Tom Adams [#1] at 2005 National SCRABBLE® Championship

[ ]

On this page, you will find information about Tom Adams, who is a contestant in Division 2 at the 2005 National SCRABBLE® Championship, held August 20th – 24th in Reno, NV. This page is updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight PDT. Adams currently has a record of 16.5-11.5, +298, and is ranked #20 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): Tom Surname(s): Adams Home: Chicago, IL, United States Awards: Twin Cities 95 Hobbies: grounding myself in the commodity form, fishing Occupation: History PhD Candidate

Career History

6-year record against other players at this event	1-0 (1.000)
Past 1-12 months	no games
Past 13-24 months	1-0 (1.000)	W
Past 25-36 months	no games
Past 37-48 months	no games
Past 49-60 months	no games
Past 61-72 months	no games

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
See legend

Round-by-Round
High score: 574 Average for: 397 Average against: 388
Round 1		Adams played #95 Rebecca Slivka (Seattle, WA) and lost 323 to 422 (a spread of -99) . Before this event, Adams had not played Slivka in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #87. Current record: 0-1, -99.
Round 2		Adams played #28 Jeff Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI) and lost 360 to 400 (a spread of -40) . Before this event, Adams had not played Fiszbein in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #91. Current record: 0-2, -139.
Round 3		Adams played #60 Ed Liebfried (Exeter, NH) and won 386 to 350 (a spread of 36) . Before this event, Adams had not played Liebfried in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #77. Current record: 1-2, -103.
Round 4		Adams played #58 Robin Levin (San Francisco, CA) and won 470 to 386 (a spread of 84) . Before this event, Adams had not played Levin in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #60. Current record: 2-2, -19.
Round 5		Adams played #6 Doug Brockmeier (Yorba Linda, CA) and lost 337 to 435 (a spread of -98) . Before this event, Adams had not played Brockmeier in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #71. Current record: 2-3, -117.
Round 6		Adams played #72 Eugene Murray (Indianapolis, IN) and won 487 to 274 (a spread of 213) . Before this event, Adams had not played Murray in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #47. Current record: 3-3, +96.
Round 7		Adams played #90 Isaias Sarmiento (Boston, MA) and won 500 to 304 (a spread of 196) . Before this event, Adams had not played Sarmiento in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-3, +292.
Round 8		Adams played #46 Caesar Jaramillo (Austin, TX) and won 455 to 320 (a spread of 135) . Before this event, Adams had not played Jaramillo in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-3, +427.
Round 9		Adams played #48 Roy Kamen (Covina, CA) and lost 351 to 497 (a spread of -146) . Before this event, Adams had not played Kamen in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-4, +281.
Round 10		Adams played #91 Laura Scheimberg (Littleton, CO) and won 495 to 335 (a spread of 160) . Before this event, Adams had not played Scheimberg in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 6-4, +441.
Round 11		Adams played #5 Verna Berg Richards (New York, NY) and lost 318 to 453 (a spread of -135) . Before this event, Adams had not played Richards Berg in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 6-5, +306.
Round 12		Adams played #100 Dennis Taylor (Lighthouse Point, FL) and won 441 to 371 (a spread of 70) . Before this event, Adams had not played Taylor in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 7-5, +376.
Round 13		Adams played #99 Larry Tapper (Weaverville, NC) and won 372 to 334 (a spread of 38) . Before this event, Adams had not played Tapper in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 8-5, +414.
Round 14		Adams played #23 Bob Enszer (Saginaw, MI) and won 481 to 345 (a spread of 136) . Before this event, Adams had not played Enszer in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-5, +550.
Round 15		Adams recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #10. Current record: 10-5, +600.
Round 16		Adams played #4 Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (Moraga, CA) and lost 342 to 453 (a spread of -111) . Before this event, Adams had not played Bassett-Bouchard in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #15. Current record: 10-6, +489.
Round 17		Adams played #14 Robert Crowe (Fort Wayne, IN) and won 407 to 394 (a spread of 13) . Before this event, Adams had not played Crowe in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #13. Current record: 11-6, +502.
Round 18		Adams played #70 John Morse (Albany, NY) and lost 317 to 386 (a spread of -69) . Before this event, Adams had not played Morse in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 11-7, +433.
Round 19		Adams played #4 Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (Moraga, CA) and won 574 to 266 (a spread of 308) . Before this event, Adams had not played Bassett-Bouchard in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #14. Current record: 12-7, +741.
Round 20		Adams played #73 Rita Norr (Danbury, CT) and lost 279 to 499 (a spread of -220) . Before this event, Adams had not played Norr in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #18. Current record: 12-8, +521.
Round 21		Adams played #99 Larry Tapper (Weaverville, NC) and won 446 to 319 (a spread of 127) . Before this event, Adams had not played Tapper in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #15. Current record: 13-8, +648.
Round 22		Adams played #84 Kevin Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and tied at 399 . Before this event, Adams had not played Rickhoff in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13.5-8.5, +648.
Round 23		Adams played #97 Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) and lost 273 to 445 (a spread of -172) . Before this event, Adams had not played Stegman in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #22. Current record: 13.5-9.5, +476.
Round 24		Adams played #37 Bernard Gotlieb (Montréal QC) and won 403 to 396 (a spread of 7) . Before this event, Adams had not played Gotlieb in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #18. Current record: 14.5-9.5, +483.
Round 25		Adams played #13 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and lost 379 to 446 (a spread of -67) . Before this event, Adams had not played Cohen in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #23. Current record: 14.5-10.5, +416.
Round 26		Adams played #97 Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) and won 363 to 358 (a spread of 5) . Before this event, Adams had not played Stegman in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 15.5-10.5, +421.
Round 27		Adams played #79 Bob Prentiss (Maple Grove, MN) and lost 332 to 478 (a spread of -146) . Before this event, Adams had not played Prentiss in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #25. Current record: 15.5-11.5, +275.
Round 28		Adams played #35 Daniel Goodwin (Seattle, WA) and won 427 to 404 (a spread of 23) . Before this event, Adams had not played Goodwin in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 16.5-11.5, +298.

HASBRO is the owner of the registered SCRABBLE^® trademark in the United States and Canada. © 2005 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