NSC 2012: Flora Taylor [#36]

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On this page, you will find information about Flora Taylor, 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 16-15, +321, and is ranked #37 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): Flora Surname(s): Taylor Home: Hillsborough, NC, United States

Round by Round
High score: 576 Average for: 377 Average against: 366
Round 1		Taylor played #55 Susan Love (Milwaukee, WI) and won 400 to 315 (a spread of 85). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 1-0, +85.
Round 2		Taylor played #70 Wilma Pitzer (Englewood, OH) and won 370 to 359 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 2-0, +96.
Round 3		Taylor played #10 Adam Fine (Gaithersburg, MD) and won 534 to 326 (a spread of 208). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-0, +304.
Round 4		Taylor played #25 Eileen Johnson (Bay Shore, NY) and won 417 to 293 (a spread of 124). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 4-0, +428.
Round 5		Taylor played #33 Sandra Bloom (Tamarac, FL) and won 359 to 343 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5-0, +444.
Round 6		Taylor played #3 Mark Garrod (East Lansing, MI) and lost 380 to 388 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5-1, +436. Taylor is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Taylor played #30 Norma Lovett (Unknown city QC) and lost 268 to 435 (a spread of -167). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-2, +269.
Round 8		Taylor played #14 Katya Lezin (Charlotte, NC) and lost 360 to 466 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 5-3, +163.
Round 9		Taylor played #12 Suhas Rao (Apex, NC) and won 1 to -50 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 6-3, +214.
Round 10		Taylor played #72 Harry Durbin (Collierville, TN) and lost 401 to 540 (a spread of -139). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 6-4, +75.
Round 11		Taylor played #19 Marty Fialkow (Moorestown, NJ) and won 423 to 371 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-4, +127.
Round 12		Taylor played #22 Daiva Markelis (Charleston, IL) and lost 385 to 417 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 7-5, +95.
Round 13		Taylor played #5 Cliff Smith (Ballwin, MO) and won 487 to 344 (a spread of 143). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8-5, +238.
Round 14		Taylor played #27 Denise Mahnken (Tillman, SC) and won 367 to 325 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 9-5, +280.
Round 15		Taylor played #54 Brett Jackson (Pensacola Beach, FL) and lost 392 to 398 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 9-6, +274.
Round 16		Taylor played #15 Arthur Moore (Ocoee, FL) and lost 350 to 430 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-7, +194.
Round 17		Taylor played #50 Rhonda Morris (Oklahoma City, OK) and lost 354 to 364 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 9-8, +184.
Round 18		Taylor played #56 Tom OLaughlin (Hartland, WI) and lost 316 to 370 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 9-9, +130.
Round 19		Taylor played #52 Dawn Doyle (Ft Lauderdale, FL) and won 479 to 277 (a spread of 202). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-9, +332.
Round 20		Taylor played #44 Colleen Shea (Rocky Point, NY) and lost 374 to 391 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 10-10, +315.
Round 21		Taylor played #35 Diane Joseph (Fremont, OH) and lost 366 to 391 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 10-11, +290.
Round 22		Taylor played #48 Gerianne Abriano (Staten Island, NY) and lost 287 to 361 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 10-12, +216.
Round 23		Taylor played #66 Edward Gowash (APO, AE) and won 382 to 369 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 11-12, +229.
Round 24		Taylor played #38 Bruce Shuman (Wilmington, NC) and won 437 to 435 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 12-12, +231.
Round 25		Taylor played #29 Shauna Petrie (Mississauga ON) and lost 367 to 438 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 12-13, +160.
Round 26		Taylor played #60 Samantha Orleans (Bryn Mawr, PA) and won 576 to 349 (a spread of 227). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 13-13, +387.
Round 27		Taylor played #37 Frances Shaw (Fair Lawn, NJ) and won 432 to 371 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 14-13, +448.
Round 28		Taylor played #45 Barbara Bordwell McGrew (Burlington, VT) and won 348 to 319 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 15-13, +477. Taylor is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29		Taylor played #61 Jacqueline Heller (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 264 to 465 (a spread of -201). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 15-14, +276.
Round 30		Taylor played #32 Marwan Saadi (Dollard Des Ormeaux QC) and lost 385 to 389 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 15-15, +272.
Round 31		Taylor played #70 Wilma Pitzer (Englewood, OH) again and won 418 to 369 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 16-15, +321.

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