NSC 2012: Marla Riff [#26]

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On this page, you will find information about Marla Riff, who is competing at the 2012 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 18-13, +314, and is ranked #18 in Division 3.

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): Marla Surname(s): Riff Home: Boynton Beach, FL, United States

Round by Round
High score: 469 Average for: 373 Average against: 363
Round 1		Riff played #78 Vivienne Muhling (Toronto ON) and lost 366 to 404 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 0-1, -38.
Round 2		Riff played #50 Rhonda Morris (Oklahoma City, OK) and lost 350 to 408 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 0-2, -96.
Round 3		Riff played #40 Sam Rothbart (Southampton, NY) and lost 343 to 427 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 0-3, -180.
Round 4		Riff played #58 Laura Thomley (Gainesville, FL) and won 421 to 351 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 1-3, -110.
Round 5		Riff played #10 Adam Fine (Gaithersburg, MD) and won 454 to 354 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 2-3, -10.
Round 6		Riff played #47 Sharmaine Farini (Toronto ON) and won 419 to 330 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 3-3, +79.
Round 7		Riff played #69 Gene Rawlins (Scarborough ON) and lost 334 to 379 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 3-4, +34.
Round 8		Riff played #81 Mohd Khairi Zulkalnain (Ames, IA) and won 411 to 388 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-4, +57.
Round 9		Riff played #43 Josephine Flowers (West Memphis, AR) and won 400 to 243 (a spread of 157). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-4, +214.
Round 10		Riff played #63 Gene Tyszka (Mississauga ON) and won 379 to 255 (a spread of 124). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 6-4, +338.
Round 11		Riff played #27 Denise Mahnken (Tillman, SC) and won 421 to 287 (a spread of 134). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-4, +472.
Round 12		Riff played #28 Mary Rhoades (Bedford, TX) and won 345 to 301 (a spread of 44). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 8-4, +516.
Round 13		Riff played #13 Nola Hembrook (Marshfield, WI) and lost 248 to 441 (a spread of -193). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 8-5, +323.
Round 14		Riff played #30 Norma Lovett (Unknown city QC) and lost 324 to 342 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 8-6, +305.
Round 15		Riff played #44 Colleen Shea (Rocky Point, NY) and lost 327 to 388 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 8-7, +244.
Round 16		Riff played #38 Bruce Shuman (Wilmington, NC) and won 415 to 353 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 9-7, +306.
Round 17		Riff played #49 Jo Anne Cohen (Montgomery, NY) and lost 314 to 403 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 9-8, +217.
Round 18		Riff played #14 Katya Lezin (Charlotte, NC) and lost 370 to 377 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 9-9, +210.
Round 19		Riff played #51 Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) and won 437 to 386 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 10-9, +261. Riff is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 20		Riff played #52 Dawn Doyle (Ft Lauderdale, FL) and lost 375 to 437 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 10-10, +199.
Round 21		Riff played #34 George Rogers (Tamarac, FL) and won 363 to 306 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 11-10, +256.
Round 22		Riff played #6 Irving Reed (Miami, FL) and won 380 to 296 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 12-10, +340.
Round 23		Riff played #17 Jacque Lease (North Venice, FL) and won 420 to 372 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 13-10, +388.
Round 24		Riff played #75 Cathy Poole (Winston-Salem, NC) and won 469 to 463 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 14-10, +394.
Round 25		Riff played #33 Sandra Bloom (Tamarac, FL) and won 352 to 335 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 15-10, +411.
Round 26		Riff played #19 Marty Fialkow (Moorestown, NJ) and won 419 to 333 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 16-10, +497.
Round 27		Riff played #7 Supriya Devnani (Orlando, FL) and won 422 to 413 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 17-10, +506.
Round 28		Riff played #22 Daiva Markelis (Charleston, IL) and won 360 to 359 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 18-10, +507.
Round 29		Riff played #3 Mark Garrod (East Lansing, MI) and lost 276 to 394 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 18-11, +389.
Round 30		Riff played #10 Adam Fine (Gaithersburg, MD) again and lost 318 to 370 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 18-12, +337.
Round 31		Riff played #28 Mary Rhoades (Bedford, TX) again and lost 340 to 363 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 18-13, +314.

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