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John Olaughlin [#076] 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

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Given name(s): John
Surname(s): OLaughlin
Home: Hartland, WI, United States
Age: 23
Occupation: Student

 

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round

High score: 523
Average for: 392
Average against: 359

Round 1

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O'Laughlin played #081 Kay Patterson (Columbia, MD) and lost 350 to 396 (a spread of -46) .

Current ranking: #77.

Current record: 0-1, -46.

Round 2

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O'Laughlin played #056 Harriette Lakernick (Chicago, IL) and won 433 to 392 (a spread of 41) .

Current ranking: #52.

Current record: 1-1, -5.

Round 3

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O'Laughlin played #054 Chani Katz (San Mateo, CA) and lost 326 to 363 (a spread of -37) .

Current ranking: #62.

Current record: 1-2, -42.

Round 4

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O'Laughlin played #002 Bruce Adams (Worcester, MA) and lost 358 to 394 (a spread of -36) .

Current ranking: #75.

Current record: 1-3, -78.

Round 5

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O'Laughlin played #089 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 382 to 443 (a spread of -61) .

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 1-4, -139.

Round 6

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O'Laughlin played #078 Danny Panganiban (Calgary AB) and won 410 to 300 (a spread of 110) .

Current ranking: #74.

Current record: 2-4, -29.

Round 7

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O'Laughlin played #046 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and won 425 to 377 (a spread of 48) .

Current ranking: #64.

Current record: 3-4, +19.

Round 8

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O'Laughlin played #097 Carl Stocker (Miami, FL) and won 349 to 338 (a spread of 11) .

Current ranking: #50.

Current record: 4-4, +30.

Round 9

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O'Laughlin played #067 Brenda Megannety (Toronto ON) and won 403 to 242 (a spread of 161) .

Current ranking: #38.

Current record: 5-4, +191.

Round 10

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O'Laughlin played #069 Jim Miller (San Diego, CA) and won 432 to 412 (a spread of 20) .

Current ranking: #29.

Current record: 6-4, +211.

Round 11

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O'Laughlin played #071 Rich Moyer (Portland, OR) and won 428 to 385 (a spread of 43) .

Current ranking: #22.

Current record: 7-4, +254.

Round 12

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O'Laughlin played #050 Helen Joffe (Metairie, LA) and won 408 to 334 (a spread of 74) .

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 8-4, +328.

Round 13

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O'Laughlin played #080 Elaine Patterson (Stoughton, MA) and lost 324 to 406 (a spread of -82) .

Current ranking: #20.

Current record: 8-5, +246.

Round 14

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O'Laughlin played #024 Jack Eichenbaum (Flushing, NY) and won 370 to 262 (a spread of 108) .

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 9-5, +354.

Round 15

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O'Laughlin played #036 Steve Glass (Plano, TX) and lost 306 to 351 (a spread of -45) .

Current ranking: #22.

Current record: 9-6, +309.

Round 16

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O'Laughlin played #060 Dave Leifer (Alpharetta, GA) and won 415 to 324 (a spread of 91) .

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 10-6, +400.

O'Laughlin is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).

O'Laughlin is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

Round 17

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O'Laughlin played #004 Craig Atterbury (Santa Barbara, CA) and won 509 to 327 (a spread of 182) .

Current ranking: #13.

Current record: 11-6, +582.

Round 18

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O'Laughlin played #087 Jerry Scheiten (Buffalo, NY) and won 411 to 368 (a spread of 43) .

Current ranking: #10.

Current record: 12-6, +625.

Round 19

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O'Laughlin played #077 Iffy Onyeonwu (Elgin, TX) and won 332 to 323 (a spread of 9) .

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 13-6, +634.

Round 20

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O'Laughlin played #042 Chris Guilbert (New Bedford, MA) and lost 374 to 438 (a spread of -64) .

Current ranking: #10.

Current record: 13-7, +570.

Round 21

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O'Laughlin played #058 Mark Landsberg (Laguna Woods, CA) and lost 348 to 390 (a spread of -42) .

Current ranking: #16.

Current record: 13-8, +528.

Round 22

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O'Laughlin played #062 Fern Lindzon (North York ON) and won 523 to 270 (a spread of 253) .

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 14-8, +781.

Round 23

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O'Laughlin played #018 Matt Dickey (San Diego, CA) and won 456 to 287 (a spread of 169) .

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 15-8, +950.

Round 24

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O'Laughlin played #031 Mike Frentz (San Bruno, CA) and lost 359 to 406 (a spread of -47) .

Current ranking: #10.

Current record: 15-9, +903.

Round 25

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O'Laughlin played #056 Harriette Lakernick (Chicago, IL) and lost 335 to 448 (a spread of -113) .

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 15-10, +790.

Round 26

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O'Laughlin played #093 Martin Smith (East Orange, NJ) and lost 396 to 402 (a spread of -6) .

Current ranking: #22.

Current record: 15-11, +784.

Round 27

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O'Laughlin played #073 Joe Neff (Oreland, PA) and won 334 to 333 (a spread of 1) .

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 16-11, +785.

Round 28

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O'Laughlin played #086 Phil Polsky (New York, NY) and won 504 to 339 (a spread of 165) .

Current ranking: #11.

Current record: 17-11, +950.

Round 29

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O'Laughlin played #093 Martin Smith (East Orange, NJ) and won 432 to 307 (a spread of 125) .

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 18-11, +1075.

Round 30

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O'Laughlin played #056 Harriette Lakernick (Chicago, IL) and won 417 to 388 (a spread of 29) .

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 19-11, +1104.

Round 31

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O'Laughlin played #085 Mark Pistolese (Pahoa, HI) and lost 312 to 383 (a spread of -71) .

Current ranking: #10.

Current record: 19-12, +1033.


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