NSC 2008: Joanne Cohen [#21]

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On this page, you will find information about Joanne Cohen, who is competing at the 2008 National SCRABBLE® Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 13-15, +107, and is ranked #82 in Division 2.

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

[photo of Joanne Cohen]

Given name(s): Joanne
Surname(s): Cohen
Home: Owings Mills, MD, United States
Hobbies: reading; world travel
Occupation: Teacher
NSC 1985 Division: 1
NSC 1985 Rank: 39/302, 14-8 +539
NSC 1989 Division: 1
NSC 1989 Rank: 39/149, 15-12 +603
NSC 1989 Division: 1
NSC 1989 Rank: 39/149, 15-12 +603
NSC 1990 Division: 1
NSC 1990 Rank: 73/176, 14-13 +365
NSC 1992 Division: 1
NSC 1992 Rank: 82/176, 13-13 -317
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 136/172, 13-17 -775
USSO 2006 Division: 2
USSO 2006 Rank: 68/102, 13-15 -801

Round by Round
High score: 499 Average for: 384 Average against: 380
Round 1		Cohen played #99 Kay Patterson (Columbia, MD) and won 476 to 355 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-0, +121.
Round 2		Cohen played #19 Jeff Clark (Linden, MI) and lost 352 to 374 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 1-1, +99.
Round 3		Cohen played #30 Carole Denton (New Carrollton, MD) and won 374 to 307 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-1, +166.
Round 4		Cohen played #74 Harriette Lakernick (Chicago, IL) and lost 336 to 397 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 2-2, +105.
Round 5		Cohen played #9 Leesa Berahovich (Berkeley, CA) and won 412 to 309 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 3-2, +208.
Round 6		Cohen played #59 James Henderson (Somes Bar, CA) and won 353 to 333 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 4-2, +228.
Round 7		Cohen played #68 David Johnson (Decatur, IL) and won 416 to 305 (a spread of 111). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 5-2, +339.
Round 8		Cohen played #114 Lisa Slankard (Chicago, IL) and lost 397 to 473 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 5-3, +263.
Round 9		Cohen played #117 R Jason Sommer (Solvang, CA) and won 407 to 385 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 6-3, +285.
Round 10		Cohen played #76 Curtis Lee (Jacksonville, FL) and won 456 to 287 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 7-3, +454.
Round 11		Cohen played #80 Judy Levitt (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 270 to 499 (a spread of -229). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 7-4, +225.
Round 12		Cohen played #47 Andrew Friedrich (Aurora, CO) and won 416 to 378 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8-4, +263.
Round 13		Cohen played #93 Chris Patrick Morgan (San Francisco, CA) and lost 337 to 376 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 8-5, +224.
Round 14		Cohen played #14 Jason D Brooks (Lindenhurst, IL) and won 435 to 320 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 9-5, +339.
Round 15		Cohen played #77 Kevin Leeds (Austin, TX) and lost 427 to 446 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-6, +320. Cohen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Cohen played #125 Dennis Taylor (Lighthouse Point, FL) and lost 332 to 460 (a spread of -128). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 9-7, +192.
Round 17		Cohen played #48 Robert Gillis (Owens X Roads, AL) and lost 375 to 433 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 9-8, +134.
Round 18		Cohen played #61 Sam Hollington (St. Catharines ON) and won 429 to 391 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 10-8, +172.
Round 19		Cohen played #10 Verna Berg Richards (Manhattan, NY) and lost 320 to 334 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 10-9, +158.
Round 20		Cohen played #36 Michael Eldeiry (Davie, FL) and won 434 to 414 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 11-9, +178.
Round 21		Cohen played #134 Emely Weissman (Menlo Park, CA) and lost 365 to 403 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 11-10, +140.
Round 22		Cohen played #110 Mason Shambach (Battle Creek, MI) and lost 353 to 395 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 11-11, +98.
Round 23		Cohen played #132 David Weiss (Billings, MT) and lost 313 to 377 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #74. Current record: 11-12, +34.
Round 24		Cohen played #60 David Hermanson (Temple City, CA) and lost 351 to 377 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #86. Current record: 11-13, +8.
Round 25		Cohen played #78 Scott Leifer (Middleboro, MA) and won 438 to 234 (a spread of 204). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 12-13, +212.
Round 26		Cohen played #23 Betty Cornelison (Portland, OR) and lost 374 to 402 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #81. Current record: 12-14, +184.
Round 27		Cohen played #108 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 302 to 430 (a spread of -128). Current ranking: #90. Current record: 12-15, +56.
Round 28		Cohen played #1 Elspeth Abbate (Venice, FL) and won 499 to 448 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 13-15, +107.

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