Bill Lapinski [#072] at NSC 2002

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Bill Lapinski [#072] 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): Bill Surname(s): Lapinski Home: Lake Forest, CA, United States Age: 42

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
See Legend

Round-by-Round
High score: 501 Average for: 396 Average against: 372
Round 1		Lapinski played #070 Marian Koonce (Santa Barbara, CA) and won 440 to 303 (a spread of 137) . Current ranking: #12. Current record: 1-0, +137.
Round 2		Lapinski played #010 Walter Blue (St. Paul, MN) and lost 336 to 375 (a spread of -39) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 1-1, +98.
Round 3		Lapinski played #067 Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY) and lost 384 to 412 (a spread of -28) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 1-2, +70.
Round 4		Lapinski played #020 Don Bush (San Diego, CA) and lost 391 to 486 (a spread of -95) . Current ranking: #100. Current record: 1-3, -25.
Round 5		Lapinski played #009 Paul Beusterien (Alameda, CA) and won 415 to 387 (a spread of 28) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 2-3, +3.
Round 6		Lapinski played #139 Dorcas Wallace (Bethel Park, PA) and lost 322 to 386 (a spread of -64) . Current ranking: #96. Current record: 2-4, -61.
Round 7		Lapinski played #130 Frank Tarr (Albuquerque, NM) and won 501 to 311 (a spread of 190) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 3-4, +129.
Round 8		Lapinski played #097 Maggie Morley (Kensington, CA) and won 383 to 340 (a spread of 43) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 4-4, +172.
Round 9		Lapinski played #022 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and won 405 to 358 (a spread of 47) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 5-4, +219.
Round 10		Lapinski played #109 Gene Rawlins (Scarborough ON) and won 480 to 303 (a spread of 177) . Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-4, +396.
Round 11		Lapinski played #007 Jason Bednarz (Las Vegas, NV) and lost 313 to 443 (a spread of -130) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 6-5, +266.
Round 12		Lapinski played #023 Woody Chen (Flushing, NY) and lost 357 to 371 (a spread of -14) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 6-6, +252.
Round 13		Lapinski played #069 Yvonne Knickerbocker (Bullhead City, AZ) and won 408 to 295 (a spread of 113) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 7-6, +365.
Round 14		Lapinski played #090 Stan Miranda (Albuquerque, NM) and won 336 to 331 (a spread of 5) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 8-6, +370.
Round 15		Lapinski played #137 Dan Unger (Alameda, CA) and won 412 to 353 (a spread of 59) . Current ranking: #26. Current record: 9-6, +429.
Round 16		Lapinski played #135 Robin Torrance (Idyllwild, CA) and lost 399 to 402 (a spread of -3) . Current ranking: #36. Current record: 9-7, +426.
Round 17		Lapinski played #142 Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) and won 397 to 343 (a spread of 54) . Current ranking: #30. Current record: 10-7, +480.
Round 18		Lapinski played #030 Pat Diener (San Jose, CA) and won 449 to 320 (a spread of 129) . Current ranking: #23. Current record: 11-7, +609.
Round 19		Lapinski played #047 Devonna Gee (Cedar Rapids, IA) and lost 368 to 382 (a spread of -14) . Current ranking: #29. Current record: 11-8, +595.
Round 20		Lapinski played #037 Su Edwards (Cambridge ON) and lost 376 to 477 (a spread of -101) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 11-9, +494.
Round 21		Lapinski played #124 Rebecca Soble (Naples, NY) and won 385 to 363 (a spread of 22) . Current ranking: #34. Current record: 12-9, +516.
Round 22		Lapinski played #084 Marcia McPhee (Centreville, VA) and lost 344 to 408 (a spread of -64) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 12-10, +452.
Round 23		Lapinski played #059 Varda Horelle (Safety Harbor, FL) and won 444 to 345 (a spread of 99) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 13-10, +551.
Round 24		Lapinski played #111 Sally Ricketts (New York, NY) and won 409 to 384 (a spread of 25) . Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14-10, +576.
Round 25		Lapinski played #064 Nancy Johnson (San Dimas, CA) and won 422 to 342 (a spread of 80) . Current ranking: #20. Current record: 15-10, +656.
Round 26		Lapinski played #086 Charles Merlis (West Hartford, CT) and won 413 to 412 (a spread of 1) . Current ranking: #16. Current record: 16-10, +657.
Round 27		Lapinski played #052 Thomas M Hall (Carlisle, PA) and lost 341 to 389 (a spread of -48) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 16-11, +609.
Round 28		Lapinski played #055 Greg Heidler (Waialua, HI) and won 448 to 398 (a spread of 50) . Current ranking: #15. Current record: 17-11, +659.
Round 29		Lapinski played #088 Andrea Michaels (San Francisco, CA) and won 427 to 352 (a spread of 75) . Current ranking: #12. Current record: 18-11, +734.
Round 30		Lapinski played #090 Stan Miranda (Albuquerque, NM) and won 439 to 327 (a spread of 112) . Current ranking: #8. Current record: 19-11, +846.
Round 31		Lapinski played #017 Shannon Burns (Calgary AB) and lost 339 to 427 (a spread of -88) . Current ranking: #12. Current record: 19-12, +758.

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