2000 NSC Prizes

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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