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Robert Nellis [#77] at USSO 2006

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On this page, you will find information about Bob Nellis, who is a contestant at the 2006 U.S. SCRABBLE® Open. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. Nellis currently has a record of 13-15, -569, and is ranked #80 in Division 4.

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): Bob
Surname(s): Nellis
Home: Glennview, FL, United States
Awards: Placed in a few SCRABBLE tourneys, won some club golf
Hobbies: Golf, Swimming, Bridge, Poker, Gin Rummy, All Sports
Occupation: Retired
NSC 2002 Division: 5
NSC 2002 Rank: 5/111, 21-10 +650
NSC 2004 Division: 4
NSC 2004 Rank: 43/150, 17-13 -399
NSC 2005 Division: 4
NSC 2005 Rank: 48/122, 15-13 +16

 

Career History

7-year record against other players at this event22-13 (0.629) 
Past 1-12 monthsno games
Past 13-24 months7-3 (0.700)WW LLL WWWWW
Past 25-36 months8-6 (0.571)W LLLLLL WWWWWWW
Past 37-48 months2-2 (0.500)W L W L
Past 49-60 months5-2 (0.714)W L WW L WW
Past 61-72 monthsno games
Past 73-84 monthsno games

 

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round

High score: 454
Average for: 368
Average against: 388

Round 1

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Nellis played #25 Evelyn Enszer (Saginaw, MI) and lost 359 to 526 (a spread of -167).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Enszer in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #110.

Current record: 0-1, -167.

Round 2

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Nellis played #70 April McCarley (Austin, TX) and lost 345 to 348 (a spread of -3).

Before this event, Nellis had not played McCarley in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #103.

Current record: 0-2, -170.

Round 3

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Nellis played #66 Herb Lewis (Cherry Hill, NJ) and won 395 to 280 (a spread of 115).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Lewis in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #70.

Current record: 1-2, -55.

Round 4

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Nellis played #42 Nola Hembrook (Marshfield, WI) and lost 404 to 422 (a spread of -18).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Hembrook in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #85.

Current record: 1-3, -73.

Round 5

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Nellis played #118 James Wait (Phoenix, AZ) and won 383 to 320 (a spread of 63).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Wait in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #69.

Current record: 2-3, -10.

Round 6

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Nellis played #6 Mary Ellen Bergeron (Florence, MA) and won 424 to 392 (a spread of 32).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Bergeron in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #56.

Current record: 3-3, +22.

Round 7

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Nellis played #71 Scott McDougall (Indianapolis, IN) and won 375 to 347 (a spread of 28).

Before this event, Nellis had not played McDougall in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #48.

Current record: 4-3, +50.

Round 8

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Nellis played #93 Miriam Saldanha (Richmond BC) and lost 339 to 412 (a spread of -73).

The last time these two played was 2005-08 at: 2005 NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP

Nellis’s record vs. Saldanha in the 7 years leading up to this event: 2-0 (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: W.
Past 61-72 months: no games.
Past 73-84 months: no games.

Current ranking: #63.

Current record: 4-4, -23.

Round 9

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Nellis played #78 Samantha Orleans (Bryn Mawr, PA) and lost 366 to 384 (a spread of -18).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Orleans in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #67.

Current record: 4-5, -41.

Round 10

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Nellis played #45 Kathy Hooper (Monroe, NY) and won 428 to 401 (a spread of 27).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Hooper in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #62.

Current record: 5-5, -14.

Round 11

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Nellis played #8 Gwen Bishop (Los Angeles, CA) and won 454 to 377 (a spread of 77).

The last time these two played was 2004-08 at: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Nellis’s record vs. Sherard-Bishop in the 7 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000).
Past 1-12 months: no games.
Past 13-24 months: no games.
Past 25-36 months: W.
Past 37-48 months: no games.
Past 49-60 months: no games.
Past 61-72 months: no games.
Past 73-84 months: no games.

Current ranking: #45.

Current record: 6-5, +63.

Round 12

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Nellis played #22 Helen B Douglas (Victoria BC) and lost 331 to 379 (a spread of -48).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Douglas in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 6-6, +15.

Round 13

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Nellis played #75 Laura Moyer (Fredericksburg, VA) and lost 308 to 356 (a spread of -48).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Moyer in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #70.

Current record: 6-7, -33.

Round 14

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Nellis played #50 Aaron Jacobs (Brookline, MA) and won 399 to 392 (a spread of 7).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Jacobs in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #62.

Current record: 7-7, -26.

Round 15

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Nellis played #20 Jesse Cromer (Charlotte, NC) and won 395 to 387 (a spread of 8).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Cromer in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #53.

Current record: 8-7, -18.

Round 16

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Nellis played #35 Mark Goodman (Clinton, NY) and lost 311 to 416 (a spread of -105).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Goodman in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #63.

Current record: 8-8, -123.

Round 17

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Nellis played #68 Nancee Mancel (Albuquerque, NM) and lost 357 to 477 (a spread of -120).

The last time these two played was 2004-08 at: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Nellis’s record vs. Mancel in the 7 years leading up to this event: 0-1 (0.000).
Past 1-12 months: no games.
Past 13-24 months: no games.
Past 25-36 months: L.
Past 37-48 months: no games.
Past 49-60 months: no games.
Past 61-72 months: no games.
Past 73-84 months: no games.

Current ranking: #70.

Current record: 8-9, -243.

Round 18

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Nellis played #13 Lorraine Burton (Baltimore, MD) and lost 368 to 393 (a spread of -25).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Burton in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #81.

Current record: 8-10, -268.

Round 19

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Nellis played #57 Bob Kilpatrick (Washington, DC) and lost 341 to 377 (a spread of -36).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Kilpatrick in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #88.

Current record: 8-11, -304.

Round 20

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Nellis played #26 Barbara Epstein (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 392 to 435 (a spread of -43).

The last time these two played was 2002-08 at: NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP

Nellis’s record vs. Epstein in the 7 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000).
Past 1-12 months: no games.
Past 13-24 months: no games.
Past 25-36 months: no games.
Past 37-48 months: no games.
Past 49-60 months: W.
Past 61-72 months: no games.
Past 73-84 months: no games.

Current ranking: #91.

Current record: 8-12, -347.

Round 21

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Nellis played #78 Samantha Orleans (Bryn Mawr, PA) again and won 448 to 388 (a spread of 60).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Orleans in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 9-12, -287.

Round 22

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Nellis played #114 Celia Thompson (Carneys Point, NJ) and won 316 to 284 (a spread of 32).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Thompson in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #79.

Current record: 10-12, -255.

Round 23

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Nellis played #110 Jacqueline Stewart (Glendale, AZ) and won 426 to 380 (a spread of 46).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Stewart in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #70.

Current record: 11-12, -209.

Round 24

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Nellis played #60 Esther Kisich (Long Beach, CA) and lost 302 to 304 (a spread of -2).

The last time these two played was 2005-08 at: 2005 NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP

Nellis’s record vs. Kisich in the 7 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.
Past 61-72 months: no games.
Past 73-84 months: no games.

Current ranking: #78.

Current record: 11-13, -211.

Round 25

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Nellis played #120 Judith Whitcomb (Patagonia, AZ) and won 382 to 377 (a spread of 5).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Whitcomb in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #72.

Current record: 12-13, -206.

Round 26

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Nellis played #110 Jacqueline Stewart (Glendale, AZ) again and won 371 to 369 (a spread of 2).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Stewart in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #65.

Current record: 13-13, -204.

Round 27

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Nellis played #97 Richard Savitt (Miami, FL) and lost 306 to 463 (a spread of -157).

Before this event, Nellis had not played Savitt in at least 7 years.

Current ranking: #72.

Current record: 13-14, -361.

Round 28

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Nellis played #2 Jamila Atcha (Laughlin, NV) and lost 270 to 478 (a spread of -208).

The last time these two played was 2005-08 at: 2005 NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP

Nellis’s record vs. Atcha in the 7 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.
Past 61-72 months: no games.
Past 73-84 months: no games.

Current ranking: #80.

Current record: 13-15, -569.


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