SPC 2024: Tina Yates [4-12]

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On this page, you will find information about Tina Yates, 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, +643, and is ranked #12 in Division 4.

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): Tina Surname(s): Yates Home: Charleston, WV, United States Hobbies: Scrabble, trivia, poker, reading, travel Occupation: Grant Writer

Round by Round
High score: 517 Average for: 394 Average against: 374
Round 1		Yates played #61 Ruth Brower (Hockessin, DE) and won 365 to 318 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 1-0, +47.
Round 2		Yates played #51 Michael Herzog (Garden City, MI) and won 381 to 327 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-0, +101.
Round 3		Yates played #32 Dave Krook (Mississauga ON) and won 441 to 307 (a spread of 134). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 3-0, +235. Yates is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Yates played #38 Brenda Davis (Washington, NC) and won 404 to 316 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 4-0, +323.
Round 5		Yates played #42 Ross Fidler (Providence, RI) and lost 355 to 374 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-1, +304.
Round 6		Yates played #48 Donna Anderson (Evans, GA) and lost 316 to 375 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 4-2, +245.
Round 7		Yates played #50 Katherine Rybak (Evansville, IN) and lost 321 to 421 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 4-3, +145.
Round 8		Yates played #9 Broderick Larkins (New Orleans, LA) and won 399 to 358 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 5-3, +186.
Round 9		Yates played #52 Samuel Austin (Amherst, NY) and won 419 to 394 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 6-3, +211.
Round 10		Yates played #63 Ross Yellin (Manalapan, NJ) and lost 347 to 367 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 6-4, +191.
Round 11		Yates played #27 Ellen Goffin (Schaumburg, IL) and lost 292 to 368 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-5, +115.
Round 12		Yates played #4 Richard Savitt (Miami, FL) and won 349 to 344 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 7-5, +120.
Round 13		Yates played #10 Michael Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and lost 347 to 457 (a spread of -110). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 7-6, +10.
Round 14		Yates played #30 James Nalepka (Schaumburg, IL) and won 456 to 289 (a spread of 167). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 8-6, +177.
Round 15		Yates played #26 John Wright (Evansville, IN) and won 369 to 342 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 9-6, +204.
Round 16		Yates played #5 Constance J Creech (Metamora, MI) and won 511 to 431 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 10-6, +284.
Round 17		Yates played #36 Portia Zwicker (Schenectady, NY) and won 439 to 360 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 11-6, +363.
Round 18		Yates played #24 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) and won 381 to 283 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 12-6, +461.
Round 19		Yates played #42 Ross Fidler (Providence, RI) again and lost 358 to 363 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 12-7, +456.
Round 20		Yates played #7 Oscar Freire (Ottawa ON) and lost 308 to 404 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12-8, +360.
Round 21		Yates played #31 Paul Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and lost 435 to 470 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 12-9, +325. Yates is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 22		Yates played #16 Kaveri Raviraj (Mississauga ON) and won 489 to 362 (a spread of 127). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-9, +452.
Round 23		Yates played #23 Greg Graf (Mentor, OH) and won 420 to 389 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 14-9, +483.
Round 24		Yates played #20 Brian Summers (High Ridge, MO) and won 416 to 403 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 15-9, +496.
Round 25		Yates played #7 Oscar Freire (Ottawa ON) again and won 454 to 366 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 16-9, +584.
Round 26		Yates played #28 Deborah Komatsu (Los Angeles, CA) and won 455 to 428 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 17-9, +611.
Round 27		Yates played #3 Diane Pietrzak (LaGrange, IL) and lost 386 to 418 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 17-10, +579.
Round 28		Yates played #14 Kayla Zochowski (Unknown city, MI) and lost 397 to 435 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 17-11, +541.
Round 29		Yates played #13 Victoria Bledsoe (Lexington, KY) and won 517 to 293 (a spread of 224). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 18-11, +765.
Round 30		Yates played #62 Fred Morlan (Lexington, KY) and lost 340 to 455 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 18-12, +650.
Round 31		Yates played #1 Don Erbe (Parker, CO) and lost 359 to 366 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 18-13, +643.

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