Craig Rowland [#107] at NSC 2002

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Craig Rowland [#107] at NSC 2002

Congratulations to our new National Champion, Joel Sherman!

See also: video clip 1 (2 MB), video clip 2 (2 MB). (video courtesy Roger Cullman)

Background Information
	Given name(s): Craig Surname(s): Rowland Home: Mississauga, ON, Canada Age: 37 Hobbies: Fennica; Non-Indo-European languages; Collecting international Scrabble sets; the music of Värttinä and Yoko Ono Occupation: Library Assistant Notes: Director, Club #422 (Mississauga ON)

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
See Legend

Round-by-Round
High score: 545 Average for: 392 Average against: 391
Before the Tournament		Rowland is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 1		Rowland played #002 Steven Alexander (Portland, OR) and lost 327 to 398 (a spread of -71) . Current ranking: #101. Current record: 0-1, -71.
Round 2		Rowland played #067 Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN) and won 426 to 408 (a spread of 18) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 1-1, -53.
Round 3		Rowland played #093 Jim Pate (Birmingham, AL) and lost 396 to 399 (a spread of -3) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 1-2, -56. Rowland is mentioned in this round's commentary (2 hits).
Round 4		Rowland played #127 Mike Weepie (Cedar Rapids, IA) and won 403 to 394 (a spread of 9) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 2-2, -47.
Round 5		Rowland played #096 Jim Peters (Brandon, FL) and won 381 to 346 (a spread of 35) . Current ranking: #55. Current record: 3-2, -12. Rowland is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 6		Rowland played #064 Zev Kaufman (Toronto ON) and lost 376 to 389 (a spread of -13) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 3-3, -25.
Round 7		Rowland played #018 Ira Cohen (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 266 to 440 (a spread of -174) . Current ranking: #94. Current record: 3-4, -199.
Round 8		Rowland played #050 Anne Hay (Raleigh, NC) and lost 401 to 434 (a spread of -33) . Current ranking: #100. Current record: 3-5, -232.
Round 9		Rowland played #087 Lisa Odom (St Louis Park, MN) and won 401 to 394 (a spread of 7) . Current ranking: #94. Current record: 4-5, -225.
Round 10		Rowland played #055 Arnie Horowitz (Framingham, MA) and won 410 to 321 (a spread of 89) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 5-5, -136. Rowland is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Rowland is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 11		Rowland played #071 Stuart Levinsky (Thornhill ON) and won 401 to 370 (a spread of 31) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 6-5, -105.
Round 12		Rowland played #038 Jim Geary (Glendale, AZ) and lost 325 to 411 (a spread of -86) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 6-6, -191.
Round 13		Rowland played #088 Tunde Ogunyemi (Hyattsville, MD) and won 545 to 327 (a spread of 218) . Current ranking: #59. Current record: 7-6, +27.
Round 14		Rowland played #054 Ron Hoekstra (Kentwood, MI) and lost 373 to 391 (a spread of -18) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 7-7, +9. Rowland is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Rowland is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 15		Rowland played #041 Daniel Goldman (New York, NY) and lost 360 to 424 (a spread of -64) . Current ranking: #79. Current record: 7-8, -55.
Round 16		Rowland played #030 Joe Edley (Coram, NY) and lost 322 to 409 (a spread of -87) . Current ranking: #93. Current record: 7-9, -142.
Round 17		Rowland played #117 Charnwit Sumrattanaporn (Thailand) and won 415 to 290 (a spread of 125) . Current ranking: #76. Current record: 8-9, -17.
Round 18		Rowland played #079 Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) and lost 359 to 361 (a spread of -2) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 8-10, -19.
Round 19		Rowland played #037 Marty Gabriel (Berwyn, IL) and won 440 to 335 (a spread of 105) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 9-10, +86.
Round 20		Rowland played #057 Nuttakrit K (Thailand) and won 515 to 313 (a spread of 202) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 10-10, +288.
Round 21		Rowland played #082 Karen Merrill (Portland, OR) and won 387 to 293 (a spread of 94) . Current ranking: #52. Current record: 11-10, +382.
Round 22		Rowland played #032 Robert Ellickson (Branford, CT) and lost 359 to 478 (a spread of -119) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 11-11, +263.
Round 23		Rowland played #030 Joe Edley (Coram, NY) and lost 299 to 410 (a spread of -111) . Current ranking: #70. Current record: 11-12, +152.
Round 24		Rowland played #099 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 263 to 537 (a spread of -274) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 11-13, -122.
Round 25		Rowland played #016 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) and lost 362 to 418 (a spread of -56) . Current ranking: #97. Current record: 11-14, -178.
Round 26		Rowland played #082 Karen Merrill (Portland, OR) and won 454 to 429 (a spread of 25) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 12-14, -153.
Round 27		Rowland played #115 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and won 458 to 353 (a spread of 105) . Current ranking: #76. Current record: 13-14, -48.
Round 28		Rowland played #042 Stuart Goldman (San Francisco, CA) and lost 404 to 433 (a spread of -29) . Current ranking: #82. Current record: 13-15, -77.
Round 29		Rowland recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #74. Current record: 14-15, -27.
Round 30		Rowland played #115 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and won 497 to 368 (a spread of 129) . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 15-15, +102.
Round 31		Rowland played #077 Rod MacNeil (Londonderry, NH) and lost 442 to 449 (a spread of -7) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 15-16, +95.

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