John Van Pelt's Tournament Scrabble Record

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Updated April 2006

Rated OSPD/TWL tournament games: 636
Rated SOWPODS tournament games: 17
All games, including club, casual, and on-line: Approx. 11,000.
Lifetime Winnings: $2,476 (plus assorted toys, games, tile bags, books etc.)
High Tournament Game Score: 617 (2006 New Year's Tournament, Albany, NY)
High Club Game Score: 638 (Lexington, 02/04)
High Tournament Word Score: 194 (Albany, 2006, for triple-triple OVERHANG)
High Word Score: 212 (for triple-triple QUEERISH, 2004 at the Lexington, MA, club.)
Next High Word Score: 185 (for triple-triple PSHAWING, 2003 at the Lexington, MA, club. I lost the game.)
High Non-Bingo: OYEZ (hooking QUIVER-Y), for 100, March 2004 (Philadelphia)

                                                                    Avg Score  Bingos      Ratings
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Date  Tournament           Div.   Field      Prize  Games  W-L-T-B  Mine Opp. Total Game  Perf. New
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                                           1994
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 4/94  Waltham, MA         Nov.   31/66         0     12   6-6-0-0   357 343   n.a. n.a.    -  1072
 9/94  Lexington, MA       RR      3/6          0      6   3-3-0-0   336 320   n.a. n.a.  1146 1083
12/94  Long Island         RR      1/8        $40      7   6-1-0-0   380 315    8   1.1   1327 1165
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                                           1995
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 1/95  Springfield,        Int.   12/17         0      6   2-4-0-0   373 337    7   1.2   1190 1169
 3/95  Port Jefferson, LI  Int.    8/16         0     12   6-6-0-0   402 339   19   1.6   1323 1249
 4/95  Waltham, MA         Nov.    4/59       $35     12   8-4-0-0   374 330   14   1.2   1296 1285
 6/95  Stamford, CT        Int.    6/24         ?     14   9-5-0-0   362 336   12   0.9   1480 1371
12/95  Enfield, CT (team)* Nov.    1/6 (22)   $50     10   9-1-0-0   386 317   10   1.0   1758 1495
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                                           1996
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 4/96  Waltham, MA         Int.    9/38         0     12   8-4-0-0   368 353   13   1.1   1686 1575
11/96  Cape Cod, MA        Int.    3/22       $30      8   6-2-0-0   384 342   10   1.3   1628 1589
12/96  Enfield, CT (team)* Int.    1/4 (16)   $30     10   6-3-1-0   373 328    9   0.9   1536 1590
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                                           1997
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 3/97  Port Jefferson, LI  2       4/9 (6/20)   0     12   7-5-0-0   372 355   13   1.1   1530 1572
 3/97  WALTHAM, MA         Exp.   30/30         0     12   3-9-0-0   335 395   11   0.9   1542 1562
 9/97  Cromwell, CT (team)*Int.    3/4 (?)      0     12   6-6-0-0   356 352   11   0.9   1454 1541
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                                           1998
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 2/98  Danbury, CT - 1/2   Int.   14/36         0     10   5-5-0-0   394 390   13   1.3   1607 1559
 2/98  Danbury, CT - 1/2   Int.    7/36         0     10   6-4-0-0   387 356   15   1.5   1676 1592**
 2/98  Danbury, CT TOTAL   Int.   11/36         0     20  11-9-0-0   392 373   28   1.4     -  1592
 3/98  Waltham, MA         Int.    5/28       $30     12   8-4-0-0   384 341   13   1.1   1592 1600
12/98  Hartford, CT (team)*Int.    2/5        $20     12   8-4-0-0   382 351   16   1.3   1714 1640
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                                           1999
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 4/99  Waltham, MA         Exp.   14/37         0     12   6-6-0-0   388 369   20   1.7   1714 1665
10/99  Atlantic City       2      10/24?        0     18   9-9-0-0   393 376   31   1.7   1617 1634
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                                           2000
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 4/00  Waltham, MA         Exp.   19/42         0     12   6-6-0-0   384 375   16   1.3   1702 1655
 7/00  Cambridge, MA***    1       5/6          0      5   2-3-0-0   393 346    6   1.2     ?  1652
 8/00  Providence, RI      2       3/104    $1225[1]  31  21-10-0-0  398 361   56   1.8     ?  1824
12/00  Cambridge, MA***	   1       7/8          0      7   2-5-0-0   364 363    9   1.3     ?  1804
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                                           2001
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 4/01  Wakefield, MA     A (Exp.) 31/40         0     15   6-9-0-0   375 381   18   1.2   1654 1746
  ?    Cambridge, MA***             ?                         ?                                1738
 7/01  Cambridge, MA***    -       4/5        $10      7   4-3-0-0                        1468 1727
 8/01  Cambridge, MA***    1       6/6          0      7   2-5-0-0                        1584 1718
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                                           2002
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 4/02  Peabody, MA         A      40/48      tiles    15  5-10-0-0   380 383   18   1.2     ?  1675
 4/02  Cambridge, MA***    -       3/5         $3      5   2-2-0-1   392 368    4   2.0     ?  1678
 11/02 Boston Clubs***     B       1/6        $50      5   4-1-0-0   390 354    6   1.2     ?  1688
 12/02 Cambridge, MA***    B       1/4        $25      3   2-1-0-0   426 325    4   1.3     ?  1685
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                                           2003
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 4/03  Peabody, MA         A      5/32        $50     15  10-5-0-0   389 371   24   1.69  1879 1769
 6/03  Cambridge, MA***    1       4/6        $10[2]   5      ?                                1749
 8/03  Bird in Hand, PA    A       ?/?          0     12   6-6-0-0   378 381   18   1.5   1767 1755
 8/03  Cambridge, MA***    -       4/4          0      3   0-3-0-0   329 386    3   1.0        1741
 8/03  Parsippany, NJ      2      3/40       $250     17  12-5-0-0   398 374   25   1.51       1781
 10/03 Falmouth, MA        A     10/10       gift     12   4-8-0-0   387 427   20   1.7   1618 1727
 11/03 Cambridge, MA***    A       5/6      tiles      5   2-3-0-0   418 371   11   2.2        1726
 12/03 Parsippany, NJ (EB) 1       6/8          0      5   2-3-0-0   374 405    6   1.2        1722
 12/03 Parsippany, NJ  (SWPDS)     2/5          0     17  11-6-0-0   427 398   34   2.0  Int'l 1930
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                                           2004
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 1/04  Atlantic City, NJ   A      9/30       book[3]  12   7-5-0-0   402 385   20   1.7   1878 1774
 3/04  Philadelphia        1      7/14          0      7   4-3-0-0   403 408   12   1.7   1751 1771
 4/04  BAT                 1     24/40          0     15   7-8-0-0   375 388   18   1.2   1724 1755
 4/04  Stamford, CT        1     13/24          0     14   7-7-0-0   385 382   21   1.5   1825 1781
 5/04  Cambridge, MA***   1-A      4/6                 5   3-2-0-0   366 385    8   1.6   1885 1786
 6/04  Cambridge, MA***    A       2/6        $19      5   3-2-0-0   381 391    7   1.4   1840 1789
 8/04  New Orleans, LA     A          (first half)  1-15   8-7-0-0                        1811 1798
 8/04  New Orleans, LA     A         (second half) 16-30   6-9-0-0                        1707 1760
 8/04  New Orleans, LA     1     115/173        0     30  14-16-0-0  385 404   44   1.5        1760
 9/04  Cambridge, MA***    A       1/4        $22      4   3-1-0-0   417 358    8   2.0   1951 1767
10/04  Cambridge, MA***    A       3/4          0      3   1-2-0-0   402 379    3   1.0   1592 1762
10/04  Hyannis, MA         A      15/24         0     12   5-6-1-0   376 392   15   1.3   1751 1758
11/04  Cambridge, MA***    A       2/4        $15      3   2-1-0-0   419 425    7   2.3        1762
12/04  Cambridge, MA***    A       2/4        $11      3   2-1-0-0    ?   ?     ?    ?    1906 1766
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                                           2005
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 2/05  Cambridge, MA***    A       1/4        $25      3   3-0-0-0   434 344    7   2.3   2194 1771
 4/05  BAT                 A      3/40       $150     15  11-4-0-0   379 367   25   1.7   1925 1826
 6/05  Stamford, CT        A     16/26          0     14   7-7-0-0   382 382   21   1.5   1743 1803
 7/05  Cambridge, MA***    A       2/6        $25      5   3-2-0-0                             1804
10/05  Hyannis, MA         A     13/16          0     12   4-8-0-0   371 382   20   1.7   1644 1748 
11/05  Manchester, NH***   A       7/8          0      7   2-5-0-0   389 358    9   1.3        1738
12/05  Albany, NY (EB)     A       2/6        $30      5   4-1-0-0   399 389    8   1.6   2033 1788
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                                           2006
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12/05  Albany, NY          A           (first half) 1-11   7-4-0-0   425 402              1880 1813
 1/06  Albany, NY          A         (second half) 12-22   9-2-0-0   423 357              2050 1865
 1/06  Albany, NY          A      2/24       $320[4]  22  16-6-0-0   424 380   46   2.1   1965 1865
 4/06  BAT               Prem.   10/20          0     20 10-10-0-0   404 406   33   1.7   1899 1882

* The team-tournament placings are team placings. My individual placings (which are less precise) are in parentheses.
** The 20-game tournament was rated as two separate 10-game tournaments.
***Club tournament (ratings changes count 1/3 of normal)
[1] $1200 for third place in Div 2 at the National Scrabble Championships; $25 for my high score in Round 8 of 599. It was the 2nd highest score in any division the entire tournament; the highest was a 608 by Bob Linn in Div 1.
[2] High Game
[3] High single play: 131 for DEuTZIAS
[4] $300 for second place; $20, in lieu of table gift, for high game score of 617.
red = SOWPODS events (international English dictionary, combining the North American tournament word list [TWL, formerly OSPD] and the British word list [OSW])