SPC 2024: Linda Oliva [3-23]

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On this page, you will find information about Linda Oliva, 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 14-17, +183, and is ranked #53 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): Linda Surname(s): Oliva Home: Lisbon, MD, United States

Round by Round
High score: 508 Average for: 384 Average against: 379
Round 1		Oliva played #52 Don Rathberger (Merrionette Park, IL) and lost 349 to 496 (a spread of -147). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 0-1, -147.
Round 2		Oliva played #62 Nicole Kazarian (Worcester, MA) and won 420 to 332 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 1-1, -59.
Round 3		Oliva played #12 Nick Purifoy (Prairie Village, KS) and lost 370 to 403 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 1-2, -92.
Round 4		Oliva played #75 Ed Bowe (Portage, MI) and won 410 to 354 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 2-2, -36.
Round 5		Oliva played #59 Heidi Kujac (New York, NY) and lost 374 to 407 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 2-3, -69.
Round 6		Oliva played #57 Michael Bassett (Port Clinton, OH) and lost 382 to 388 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 2-4, -75.
Round 7		Oliva played #40 Yoli Ushry (Fort Smith, AR) and won 457 to 311 (a spread of 146). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 3-4, +71.
Round 8		Oliva played #65 Richard Price (Fayetteville, AR) and lost 365 to 386 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 3-5, +50.
Round 9		Oliva played #47 Michael Garner (Dunedin, FL) and won 508 to 350 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 4-5, +208.
Round 10		Oliva played #72 Margo Kuno (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 343 to 421 (a spread of -78). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 4-6, +130.
Round 11		Oliva played #38 James W Flomo (Lanham, MD) and won 368 to 299 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 5-6, +199.
Round 12		Oliva played #44 Kirsten Klassen (Elkhart, IN) and lost 307 to 450 (a spread of -143). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 5-7, +56.
Round 13		Oliva played #58 Madelon Krissoff (Grand Rapids, MI) and won 378 to 368 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 6-7, +66.
Round 14		Oliva played #50 Margaret Yoder (Richmond, KY) and won 428 to 332 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 7-7, +162.
Round 15		Oliva played #19 Dave Cameron (Palatine, IL) and lost 345 to 456 (a spread of -111). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 7-8, +51.
Round 16		Oliva played #27 Susan Blanchard (Matthews, NC) and lost 337 to 469 (a spread of -132). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 7-9, -81.
Round 17		Oliva played #43 Ralph Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and lost 304 to 440 (a spread of -136). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 7-10, -217.
Round 18		Oliva played #28 Cheryl Kagan (Rockville, MD) and won 505 to 308 (a spread of 197). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 8-10, -20.
Round 19		Oliva played #73 Mary Pastore (Pearland, TX) and won 374 to 250 (a spread of 124). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 9-10, +104.
Round 20		Oliva played #37 Bob Bolender (Austin, TX) and won 381 to 320 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 10-10, +165.
Round 21		Oliva played #45 Mary Logullo (Kelso, WA) and lost 399 to 444 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 10-11, +120.
Round 22		Oliva played #25 Samuel Heiman (Chesterfield, MO) and lost 393 to 446 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 10-12, +67.
Round 23		Oliva played #48 Terry Aitken (Stratford ON) and won 433 to 333 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 11-12, +167.
Round 24		Oliva played #35 Diana Spiller (Ashby, MA) and won 424 to 408 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 12-12, +183.
Round 25		Oliva played #36 Beth Palmer (Evansville, IN) and lost 317 to 378 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 12-13, +122.
Round 26		Oliva played #66 Michael Christophel (Conyers, GA) and lost 362 to 418 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 12-14, +66.
Round 27		Oliva played #13 Andrew Gardner (Conyers, GA) and lost 327 to 379 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 12-15, +14.
Round 28		Oliva played #51 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and won 412 to 296 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 13-15, +130.
Round 29		Oliva played #78 Charlie Alexander (Chicago, IL) and lost 331 to 343 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 13-16, +118.
Round 30		Oliva played #55 Harry Durbin (Collierville, TN) and lost 339 to 399 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 13-17, +58.
Round 31		Oliva played #40 Yoli Ushry (Fort Smith, AR) again and won 477 to 352 (a spread of 125). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 14-17, +183.

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