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Name |
Rating |
Home |
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Larry Rand
61, retired
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Rating: 1782
Record: 93rd (2002)
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Home: Chandler, AZ Awards and Tournament Wins: Co-Director of the Year, 2003
Hobbies: travel, exercise, grandchildren
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Jim Geary
38, Professional Poker Player
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Rating: 1932
Record: 6th (1998), 18th (2000), 68th (2002), 65th (2004)
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Home: Phoenix, AZ Awards and Tournament Wins: 4-time university chess champion; 2nd place, 7th grade fistfight; 1997 US Masters; 2000 Reno WCC + 15 others; (14th) 2001 (12th) 2003 WSC; 1990 SoAZChess Champ
Hobbies: Drumming, learning piano, reading, writing, working out
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Nathan Benedict
25, Law Clerk for Pima County Superior Court
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Rating: 1942
Record: 11th (2004)
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Home: Tucson, AZ Awards and Tournament Wins: 11th at 2004 Nationals; 2003, 2004 Albuquerque NM; 2004-05 Los Gatos, CA; 2004-12 Tuscon, NM; 2nd place Grand Canyon 2003; 2003, 1999 Reno Early Bird
Hobbies: Yoga, Crosswords, Siamese Cats
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Nick Meyer
Age withheld, Graduate Student
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Rating: 1769
Record: 50th (2004)
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Home: Berkeley, CA |
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Sam Kantimathi
Age withheld, Engineering Entrepreneur
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Rating: 1773
Record: 46th (1998), 62nd (2000), 50th (2002), 67th (2004)
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Home: El Dorado Hills, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: $10,000 First Prize Manila; Won 3 USA tourneys in a row late 2001; 2001-10 Wisconsin Dells, WI; 2001-10 Campbell, CA; 2001-12 Tucson, AZ; 2003-02 Tampa Bay, FL
Hobbies: Safaries, making and distributing clocks, rugs, tiles & wordgame accessories, world travel, hiking, photog.
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Rich Baker
43, College Professor
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Rating: 1838
Record: 25th (1998), 42nd (2000), 14th (2002)
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Home: Eureka, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: Atlantic City 2000, Norway 2002
Hobbies: Travel, Reading
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J Goard
29, Student
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Rating: 1789
Record: 71st (1998), 54th (2002)
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Home: Foresthill, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002-05 Campbell, CA
Hobbies: Poetry, Film
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Jerry Lerman
55, Risk Management Consultant
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Rating: 1948
Record: 16th (2000), 26th (2002), 64th (2004)
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Home: Foster City, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002-03 Portland, OR; 2002-12 Campbell, CA; 2005-02 Phoeniz, AZ
Hobbies: Reading, Neighborhood newspaper publishing, Chess
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David Poder
58, Physician
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Rating: 1770
Record: 105th (1998), 34th (2002), 13th (2004)
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Home: Huntington Beach, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: 2004-06 Mediterranean Cruise
Hobbies: golf
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Ronald Howard
57, Numismatist
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Rating: 1803
Record: 9th (2002), 102th (2004)
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Home: Irvine, CA Hobbies: Golf, Travel, Wine
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Tom Singleton
55, accountant
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Rating: 1801
Record: 54th (2002), 61st (2004)
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Home: Laguna Hills, CA |
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David Pearl
35, Financial Planner
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Rating: 1765
Record: 1st (1998), 1st (2000), 43rd (2002), 1st (2004)
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Home: Long Beach, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: Div 2, 2004 NSC
Hobbies: Tennis, Golf, Music, Reading, Film
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Ira Cohen
58, electrician
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Rating: 1830
Record: 10th (1998), 23rd (2000), 15th (2002), 38th (2004)
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Home: Los Angeles, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: 2001-07 Denver, CO; 2001-09 Northridge, CA; 2001-10 Western Canadian Championship (E.B. and M.E.); 2002-06 Bozeman, MT; 2003-10, 2004-10 Western Canadian Championship (E.B. and M.E.); 2004-06 Bozeman, MT
Hobbies: travel,crossword puzzles,chess
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Jeff Widergren
43, Firmware engineer
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Rating: 1850
Record: 40th (1998), 37th (2000), 76th (2002), 39th (2004)
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Home: Los Gatos, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: 2nd 95 Reno, 95 World Team, 15+ local victories; 2003-11 Los Gatos, CA
Hobbies: Golf, Kids
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Kevin Fraley
35, Pacific Gas & Electric Meter Reader
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Rating: 1800
Record: 3rd (2004)
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Home: Madera, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: 3rd Place, 2004 NSC, Division 2
Hobbies: Basketball, tennis, reading
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Lester Schonbrun
69, Legal Secretary
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Rating: 1893
Record: 16th (1998), 41st (2000), 61st (2002), 69th (2004)
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Home: Oakland, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: Reno champion, Nationals runner-up
Hobbies: Politics
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Carol Kaplan
58, Paralegal
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Rating: 1764
Record: 80th (1998), 54th (2000), 70th (2002), 65th (2004)
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Home: San Diego, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: Director, San Diego NSA CLub #76 since 1992
Hobbies: Travel, Crossword Puzzles, Gardening
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Rusty Peltz
32, software engineer
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Rating: 1823
Record: 4th (2000), 43rd (2002), 96th (2004)
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Home: San Diego, CA Hobbies: baseball, golf
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Trey Wright
31, pianist
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Rating: 1949
Record: 2nd (1998), 12th (2000), 29th (2002), 1st (2004)
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Home: Van Nuys, CA Awards and Tournament Wins: 2nd place, Chicago Nationals 1998; 1st place, Atlanta 2002; 2nd place, Tampa 2004; 1st place, New Orleans Nationals 2004
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Jan Dixon
Age withheld, Accountant
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Rating: 1881
Record: 66th (1998), 32nd (2000), 52nd (2002), 35th (2004)
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Home: Newark, DE Awards and Tournament Wins: Highest ranking ever achieved by a woman in scrabble, 4th place finish in SuperStars tournament
Hobbies: Hiking, Dancing, Crossword Puzzles
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Trip Payne
37, Puzzlemaker
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Rating: 1809
Record: 52nd (1998), 82nd (2000)
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Home: Boca Raton, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: 02-99 Atlanta; 3-time American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion; 1st $32,000 winner on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Hobbies: Pinball, word games, game shows
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Jim Peters
Age withheld, Real estate investor and Mortgage loan originator
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Rating: 1705
Record: 43rd (1998), 31st (2002), 155th (2004)
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Home: Brandon, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: None Major, few small tourney wins and some 3-3 Basket ball toruney trophies, some bowling trophies long time ago.
Hobbies: Basketball, chess, softball
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Ian Weinstein
Age withheld, Physician
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Rating: 1911
Record: 56th (2000)
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Home: Coral Springs, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002-02 Stuart, FL; 2002-03 Stuart, FL; 2003-01 Treasure Coast, FL;2003-08 Fort Lauderdale, FL; 2004-10 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Hobbies: bridge, table tennis, racquetball, poker
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Steve Polatnick
60, Attorney at Law
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Rating: 1808
Record: 33rd (1998), 27th (2000), 36th (2002), 58th (2004)
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Home: Miami, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: (4th) 2001 WSC; Reno; Boston Premier
Hobbies: Bicycling, tennis, poker, travel
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Robert Kahn
60, attorney
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Rating: 1771
Record: 74th (1998), 60th (2000), 124th (2002), 109th (2004)
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Home: Plantation, FL Awards and Tournament Wins: three-time Florida state champion and win, place, show at numerous other tourney
Hobbies: collecting antique gumball machines and numerous other items; movies; music and sports fan
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Kenji Matsumoto
20, Student
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Rating: 1919
Record: 53rd (2002), 60th (2004)
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Home: Aiea, HI Awards and Tournament Wins: Division 2 winner, Westford
Hobbies: Philosophy, billiards
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Mark Pistolese
49, land speculator
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Rating: 1854
Record: 36th (1998), 20th (2000), 6th (2002)
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Home: Hilo, HI Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-11 Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hobbies: swimming, hiking, board games
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Marty Gabriel
53, School Social Worker
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Rating: 1882
Record: 99th (1998), 36th (2000), 65th (2002), 95th (2004)
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Home: Charleston, IL Awards and Tournament Wins: Touch Football All-American ( 9x ) ; Nat'l. Champ.Team ( 7x ), Two 700+ games at club, made 125 consecutive free throws
Hobbies: Basketball, Softball, Golf
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Brian Cappelletto
35, Options Trader
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Rating: 1937
Record: 1st (1998), 2nd (2000), 4th (2002), 5th (2004)
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Home: Chicago, IL Awards and Tournament Wins: 1998 NSC; 2001 WSC; 1997, 2004 Boston Premier; 1999, 2002, 2003 Reno
Hobbies: golf, impersonations, fantasy baseball, trivia
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Jason Katz-Brown
18, Student
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Rating: 1855
Record: 18th (2004)
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Home: Cambridge, MA Awards and Tournament Wins: Highest-rated under-18 player in NSA
Hobbies: Open-source software development on Linux, golf
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Peter Armstrong
32, GIS / Data Manager
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Rating: 1891
Record: 80th (1998), 71st (2000), 24th (2002), 29th (2004)
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Home: Baltimore, MD Awards and Tournament Wins: Arden Cup 2004
Hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee
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Marlon Hill
40, Herald (of something LIKE Galactus)
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Rating: 1903
Record: 69th (1998), 33rd (2000), 8th (2002), 27th (2004)
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Home: Baltimore, MD Awards and Tournament Wins: 2001-11 Baltimore, MD; 2003-10 Baltimore, MD
Hobbies: surviving in Babylon, wishing on stars
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Sammy Okosagah
36, Restaurant manager
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Rating: 1951
Record: 12th (1998), 9th (2000), 26th (2004)
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Home: Baltimore, MD Awards and Tournament Wins: 1990 Nigerian NSC; 2004-07 Reno, NV
Hobbies: Movies, music and driving
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Robert Linn
61, financial advisor and money manager
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Rating: 1753
Record: 18th (1998), 48th (2000), 18th (2002), 72nd (2004)
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Home: Potomac, MD Awards and Tournament Wins: 31st in Kuala Lumpur 2003 World Scrabble Championships, played for 12 years on a nationally ranked paintball team
Hobbies: travel, scuba, ping pong, strategy games, tennis
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Joey Mallick
25, Chart-man
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Rating: 1941
Record: 28th (1998), 21st (2000), 17th (2002), 30th (2004)
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Home: Cape Elizabeth, ME Awards and Tournament Wins: Yes, but not many; 2004-10 Cape Cod, MA; 2005-01 Reno, NV
Hobbies: video games, Internet surfing
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Jason Bednarz
32, musician
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Rating: 1821
Record: 4th (1998), 9th (2002), 9th (2004)
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Home: Ann Arbor, MI Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-06 Shelton, CT
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Paul Epstein
53, Social Worker
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Rating: 1808
Record: 15th (1998), 31st (2000), 5th (2002), 93rd (2004)
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Home: Ann Arbor, MI Awards and Tournament Wins: (5th) 1996 NSC; (5th) 2002 NSCr; (25th) 1999 WSC
Hobbies: Music, Writing
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Steve Grob
47, stay at home dad
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Rating: 1752
Record: 25th (2002)
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Home: Fenton, MI Awards and Tournament Wins: NSA AB member since 1999; 2002-11 Port Huron, MI
Hobbies: backgammon, poker
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Ron Hoekstra
37, Accountant
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Rating: 1802
Record: 41st (1998), 30th (2000), 81st (2002), 112th (2004)
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Home: Grand Rapids, MI Awards and Tournament Wins: 2000 Canadian Champion; 2004-06 Port Huron, MI; 2004-10 Petosky, MI
Hobbies: hockey, keyboards, languages
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Jim Kramer
47, Proofreader
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Rating: 1906
Record: 4th (1998), 8th (2000), 11th (2002), 50th (2004)
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Home: Roseville, MN Awards and Tournament Wins: WInner of 26 SCRABBLE Tournaments
Hobbies: Tennis, Piano
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Tim Adamson
51, Masonry contractor
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Rating: 1929
Record: 44th (1998), 52nd (2004)
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Home: Saint Paul, MN Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002-12 Orange, CT; 2002-12 Elmhurst, IL; 2003-03, 2004-11 Twin Cities, MN; 2003-07 Albany, NY
Hobbies: Travel in Mexico
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Lisa Odom
46, Quality Assurance Analyst
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Rating: 1843
Record: 24th (1998), 91st (2000), 123rd (2002), 21st (2004)
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Home: St. Louis Park, MN Awards and Tournament Wins: Top rated woman except when I'm not
Hobbies: singing, guitar, design junkie, light verse, ventriloquist manque
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Randy Hersom
45, Computer Programmer
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Rating: 1902
Record: 20th (1998), 5th (2000), 21st (2002), 22nd (2004)
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Home: Morganton, NC Awards and Tournament Wins: (5th) 2000 NSC; played in 1997 1999 2001 2003 WSC; played in 1995 Superstars and 2003 All Stars
Hobbies: CD Collecting, Racquetball, Poker
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John Luebkemann
40, Actuary
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Rating: 1880
Record: 13th (1998), 19th (2000), 12th (2004)
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Home: Pineville, NC Awards and Tournament Wins: Fellow of the Society of Actuaries; Many Wins, Places and Shows over 20 years of play
Hobbies: Weight Training
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Rod MacNeil
31, Freelance Sportswriter; Citizen of Red Sox Nation
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Rating: 1864
Record: 37th (1998), 76th (2000), 74th (2002), 78th (2004)
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Home: Londonderry, NH Awards and Tournament Wins: Winner: Boston (BAT Div A) 2004; Cape Cod '99, '00, '03; Mohawk Valley, NY '04; Saratoga, NY '04; Rhombus Cup Champion
Hobbies: Hockey, fantasy sports, movies, travel, 24, sushi with C, evading paparazzi
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David Koenig
27, Teacher
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Rating: 1836
First-time competitor
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Home: Englewood, NJ Awards and Tournament Wins: FIDE Chess Master, Twice NJ Junior Chess Champ, County Champ
Hobbies: Chess, New York Yankees baseball
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Scott Appel
34, Statistician
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Rating: 1914
Record: 6th (1998), 59th (2000), 39th (2002), 33rd (2004)
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Home: Trenton, NJ Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-08 Parsippany, NJ
Hobbies: Fantasy Baseball, Crosswords
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Joel Sherman
43, Scrabble player
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Rating: 1896
Record: 11th (1998), 14th (2000), 1st (2002), 81st (2004)
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Home: Bronx, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: (2nd) 1995 (1st) 1997 WSC; 2002 NSC; 1997 Western Championship, 2001-07 Reno, NV (EB); 2001-08 Twin Cities, MN; 2002-05 Danbury, CT; 2003-07 Reno, NV (EB); 2003-09 Shelton, CT; 2004-09 Atlantic City, NJ. Chapter 8 in "Word Freak" and featured subject of documentary film "Word Wars".
Hobbies: Piano, singing, movies
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Randy Greenspan
51, retired civil servant
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Rating: 1838
Record: 7th (1998), 40th (2000), 110th (2002), 101th (2004)
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Home: Buffalo, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-08 Bird-in-Hand, PA; 2004-03 Pigeon Forge, TN; 2004-07 Albany, NY
Hobbies: retrotainment, crosswords and paddleball
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Joe Edley
57, Account Executive
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Rating: 1987
Record: 17th (1998), 1st (2000), 23rd (2002), 15th (2004)
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Home: Coram, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: Three-time National Scrabble Champion; 5 summer Renos; 3 Premier BATs; 5 A.C.s; 2 TNs, along with numerous other wins; 2004-11 Stamford, CT
Hobbies: tai chi, reading, movies, puzzles
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Paul Avrin
62, retired HS math teacher
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Rating: 1819
Record: 94th (1998), 49th (2000), 96th (2002), 133rd (2004)
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Home: New York, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: 2001-10 Lancaster PA; 2004-05 Piscataway, NY; has lowest NSA membership number (50)
Hobbies: gym, travel, movies
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Lynn Cushman
Age withheld, proofreader
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Rating: 1864
Record: 58th (1998), 74th (2000), 58th (2002), 44th (2004)
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Home: New York, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: 1995 Teams Tournament Board 1; Plainview 1998;2nd, Stamford 2003;NSA AB member since 2003
Hobbies: music, reading, yoga
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Jeremy Frank
36, Court Reporter
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Rating: 1700
Record: 63rd (2000), 104th (2002), 43rd (2004)
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Home: New York, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: Top 50 2/05
Hobbies: Reading, Walking, Sports
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Matt Graham
Age withheld, Chronically unemployed
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Rating: 1902
Record: 65th (1998), 25th (2000), 55th (2002), 37th (2004)
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Home: New York, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: (2nd) 1997 WSC; 2002-05, 2003-05 Stamford, CT; 2003-06, 2005-01 Atlantic City, NJ;2004-09 Parsippany, NJ; 2005-01 Oshawa, ON
Hobbies: clabbers
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Steve Tier
64, Teacher
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Rating: 1835
Record: 103th (1998), 85th (2000), 27th (2002), 25th (2004)
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Home: New York, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: Long Island Science Teacher of the Year; 2002-07 Albany, NY
Hobbies: crossword puzzles
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Frank Tangredi
51, social studies textbook editor; aspiring playwright
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Rating: 1832
Record: 62nd (2004)
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Home: West Babylon, NY Awards and Tournament Wins: winning my division at BAT every 16 years; $32K winner on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Hobbies: acting; singing; anagrams; creating elaborate trivia games
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Jean Carol
Age withheld, Retired
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Rating: 1833
Record: 73rd (1998), 70th (2000), 112th (2002), 110th (2004)
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Home: Cincinnati, OH Awards and Tournament Wins: 4th in Danbury 2001, 4th in Gatlinburg 2001; 2003-04 Panama Canal Cruise
Hobbies: Studying Spanish, Travel
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Chris Lennon
37, Mortgage Underwriter
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Rating: 1862
Record: 47th (1998)
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Home: Lake Oswego, OR Awards and Tournament Wins: 2004-11 Las Vegas, NV
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Steven Alexander
48, lawyer
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Rating: 1814
Record: 64th (1998), 15th (2000), 42nd (2002), 59th (2004)
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Home: Portland, OR Awards and Tournament Wins: Won numerous scrabble tournaments
Hobbies: reading, thinking
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Michael Baker
45, Engineering Technician
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Rating: 1818
Record: 88th (1998), 61st (2000), 87th (2002), 74th (2004)
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Home: Portland, OR Awards and Tournament Wins: Winner Phoenix 2004, Portland 2003, Las Vegas 1997, Div 2 NSC 1994.
Hobbies: Pool, Poker
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Lou J B Miller
52, Credit Analyst
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Rating: 1816
First-time competitor
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Home: Portland, OR Hobbies: Reading, Writing
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Dave Wiegand
31, Mortgage Underwriter
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Rating: 1982
Record: 14th (1998), 3rd (2000), 6th (2002), 86th (2004)
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Home: Portland, OR Awards and Tournament Wins: (9th) 2001 WSC; (2nd) 1994 (3rd) 2000 (6th) 2002 NSC; 2004-05 Seattle, WA; 2004-06 SWILLINS; 2004-09 Portland and numerous other Western US tournament
Hobbies: Bridge, rock climbing, music (trombone, piano). Wife Chris, daughters Samantha (4) and Melanie (1)
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Gail Wolford
51, Technical Writer
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Rating: 1810
Record: 78th (2002)
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Home: Portland, OR Hobbies: reading
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Steve Oliger
56, Retired Electronics Technician
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Rating: 1758
Record: 97th (1998), 97th (2000), 85th (2002), 71st (2004)
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Home: Holtwood, PA Awards and Tournament Wins: Uhhhh...; 2004-06 Indianapolis, IN
Hobbies: Travel, Computers, Music, Reading
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Iffy Onyeonwu
Age withheld, Computer Tech
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Rating: 1836
Record: 30th (1998), 20th (2000), 30th (2002), 56th (2004)
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Home: Austin, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: 1990 Nigerian NSC; African Champion 1994; 2003-01 Lampasas, TX; 2003-02 Phoenix, AZ; 2004-02 Texas State Championship; 2004-09 Houston, TX; 2004-12 Austin, TX
Hobbies: Soccer and Reading
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Keith Smith
Age withheld, Computer Programmer
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Rating: 1754
Record: 44th (2002), 120th (2004)
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Home: Austin, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-03 Lubbock, TX; 2004-06 Arlington, TX
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Geoff Thevenot
35, copy editor
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Rating: 1832
Record: 122nd (2004)
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Home: Austin, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: 4-05 1st place Lake Murray; 6-05 1st place Ft. Worth
Hobbies: guitar, keyboards, Baltimore / Washington sports teams, reading
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Chris Cree
50, used equipment, sales and leasing
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Rating: 1998
Record: 35th (1998), 45th (2000), 47th (2002), 4th (2004)
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Home: Dallas, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002-02 Salado, TX; 2002-02 Phoenix, AZ; 2002-06, 2003-06 Mid-Cities, TX;2003-08 Houston, TX; 2004-01 Lampasas, TX; 2004-02 Costa Rica; 2004-06 Provence, France
Hobbies: golf, music, reading
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Ben Withers
57, Physician
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Rating: 1882
Record: 116th (1998), 18th (2000), 72nd (2002), 16th (2004)
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Home: Houston, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: 2003-02, 2005-02 Salado, TX; 2005-01 Waco, TX; (51st) 2003 WSC; Texas State Champion 2003 and 2005
Hobbies: Reading, travel, movies
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Winter Zxqkj
33, Computer programmer
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Rating: 1776
Record: 43rd (2004)
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Home: Houston, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: Not a thing.
Hobbies: Traveling, photography, comic books, film, music
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Darrell Day
48, CEO
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Rating: 1826
Record: 76th (2002), 97th (2004)
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Home: Richardson, TX Awards and Tournament Wins: former Arlington City Councilman
Hobbies: Basketball, tennis, rackquetball, jogging & movies
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John OLaughlin
25, Computer Programmer
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Rating: 1821
Record: 10th (2002), 34th (2004)
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Home: Hartland, WI Awards and Tournament Wins: (28th) 2003 WSC; 2004-11 Elmhurst, IL
Hobbies: music, movies, puzzles and computers
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Mark Kenas
52, Antiques & Collectibles dealer
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Rating: 1790
Record: 51st (2002), 28th (2004)
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Home: Madison, WI Hobbies: Canoeing, Kayaking, Reading, Being a devil's advocate
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Albert Hahn
57, Delivery driver, cube truck
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Rating: 1762
Record: 38th (2000), 88th (2002), 80th (2004)
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Home: Calgary, AB, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: 2004-01 Calgary AB, 2004-05 Calgary AB
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Paul Sidorsky
28, Systems Analyst
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Rating: 1721
Record: 63rd (2004)
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Home: Calgary, AB, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: 10th at 2000 CNSC. Holds BSc First Class Honours in Computer Science.
Hobbies: Model trains, biking, walking, poker, computer games
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Dean Saldanha
22, Engineering Assistant / Student
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Rating: 1854
Record: 3rd (2000), 20th (2002), 68th (2004)
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Home: Richmond, BC, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: (1st) 2005 Vancouver; (2nd) 2003 CNSC; played in 2003 2005 WSC
Hobbies: Roller Hockey, Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Music, Reading
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Jim Nanavati
48, Teacher
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Rating: 1806
Record: 12th (2002), 5th (2004)
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Home: Burlington, ON, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: Several tournament victories
Hobbies: Biking, travel
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Lloyd Mills
Age withheld, A/C contractor
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Rating: 1867
First-time competitor
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Home: Georgetown, ON, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: 2004-02 Atlantic City, NJ; 2004-12 Shelton, CT
Hobbies: hiking, cycling, crossword puzzles
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Evan Berofsky
29, Soon-to-be-returning university student, freelance writer, disturber of peace
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Rating: 1826
Record: 17th (1998), 34th (2000), 38th (2002), 36th (2004)
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Home: Thornhill, ON, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002-06, 2004-06 Livonia MI; 2003, 2004 Toronto Club Champion; 2003-11 Brantford ON
Hobbies: Anything to get my mind off of Scrabble...
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Robin Pollock Daniel
43, Mom / Psychotherapist
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Rating: 1866
Record: 13th (2002), 40th (2004)
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Home: Toronto, ON, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: Played in 1993 1995 1997 2001 WSC; played in 2002 2004 Can-Am; 2000, 2001 Toronto; 2003 Atlantic City; 2003 Boston Premier
Hobbies: Fitness, Gourmet Cooking
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Zev Kaufman
58, Contractor
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Rating: 1780
Record: 9th (1998), 47th (2000), 16th (2002), 90th (2004)
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Home: Toronto, ON, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: Qualified for Canada's Team to World Championships 4 times. Toronto Club Champion 12 times.
Hobbies: Talmud and Kabbalah
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Joel Wapnick
59, University professor
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Rating: 1889
Record: 29th (1998), 11th (2000), 10th (2002), 9th (2004)
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Home: Montréal, QC, Canada Awards and Tournament Wins: 1983 NSC; (2nd) 1993 WSC; 1998 CNSC; 1999 WSC; (2nd) 2001 WSC
Hobbies: Scrabble (more than a hobby)
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Nigel Richards
Age withheld, occupation withheld
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Rating: 2041
Record: 2nd (2002), 3rd (2004)
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Home: Christchurch, New Zealand Awards and Tournament Wins: 1997 NZ NSC; 1999 NZ Masters
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Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
29, Architect
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Rating: 1925
Record: 57th (2002), 7th (2004)
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Home: Bangkok, Thailand Awards and Tournament Wins: 1992 2003 Thailand Champion; (2nd) 2003 WSC
Hobbies: Reading
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Komol Panyasoponlert
Age withheld, Student
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Rating: 1991
Record: 41st (2002), 6th (2004)
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Home: Bangkok, Thailand Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002 Thailand Student Champion; 2003 Thailand Match Play Champion; (6th) 2004 NSC; (6th) 2005 WSC
Hobbies: Reading
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Amnuay Ploysangngam
Age withheld, Businessman
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Rating: 1838
Record: 91st (1998), 46th (2000), 33rd (2002), 77th (2004)
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Home: Bangkok, Thailand Awards and Tournament Wins: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994 Thailand Grand Prix Champion
Hobbies: Soccer
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Panupol Sujjayakorn
21, Student
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Rating: 1949
Record: 9th (2002), 23rd (2004)
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Home: Bangkok, Thailand Awards and Tournament Wins: 2002 Thailand Match Play Champion, 2003 World Champion
Hobbies: Football
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