SPC 2024: Orry Swift [1-03]

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On this page, you will find information about Orry Swift, who is competing at the 2024 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, +258, and is ranked #9 in Division 1.

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): Orry Surname(s): Swift Home: Beaumont, TX, United States Hobbies: World of Warcraft, Magic the Gathering Occupation: Professor

Round by Round
High score: 565 Average for: 426 Average against: 418
Round 1		Swift played #41 Wes Eddings (Quincy, MA) and won 454 to 390 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 1-0, +64. Swift is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Swift played #31 Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY) and won 494 to 372 (a spread of 122). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 2-0, +186. Swift is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Swift played #24 Peter Schwartzman (Galesburg, IL) and lost 401 to 511 (a spread of -110). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 2-1, +76. Swift is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Swift played #6 Ian Weinstein (coral springs, FL) and lost 378 to 411 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-2, +43. Swift is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Swift played #19 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 435 to 357 (a spread of 78). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 3-2, +121.
Round 6		Swift played #18 Paul Holser (McKinney, TX) and won 416 to 407 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 4-2, +130.
Round 7		Swift played #15 Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) and won 467 to 319 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 5-2, +278.
Round 8		Swift played #9 Kevin Fraley (San Jose, CA) and lost 398 to 431 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5-3, +245.
Round 9		Swift played #14 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and lost 387 to 501 (a spread of -114). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 5-4, +131.
Round 10		Swift played #35 Noah Berger (Berkeley, CA) and won 540 to 420 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-4, +251.
Round 11		Swift played #8 Michael Fagen (Montreal QC) and won 443 to 438 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 7-4, +256.
Round 12		Swift played #25 Jason Li (Dollard-Des-Ormeaux QC) and lost 455 to 473 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 7-5, +238.
Round 13		Swift played #16 Jeff Fiszbein (Brighton, MI) and lost 348 to 518 (a spread of -170). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-6, +68.
Round 14		Swift played #45 Michael Early (Fort Worth, TX) and lost 447 to 460 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 7-7, +55.
Round 15		Swift played #22 Edward De Guzman (San Francisco, CA) and won 391 to 380 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-7, +66.
Round 16		Swift played #11 Clay Daniel (Charlottesville, VA) and won 565 to 395 (a spread of 170). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-7, +236.
Round 17		Swift played #27 Knox Daniel (Charlottesville, VA) and won 457 to 454 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 10-7, +239.
Round 18		Swift played #28 Mark Edward Owens (Red Fox, KY) and won 497 to 285 (a spread of 212). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 11-7, +451.
Round 19		Swift played #7 Joey Krafchick (Ocean Springs, MS) and lost 407 to 428 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 11-8, +430.
Round 20		Swift played #17 Chloe Fatsis (Providence, RI) and lost 298 to 520 (a spread of -222). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-9, +208.
Round 21		Swift played #25 Jason Li (Dollard-Des-Ormeaux QC) again and won 445 to 295 (a spread of 150). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 12-9, +358.
Round 22		Swift played #7 Joey Krafchick (Ocean Springs, MS) again and lost 327 to 376 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 12-10, +309.
Round 23		Swift played #2 Noah Walton (Portland, OR) and lost 353 to 551 (a spread of -198). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 12-11, +111.
Round 24		Swift played #4 Jackson Smylie (Montreal QC) and won 422 to 411 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 13-11, +122.
Round 25		Swift played #39 Dan Wachtell (Brooklyn, NY) and won 436 to 403 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 14-11, +155.
Round 26		Swift played #16 Jeff Fiszbein (Brighton, MI) again and lost 383 to 450 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 14-12, +88.
Round 27		Swift played #20 John Luebkemann (Aubrey, TX) and won 374 to 361 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 15-12, +101.
Round 28		Swift played #27 Knox Daniel (Charlottesville, VA) again and won 464 to 333 (a spread of 131). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 16-12, +232.
Round 29		Swift played #26 Scott Appel (Elkins Park, PA) and won 384 to 356 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 17-12, +260.
Round 30		Swift played #12 Joe Edley (San Francisco, CA) and lost 425 to 645 (a spread of -220). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 17-13, +40. Swift is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 31		Swift played #27 Knox Daniel (Charlottesville, VA) for the third time and won 512 to 294 (a spread of 218). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 18-13, +258. Swift is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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