Neva Slater [#106] at USSO 2006

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On this page, you will find information about Neva Slater, 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. Slater currently has a record of 16-12, +86, and is ranked #31 in Division 6.

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): Neva
Surname(s): Slater
Home: Manchester, CT, United States
Hobbies: Bowling
Occupation: Retired
NSC 1989 Division: 2
NSC 1989 Rank: 45/70, 13-14 -328
NSC 1992 Division: 2
NSC 1992 Rank: 119/139, 11-16 -787
NSC 1994 Division: 3
NSC 1994 Rank: 33/70, 14-13 -23
NSC 1996 Division: 3
NSC 1996 Rank: 36/120, 15-12 +156
NSC 1998 Division: 4
NSC 1998 Rank: 64/125, 15-16 +322
NSC 2000 Division: 5
NSC 2000 Rank: 54/78, 14-17 -293
NSC 2002 Division: 6
NSC 2002 Rank: 23/88, 17-14 +707
NSC 2004 Division: 6
NSC 2004 Rank: 24/76, 16.5-13.5 +242
NSC 2005 Division: 6
NSC 2005 Rank: 80/131, 13-15 +354

Career History

7-year record against other players at this event	29-20 (0.592)
Past 1-12 months	4-5 (0.444)	W L W LLL WW L
Past 13-24 months	9-9 (0.500)	LLL WW LL W L WW LL WW L WW
Past 25-36 months	8-3 (0.727)	WWWW L WWW LL W
Past 37-48 months	1-0 (1.000)	W
Past 49-60 months	3-1 (0.750)	L WWW
Past 61-72 months	4-2 (0.667)	L WWWW L
Past 73-84 months	no games

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 440 Average for: 350 Average against: 347
Round 1		Slater played #86 Chris Nelson (Minneapolis, MN) and won 363 to 315 (a spread of 48). Before this event, Slater had not played Nelson in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 1-0, +48.
Round 2		Slater played #11 Joe Becker (Worcester, MA) and lost 334 to 373 (a spread of -39). Before this event, Slater had not played Becker in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #57. Current record: 1-1, +9.
Round 3		Slater played #57 Candace Hurley (Vine Grove, KY) and lost 340 to 383 (a spread of -43). Before this event, Slater had not played Hurley in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #74. Current record: 1-2, -34.
Round 4		Slater played #88 Lorraine Pariser (Covina, CA) and won 372 to 333 (a spread of 39). Before this event, Slater had not played Pariser in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #57. Current record: 2-2, +5.
Round 5		Slater played #62 Carol Jones (Las Cruces, NM) and won 387 to 330 (a spread of 57). Before this event, Slater had not played Jones in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #41. Current record: 3-2, +62.
Round 6		Slater played #35 Jan Dickey (Boise, ID) and won 319 to 268 (a spread of 51). Before this event, Slater had not played Dickey in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 4-2, +113.
Round 7		Slater played #6 Bruce Baginski (Concord, CA) and won 365 to 330 (a spread of 35). Before this event, Slater had not played Baginski in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-2, +148.
Round 8		Slater played #25 Khim Clarke (Irvine, CA) and lost 284 to 329 (a spread of -45). Before this event, Slater had not played Clarke in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-3, +103.
Round 9		Slater played #55 Margaret Hughes (Los Angeles, CA) and won 319 to 307 (a spread of 12). Before this event, Slater had not played Hughes in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-3, +115.
Round 10		Slater played #5 Irene Averbach (Rochester, NY) and won 422 to 342 (a spread of 80). Before this event, Slater had not played Averbach in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-3, +195.
Round 11		Slater played #51 Jeremy Hall (Menlo Park, CA) and lost 374 to 391 (a spread of -17). Before this event, Slater had not played Hall in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #26. Current record: 7-4, +178.
Round 12		Slater played #103 Kevin Sears (Louisville, KY) and won 414 to 399 (a spread of 15). Before this event, Slater had not played Sears in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8-4, +193.
Round 13		Slater played #64 Janice Kaye (Saint Paul, MN) and won 347 to 341 (a spread of 6). Before this event, Slater had not played Kaye in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #18. Current record: 9-4, +199.
Round 14		Slater played #17 Manan Biyani (Ann Arbor, MI) and lost 280 to 439 (a spread of -159). Before this event, Slater had not played Biyani in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-5, +40.
Round 15		Slater played #111 Joyce Stock (Rocky River, OH) and lost 287 to 392 (a spread of -105). Before this event, Slater had not played Stock in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #33. Current record: 9-6, -65.
Round 16		Slater played #102 Tammy Ross (Phoenix, AZ) and won 367 to 279 (a spread of 88). Before this event, Slater had not played Ross in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10-6, +23.
Round 17		Slater played #17 Manan Biyani (Ann Arbor, MI) again and won 440 to 346 (a spread of 94). Before this event, Slater had not played Biyani in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 11-6, +117.
Round 18		Slater played #43 L Cheryl Francis (Indian Island, Old Town, ME) and won 378 to 291 (a spread of 87). Before this event, Slater had not played Francis in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #18. Current record: 12-6, +204.
Round 19		Slater played #111 Joyce Stock (Rocky River, OH) again and won 367 to 293 (a spread of 74). Before this event, Slater had not played Stock in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13-6, +278.
Round 20		Slater played #62 Carol Jones (Las Cruces, NM) again and lost 289 to 383 (a spread of -94). Before this event, Slater had not played Jones in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #18. Current record: 13-7, +184.
Round 21		Slater played #121 Kar-mun Wong (San Jose, CA) and lost 326 to 348 (a spread of -22). Before this event, Slater had not played Wong in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 13-8, +162.
Round 22		Slater played #73 Maliha Mahmood (Tustin, CA) and lost 322 to 353 (a spread of -31). The last time these two played was 2002-08 at: NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPINSHIP Slater’s record vs. Mahmood 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: #30. Current record: 13-9, +131.
Round 23		Slater played #1 Jack Allard (Pryor Creek, OK) and lost 326 to 422 (a spread of -96). Before this event, Slater had not played Allard in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 13-10, +35.
Round 24		Slater played #120 Edmond Wilson (Hillsboro, OR) and won 356 to 316 (a spread of 40). Before this event, Slater had not played Wilson in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14-10, +75.
Round 25		Slater played #36 Marion Dimond (Calgary AB) and won 396 to 347 (a spread of 49). The last time these two played was 2005-08 at: 2005 NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP Slater’s record vs. Dimond 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: #25. Current record: 15-10, +124.
Round 26		Slater played #70 Deborah Light (Napanee ON) and won 360 to 325 (a spread of 35). The last time these two played was 2004-08 at: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Slater’s record vs. Light 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: #21. Current record: 16-10, +159.
Round 27		Slater played #60 Eileen Johnson (Freeport, NY) and lost 341 to 373 (a spread of -32). The last time these two played was 2005-02 at: DANBURY, CT Slater’s record vs. Johnson in the 7 years leading up to this event: 3-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: WW. 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: #26. Current record: 16-11, +127.
Round 28		Slater played #94 Kaveri Raviraj (Mississauga ON) and lost 318 to 359 (a spread of -41). Before this event, Slater had not played Raviraj in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #31. Current record: 16-12, +86.

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