NSC 2008: Joel Horn [#62]

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On this page, you will find information about Joel Horn, 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 17-11, +694, and is ranked #18 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 Joel Horn]

Given name(s): Joel
Surname(s): Horn
Home: Reading, MA, United States
Awards: won Albany, 2001; 2004-10 Lake George, NY
Hobbies: Sports, Mah Jongg
Occupation: Software Engineer
NSC 1990 Division: 1
NSC 1990 Rank: 155/176, 11-16 -1359
NSC 1992 Division: 1
NSC 1992 Rank: 88/176, 13.5-13.5 -282
NSC 1998 Division: 1
NSC 1998 Rank: 119/126, 11-20 -504
NSC 2000 Division: 2
NSC 2000 Rank: 83/105, 13-18 +231
NSC 2002 Division: 1
NSC 2002 Rank: 44/103, 16-15 +125
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 98/172, 14.5-15.5 -545
USSO 2006 Division: 2
USSO 2006 Rank: 61/102, 13-15 +43

Round by Round
High score: 490 Average for: 394 Average against: 369
Round 1		Horn played #24 Connie Creed (Philadelphia, PA) and won 394 to 361 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 1-0, +33.
Round 2		Horn played #60 David Hermanson (Temple City, CA) and won 465 to 297 (a spread of 168). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 2-0, +201.
Round 3		Horn played #117 R Jason Sommer (Solvang, CA) and won 441 to 316 (a spread of 125). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 3-0, +326.
Round 4		Horn played #130 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 456 to 296 (a spread of 160). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-0, +486.
Round 5		Horn played #50 Daniel Goodwin (Seattle, WA) and won 369 to 343 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5-0, +512. Horn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Horn played #7 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and lost 417 to 434 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-1, +495.
Round 7		Horn played #67 Paul Izikoff (Miami, FL) and won 417 to 363 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-1, +549. Horn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Horn played #69 Roy Kamen (Covina, CA) and lost 349 to 401 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-2, +497.
Round 9		Horn played #115 Charles Smith (Durham, NC) and won 471 to 361 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-2, +607.
Round 10		Horn played #106 Matthew Ridout (Lexington, KY) and lost 349 to 408 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-3, +548.
Round 11		Horn played #13 Andy Bohnsack (Madison, WI) and lost 380 to 390 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 7-4, +538.
Round 12		Horn played #72 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 356 to 321 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 8-4, +573.
Round 13		Horn played #20 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 342 to 484 (a spread of -142). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 8-5, +431. Horn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Horn played #46 Lawren Freebody (Hawthorne, CA) and won 352 to 323 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 9-5, +460.
Round 15		Horn played #132 David Weiss (Billings, MT) and lost 327 to 485 (a spread of -158). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 9-6, +302.
Round 16		Horn played #135 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and won 413 to 342 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 10-6, +373.
Round 17		Horn played #5 Tim Anglin (Toronto ON) and won 410 to 370 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 11-6, +413.
Round 18		Horn played #54 Ben Harrison (Cambridge, MA) and won 397 to 317 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 12-6, +493.
Round 19		Horn played #119 John Stardom (Ottawa ON) and lost 291 to 546 (a spread of -255). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 12-7, +238.
Round 20		Horn played #8 Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (Moraga, CA) and lost 361 to 420 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 12-8, +179.
Round 21		Horn played #2 David Abolafia (Sarasota, FL) and won 490 to 301 (a spread of 189). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 13-8, +368. Horn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Horn played #80 Judy Levitt (Los Angeles, CA) and won 420 to 343 (a spread of 77). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 14-8, +445. Horn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Horn played #47 Andrew Friedrich (Aurora, CO) and won 392 to 289 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 15-8, +548. Horn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Horn played #31 Glenn Dunlop (Brantford ON) and lost 406 to 471 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 15-9, +483.
Round 25		Horn played #120 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and lost 362 to 396 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 15-10, +449.
Round 26		Horn played #10 Verna Berg Richards (Manhattan, NY) and won 488 to 204 (a spread of 284). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 16-10, +733.
Round 27		Horn played #66 Win Inthara (Orlando, FL) and won 365 to 254 (a spread of 111). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 17-10, +844.
Round 28		Horn played #136 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 347 to 497 (a spread of -150). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 17-11, +694.

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