SPC 2023: Stefan Rau [CSW1-10]

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On this page, you will find information about Stefan Rau, 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, +160, and is ranked #13 in Division CSW1.

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): Stefan Surname(s): Rau Home: Troy, NY, United States Occupation: Radiologist

Round by Round
High score: 546 Average for: 437 Average against: 432
Round 1		Rau played #42 Oshevire Avwenagha (Nigeria) and won 463 to 411 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 1-0, +52.
Round 2		Rau played #22 Karen Richards (Australia) and won 530 to 360 (a spread of 170). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-0, +222. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Rau played #16 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 495 to 370 (a spread of 125). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 3-0, +347. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 4		Rau played #25 Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) and won 403 to 360 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 4-0, +390. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 5		Rau played #45 Donna Stanton (England) and won 437 to 421 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 5-0, +406. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Rau played #2 David Eldar (Australia) and lost 437 to 621 (a spread of -184). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 5-1, +222. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 7		Rau played #41 Prince Omosefe (Nigeria) and won 546 to 394 (a spread of 152). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 6-1, +374. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 8		Rau played #53 Olatunde Oduwole (Nigeria) and lost 398 to 405 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-2, +367. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Rau played #1 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 351 to 437 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-3, +281. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Rau played #11 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 474 to 387 (a spread of 87). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7-3, +368. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Rau played #37 Wellington Jighere (Nigeria) and lost 374 to 387 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-4, +355. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 12		Rau played #9 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) and lost 426 to 478 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 7-5, +303.
Round 13		Rau played #15 Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) and won 436 to 418 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 8-5, +321. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Rau played #21 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) and won 503 to 419 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9-5, +405.
Round 15		Rau played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 425 to 498 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-6, +332.
Round 16		Rau played #1 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) again and lost 375 to 583 (a spread of -208). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 9-7, +124. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Rau played #49 Eta Karo (Nigeria) and won 448 to 421 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-7, +151.
Round 18		Rau played #26 Terry Kang (Rhinebeck, NY) and won 508 to 397 (a spread of 111). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-7, +262.
Round 19		Rau played #21 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) again and lost 375 to 461 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-8, +176.
Round 20		Rau played #49 Eta Karo (Nigeria) again and lost 404 to 527 (a spread of -123). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 11-9, +53.
Round 21		Rau played #8 Joanne Craig (New Zealand) and won 499 to 449 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 12-9, +103.
Round 22		Rau played #7 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and won 467 to 445 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 13-9, +125. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Rau played #50 Dipo Akanbi (NGA) and lost 340 to 474 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 13-10, -9. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Rau played #51 Opeyemi Oloro (NGA) and lost 441 to 467 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 13-11, -35.
Round 25		Rau played #14 Winter (Houston, TX) and won 449 to 315 (a spread of 134). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 14-11, +99. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26		Rau played #13 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 402 to 330 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 15-11, +171.
Round 27		Rau played #15 Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) again and won 469 to 459 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 16-11, +181.
Round 28		Rau played #21 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) for the third time and lost 417 to 428 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 16-12, +170. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29		Rau played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 443 to 416 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 17-12, +197.
Round 30		Rau played #51 Opeyemi Oloro (NGA) again and lost 388 to 414 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 17-13, +171.
Round 31		Rau played #1 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) for the third time and lost 417 to 428 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 17-14, +160.

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