Steve Cook [#020] at NSC 2002

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Steve Cook [#020] at NSC 2002

Congratulations to our new National Champion, Joel Sherman!

See also: video clip 1 (2 MB), video clip 2 (2 MB). (video courtesy Roger Cullman)

Background Information
	Given name(s): Steve Surname(s): Cook Home: Columbus, OH, United States Age: 35

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
See Legend

Round-by-Round
High score: 509 Average for: 400 Average against: 401
Round 1		Cook played #076 Bob Lundegaard (Minneapolis, MN) and won 479 to 377 (a spread of 102) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 1-0, +102.
Round 2		Cook played #080 Kenji Matsumoto (Aiea, HI) and won 509 to 441 (a spread of 68) . Current ranking: #19. Current record: 2-0, +170.
Round 3		Cook played #086 Rita Norr (Danbury, CT) and lost 334 to 479 (a spread of -145) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 2-1, +25.
Round 4		Cook played #028 James Dodds (White Oak, PA) and won 443 to 358 (a spread of 85) . Current ranking: #31. Current record: 3-1, +110.
Round 5		Cook played #038 Jim Geary (Glendale, AZ) and lost 354 to 436 (a spread of -82) . Current ranking: #50. Current record: 3-2, +28.
Round 6		Cook played #030 Joe Edley (Coram, NY) and lost 344 to 418 (a spread of -74) . Current ranking: #72. Current record: 3-3, -46.
Round 7		Cook played #063 John Karris (San Jose, CA) and won 423 to 405 (a spread of 18) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 4-3, -28.
Round 8		Cook played #092 Komol Panyasoponlert (Thailand) and lost 336 to 392 (a spread of -56) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 4-4, -84.
Round 9		Cook played #046 Randy Greenspan (Buffalo, NY) and lost 335 to 398 (a spread of -63) . Current ranking: #90. Current record: 4-5, -147.
Round 10		Cook played #036 Jeremy Frank (New York, NY) and lost 335 to 450 (a spread of -115) . Current ranking: #101. Current record: 4-6, -262.
Round 11		Cook played #039 David Gibson (Spartanburg, SC) and won 450 to 395 (a spread of 55) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 5-6, -207.
Round 12		Cook played #104 Carol Ravichandran (Northville, MI) and won 413 to 388 (a spread of 25) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 6-6, -182.
Round 13		Cook played #015 Vince Castellano (Fairfax, VA) and lost 340 to 439 (a spread of -99) . Current ranking: #92. Current record: 6-7, -281.
Round 14		Cook played #103 Larry Rand (Chandler, AZ) and won 442 to 349 (a spread of 93) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 7-7, -188.
Round 15		Cook played #050 Anne Hay (Raleigh, NC) and lost 267 to 416 (a spread of -149) . Current ranking: #89. Current record: 7-8, -337.
Round 16		Cook played #127 Mike Weepie (Cedar Rapids, IA) and lost 387 to 394 (a spread of -7) . Current ranking: #99. Current record: 7-9, -344.
Round 17		Cook played #112 Gordon Shapiro (Ocean City, MD) and won 461 to 332 (a spread of 129) . Current ranking: #85. Current record: 8-9, -215.
Round 18		Cook played #055 Arnie Horowitz (Framingham, MA) and won 481 to 349 (a spread of 132) . Current ranking: #70. Current record: 9-9, -83.
Round 19		Cook played #032 Robert Ellickson (Branford, CT) and lost 355 to 462 (a spread of -107) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 9-10, -190.
Round 20		Cook played #123 Steve Tier (Rego Park, NY) and lost 367 to 408 (a spread of -41) . Current ranking: #91. Current record: 9-11, -231.
Round 21		Cook played #115 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and lost 370 to 390 (a spread of -20) . Current ranking: #98. Current record: 9-12, -251.
Round 22		Cook played #047 Dominic Grillo (Somerset, NJ) and won 436 to 407 (a spread of 29) . Current ranking: #89. Current record: 10-12, -222.
Round 23		Cook played #051 Wendell Haynes (Miami, FL) and won 420 to 399 (a spread of 21) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 11-12, -201.
Round 24		Cook played #045 Howard Greenspan (Norwalk, CT) and lost 385 to 500 (a spread of -115) . Current ranking: #92. Current record: 11-13, -316.
Round 25		Cook played #013 Jean Carol (Cincinnati, OH) and won 466 to 281 (a spread of 185) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 12-13, -131.
Round 26		Cook played #029 Michael Early (Richardson, TX) and won 420 to 402 (a spread of 18) . Current ranking: #72. Current record: 13-13, -113.
Round 27		Cook played #119 Thavach T (Thailand) and won 403 to 348 (a spread of 55) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 14-13, -58.
Round 28		Cook played #011 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and lost 403 to 422 (a spread of -19) . Current ranking: #68. Current record: 14-14, -77.
Round 29		Cook played #002 Steven Alexander (Portland, OR) and lost 408 to 421 (a spread of -13) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 14-15, -90.
Round 30		Cook played #103 Larry Rand (Chandler, AZ) and won 385 to 357 (a spread of 28) . Current ranking: #68. Current record: 15-15, -62.
Round 31		Cook played #025 Darrell Day (Richardson, TX) and won 440 to 423 (a spread of 17) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 16-15, -45.

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