John Cheras [#17] at USSO 2006

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On this page, you will find information about John Cheras, 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. Cheras currently has a record of 18-10, +936, and is ranked #7 in Division 5.

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
	Given name(s): John Surname(s): Cheras Home: Whitinsville, MA, United States Hobbies: Golf , Scrabble Occupation: Logistics

Career History

7-year record against other players at this event	7-5 (0.583)
Past 1-12 months	6-5 (0.545)	LL WW LL W L WWW
Past 13-24 months	1-0 (1.000)	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

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 504 Average for: 375 Average against: 341
Round 1		Cheras played #50 Marty Levine (Bozeman, MT) and won 405 to 400 (a spread of 5). Before this event, Cheras had not played Levine in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #39. Current record: 1-0, +5.
Round 2		Cheras played #5 Ron Barker (Boise, ID) and lost 361 to 388 (a spread of -27). Before this event, Cheras had not played Barker in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 1-1, -22.
Round 3		Cheras played #79 Rea Spidel (Memphis, TN) and won 408 to 284 (a spread of 124). Before this event, Cheras had not played Spidel in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 2-1, +102.
Round 4		Cheras played #45 Sheri Justice (Kansas City, MO) and lost 357 to 429 (a spread of -72). Before this event, Cheras had not played Justice in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #41. Current record: 2-2, +30.
Round 5		Cheras played #59 Tom OLaughlin (Hartland, WI) and won 439 to 323 (a spread of 116). Before this event, Cheras had not played O'Laughlin in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 3-2, +146.
Round 6		Cheras played #6 Hilda Ben Nun (Israel) and lost 331 to 410 (a spread of -79). Before this event, Cheras had not played Ben Nun in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 3-3, +67.
Round 7		Cheras played #90 Mary Pastore (Pearland, TX) and lost 298 to 306 (a spread of -8). Before this event, Cheras had not played Pastore in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 3-4, +59.
Round 8		Cheras played #84 Jane Tacker (Sealy, TX) and won 332 to 315 (a spread of 17). Before this event, Cheras had not played Tacker in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 4-4, +76.
Round 9		Cheras played #41 Pat Hardwick (Stow, OH) and won 381 to 282 (a spread of 99). Before this event, Cheras had not played Hardwick in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-4, +175.
Round 10		Cheras played #28 Andrew Fanoe (Marietta, GA) and won 397 to 224 (a spread of 173). Before this event, Cheras had not played Fanoe in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-4, +348.
Round 11		Cheras played #23 Michael Donegan (Austin, TX) and won 394 to 311 (a spread of 83). Before this event, Cheras had not played Donegan in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #13. Current record: 7-4, +431.
Round 12		Cheras played #7 Leesa Berahovich (Berkeley, CA) and won 386 to 310 (a spread of 76). Before this event, Cheras had not played Berahovich in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #11. Current record: 8-4, +507.
Round 13		Cheras played #20 Jeff Cooley (Jacksonville, FL) and lost 292 to 444 (a spread of -152). Before this event, Cheras had not played Cooley in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #17. Current record: 8-5, +355.
Round 14		Cheras played #49 Elana Lekach (Fair Lawn, NJ) and lost 375 to 393 (a spread of -18). The last time these two played was 2006-04 at: BOSTON AREA TOURNAMENT Cheras’s record vs. Lekach in the 7 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. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Current ranking: #29. Current record: 8-6, +337.
Round 15		Cheras played #65 Fred III Rible (Los Angeles, CA) and won 504 to 429 (a spread of 75). Before this event, Cheras had not played Rible in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #17. Current record: 9-6, +412.
Round 16		Cheras played #70 Stella Russell (Manchester, NH) and won 381 to 315 (a spread of 66). The last time these two played was 2006-05 at: DOVER, NH Cheras’s record vs. Russell in the 7 years leading up to this event: 3-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: WWW. Past 13-24 months: no games. 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: #11. Current record: 10-6, +478.
Round 17		Cheras played #85 Tony Verma (Burnaby BC) and lost 313 to 316 (a spread of -3). Before this event, Cheras had not played Verma in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 10-7, +475.
Round 18		Cheras played #12 Matt Breden (Hampton, VA) and lost 317 to 412 (a spread of -95). Before this event, Cheras had not played Breden in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 10-8, +380.
Round 19		Cheras played #65 Fred III Rible (Los Angeles, CA) again and won 394 to 361 (a spread of 33). Before this event, Cheras had not played Rible in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #18. Current record: 11-8, +413.
Round 20		Cheras played #13 Patty Camp (Paragould, AR) and won 377 to 302 (a spread of 75). Before this event, Cheras had not played Camp in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #14. Current record: 12-8, +488.
Round 21		Cheras played #6 Hilda Ben Nun (Israel) again and lost 361 to 377 (a spread of -16). Before this event, Cheras had not played Ben Nun in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12-9, +472.
Round 22		Cheras played #68 Chuck Riordan (Des Moines, IA) and won 401 to 398 (a spread of 3). Before this event, Cheras had not played Riordan in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-9, +475.
Round 23		Cheras played #79 Rea Spidel (Memphis, TN) again and won 414 to 263 (a spread of 151). Before this event, Cheras had not played Spidel in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #10. Current record: 14-9, +626.
Round 24		Cheras played #73 Arna Schutz (West Hills, CA) and won 400 to 302 (a spread of 98). Before this event, Cheras had not played Schutz in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #9. Current record: 15-9, +724.
Round 25		Cheras played #50 Marty Levine (Bozeman, MT) again and won 411 to 305 (a spread of 106). Before this event, Cheras had not played Levine in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #7. Current record: 16-9, +830.
Round 26		Cheras played #82 Gwen Stewart (Ellicott City, MD) and won 369 to 297 (a spread of 72). Before this event, Cheras had not played Stewart in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #7. Current record: 17-9, +902.
Round 27		Cheras played #60 Thomas ORourke (Alpharetta, GA) and won 403 to 272 (a spread of 131). Before this event, Cheras had not played O'Rourke in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #5. Current record: 18-9, +1033.
Round 28		Cheras played #77 Ricky Sirois (Overland Park, KS) and lost 295 to 392 (a spread of -97). Before this event, Cheras had not played Sirois in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #7. Current record: 18-10, +936.

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