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Scott Kitchen [#72] at 2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship

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On this page, you will find information about Scott Kitchen, who is a contestant in Division 3 at the 2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship, held July 31st - August 5th in New Orleans, LA. This page is updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight CDT. Kitchen currently has a record of 16-14, -97, and is ranked #71 in Division 3.

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

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Given name(s): Scott
Surname(s): Kitchen
Home: Bridgewater, NJ, United States
Age: 37
Awards: Nearly a 10-year survivor of being married to a Yankees fan who's a Democrat
Hobbies: There are others besides Scrabble? :) "Where's George", stamp collecting, fantasy sports, reading, TV, movies
Occupation: Making Things Go Boom in the Night, AKA Mechanical Engineer

 

Career History

5-year record against other players at this event43-42 (0.506) 
Past 1-12 months21-25 (0.457)WWWW L WW LL WW LL W L W L W L W LL WWW L W LLLL W L WW LL W L W LLLLLL
Past 13-24 months18-13 (0.581)L W L WW LLL WW L WW L WWW L W LL W L WWW L W L WW
Past 25-36 months4-4 (0.500)L W LL W L WW
Past 37-48 monthsno games
Past 49-60 monthsno games

 

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round

High score: 529
Average for: 365
Average against: 370

Before the Tournament  

Kitchen is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

Round 1

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Kitchen played #163 Mike Wier (Phoenix, AZ) and lost 334 to 395 (a spread of -61) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Wier in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #129.

Current record: 0-1, -61.

Round 2

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Kitchen played #85 Tim Margolis (Silver Spring, MD) and lost 329 to 342 (a spread of -13) .

The last time these two played was 2004-02 at: PHILADELPHIA, PA

Kitchen's record vs. Margolis in the 5 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000).
Past 1-12 months: W.
Past 13-24 months: no games.
Past 25-36 months: no games.
Past 37-48 months: no games.
Past 49-60 months: no games.

Current ranking: #135.

Current record: 0-2, -74.

Round 3

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Kitchen played #9 Bob Becker (Jefferson, MA) and lost 329 to 433 (a spread of -104) .

The last time these two played was 2004-04 at: BOSTON AREA TOURNAMENT

Kitchen's record vs. Becker in the 5 years leading up to this event: 2-0 (1.000).
Past 1-12 months: W.
Past 13-24 months: W.
Past 25-36 months: no games.
Past 37-48 months: no games.
Past 49-60 months: no games.

Current ranking: #154.

Current record: 0-3, -178.

Round 4

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Kitchen played #42 Marty Fialkow (Moorestown, NJ) and won 406 to 349 (a spread of 57) .

The last time these two played was 2003-08 at: PARSIPPANY, NJ

Kitchen's record vs. Fialkow in the 5 years leading up to this event: 0-1 (0.000).
Past 1-12 months: no games.
Past 13-24 months: L.
Past 25-36 months: no games.
Past 37-48 months: no games.
Past 49-60 months: no games.

Current ranking: #133.

Current record: 1-3, -121.

Round 5

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Kitchen played #119 Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY) and lost 286 to 490 (a spread of -204) .

The last time these two played was 2003-01 at: PLAINVIEW, NY

Kitchen's record vs. Rubin in the 5 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000).
Past 1-12 months: no games.
Past 13-24 months: W.
Past 25-36 months: no games.
Past 37-48 months: no games.
Past 49-60 months: no games.

Current ranking: #161.

Current record: 1-4, -325.

Round 6

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Kitchen played #30 Carl Davis (Fort Worth, TX) and won 401 to 305 (a spread of 96) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Davis in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #142.

Current record: 2-4, -229.

Round 7

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Kitchen played #54 Alice Goodwin (Seattle, WA) and lost 325 to 460 (a spread of -135) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Goodwin in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #153.

Current record: 2-5, -364.

Round 8  

Kitchen recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points.

Current ranking: #136.

Current record: 3-5, -314.

Round 9

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Kitchen played #125 Deborah Sapot (Decatur, GA) and won 364 to 295 (a spread of 69) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Sapot in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #116.

Current record: 4-5, -245.

Round 10

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Kitchen played #44 Janice Fisher (Palm Harbor, FL) and won 423 to 325 (a spread of 98) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Fisher in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #94.

Current record: 5-5, -147.

Round 11

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Kitchen played #120 Patricia Saito-Stewart (Stevens Point, WI) and won 350 to 343 (a spread of 7) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Saito-Stewart in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #75.

Current record: 6-5, -140.

Round 12

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Kitchen played #168 Carol Spencer Yamashita (Hilo, HI) and lost 431 to 455 (a spread of -24) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Yamashita in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #94.

Current record: 6-6, -164.

Round 13

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Kitchen played #10 Jerri Bergeron (Atlanta, GA) and lost 281 to 380 (a spread of -99) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Bergeron in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #114.

Current record: 6-7, -263.

Kitchen is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).

Round 14

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Kitchen played #151 Robin Torrance (Idyllwild, CA) and lost 317 to 346 (a spread of -29) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Torrance in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #127.

Current record: 6-8, -292.

Round 15

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Kitchen played #109 Maddalena Palazzo (Richmond Hill ON) and lost 318 to 342 (a spread of -24) .

The last time these two played was 2003-07 at: ALBANY, NY

Kitchen's record vs. Palazzo in the 5 years leading up to this event: 0-2 (0.000).
Past 1-12 months: no games.
Past 13-24 months: LL.
Past 25-36 months: no games.
Past 37-48 months: no games.
Past 49-60 months: no games.

Current ranking: #135.

Current record: 6-9, -316.

Round 16

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Kitchen played #92 Jean McArthur (Austin, TX) and lost 352 to 496 (a spread of -144) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played McArthur in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #147.

Current record: 6-10, -460.

Round 17

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Kitchen played #24 Clayton Colwell (Austin, TX) and won 455 to 381 (a spread of 74) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Colwell in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #136.

Current record: 7-10, -386.

Round 18

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Kitchen played #34 Rosetta Donelick (Las Vegas, NV) and lost 275 to 433 (a spread of -158) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Donelick in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #146.

Current record: 7-11, -544.

Round 19

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Kitchen played #138 Muriel Sparrow-Reedy (Sun City, AZ) and won 412 to 349 (a spread of 63) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Sparrow-Reedy in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #134.

Current record: 8-11, -481.

Round 20

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Kitchen played #93 Donna McDonough (Clackamas, OR) and won 529 to 287 (a spread of 242) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played McDonough in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #115.

Current record: 9-11, -239.

Kitchen is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).

Kitchen is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

Round 21

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Kitchen played #17 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and lost 299 to 399 (a spread of -100) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Catanese in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #129.

Current record: 9-12, -339.

Round 22

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Kitchen played #134 Stephen Sikorski (Shoreham, NY) and won 373 to 321 (a spread of 52) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Sikorski in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #115.

Current record: 10-12, -287.

Round 23

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Kitchen played #168 Carol Spencer Yamashita (Hilo, HI) and won 372 to 200 (a spread of 172) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Yamashita in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #98.

Current record: 11-12, -115.

Round 24

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Kitchen played #131 Brian Sebastian (Cincinnati, OH) and won 434 to 381 (a spread of 53) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Sebastian in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 12-12, -62.

Round 25

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Kitchen played #3 Charlie Alexander (Tallahassee, GA) and won 389 to 278 (a spread of 111) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Alexander in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #78.

Current record: 13-12, +49.

Round 26

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Kitchen played #44 Janice Fisher (Palm Harbor, FL) and lost 359 to 392 (a spread of -33) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Fisher in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #88.

Current record: 13-13, +16.

Round 27

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Kitchen played #160 David Weiss (Albuquerque, NM) and won 421 to 417 (a spread of 4) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Weiss in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #76.

Current record: 14-13, +20.

Round 28

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Kitchen played #23 Matthew Collins (Cincinnati, OH) and lost 265 to 439 (a spread of -174) .

Before this event, Kitchen had not played Collins in at least 5 years.

Current ranking: #90.

Current record: 14-14, -154.

Round 29

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Kitchen played #156 Yolanda Ushry (Pemberton, NJ) and won 342 to 289 (a spread of 53) .

The last time these two played was 2004-03 at: PHILADELPHIA, PA

Kitchen's record vs. Ushry in the 5 years leading up to this event: 6-5 (0.545).
Past 1-12 months: WWLWL.
Past 13-24 months: LLWLWW.
Past 25-36 months: no games.
Past 37-48 months: no games.
Past 49-60 months: no games.

Current ranking: #84.

Current record: 15-14, -101.

Round 30

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Kitchen played #113 Anita Rackham (Mansonville QC) and won 403 to 399 (a spread of 4) .

The last time these two played was 2004-04 at: BOSTON AREA TOURNAMENT

Kitchen's record vs. Rackham in the 5 years leading up to this event: 0-1 (0.000).
Past 1-12 months: L.
Past 13-24 months: no games.
Past 25-36 months: no games.
Past 37-48 months: no games.
Past 49-60 months: no games.

Current ranking: #71.

Current record: 16-14, -97.


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