Dorothy Laws [#76] at 2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship

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On this page, you will find information about Dorothy Laws, who is a contestant in Division 4 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. Laws currently has a record of 16-14, +373, and is ranked #50 in Division 4.

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): Dorothy Surname(s): Laws Home: Flint, MI, United States Age: 74 Awards: 1st place Winner in my division Hobbies: Playing Scrabble and Bridge Occupation: Retired School Teacher

Career History

5-year record against other players at this event	5-5 (0.500)
Past 1-12 months	no games
Past 13-24 months	0-3 (0.000)	LLL
Past 25-36 months	no games
Past 37-48 months	2-1 (0.667)	WW L
Past 49-60 months	3-1 (0.750)	W L WW

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 501 Average for: 372 Average against: 360
Round 1		Laws played #138 Ruben S. Solis (Austin, TX) and lost 358 to 410 (a spread of -52) . Before this event, Laws had not played Solis in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #109. Current record: 0-1, -52.
Round 2		Laws played #60 Diana Ittner (Brookfield, WI) and won 428 to 344 (a spread of 84) . Before this event, Laws had not played Ittner in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #63. Current record: 1-1, +32.
Round 3		Laws played #104 Mary C. Parrish (Las Vegas, NV) and lost 342 to 407 (a spread of -65) . Before this event, Laws had not played Parrish in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #99. Current record: 1-2, -33.
Round 4		Laws played #137 Lisa Slankard (Arlington Heights, IL) and won 369 to 346 (a spread of 23) . Before this event, Laws had not played Slankard in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #75. Current record: 2-2, -10.
Round 5		Laws played #9 Ivan Blackman (Bahamas) and won 454 to 272 (a spread of 182) . Before this event, Laws had not played Blackman in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #39. Current record: 3-2, +172.
Round 6		Laws played #57 Bill Hunter (Houston, TX) and lost 320 to 391 (a spread of -71) . Before this event, Laws had not played Hunter in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #60. Current record: 3-3, +101.
Round 7		Laws played #99 Sheila O'Flaherty (Jackson, MS) and won 418 to 252 (a spread of 166) . Before this event, Laws had not played O'Flaherty in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #50. Current record: 4-3, +267.
Round 8		Laws played #77 Teresa C. Lee (Huntington Beach, CA) and won 335 to 305 (a spread of 30) . Before this event, Laws had not played Lee in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 5-3, +297.
Round 9		Laws played #110 Helen Pipi (Las Vegas, NV) and lost 330 to 394 (a spread of -64) . Before this event, Laws had not played Pipi in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #45. Current record: 5-4, +233.
Round 10		Laws played #18 Diane Brown (Toronto ON) and won 434 to 341 (a spread of 93) . Before this event, Laws had not played Brown in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-4, +326.
Round 11		Laws played #43 Dawn Gewecke (Minneapolis, MN) and lost 376 to 435 (a spread of -59) . Before this event, Laws had not played Gewecke in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 6-5, +267.
Round 12		Laws played #26 Jesse Cromer (Charlotte, NC) and lost 385 to 396 (a spread of -11) . Before this event, Laws had not played Cromer in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #65. Current record: 6-6, +256.
Round 13		Laws played #145 Gene Tyszka (Mississauga ON) and lost 363 to 394 (a spread of -31) . Before this event, Laws had not played Tyszka in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #81. Current record: 6-7, +225.
Round 14		Laws played #79 Thelma Litton (Austin, TX) and lost 314 to 399 (a spread of -85) . Before this event, Laws had not played Litton in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #98. Current record: 6-8, +140.
Round 15		Laws played #88 Betty McDaniel (Sicklerville, NJ) and won 356 to 303 (a spread of 53) . Before this event, Laws had not played McDaniel in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #84. Current record: 7-8, +193.
Round 16		Laws played #27 Lila Crotty (Metairie, LA) and lost 329 to 427 (a spread of -98) . Before this event, Laws had not played Crotty in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #97. Current record: 7-9, +95.
Round 17		Laws played #15 Becky Brittain (Springville, AL) and won 348 to 290 (a spread of 58) . Before this event, Laws had not played Brittain in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #82. Current record: 8-9, +153.
Round 18		Laws played #148 Juanita Washington (Yazoo City, MS) and won 438 to 421 (a spread of 17) . Before this event, Laws had not played Washington in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #70. Current record: 9-9, +170.
Round 19		Laws played #124 Gertrude Savadge (Albuquerque, NM) and won 405 to 373 (a spread of 32) . Before this event, Laws had not played Savadge in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #55. Current record: 10-9, +202.
Round 20		Laws played #5 Zarrine Banerji (Columbia, MO) and lost 357 to 370 (a spread of -13) . Before this event, Laws had not played Banerji in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #69. Current record: 10-10, +189.
Round 21		Laws played #110 Helen Pipi (Las Vegas, NV) and won 378 to 353 (a spread of 25) . Before this event, Laws had not played Pipi in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #58. Current record: 11-10, +214.
Round 22		Laws played #68 Millicent King (Winston-Salem, NC) and won 362 to 287 (a spread of 75) . Before this event, Laws had not played King in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #47. Current record: 12-10, +289.
Round 23		Laws played #19 Mark Budovitch (Scottsdale, AZ) and won 359 to 348 (a spread of 11) . Before this event, Laws had not played Budovitch in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 13-10, +300.
Round 24		Laws played #92 Gigi Miller (Sparks, NV) and lost 329 to 509 (a spread of -180) . Before this event, Laws had not played Miller in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 13-11, +120.
Round 25		Laws played #54 Buffy Hogan (Madison, WI) and won 418 to 255 (a spread of 163) . Before this event, Laws had not played Hogan in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 14-11, +283.
Round 26		Laws played #4 Cindy Bailey (Madison, CT) and lost 325 to 375 (a spread of -50) . Before this event, Laws had not played Bailey in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 14-12, +233.
Round 27		Laws played #33 Joev Dubach (Watertown, MA) and lost 336 to 380 (a spread of -44) . Before this event, Laws had not played Dubach in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #61. Current record: 14-13, +189.
Round 28		Laws played #66 Stan Khury (Las Vegas, NV) and lost 294 to 391 (a spread of -97) . Before this event, Laws had not played Khury in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #72. Current record: 14-14, +92.
Round 29		Laws played #129 Christopher Schneider (Seattle, WA) and won 501 to 283 (a spread of 218) . Before this event, Laws had not played Schneider in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #59. Current record: 15-14, +310.
Round 30		Laws played #75 Broderick Larkins (New Orleans, LA) and won 407 to 344 (a spread of 63) . Before this event, Laws had not played Larkins in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #50. Current record: 16-14, +373.

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