
Round 30		Kraus played #3 Victor S Torres (Murray, UT) and lost 351 to 434 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 17-13, +360.
Round 31		Kraus played #30 Benjamin Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) again and won 425 to 411 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 18-13, +374.

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