SPC 2025: Nick Abbate [4-50]

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On this page, you will find information about Nick Abbate, 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, +535, and is ranked #26 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): Nick Surname(s): Abbate Home: NB, Canada

Round by Round
High score: 552 Average for: 365 Average against: 348
Round 1		Abbate played #13 George Borsuk (Melville, NY) and won 460 to 259 (a spread of 201). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 1-0, +201.
Round 2		Abbate played #19 Peter Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and won 346 to 316 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-0, +231.
Round 3		Abbate played #36 Will Nitsch (West Hartford, CT) and lost 329 to 382 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 2-1, +178. Abbate is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Abbate played #10 Nancy Hanley (Wilmington, DE) and won 392 to 365 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-1, +205. Abbate is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Abbate played #16 Agnes T Tarpeh (Upper Chichester, PA) and lost 343 to 391 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 3-2, +157. Abbate is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Abbate played #46 Fay Ireland (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 375 to 304 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-2, +228.
Round 7		Abbate played #12 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and won 424 to 264 (a spread of 160). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-2, +388.
Round 8		Abbate played #4 Paul Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and won 390 to 307 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-2, +471. Abbate is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 9		Abbate played #2 Diana Bowen (Fairfax, VA) and lost 358 to 448 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-3, +381. Abbate is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 10		Abbate played #5 Nolan Miranda (Unknown city, NC) and won 393 to 381 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-3, +393.
Round 11		Abbate played #29 Lea Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 378 to 382 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 7-4, +389.
Round 12		Abbate played #1 Don Drumm (Clinton, NY) and won 552 to 286 (a spread of 266). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-4, +655.
Round 13		Abbate played #32 Joyce Stock (Medina, OH) and lost 328 to 350 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 8-5, +633.
Round 14		Abbate played #8 Sarah Bowe (Salt Lake City, UT) and won 377 to 283 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-5, +727.
Round 15		Abbate played #35 Stephanie Waite (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 381 to 291 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 10-5, +817.
Round 16		Abbate played #7 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) and lost 313 to 449 (a spread of -136). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 10-6, +681.
Round 17		Abbate played #36 Will Nitsch (West Hartford, CT) again and lost 307 to 346 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 10-7, +642. Abbate is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Abbate played #24 Anjelina Noh (Parma Heights, OH) and lost 325 to 449 (a spread of -124). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 10-8, +518. Abbate is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Abbate played #41 Cynthia Scotti (Unknown city QC) and lost 350 to 397 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10-9, +471.
Round 20		Abbate played #14 Nina Klee (Hamburg, PA) and lost 328 to 349 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-10, +450.
Round 21		Abbate played #49 Jennifer Hay (Portland, TX) and won 379 to 309 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 11-10, +520.
Round 22		Abbate played #40 Josh Guardino (Brentwood, NH) and won 347 to 307 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12-10, +560. Abbate is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Abbate played #6 Kayla Zochowski (Unknown city, MI) and lost 374 to 412 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 12-11, +522.
Round 24		Abbate played #27 Richard Savitt (Miami, FL) and lost 362 to 374 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 12-12, +510. Abbate is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Abbate played #11 Bob Hart (Vienna, VA) and lost 264 to 425 (a spread of -161). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 12-13, +349.
Round 26		Abbate played #22 Mary Stewart (Columbia, MD) and lost 295 to 433 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 12-14, +211.
Round 27		Abbate played #34 Donna Anderson (Evans, GA) and lost 332 to 345 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 12-15, +198.
Round 28		Abbate played #45 Deborah Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 379 to 312 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 13-15, +265.
Round 29		Abbate played #51 Ann Kleinfelt (Sarasota, FL) and won 395 to 269 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 14-15, +391.
Round 30		Abbate played #59 Craig Knight (Nottingham, MD) and won 382 to 274 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 15-15, +499.
Round 31		Abbate played #38 Jay Westreich (Washington, DC) and won 372 to 336 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 16-15, +535.

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