SPC 2024: Dave Leifer [2-08]

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On this page, you will find information about Dave Leifer, 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 17-14, +547, and is ranked #17 in Division 2.

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): Dave Surname(s): Leifer Home: Alpharetta, GA, United States Awards: 2006 Charlotte Division 2 Champion, Distinguished Service Award, Instute for Professionals in Taxation Hobbies: Sports, Music, Fitness

Round by Round
High score: 496 Average for: 402 Average against: 385
Round 1		Leifer played #50 Noah Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and lost 355 to 362 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 0-1, -7.
Round 2		Leifer played #34 Connie Creed (Philadelphia, PA) and won 422 to 363 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 1-1, +52.
Round 3		Leifer played #18 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and lost 383 to 417 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 1-2, +18.
Round 4		Leifer played #51 Gary Perman (Blairsville, PA) and won 398 to 361 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-2, +55.
Round 5		Leifer played #49 Susan Bertoni (Pfafftown, NC) and won 405 to 337 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 3-2, +123.
Round 6		Leifer played #28 Mike Stafford (Columbus, OH) and won 487 to 329 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-2, +281.
Round 7		Leifer played #21 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and lost 471 to 486 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-3, +266.
Round 8		Leifer played #48 Lisa Perry (Raleigh, NC) and won 409 to 286 (a spread of 123). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-3, +389.
Round 9		Leifer played #20 Tom Bond (Everett, WA) and lost 360 to 414 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 5-4, +335.
Round 10		Leifer played #15 Mark Fidler (Waltham, MA) and won 386 to 346 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-4, +375.
Round 11		Leifer played #17 James Fields (The Woodlands, TX) and won 450 to 387 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 7-4, +438.
Round 12		Leifer played #35 Gregg Bigourdin (Winnipeg MB) and lost 301 to 455 (a spread of -154). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-5, +284.
Round 13		Leifer played #31 Hank Hees (Saskatoon SK) and lost 342 to 430 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-6, +196.
Round 14		Leifer played #37 John Wilder (Arlington, VA) and won 496 to 334 (a spread of 162). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-6, +358.
Round 15		Leifer played #57 Sheikh K Dukuly (Liberia) and lost 331 to 373 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8-7, +316.
Round 16		Leifer played #13 Kristy Zurbrick (Dublin, OH) and lost 341 to 377 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 8-8, +280.
Round 17		Leifer played #9 Paul Mulik (Joplin, MO) and lost 406 to 420 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 8-9, +266.
Round 18		Leifer played #41 Troy Thompson (Lebanon, IN) and won 371 to 304 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 9-9, +333.
Round 19		Leifer played #53 Benjamin Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) and won 433 to 382 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 10-9, +384.
Round 20		Leifer played #11 Joe South (Schertz, TX) and won 392 to 357 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 11-9, +419.
Round 21		Leifer played #1 Menachem Rosenberg (Galloway, NJ) and lost 416 to 440 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 11-10, +395.
Round 22		Leifer played #26 Steve Hartsman (Germantown, WI) and lost 339 to 439 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 11-11, +295.
Round 23		Leifer played #12 Heather McCall (Toronto ON) and lost 400 to 411 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 11-12, +284.
Round 24		Leifer played #22 Hannah Lieberman (New York, NY) and won 432 to 347 (a spread of 85). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12-12, +369.
Round 25		Leifer played #39 Caesar Jaramillo (Seagraves, TX) and won 377 to 374 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 13-12, +372.
Round 26		Leifer played #25 Sebastian Knowles (Columbus, OH) and won 472 to 454 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14-12, +390.
Round 27		Leifer played #32 Emmett Brosowsky (Washington, DC) and lost 338 to 369 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 14-13, +359.
Round 28		Leifer played #38 Mark Abadi (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 365 to 466 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 14-14, +258.
Round 29		Leifer played #23 Yaacov Barak (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 451 to 302 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 15-14, +407.
Round 30		Leifer played #55 Yvonne Lobo (Mississauga ON) and won 477 to 403 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 16-14, +481.
Round 31		Leifer played #18 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) again and won 471 to 405 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 17-14, +547.

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