Andrea Carla Michaels [#99] at 2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship

[ Congratulations to the new National Champion, Trey Wright, who defeated David Gibson in three straight games, 365-328, 355-344 and 429-328. Please tune in to ESPN to watch the final games at 1 P.M. ET on Sunday, October 3rd, 2004. We welcome your e-mailed corrections to our web site. ]

On this page, you will find information about Andrea Carla Michaels, who is a contestant in Division 2 at the 2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship, held July 31st - August 5th in New Orleans, LA. This page is updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight CDT. Michaels currently has a record of 18-12, +426, and is ranked #22 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): Andrea Carla Surname(s): Michaels Home: San Francisco, CA, United States Age: 44 Awards: Wheel of Fortune Motorhome winner Hobbies: Languages, film, travel, trivia Occupation: Namer/Writer

Career History

5-year record against other players at this event	25-41 (0.379)
Past 1-12 months	10-14 (0.417)	W LLLLL W L W L W L W LLLL WWW LL WW
Past 13-24 months	3-11 (0.214)	LLL W LLLL WW LLLL
Past 25-36 months	10-11 (0.476)	W LLLL WWWW LL WWWWW LLLLL
Past 37-48 months	0-2 (0.000)	LL
Past 49-60 months	2-3 (0.400)	LL WW L

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
See legend

Round-by-Round
High score: 556 Average for: 384 Average against: 370
Before the Tournament		Michaels is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 1		Michaels played #69 Roy Kamen (Covina, CA) and lost 293 to 473 (a spread of -180) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Kamen in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #130. Current record: 0-1, -180.
Round 2		Michaels played #131 David Stokoe (Windsor ON) and lost 352 to 365 (a spread of -13) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Stokoe in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #120. Current record: 0-2, -193.
Round 3		Michaels played #98 Nick Meyer (Berkeley, CA) and won 491 to 283 (a spread of 208) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Meyer in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #78. Current record: 1-2, +15.
Round 4		Michaels played #85 Frank Lee (Cincinnati, OH) and won 381 to 366 (a spread of 15) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Lee in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #63. Current record: 2-2, +30.
Round 5		Michaels played #125 Arline Silverman (Lake Hiawatha, NJ) and won 438 to 371 (a spread of 67) . The last time these two played was 2000-08 at: NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP Michaels's record vs. Silverman in the 5 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: W. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 3-2, +97.
Round 6		Michaels played #97 Charles Merlis (West Hartford, CT) and lost 328 to 381 (a spread of -53) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Merlis in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #59. Current record: 3-3, +44.
Round 7		Michaels played #61 Win Inthara (Winter Park, FL) and won 556 to 377 (a spread of 179) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Inthara in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 4-3, +223.
Round 8		Michaels played #15 Cheryl Cadieux (Bay City, MI) and won 443 to 251 (a spread of 192) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Cadieux in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-3, +415.
Round 9		Michaels played #12 Linda Bredel (Sierra Vista, AZ) and won 332 to 328 (a spread of 4) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Bredel in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-3, +419.
Round 10		Michaels played #123 Mason Shambach (Battle Creek, MI) and won 458 to 277 (a spread of 181) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Shambach in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #12. Current record: 7-3, +600.
Round 11		Michaels played #87 Scott Leifer (Middleboro, MA) and lost 380 to 392 (a spread of -12) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Leifer in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-4, +588.
Round 12		Michaels played #18 Jeff Clark (Linden, MI) and lost 209 to 497 (a spread of -288) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Clark in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 7-5, +300.
Round 13		Michaels played #5 Scott Anderson (Boulder, CO) and won 440 to 285 (a spread of 155) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Anderson in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 8-5, +455.
Round 14		Michaels played #58 Varda Horelle (Safety Harbor, FL) and won 449 to 339 (a spread of 110) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Horelle in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 9-5, +565.
Round 15		Michaels played #27 Dannene Drummond (Athens, GA) and lost 328 to 428 (a spread of -100) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Drummond in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-6, +465.
Round 16		Michaels played #31 Carol Dustin (Minneapolis, MN) and won 405 to 360 (a spread of 45) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Dustin in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 10-6, +510.
Round 17		Michaels played #26 Roy Dixon (Lodi, OH) and lost 355 to 525 (a spread of -170) . The last time these two played was 2002-09 at: OAKLAND, CA Michaels's record vs. Dixon in the 5 years leading up to this event: 3-1 (0.750). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: L. Past 25-36 months: WWW. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Current ranking: #33. Current record: 10-7, +340.
Round 18		Michaels played #65 Dave Johnson (Portland, OR) and won 408 to 305 (a spread of 103) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Johnson in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #27. Current record: 11-7, +443.
Round 19		Michaels played #62 Paul Izikoff (Miami, FL) and lost 343 to 521 (a spread of -178) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Izikoff in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #41. Current record: 11-8, +265.
Round 20		Michaels played #63 Caesar Jaramillo (Austin, TX) and lost 265 to 502 (a spread of -237) . The last time these two played was 2000-08 at: NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP Michaels's record vs. Jaramillo in the 5 years leading up to this event: 0-1 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: L. Current ranking: #50. Current record: 11-9, +28. Michaels is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Michaels played #108 Prachya Pitapho (Thailand) and won 409 to 344 (a spread of 65) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Pitapho in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #41. Current record: 12-9, +93.
Round 22		Michaels played #129 Judy Steward (Torrington, CT) and won 384 to 340 (a spread of 44) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Steward in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #33. Current record: 13-9, +137.
Round 23		Michaels played #8 Pongsakorn Atichatsrisakul (Thailand) and lost 328 to 380 (a spread of -52) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Atichatsrisakul in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #43. Current record: 13-10, +85.
Round 24		Michaels played #123 Mason Shambach (Battle Creek, MI) and won 376 to 231 (a spread of 145) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Shambach in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #35. Current record: 14-10, +230.
Round 25		Michaels played #35 Jack Eichenbaum (Flushing, NY) and lost 359 to 407 (a spread of -48) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Eichenbaum in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 14-11, +182.
Round 26		Michaels played #108 Prachya Pitapho (Thailand) and won 356 to 338 (a spread of 18) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Pitapho in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 15-11, +200.
Round 27		Michaels played #64 Helen Joffe (Slidell, LA) and lost 342 to 364 (a spread of -22) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Joffe in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #44. Current record: 15-12, +178.
Round 28		Michaels played #57 Patrick Hodges (Glendale, AZ) and won 473 to 356 (a spread of 117) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Hodges in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 16-12, +295.
Round 29		Michaels played #59 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and won 419 to 356 (a spread of 63) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Horn in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 17-12, +358.
Round 30		Michaels played #115 Kevin Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and won 418 to 350 (a spread of 68) . Before this event, Michaels had not played Rickhoff in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #22. Current record: 18-12, +426.

HASBRO is the owner of the registered SCRABBLE^® trademark in the United States and Canada. © 2004 HASBRO. All rights reserved. "SCRABBLE^® Brand Crossword Game" is the proper way to refer to this unique group of word games and related properties marketed by HASBRO. "SCRABBLE^®" is not a generic term. To use it as such is not only misleading but also does injustice to the company responsible for the trademark's longtime popularity. All we ask is that when you mean SCRABBLE^® Brand Crossword Game, you say so.

The SCRABBLE^® trademark is owned by J.W. Spear and Sons, PLC, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. outside of the United States and Canada.

For more information about SCRABBLE^® or the NSA, or to comment on or correct the contents of this page, please e-mail: info@scrabble-assoc.com
To report technical difficulties in reading this page, please contact webmaster John Chew at: jjchew@math.utoronto.ca