Jan Feidel [#25] at 2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship

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On this page, you will find information about Jan Feidel, who is a contestant in Division 5 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. Feidel currently has a record of 14-16, -197, and is ranked #60 in Division 5.

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): Jan Surname(s): Feidel Home: Philadelphia, PA, United States Age: 61 Awards: Several Hobbies: Poetry Occupation: Teacher

Career History

5-year record against other players at this event	8-4 (0.667)
Past 1-12 months	0-1 (0.000)	L
Past 13-24 months	1-1 (0.500)	L W
Past 25-36 months	no games
Past 37-48 months	2-1 (0.667)	WW L
Past 49-60 months	5-1 (0.833)	WWW L WW

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 436 Average for: 351 Average against: 357
Round 1		Feidel played #2 Nick Amphlett (Cambridge, MA) and won 412 to 375 (a spread of 37) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Amphlett in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 1-0, +37.
Round 2		Feidel played #50 Joy Nees (Dallas, TX) and won 360 to 328 (a spread of 32) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Nees in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 2-0, +69.
Round 3		Feidel played #19 Starlite A. Clark (Seattle, WA) and won 351 to 334 (a spread of 17) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Clark in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-0, +86.
Round 4		Feidel played #52 Andre Ornish (La Mesa, CA) and lost 286 to 407 (a spread of -121) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Ornish in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-1, -35.
Round 5		Feidel played #78 Roger Steward (Torrington, CT) and lost 317 to 334 (a spread of -17) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Steward in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 3-2, -52.
Round 6		Feidel played #9 Mike Benjamin (Knoxville, TN) and won 402 to 352 (a spread of 50) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Benjamin in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #30. Current record: 4-2, -2.
Round 7		Feidel played #90 Esther White (Wexford, PA) and lost 263 to 457 (a spread of -194) . Before this event, Feidel had not played White in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 4-3, -196.
Round 8		Feidel played #36 Wanell Kelsey (Hamburg, NY) and lost 246 to 326 (a spread of -80) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Kelsey in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #51. Current record: 4-4, -276.
Round 9		Feidel played #79 Sylvia Strong (Valparaiso, IN) and won 410 to 256 (a spread of 154) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Strong in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #43. Current record: 5-4, -122.
Round 10		Feidel played #47 Maureen Morris (Calgary AB) and lost 280 to 386 (a spread of -106) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Morris in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #50. Current record: 5-5, -228.
Round 11		Feidel played #93 Jeanne Yori (Culver City, CA) and lost 302 to 366 (a spread of -64) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Yori in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #58. Current record: 5-6, -292.
Round 12		Feidel played #54 Lorraine Pariser (Santa Monica, CA) and won 392 to 302 (a spread of 90) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Pariser in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 6-6, -202.
Round 13		Feidel played #67 Judy Romanenkov (San Francisco, CA) and lost 354 to 403 (a spread of -49) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Romanenkov in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #59. Current record: 6-7, -251.
Round 14		Feidel played #71 Ida Ann Shapiro (Rego Park, NY) and won 424 to 253 (a spread of 171) . The last time these two played was 1999-12 at: BIRD-IN-HAND, PA Feidel's record vs. Shapiro in the 5 years leading up to this event: 1-1 (0.500). 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: WL. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 7-7, -80.
Round 15		Feidel played #75 Rea Spidel (Memphis, TN) and lost 296 to 416 (a spread of -120) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Spidel in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #58. Current record: 7-8, -200.
Round 16		Feidel played #51 Toni Nicholson (Asheville, NC) and lost 321 to 333 (a spread of -12) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Nicholson in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #64. Current record: 7-9, -212.
Round 17		Feidel played #34 Pamela Hunter (Ottawa ON) and lost 361 to 365 (a spread of -4) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Hunter in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #71. Current record: 7-10, -216.
Round 18		Feidel played #90 Esther White (Wexford, PA) and won 392 to 340 (a spread of 52) . Before this event, Feidel had not played White in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #61. Current record: 8-10, -164.
Round 19		Feidel played #23 Charles Evans (Bartlett, TN) and lost 345 to 363 (a spread of -18) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Evans in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #69. Current record: 8-11, -182.
Round 20		Feidel played #50 Joy Nees (Dallas, TX) and won 397 to 358 (a spread of 39) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Nees in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #61. Current record: 9-11, -143.
Round 21		Feidel played #86 Marina A. Villena (San Pablo, CA) and won 400 to 386 (a spread of 14) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Villena in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #53. Current record: 10-11, -129.
Round 22		Feidel played #48 Sandy Nang (Los Angeles, CA) and won 392 to 335 (a spread of 57) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Nang in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #44. Current record: 11-11, -72.
Round 23		Feidel played #30 Bruce Gram (Los Angeles, CA) and won 377 to 366 (a spread of 11) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Gram in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 12-11, -61.
Round 24		Feidel played #61 Marguerite Pywar (Houston, TX) and lost 358 to 360 (a spread of -2) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Pywar in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #45. Current record: 12-12, -63.
Round 25		Feidel played #94 Justine Zollinger (Memphis, TN) and lost 277 to 330 (a spread of -53) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Zollinger in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #54. Current record: 12-13, -116.
Round 26		Feidel played #64 Robert Readle (Oro Valley, AZ) and lost 285 to 401 (a spread of -116) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Readle in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #60. Current record: 12-14, -232.
Round 27		Feidel played #14 Janet Buchbinder (Albuquerque, NM) and lost 311 to 400 (a spread of -89) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Buchbinder in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #67. Current record: 12-15, -321.
Round 28		Feidel played #89 Brenda Lou Werner (Cedar Rapids, IA) and won 436 to 349 (a spread of 87) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Werner in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #60. Current record: 13-15, -234.
Round 29		Feidel played #19 Starlite A. Clark (Seattle, WA) and won 419 to 356 (a spread of 63) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Clark in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 14-15, -171.
Round 30		Feidel played #11 Barbara Besadny (Madison, WI) and lost 359 to 385 (a spread of -26) . Before this event, Feidel had not played Besadny in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #60. Current record: 14-16, -197.

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