Rick Wong [#105] at NSC 2002

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Rick Wong [#105] 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): Rick Surname(s): Wong Home: San José, CA, United States Age: 39 Awards: NSA AB member since 2003 Hobbies: Geocaching Occupation: Director of Engineering

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
See Legend

Round-by-Round
High score: 679 Average for: 400 Average against: 373
Round 1		Wong played #016 Clay Daniel (Dallas, TX) and lost 396 to 415 (a spread of -19) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 0-1, -19.
Round 2		Wong played #066 Ron McGill (Costa Mesa, CA) and lost 395 to 465 (a spread of -70) . Current ranking: #86. Current record: 0-2, -89.
Round 3		Wong played #065 Paul McCarthy (Littleton, CO) and won 402 to 300 (a spread of 102) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 1-2, +13.
Round 4		Wong played #034 Joseph Gaspard (Minneapolis, MN) and won 438 to 313 (a spread of 125) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 2-2, +138.
Round 5		Wong played #027 Ann Ferguson (Mountlake Terrace, WA) and won 426 to 340 (a spread of 86) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 3-2, +224.
Round 6		Wong played #024 Jack Eichenbaum (Flushing, NY) and lost 433 to 438 (a spread of -5) . Current ranking: #40. Current record: 3-3, +219.
Round 7		Wong played #093 Martin Smith (East Orange, NJ) and lost 409 to 461 (a spread of -52) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 3-4, +167.
Round 8		Wong played #021 Heather Drumm (Clinton, NY) and won 396 to 362 (a spread of 34) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 4-4, +201.
Round 9		Wong played #008 Mary Capalbi (Deerfield Beach, FL) and lost 356 to 508 (a spread of -152) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 4-5, +49.
Round 10		Wong played #037 Elaine Glowniak (Ortonville, MI) and won 388 to 365 (a spread of 23) . Current ranking: #47. Current record: 5-5, +72.
Round 11		Wong played #080 Elaine Patterson (Stoughton, MA) and lost 369 to 392 (a spread of -23) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 5-6, +49.
Round 12		Wong played #068 Arun Methaset (Thailand) and lost 333 to 411 (a spread of -78) . Current ranking: #66. Current record: 5-7, -29.
Round 13		Wong played #002 Bruce Adams (Worcester, MA) and won 441 to 296 (a spread of 145) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 6-7, +116.
Round 14		Wong played #092 Tom Singleton (Laguna Hills, CA) and lost 345 to 478 (a spread of -133) . Current ranking: #68. Current record: 6-8, -17.
Round 15		Wong played #098 Cheryl Tyler (Lubbock, TX) and lost 349 to 464 (a spread of -115) . Current ranking: #79. Current record: 6-9, -132.
Round 16		Wong played #029 Diane Firstman (Brooklyn, NY) and won 427 to 425 (a spread of 2) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 7-9, -130. Wong is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Wong is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 17		Wong played #086 Phil Polsky (New York, NY) and lost 378 to 418 (a spread of -40) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 7-10, -170.
Round 18		Wong played #100 Carlene Wallis (Sparks, NV) and lost 349 to 403 (a spread of -54) . Current ranking: #82. Current record: 7-11, -224.
Round 19		Wong played #044 Paul Holser (Wylie, TX) and lost 314 to 424 (a spread of -110) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 7-12, -334.
Round 20		Wong played #052 Joseph Jokubaitis (Middlebury, CT) and lost 346 to 401 (a spread of -55) . Current ranking: #93. Current record: 7-13, -389.
Round 21		Wong played #014 Wil Dabbs (Neosho, MO) and won 679 to 283 (a spread of 396) . Current ranking: #85. Current record: 8-13, +7. Wong is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Wong is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 22		Wong played #080 Elaine Patterson (Stoughton, MA) and won 343 to 283 (a spread of 60) . Current ranking: #74. Current record: 9-13, +67.
Round 23		Wong played #028 Marty Fialkow (Moorestown, NJ) and won 415 to 380 (a spread of 35) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 10-13, +102.
Round 24		Wong played #055 Lisa Kessler (Toronto ON) and won 402 to 336 (a spread of 66) . Current ranking: #59. Current record: 11-13, +168.
Round 25		Wong played #030 Gregg Foster (Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA) and won 423 to 251 (a spread of 172) . Current ranking: #54. Current record: 12-13, +340.
Round 26		Wong played #082 David Pearl (Long Beach, CA) and won 414 to 297 (a spread of 117) . Current ranking: #47. Current record: 13-13, +457.
Round 27		Wong played #100 Carlene Wallis (Sparks, NV) and won 405 to 336 (a spread of 69) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 14-13, +526.
Round 28		Wong played #037 Elaine Glowniak (Ortonville, MI) and lost 337 to 345 (a spread of -8) . Current ranking: #46. Current record: 14-14, +518.
Round 29		Wong played #039 Larry Gradus (Margate, FL) and won 442 to 371 (a spread of 71) . Current ranking: #40. Current record: 15-14, +589.
Round 30		Wong played #095 Denver Steele (Sparks, NV) and won 492 to 303 (a spread of 189) . Current ranking: #34. Current record: 16-14, +778.
Round 31		Wong played #065 Paul McCarthy (Littleton, CO) and won 353 to 314 (a spread of 39) . Current ranking: #29. Current record: 17-14, +817.
After the Tournament		Wong is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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