SPC 2023: Ted Gest [3-56]

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On this page, you will find information about Ted Gest, 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 17-14, +294, and is ranked #23 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): Ted Surname(s): Gest Home: Washington, DC, United States

Round by Round
High score: 480 Average for: 386 Average against: 376
Round 1		Gest played #27 Charlie Alexander (Chicago, IL) and lost 336 to 361 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 0-1, -25.
Round 2		Gest played #5 Bennett Jacobstein (Moraga, CA) and lost 355 to 398 (a spread of -43). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 0-2, -68.
Round 3		Gest played #60 Robin Chua (Unknown city, AL) and won 454 to 335 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 1-2, +51. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Gest played #70 Ed Bowe (Portage, MI) and won 319 to 296 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 2-2, +74. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Gest played #32 Margo Kuno (Philadelphia, PA) and won 400 to 300 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 3-2, +174. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Gest played #7 Gregg Bigourdin (Winnipeg MB) and won 375 to 345 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-2, +204. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Gest played #20 David Garcia (Pendleton, SC) and won 390 to 360 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 5-2, +234. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Gest played #28 Carol Tillson (Silver Spring, MD) and lost 396 to 453 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 5-3, +177. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Gest played #19 Andrew Gardner (Conyers, GA) and won 424 to 393 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-3, +208. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Gest played #15 Chris Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and won 373 to 363 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 7-3, +218. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Gest played #17 Florence Spanfelner (Gilbert, AZ) and lost 355 to 478 (a spread of -123). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-4, +95. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Gest played #35 John Fultz (Chesterfield, MO) and won 417 to 382 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-4, +130. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Gest played #24 Nick Purifoy (Prairie Village, KS) and won 420 to 384 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 9-4, +166. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 14		Gest played #2 Eugenio Ngan Tian (Winnipeg MB) and lost 295 to 442 (a spread of -147). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-5, +19.
Round 15		Gest played #30 Benjamin Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 337 to 350 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 9-6, +6.
Round 16		Gest played #23 Ella Sobel (Dorval QC) and lost 383 to 389 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-7, +0.
Round 17		Gest played #61 Cheryl Kagan (Rockville, MD) and lost 331 to 350 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 9-8, -19. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 18		Gest played #22 Nancy Bowen (Charlottesville, VA) and won 413 to 399 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 10-8, -5. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Gest played #33 Ralph Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and lost 323 to 432 (a spread of -109). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 10-9, -114. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 20		Gest played #49 James W Flomo (Lanham, MD) and won 433 to 293 (a spread of 140). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 11-9, +26.
Round 21		Gest played #41 Olinga Flisock (Mansfield, PA) and lost 367 to 485 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 11-10, -92. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Gest played #8 Gary Perman (Blairsville, PA) and won 450 to 399 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 12-10, -41. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Gest played #6 Ken Louie (Whittier, CA) and lost 383 to 448 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 12-11, -106. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Gest played #9 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and lost 343 to 370 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 12-12, -133. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Gest played #50 Jane Bissonnette (Seattle, WA) and won 406 to 266 (a spread of 140). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 13-12, +7.
Round 26		Gest played #39 April McCarley (Austin, TX) and lost 329 to 377 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 13-13, -41.
Round 27		Gest played #37 Sharmaine Farini (Toronto ON) and won 402 to 368 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 14-13, -7.
Round 28		Gest played #71 Lilia Murnane (Vancouver BC) and won 480 to 326 (a spread of 154). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 15-13, +147.
Round 29		Gest played #54 Diane Weinerman (Minneapolis, MN) and lost 382 to 391 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 15-14, +138.
Round 30		Gest played #46 Hannah Rozear (Durham, NC) and won 428 to 347 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 16-14, +219.
Round 31		Gest played #54 Diane Weinerman (Minneapolis, MN) again and won 452 to 377 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 17-14, +294. Gest is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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