NSC 2011: John Dalton [#13]

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On this page, you will find information about John Dalton, who is competing at the 2011 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 17-14, -137, and is ranked #31 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
	Given name(s): John Surname(s): Dalton Home: Dallas, TX, United States Occupation: software engineering

Round by Round
High score: 510 Average for: 386 Average against: 391
Round 1		Dalton played #85 Broderick Larkins (New Orleans, LA) and won 400 to 327 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 1-0, +73.
Round 2		Dalton played #62 Shelley Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 401 to 363 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-0, +111.
Round 3		Dalton played #41 David Weiss (Billings, MT) and lost 268 to 464 (a spread of -196). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 2-1, -85.
Round 4		Dalton played #32 Bradley Robbins (Windham, NH) and won 447 to 364 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 3-1, -2.
Round 5		Dalton played #9 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and lost 307 to 444 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 3-2, -139.
Round 6		Dalton played #52 Jeremy Jeffers (Decatur, GA) and lost 363 to 374 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 3-3, -150.
Round 7		Dalton played #84 Lynda Wise (Toronto ON) and won 424 to 371 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 4-3, -97. Dalton is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Dalton played #28 Derek Martinez (Spring Lake Park, MN) and won 427 to 407 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 5-3, -77.
Round 9		Dalton played #50 Caesar Jaramillo (Seagraves, TX) and lost 287 to 435 (a spread of -148). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 5-4, -225.
Round 10		Dalton played #77 Arthur Finkle (Coral Gables, FL) and won 406 to 383 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 6-4, -202.
Round 11		Dalton played #42 Connie Creed (Philadelphia, PA) and won 369 to 354 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 7-4, -187.
Round 12		Dalton played #49 Matt DeWaelsche (San Antonio, TX) and won 427 to 364 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 8-4, -124.
Round 13		Dalton played #29 Robert Felman (Nokomis, FL) and won 343 to 324 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-4, -105.
Round 14		Dalton played #54 Stefan Fatsis (Washington, DC) and won 400 to 364 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 10-4, -69.
Round 15		Dalton played #18 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and lost 257 to 489 (a spread of -232). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-5, -301.
Round 16		Dalton played #5 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 430 to 313 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 11-5, -184.
Round 17		Dalton played #51 Travis Carlson (Tucson, AZ) and lost 361 to 403 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-6, -226.
Round 18		Dalton played #24 Kit Morehead (Berkley, MI) and won 437 to 391 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 12-6, -180. Dalton is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Dalton is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 19		Dalton played #8 David Gremaud (St. Louis, MO) and lost 377 to 406 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 12-7, -209.
Round 20		Dalton played #5 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) again and lost 348 to 420 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 12-8, -281.
Round 21		Dalton played #40 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 436 to 480 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12-9, -325.
Round 22		Dalton played #15 Ian Chesser (Houston, TX) and lost 410 to 472 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 12-10, -387.
Round 23		Dalton played #43 Debbie Scholz (Houston, TX) and lost 348 to 363 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 12-11, -402.
Round 24		Dalton played #45 Lynda Finn (Madison, WI) and won 438 to 387 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 13-11, -351.
Round 25		Dalton played #82 Bruce Shuman (Wilmington, NC) and won 510 to 390 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 14-11, -231.
Round 26		Dalton played #83 Geoff Gibson (Toronto ON) and lost 355 to 363 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 14-12, -239.
Round 27		Dalton played #57 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and won 408 to 381 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 15-12, -212.
Round 28		Dalton played #48 Carl Davis (Fort Worth, TX) and won 469 to 310 (a spread of 159). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 16-12, -53.
Round 29		Dalton played #56 Steven Karp (Waterloo ON) and lost 331 to 356 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 16-13, -78.
Round 30		Dalton played #11 Scott Pianowski (Berkley, MI) and won 450 to 389 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 17-13, -17.
Round 31		Dalton played #22 Carole Denton (New Carrollton, MD) and lost 338 to 458 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 17-14, -137.

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