SPC 2025: Ian Weinstein [1-03]

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On this page, you will find information about Ian Weinstein, who is competing at the 2025 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, +612, and is ranked #10 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): Ian Surname(s): Weinstein Home: coral springs, FL, United States Awards: 2nd place, division 1, National Championship 2016 Hobbies: scrabble, running, reading Occupation: physician

Round by Round
High score: 573 Average for: 431 Average against: 411
Round 1		Weinstein played #45 Timothy Bottorff (Owings Mills, MD) and won 436 to 418 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 1-0, +18.
Round 2		Weinstein played #39 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and won 407 to 406 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 2-0, +19.
Round 3		Weinstein played #21 Mike Frentz (San Mateo, CA) and won 437 to 433 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-0, +23.
Round 4		Weinstein played #5 Jackson Smylie (Montreal QC) and lost 357 to 586 (a spread of -229). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-1, -206.
Round 5		Weinstein played #7 Orry Swift (Beaumont, TX) and won 524 to 414 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-1, -96.
Round 6		Weinstein played #35 Jeremy Hall (New York, NY) and lost 372 to 453 (a spread of -81). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 4-2, -177.
Round 7		Weinstein played #32 Randy Hersom (Thomasville, NC) and won 472 to 457 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 5-2, -162.
Round 8		Weinstein played #25 Karl Higby (Schenectady, NY) and lost 411 to 434 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5-3, -185.
Round 9		Weinstein played #1 Nigel Richards (Malaysia) and lost 394 to 424 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-4, -215.
Round 10		Weinstein played #12 Nigel Peltier (Beaverton, OR) and won 425 to 283 (a spread of 142). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-4, -73.
Round 11		Weinstein played #10 Cesar Del Solar (Stamford, CT) and won 482 to 425 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 7-4, -16.
Round 12		Weinstein played #28 Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY) and lost 385 to 404 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 7-5, -35.
Round 13		Weinstein played #20 Michael Fagen (Montreal QC) and won 395 to 345 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-5, +15.
Round 14		Weinstein played #42 Jonathan Lindh (Chicago, IL) and lost 350 to 471 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 8-6, -106.
Round 15		Weinstein played #16 Kevin Fraley (San Jose, CA) and won 573 to 298 (a spread of 275). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9-6, +169.
Round 16		Weinstein played #13 Joey Mallick (South Portland, ME) and lost 371 to 402 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 9-7, +138.
Round 17		Weinstein played #47 Eric Harshbarger (Auburn, AL) and won 466 to 428 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10-7, +176.
Round 18		Weinstein played #26 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and lost 416 to 426 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 10-8, +166.
Round 19		Weinstein played #19 Andy Hoang (Cary, NC) and lost 425 to 447 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 10-9, +144.
Round 20		Weinstein played #14 Rafi Stern (Portland, OR) and won 469 to 399 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 11-9, +214.
Round 21		Weinstein played #17 Joe Edley (San Francisco, CA) and lost 386 to 465 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 11-10, +135.
Round 22		Weinstein played #34 Edward De Guzman (San Francisco, CA) and won 421 to 350 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 12-10, +206.
Round 23		Weinstein played #36 Brandon Randall (New Haven, CT) and lost 356 to 410 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 12-11, +152.
Round 24		Weinstein played #22 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and won 479 to 332 (a spread of 147). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 13-11, +299.
Round 25		Weinstein played #31 Rahn McKeown (Chester Springs, PA) and won 539 to 350 (a spread of 189). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 14-11, +488.
Round 26		Weinstein played #9 Kenji Matsumoto (Reno, NV) and lost 406 to 435 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 14-12, +459.
Round 27		Weinstein played #27 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and won 477 to 442 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 15-12, +494.
Round 28		Weinstein played #20 Michael Fagen (Montreal QC) again and lost 442 to 447 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 15-13, +489.
Round 29		Weinstein played #16 Kevin Fraley (San Jose, CA) again and won 442 to 439 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 16-13, +492.
Round 30		Weinstein played #30 Samuel Kaplan (Roslyn Heights, NY) and won 390 to 365 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 17-13, +517.
Round 31		Weinstein played #8 Carl Johnson (Hillsboro, OR) and won 455 to 360 (a spread of 95). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 18-13, +612.

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