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2000 NSC Prizes

The 2000 NSC was held on August 5-10, 2000 at the Rhode Island Convention Center at 1 Sabin Street in Providence, R.I. Over $89,000 was prizes will be awarded this year to players in six divisions, including $25,000 to the first place finisher in Division 1: the new National Champion, Joe Edley.

 

DIVISION 1
(Rated >1899)
DIVISION 2
(1700-1899)
DIVISION 3
(1500-1699)
DIVISION 4
(1300-1499)
DIVISION 5
(1100-1299)
DIVISION 6
(<1100)
First Place Joe Edley
22-9 +1454
$25,000
David Johnson
25-6 +1992
$5,000
David Pearl
22-9 +1292
$2,500
Joseph Connelly
24-7 +1547
$1,500
Rob Matthews
23-8 +1672
$1,200
Connie Creed
25-6 +1490
$1,000
Second Place Brian Cappelletto
22-9 +1342
$10,000
Bob Lundegaard
22-9 +781
$2,000
Dean Cullen
22-9 +1245
$1,500
Rosalind Gold
22-9 +1105
$1,000
Jeff Myers
21-10 +1267
$800
Joan Knobelsdorf
21-10 +1994
$700
Third Place David Wiegand
21-10 +1410
$5,000
John Van Pelt
21-10 +1164
$1,200
Dean Saldanha
21-10 +1162
$1,000
Robin Torrance
21-10 +1470
$750
Stella Russell
21-10 +1116
$600
Andrea Ross-Greene
21-10 +1537
$500
Fourth Place Adam Logan
21-10 +1116
$2,500
Larry Sherman
21-10 +1056
$900
Rusty Peltz
21-10 +1140
$750
Carl Davis
21-10 +564
$500
Norbert Saldanha
21-10 +750
$400
Frances Gross
21-10 +1095
$300
Fifth Place Randy Hersom
21-10 +164
$1,200
Jerry Scheiten
21-10 +837
$700
Charles Merlis
21-10 +696
$500
Diane Brown
21-10 +363
$300
Rebecca Soble
21-10 +239
$200
Edward Bowe
21-10 +498
$100
Sixth Place Jere Mead
20.5-10.5 +894
$900
Steven Saul
21-10 +563
$500
Joan Kelly
20.5-10.5 +1189
$300
Michael Ecsedy
20-11 +1330
$200
Seventh Place Ron Tiekert
20-11 +1327
$800
Bernard Gotlieb
21-10 +556
$400
Eighth Place Jim Kramer
20-11 +1020
$700
Mike Wolfberg
20-11 +1160
$300
Ninth Place Sammy Okosagah
20-11 +566
$600
Tenth Place Robert Felt
20-11 +437
$500
Biggest Comeback Jeal Carol
down by 154
won 445-429
$100
Bruce Adams
down by 219
won 467-416
$100
Allan Simon
down by 170
$100
Marty Rosen
down by 195
$100
Georgia Philpot
down by 131
$100
Miles Dequetteville
down by 50
$100
Flashiest Bingo $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 Catherine Kopas
WHODUNIT (74)
$50
Tuff Luck Purinth V
-31
$100
Larry Gradus
-47
$100
James Flomo
-36
$100
Roberta Borenstein
-26
$100
Dolores Muhich
-40
$100
Sandra Finkelstein
-46
$100
Highest-Placing Senior (60+) Lester Schonbrun
16-15 +292
$200
Bob Lundegaard
22-9 +781
$175
Glenda Short
19-12 +195
$150
Harvey Wilson
20-11 +532
$125
Stella Russell
21-10 +1116
$100
Frances Gross
21-10 +1095
$75
Best Record Day 3 (Lower Half) Charnwit S.
$300
Gregg Foster
$250
Joan Mocine
$200
M.G. Ravichandran
$150
Roberta Wechter
$125
Connie Snead
$100
Best Record Day 4 (Lower Half) Marty Gabriel
$200
Mark Fidler
$150
Margaret Swanson
$100
Karrie Bowe
$75
Burke Riley
$50
Gail Lynn
$40
Low Win Adam Logan
257
$25
Ann Mirabito
282
$25
Nancy Scott
283
$25
Mark Miller
273
$25
Roger Steward
&
Sara Emily Weidner
282
$25
Donna Paul
265
$25
High Game
Round 1
Iffy Onyeonwu
562
$25
Mark Milan
522
$25
Glenda Short
519
$25
Liz Ashby
492
$25
Claudia Koczka
448
$25
Connie Creed
507
$25
High Game
Round 2
Jim Kramer
512
$25
Sal Dijamco
557
$25
Eileen Gruhn
497
$25
Susie Page
486
$25
Rob Matthews
478
$25
Rebecca Owen
467
$25
High Game
Round 3
Randy Greenspan
537
$25
Kent Nelson
542
$25
Rusty Peltz
494
$25
Karrie Bowe
&
Bennett Jacobstein
466
$25
Anna Picozzi
528
$25
Andrea Ross-Greene
496
$25
High Game
Round 4
Carol A Kaplan
541
$25
Glenn Dunlop
515
$25
Lois Cappellano
575
$25
Paul Holser
570
$25
April Engel
447
$25
Andrea Ross-Greene
532
$25
High Game
Round 5
Christopher Sykes
567
$25
Mark Pistolese
500
$25
Gwen Bishop
492
$25
Ralph King
482
$25
Renee Camille
&
Virginia Wood
467
$25
Edward Bowe
489
$25
High Game
Round 6
Ron Hoekstra
508
$25
Ben Withers
522
$25
Mike Ebanks
532
$25
Judy Ford
516
$25
Harriet Berkelhammer
477
$25
Andrea Ross-Greene
498
$25
High Game
Round 7
Stu Goldman
524
$25
Luise Shafritz
515
$25
Douglas Hoylman
497
$25
Judy Newhouse
485
$25
Carolyn Kribs
467
$25
Connie Creed
465
$25
High Game
Round 8
Ian Weinstein
593
$25
John Van Pelt
599
$25
John Lodinsky
513
$25
Florence Laatz
494
$25
Brian Knudson
488
$25
Miriam Saldanha
512
$25
High Game
Round 9
Ron Tiekert
524
$25
Pam Grazette
594
$25
Glenda Short
516
$25
Gina Fassio
497
$25
Patricia Gehrmann
477
$25
Tami Collier
456
$25
High Game
Round 10
John Luebkemann
578
$25
Kay Patterson
539
$25
Glenda Short
486
$25
George Rogers
516
$25
Brian Knudson
464
$25
Joy Nees
435
$25
High Game
Round 11
Jere Mead
550
$25
Stefan Fatsis
588
$25
Gavin Hyde
551
$25
Alan Kraus
510
$25
Stella Russell
475
$25
Rebecca Owen
463
$25
High Game
Round 12
Jim Kramer
586
$25
Howard Pistol
529
$25
Mira Stulman
529
$25
Gina Fassio
549
$25
Georgia Philpot
483
$25
Ida Ann Shapiro
505
$25
High Game
Round 13
Ron Tiekert
512
$25
Howard Pistol
568
$25
Mark Goodman
535
$25
Sarah King
478
$25
David Lui
519
$25
Miriam Saldanha
490
$25
High Game
Round 14
Steven Alexander
498
$25
Jim Dodds
522
$25
Cheryl Tyler
528
$25
Vincent Castellano
558
$25
Ralph Moore
474
$25
Frances Gross
552
$25
High Game
Round 15
Joel Wapnick
559
$25
Jack Eichenbaum
524
$25
Nancy Hanley
495
$25
Robin Torrance
483
$25
Chuck Abbate
&
Laurie Lu Longway
442
$25
Adam Fleming
519
$25
High Game
Round 16
Adam Logan
582
$25
Elaine Glowniak
509
$25
Lois Cappellano
&
Trevor Sealy
507
$25
Tammy Soncrant
563
$25
Jeff Myers
541
$25
Leland Fidler
436
$25
High Game
Round 17
Dominic Grillo
556
$25
Sally Starr
588
$25
Joan Mocine
547
$25
Robin Torrance
513
$25
Donna Lent
504
$25
Joan Knobelsdorf
508
$25
High Game
Round 18
Charnwit S
579
$25
Bob Lundegaard
542
$25
Ossie Mair
511
$25
Harvey Wilson
533
$25
Helena Gauthier
447
$25
Rebecca Owen
479
$25
High Game
Round 19
Paul Epstein
530
$25
Bernard Gotlieb
498
$25
Glenda Short
492
$25
Karrie Bowe
477
$25
Rob Matthews
459
$25
Paula Steffes
472
$25
High Game
Round 20
Lisa Odom
492
$25
Jack Eichenbaum
514
$25
Peter Schwartzman
557
$25
Harvey Wilson
463
$25
Paula Bullock
467
$25
Linda Barbour
473
$25
High Game
Round 21
Joe Edley
560
$25
Ted Rosen
518
$25
Dean Saldanha
518
$25
Charmaine Wolfe
529
$25
Chuck Abbate
473
$25
George Grant
495
$25
High Game
Round 22
Ron Tiekert
550
$25
David Johnson
517
$25
Joseph Jokubaitis
495
$25
Lee Brooks
&
Rhonda Roederer
496
$25
Kurt Kopitz
445
$25
Joan Knobelsdorf
464
$25
High Game
Round 23
Joe Edley
522
$25
Kamal Dyal
508
$25
Raymond Slaughter
471
$25
Tammy Soncrant
605
$25
Rob Matthews
481
$25
George Grant
464
$25
High Game
Round 24
Joe Edley
541
$25
Heather Drumm
583
$25
Greg Heidler
569
$25
Barry Skoletsky
546
$25
Rea Spidel
456
$25
Connie Creed
443
$25
High Game
Round 25
Robert Linn
608
$25
Mark Pistolese
543
$25
Ossie Mair
551
$25
Deborah Stegman
464
$25
Paula Bullock
529
$25
Ron Barker
530
$25
High Game
Round 26
Steve Polatnick
570
$25
Rick Wong
527
$25
Gerri Martin
&
Jamie McCune
523
$25
Mary Atwood
507
$25
Joanne Podlogar
491
$25
Tami Collier
489
$25
High Game
Round 27
Sammy Okosagah
525
$25
Mark Fidler
589
$25
Mike Ebanks
513
$25
Joseph Connelly
577
$25
Annette Bailey
494
$25
Andrea Ross-Greene
525
$25
High Game
Round 28
Robert Kahn
560
$25
Jerry Scheiten
532
$25
Stephen Dennis
528
$25
Scott Pianowski
505
$25
Rosetta Donelick
495
$25
Merran Dunlop
438
$25
High Game
Round 29
Steve Polatnick
564
$25
Walker Willingham
523
$25
Virginia Hampton
478
$25
Rhonda Roederer
501
$25
Georgia Philpot
473
$25
Lois J Hawkins
449
$25
High Game
Round 30
Akegapun E
544
$25
Betty Burton
574
$25
Varney Senii
505
$25
Helen Burns
534
$25
Mollie Braverman
463
$25
Paula Steffes
502
$25
High Game
Round 31
Jim Geary
543
$25
James Frankki
508
$25
Brenda Megannety
589
$25
Dennis Fenichel
509
$25
Helena Gauthier
496
$25
Elaine Berel
473
$25
High Loss
Round 1
Dave Mallick
413
$25
Leah Katz
419
$25
Virginia Hampton
393
$25
Woody Chen
416
$25
Wowo Nickens
423
$25
Mary Mathews
377
$25
High Loss
Round 2
Rita Norr
413
$25
Richard Lupo
409
$25
Mira Stulman
419
$25
Eve Jones
392
$25
Ralph Moore
389
$25
Betty Collins
368
$25
High Loss
Round 3
Peter Armstrong
449
$25
Ted Rosen
413
$25
Susan Beard
398
$25
Herb Lewis
437
$25
Claire Pleczynski
382
$25
Claire Slater
406
$25
High Loss
Round 4
David Stone
437
$25
Anita Rackham
421
$25
Barbara Kaplan
&
Rusty Peltz
413
$25
Nancy Mccarroll
375
$25
Sara Emily Weidner
405
$25
Andy Bellacera
385
$25
High Loss
Round 5
Paul Epstein
439
$25
Rick Wong
420
$25
Paul McCarthy
410
$25
Scott Pianowski
425
$25
Geeke Lossing
405
$25
Miriam Saldanha
384
$25
High Loss
Round 6
Susi Tiekert
417
$25
Dan Stock
432
$25
Sarah Rosenblum
400
$25
Joseph Connelly
404
$25
Hildagard Powell
401
$25
Elvira Toews
359
$25
High Loss
Round 7
Margaret B Williams
430
$25
Cheryl Cadieux
405
$25
Rose Noel
&
Arline Silverman
415
$25
Michael Christophel
418
$25
Billie Garver
379
$25
Jeannie J Wilson
368
$25
High Loss
Round 8
Lisa Deift
431
$25
Ruth Hamilton
442
$25
Allan Simon
414
$25
M G Ravichandran
389
$25
Mollie Braverman
397
$25
Paula Steffes
404
$25
High Loss
Round 9
Daniel Goldman
454
$25
Arnie Horowitz
391
$25
Mike Ebanks
415
$25
Helen Burns
417
$25
Anna Picozzi
402
$25
Rebecca Owen
398
$25
High Loss
Round 10
Charnwit S
431
$25
Frank Lee
423
$25
Roy Dixon
427
$25
Nancy Mccarroll
395
$25
Irving Reed
390
$25
Patricia Hiller
408
$25
High Loss
Round 11
Randy Hersom
428
$25
Glenn Dunlop
408
$25
Joan Kelly
408
$25
Kathy Gray
409
$25
Teresa Schaeffer
383
$25
Catherine Kopas
396
$25
High Loss
Round 12
Rich Baker
479
$25
Sal Dijamco
457
$25
Ann Raymond
426
$25
Dorothy Halprin
414
$25
Kenneth Camille
396
$25
Joy Nees
389
$25
High Loss
Round 13
Gerald Carter
434
$25
Wendell Haynes
422
$25
Don Finkey
408
$25
Robin Schlauch
402
$25
Brian Knudson
405
$25
Joy Nees
369
$25
High Loss
Round 14
Dave Mallick
429
$25
Tracy Cobbs
432
$25
Toni Douglas
424
$25
Carolyn Easter
407
$25
Chuck Abbate
&
Renee Camille
389
$25
Joy Nees
379
$25
High Loss
Round 15
Trey Wright
471
$25
Betty Burton
425
$25
Glenn Filzer
&
William Payne
407
$25
Wilma Pitzer
386
$25
Hilda Ben-Nun
373
$25
Edward Bowe
&
Poppy Thompson
369
$25
High Loss
Round 16
Jerry Lerman
436
$25
Bruce Adams
417
$25
Wil Dabbs
421
$25
Barbara Aruanno
459
$25
Claire Pleczynski
412
$25
Ida Ann Shapiro
378
$25
High Loss
Round 17
Steven Alexander
457
$25
Ann Mirabito
418
$25
Greg Heidler
400
$25
Tammy Soncrant
&
Mike Sherman
393
$25
Annette Glenn
381
$25
Brian Schwartz
365
$25
High Loss
Round 18
Mark Przybyszewski
437
$25
Dan Stock
418
$25
Joanne Smith
421
$25
Scott Pianowski
399
$25
Carolyn Kribs
415
$25
Ida Ann Shapiro
376
$25
High Loss
Round 19
Merrill Kaitz
456
$25
Lawren Freebody
407
$25
Glenn Filzer
399
$25
Helen Pipi
417
$25
Roger Steward
399
$25
Betty Collins
367
$25
High Loss
Round 20
Albert Hahn
442
$25
John Robertson
416
$25
Maureen Delgado
395
$25
Christine Economos
395
$25
David Lui
390
$25
Edward Bowe
423
$25
High Loss
Round 21
Martin Smith
430
$25
Cheryl Cadieux
410
$25
Dean Cullen
431
$25
Barry Spinner
405
$25
Hilda Ben-Nun
392
$25
Miriam Saldanha
386
$25
High Loss
Round 22
Randy Greenspan
440
$25
Cynthia Seales
397
$25
Wil Dabbs
437
$25
Rosetta Brooks
413
$25
Billie Garver
426
$25
Iva Hunt
428
$25
High Loss
Round 23
David Weisberg
475
$25
Varda Horelle
424
$25
Don Drumm
464
$25
Lynda Cleary
394
$25
Michael Collier
409
$25
Jeannie J Wilson
418
$25
High Loss
Round 24
Rod Macneil
437
$25
Jack Eichenbaum
429
$25
Jim W Fischer
405
$25
Wilma Pitzer
398
$25
Kathleen Quesenberry
387
$25
Andrea Ross-Greene
407
$25
High Loss
Round 25
Jim Kramer
452
$25
Walker Willingham
429
$25
Lavonne Teague
423
$25
Florence Laatz
408
$25
Lorna Armstrong
392
$25
Betty Collins
390
$25
High Loss
Round 26
Paul Epstein
465
$25
Michael Wolfberg
426
$25
Cheryl Tyler
406
$25
Sarah King
439
$25
Justine Zollinger
403
$25
Miles Dequetteville
387
$25
High Loss
Round 27
Joe Weinike
445
$25
Noel Livermore
446
$25
Cheryl Tyler
398
$25
Andy Michlin
450
$25
Vicki Blizzrd
419
$25
Miles Dequetteville
376
$25
High Loss
Round 28
Chris Cree
454
$25
Carol Ravichandran
434
$25
Sarah Rosenblum
415
$25
Gina Fassio
408
$25
Kathleen Quesenberry
397
$25
Edward Bowe
395
$25
High Loss
Round 29
Ira Cohen
437
$25
Judy Horn
&
Roy Kamen
419
$25
Paul McCarthy
427
$25
Joan Gray
415
$25
James Clark
391
$25
Evelyn Axler
375
$25
High Loss
Round 30
Dominic Grillo
447
$25
Natalie Liebman
433
$25
Bruce Cramer
420
$25
Michael Kelly
408
$25
Jeff Myers
391
$25
Joy Nees
378
$25
High Loss
Round 31
Rita Norr
436
$25
Kit Morehead
441
$25
Don Drumm
409
$25
Karrie Bowe
425
$25
Doreen Lucas
394
$25
Miles Dequetteville
423
$25
High Play (Sunday) Peter Armstrong
ANTIGENS (140)
vs. Jere Mead
$25
Jeff Clark
HEADIEST (167)
vs. Iris Rothberg
$25
Peter Schwartzman
VANISHED (194)
vs. Allan Simon
$25
Alan Kraus
LEASINGS (140)
vs. Joseph Connelly
$25
Anna Picozzi
ALLUDING (149)
$25
May Haney
(114)
$25
High Play (Monday) Jim Kramer
DRYPOINT (194)
vs. Rich Baker
$25
Marlene Boyda
OUTSHINE (176)
vs. Eric Chaikin
$25
Toni Douglas
SIDECARS (149)
vs. Joey Payne
$25
Paul Holser
DISTANCE (140)
vs. Michael Christophel
$25
Rob Matthews
EXCITER (128)
$25
Catherine Kopas
INQUIRES (194)
& Elvira Toews
ABJURING (194)
$25
High Play (Tuesday) Amnuay P.
ALIGNERS (149)
vs. Lester Schonbrun
$25
Varda Horelle
SPORTILY (158)
vs. Mark Pistolese
&
Sally Starr
HORSIEST (158)
vs. Frank Lee
$25
Joanne Cohen
ARTERIES (131)
vs. Alan Raczka
$25
Harvey Wilson
READORNS (160)
vs. Susie Page
$25
Waheed Thompson
JINGLERS (203)
$25
Frances Gross
SUPPOSER (131)
$25
High Play (Wednesday) Ron Hoekstra
PANDECTS (167)
vs. Zev Kaufman
$25
Bruce Adams
WOOZIEST (239)
vs. Cheryl Cadieux
$25
Steve Jones
STROWING (149)
vs. Nancy Druskin
&
Connie Breitbeil
FAMILIES (149)
vs. Don Drumm
$25
Joe Connelly
REWEAVED (176)
vs. Mady Garner
$25
Georgia Philpot
INQUEST (127)
$25
Andrea Ross-Greene
ROUNDERS (131)
$25
High Play (Thursday) Ann Ferguson
INSURERS (131)
vs. Jeff Fleetham
&
Jan Dixon
RETINOLS (131)
vs. Mike Baron
$25
Margaret Acosta
DEVOTING (158)
vs. Glenn Dunlop
$25
Carl Madden
BISECTS (100)
vs. Mary Alice Lyons
$25
Lee Brooks
ASSIZES (130)
vs. Alan Kraus
$25
David Lui
SMEARING (149)
$25
Richard Savitt (131)
$25
Best Strategic Play $225

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