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From: JCGreen@ix.netcom.com (John C Green Jr)
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 15:20:10 GMT
Subject: Final Reno Dreck Results (Was: Later Dreck Reno Results)
Message-id: <199801201524.JAA01800@dfw-ix14.ix.netcom.com>

SCRABBLE (registered trademark) Brand Crossword Game is hereinafter referred to as SCRABBLE.

Final dreck results. There is also a little about other divisions after the important Novice Section complete results.

Apologies for not getting this out last night. Laurie Longway, Rick Wong and I drove to Reno. We left promptly after the awards ceremony. Donner Pass was open with no chain requirements. As we approached the California Agricultural Inspection Station traffic was stopped. We missed making it through by about four car lengths. It was snowing on Donner Pass and CHP was clearing several spinouts. Three hours, and a very useful SCRABBLE lesson given by Rick Wong (1842) to Laurie (703) and me (683) later, we started moving.

Chain rules were in effect. I was gouged $49 + Tax for chains. When I asked for a receipt it was stamped: "All Sales Final. No Refunds. No Returns. No Warranty." The links seemed much lighter gauge than the set my father owned years ago and which he used for at least fifteen years. My chains lasted almost 10 miles before breaking. However we did get over the summit.

It took a mere 10 hours 50 minutes with no stops for food or gas or anything else other than chains to make it the 260 miles from Regency Sands to Los Gatos. I didn't have the energy to compose this message at 00:45 last night.

The 1998 Martin Luther King Reno SCRABBLE tournament has four sections: 

    Expert         32 players   unlimited rating
    Intermediate   37 players   < 1600 rating
    Recreational   22 players   < 1300 rating
    Novice         22 players   < 1100 rating
for a total of 113 players.

The first part of the tournament was a quasi round robin of 13 rounds. The second part was quads (four person round robins). The final round 17 was KOTH.

The final Novice standings including last day results for those who like to see who finished strong and who folded. Three went 4-0, Five went 3-1, Seven went 2-2, Three went 1- 3, and Four went 0-4:

This table best viewed in monospace font. 

A Standing     E Score Win = 1, Tie = 0.5, Loss =0
B Seed         F Cumulative Spread
C Player       G Final Day Results
D Rating       H Change in Standing on Final Day
I Prize 

 A  B C                     D  E     F    G   H     I
 1 22 David Moss          UNR 13 + 787  2-2  +0  $500
 2  2 David Filippi      1086 12 +1160  2-2  +0  $250
 3  5 Kimo Ah Yun         994 12 + 689  3-1  +1  $125
 4 11 Mengus Reeves       909 12 + 382  3-1  +1  $100
 5  1 Cynthia Ho         1088 11 + 993  3-1  +3
 6  3 Evi Pike           1027 11 + 786  4-0  +5
 7  6 Judith Whitcomb     973 11 + 335  4-0  +6
 8 17 Joseph Perkowski    711 11 - 354  2-2  -1
 9  9 Myna Wallin         940 10 + 193  0-4  -6
10  7 Julia Bogle         969 10 + 135  2-2  -1
11 19 John Green          683 10 - 245  1-3  -2
12  4 Eve Jones           999  8 +  83  3-1  +2
12 10 Jim Barker          910  8 +  78  1-3  +0
14 12 Sandy Yerkes        835  8 - 269  0-4  -4
15 18 Laurie Longway      703  6 - 184  1-3  +0
16 13 Judith Romanenkov   832  6 - 391  4-0  +4
17  8 Gretchen Richmond   960  6 - 513  3-1  +1
18 16 Sharon Perkowski    740  6 - 588  2-2  -1
19 21 Paula Catanese      500  5 - 732  0-4  +0
20 14 Charlotte Bremond   750  4 - 575  2-2  +1
21 16 Letty Dolphin       735  4 - 804  2-2  +1
22 20 Jacqueline Veevers  568  3 - 986  0-4  -3
Five of the eight rated between 1000 and 1099 elected to play in the next higher section. As we all know the SCRABBLE rating system is broken and puts higher rated players in a section at a disadvantage. The five that are playing up are sacrificing any chance for prize money in order to earn rating points. The three that aren't playing up are sacrificing rating points to win prize money.

David Moss was confirmed to be a ringer. Paula Catanese's only previous tournament was about ten years ago.

Recreational Division

1 Renee Palmer-Jones 13 +814 $600 

2 Ron Barker         12 +253  $300
3 Robert Whitcomb    12 +223  $200
4 R. A. Fontes       12 +180  $100
5 Alan Whitman       11 +496
6 William Palmer     10 +389
Intermediate Division 

1 Carlynn Moreno 13 + 681  $800
2 John Karris    13 + 600  $600
3 Jerry Scheiten 12 +1072  $400
4 Barbara Platt  12 + 152  $300
5 Cynthia Seales 17 + 778  $200
5 Bruce Ward     11 + 455
Expert Division 

1 Brian Cappelletto 14   +1622  $800
2 Jim Geary         13   + 865  $600
3 Ira Cohen         12   + 809  $400
4 Chris Lennon      11   + 417  $300
3 Robert Felt       11   + 396  $200
6 Lester Schonbrun  10.5 + 753

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