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2013 Vienna MSF Scrabble EB: Nuala O'Rourke [#9]

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On this page, you will find information about Nuala O'Rourke, who is competing at the 2013 Vienna Mind Sports Festival Scrabble Main Event. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 8-16, -886, and is ranked #13 in Division 1.

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): Nuala Surname(s): O'Rourke Home: Northern Ireland Awards: 1992 Scottish and NE NSC Regional, 1993 Lisburn Open 2013 Vienna Mind Sports Festival Scrabble Main Event Team: Northern Ireland

Round by Round
High score: 534 Average for: 391 Average against: 428
Round 1	Poland	O'Rourke played #8 Wojciech Usakiewicz (POL) and lost 360 to 411 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 0-1, -51. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 2	England	O'Rourke played #12 Wayne Kelly (Eng) and lost 396 to 408 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 0-2, -63.
Round 3	India	O'Rourke played #4 Shanker Menon (IND) and lost 326 to 438 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 0-3, -175.
Round 4	Singapore	O'Rourke played #3 Weibin Toh (SGP) and lost 252 to 531 (a spread of -279). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 0-4, -454. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 5	Poland	O'Rourke played #16 Ewa Kondracka (POL) and lost 404 to 411 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 0-5, -461. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6	England	O'Rourke played #13 Andy Gray (Eng) and won 534 to 275 (a spread of 259). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-5, -202.
Round 7	England	O'Rourke played #7 Graham Haigh (Eng) and won 494 to 368 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-5, -76.
Round 8	India	O'Rourke played #11 Pramit Kamath (IND) and lost 323 to 379 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-6, -132.
Round 9	New Zealand	O'Rourke played #1 Nigel Richards (NZL) and lost 417 to 612 (a spread of -195). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-7, -327. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 10	England	O'Rourke played #5 Philip Nelkon (Eng) and lost 376 to 444 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-8, -395.
Round 11	England	O'Rourke played #15 Nicky Huitson (Eng) and lost 381 to 424 (a spread of -43). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-9, -438. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 12	England	O'Rourke played #14 Sanmi Odelana (Eng) and won 428 to 371 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 3-9, -381.
Round 13	Scotland	O'Rourke played #2 Helen Gipson (Sco) and lost 367 to 561 (a spread of -194). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-10, -575.
Round 14	Malta	O'Rourke played #6 Theresa Brousson (MLT) and lost 292 to 467 (a spread of -175). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-11, -750.
Round 15	Romania	O'Rourke played #10 Dan Sandu (ROM) and won 458 to 354 (a spread of 104). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-11, -646.
Round 16	England	O'Rourke played #15 Nicky Huitson (Eng) again and won 412 to 394 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 5-11, -628. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).
Round 17	Poland	O'Rourke played #8 Wojciech Usakiewicz (POL) again and lost 349 to 374 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 5-12, -653. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 18	Poland	O'Rourke played #16 Ewa Kondracka (POL) again and won 512 to 329 (a spread of 183). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 6-12, -470.
Round 19	England	O'Rourke played #15 Nicky Huitson (Eng) for the third time and lost 353 to 421 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 6-13, -538.
Round 20	Malta	O'Rourke played #6 Theresa Brousson (MLT) again and lost 373 to 529 (a spread of -156). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 6-14, -694. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 21	New Zealand	O'Rourke played #1 Nigel Richards (NZL) again and lost 297 to 625 (a spread of -328). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-15, -1022. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).
Round 22	England	O'Rourke played #7 Graham Haigh (Eng) again and lost 394 to 466 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 6-16, -1094. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 23	India	O'Rourke played #11 Pramit Kamath (IND) again and won 431 to 357 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 7-16, -1020.
Round 24	England	O'Rourke played #13 Andy Gray (Eng) again and won 448 to 314 (a spread of 134). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-16, -886.

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