SPC 2025: Marty Fialkow [3-28]

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On this page, you will find information about Marty Fialkow, 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 16-15, -105, and is ranked #34 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): Marty Surname(s): Fialkow Home: Moorestown, NJ, United States Awards: teacher of year-NJ- 1989 Hobbies: writing,reading,traveling

Round by Round
High score: 458 Average for: 370 Average against: 374
Round 1		Fialkow played #45 Flora Taylor (Chapel Hill, NC) and lost 379 to 380 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 0-1, -1.
Round 2		Fialkow played #66 Deanne Dorsa (Houston, TX) and lost 310 to 415 (a spread of -105). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 0-2, -106.
Round 3		Fialkow played #20 Samuel Heiman (Chesterfield, MO) and lost 302 to 437 (a spread of -135). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 0-3, -241.
Round 4		Fialkow played #58 Harry Durbin (Collierville, TN) and lost 350 to 400 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 0-4, -291.
Round 5		Fialkow played #78 Robbin Steif (West Hollywood, CA) and won 391 to 341 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 1-4, -241.
Round 6		Fialkow played #39 Carol Tillson (Silver Spring, MD) and lost 278 to 497 (a spread of -219). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 1-5, -460.
Round 7		Fialkow played #70 Mattie Harpp (Decatur, GA) and lost 336 to 343 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #77. Current record: 1-6, -467.
Round 8		Fialkow played #75 Ed Bowe (Portage, MI) and lost 386 to 474 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #78. Current record: 1-7, -555.
Round 9		Fialkow played #51 Michael Bassett (Port Clinton, OH) and won 392 to 314 (a spread of 78). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 2-7, -477.
Round 10		Fialkow played #76 John Dalida (Lehigh Acres, FL) and won 361 to 273 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 3-7, -389.
Round 11		Fialkow played #54 Heather Drumm (New Hartford, NY) and lost 361 to 409 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 3-8, -437.
Round 12		Fialkow played #56 Barbara Epstein (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 378 to 410 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #74. Current record: 3-9, -469.
Round 13		Fialkow played #77 Sally Reeser (Macungie, PA) and lost 324 to 406 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 3-10, -551.
Round 14		Fialkow played #71 Mary Pastore (Pearland, TX) and won 380 to 356 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #73. Current record: 4-10, -527.
Round 15		Fialkow played #60 Sam Bowers (Charlottesville, VA) and won 375 to 280 (a spread of 95). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 5-10, -432. Fialkow is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 16		Fialkow played #74 Michael Donegan (Buda, TX) and lost 277 to 414 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #74. Current record: 5-11, -569.
Round 17		Fialkow played #68 Ted Gest (Washington, DC) and won 319 to 294 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 6-11, -544.
Round 18		Fialkow played #40 Thomas Tremont (Santa Rosa, CA) and won 458 to 319 (a spread of 139). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 7-11, -405.
Round 19		Fialkow played #38 Frances Shaw (Fair Lawn, NJ) and won 444 to 385 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 8-11, -346.
Round 20		Fialkow played #41 Shae McWilliams (N Kingston, RI) and won 439 to 216 (a spread of 223). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 9-11, -123.
Round 21		Fialkow played #61 Margo Kuno (Philadelphia, PA) and won 403 to 388 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 10-11, -108.
Round 22		Fialkow played #18 Penny Sitler (Knightstown, IN) and won 452 to 416 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 11-11, -72.
Round 23		Fialkow played #37 Betzy Collins (Vaughan ON) and won 440 to 380 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 12-11, -12.
Round 24		Fialkow played #15 Maury Zeff (San Francisco, CA) and lost 353 to 457 (a spread of -104). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 12-12, -116.
Round 25		Fialkow played #1 Hannah Rozear (Durham, NC) and won 371 to 347 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 13-12, -92.
Round 26		Fialkow played #21 Kevin Ng (Jersey City, NJ) and lost 270 to 404 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 13-13, -226.
Round 27		Fialkow played #48 Nicole Kazarian (Worcester, MA) and lost 341 to 362 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 13-14, -247.
Round 28		Fialkow played #23 Kevin Gauthier (Albany, NY) and won 437 to 409 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 14-14, -219.
Round 29		Fialkow played #17 Steve Moniz (Manchester, NH) and won 408 to 367 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 15-14, -178.
Round 30		Fialkow played #29 Harry Chan (Morristown, NJ) and won 438 to 346 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 16-14, -86.
Round 31		Fialkow played #45 Flora Taylor (Chapel Hill, NC) again and lost 330 to 349 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 16-15, -105.

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