Linda Bianca [#16] at 2005 National SCRABBLE® Championship

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On this page, you will find information about Linda Bianca, who is a contestant in Division 6 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. Bianca currently has a record of 16-12, +376, and is ranked #32 in Division 6.

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): Linda Surname(s): Bianca Home: Myrtle Beach, SC, United States Age: 57 Hobbies: tennis Occupation: teacher

Career History

6-year record against other players at this event	5-4 (0.556)
Past 1-12 months	5-4 (0.556)	LLLL WWWWW
Past 13-24 months	no games
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

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Round-by-Round
High score: 482 Average for: 378 Average against: 365
Round 1		Bianca played #75 Yvonne Klaskow (St Petersburg, FL) and lost 330 to 377 (a spread of -47) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Klaskow in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #91. Current record: 0-1, -47.
Round 2		Bianca played #115 Ann Skylstad (Fort Stockton, TX) and lost 398 to 433 (a spread of -35) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Skylstad in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #100. Current record: 0-2, -82.
Round 3		Bianca played #130 Sharon Valorose (Williamsburg, VA) and lost 378 to 460 (a spread of -82) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Valorose in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #119. Current record: 0-3, -164.
Round 4		Bianca played #49 Deborah Gaudier (Houston, TX) and won 476 to 285 (a spread of 191) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Gaudier in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #94. Current record: 1-3, +27.
Round 5		Bianca played #99 Lorraine Pariser (Los Angeles, CA) and won 474 to 327 (a spread of 147) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Pariser in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #71. Current record: 2-3, +174.
Round 6		Bianca played #74 Bill Kinsella (Yale BC) and lost 284 to 338 (a spread of -54) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Kinsella in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #85. Current record: 2-4, +120.
Round 7		Bianca played #5 Bob Antolak (Elmhurst, IL) and won 339 to 306 (a spread of 33) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Antolak in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #69. Current record: 3-4, +153.
Round 8		Bianca played #77 Trix Kout (Watertown, MA) and won 392 to 389 (a spread of 3) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Kout in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #59. Current record: 4-4, +156.
Round 9		Bianca played #126 Poppy Thompson (Decatur, GA) and won 482 to 355 (a spread of 127) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Thompson in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #44. Current record: 5-4, +283.
Round 10		Bianca played #83 Karen Lundeen (Tucson, AZ) and lost 304 to 384 (a spread of -80) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Lundeen in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #55. Current record: 5-5, +203.
Round 11		Bianca played #132 Phyllis Vargas (Katy, TX) and won 364 to 350 (a spread of 14) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Vargas in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #51. Current record: 6-5, +217.
Round 12		Bianca played #62 Stephanie Huang (Tempe, AZ) and won 404 to 366 (a spread of 38) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Huang in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 7-5, +255.
Round 13		Bianca played #98 Tom Olaughlin (Hartland, WI) and lost 346 to 404 (a spread of -58) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Olaughlin in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 7-6, +197.
Round 14		Bianca played #36 Marion Dimond (Calgary AB) and won 364 to 358 (a spread of 6) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Dimond in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #45. Current record: 8-6, +203.
Round 15		Bianca played #7 William Barfuss (Los Alamos, NM) and lost 364 to 385 (a spread of -21) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Barfuss in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #54. Current record: 8-7, +182.
Round 16		Bianca played #105 Bradley Powell (Davis, CA) and won 387 to 369 (a spread of 18) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Powell in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #49. Current record: 9-7, +200.
Round 17		Bianca played #32 Anna Marie Cook (Calgary AB) and won 418 to 350 (a spread of 68) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Cook in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 10-7, +268.
Round 18		Bianca played #124 Alice Symons (Eureka, CA) and won 414 to 318 (a spread of 96) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Symons in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #26. Current record: 11-7, +364.
Round 19		Bianca played #75 Yvonne Klaskow (St Petersburg, FL) and lost 283 to 428 (a spread of -145) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Klaskow in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #43. Current record: 11-8, +219.
Round 20		Bianca played #50 Marsha Gillis (Huntsville, AL) and won 431 to 325 (a spread of 106) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Gillis in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12-8, +325.
Round 21		Bianca played #15 Barbara Besadny (Madison, WI) and won 451 to 341 (a spread of 110) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Besadny in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #23. Current record: 13-8, +435.
Round 22		Bianca played #114 Ricky Sirois (Columbia, MO) and lost 368 to 424 (a spread of -56) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Sirois in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 13-9, +379.
Round 23		Bianca played #2 David Alyea (San Francisco, CA) and lost 336 to 359 (a spread of -23) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Alyea in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #35. Current record: 13-10, +356.
Round 24		Bianca played #15 Barbara Besadny (Madison, WI) and won 383 to 278 (a spread of 105) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Besadny in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14-10, +461. Bianca is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (1 hit).
Round 25		Bianca played #134 Robert Wall (Kalamazoo, MI) and won 369 to 346 (a spread of 23) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Wall in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 15-10, +484.
Round 26		Bianca played #82 Ruth Lewis (Gatlinburg, TN) and lost 311 to 368 (a spread of -57) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Lewis in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 15-11, +427.
Round 27		Bianca played #8 Jim Barker (San José, CA) and won 381 to 354 (a spread of 27) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Barker in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #25. Current record: 16-11, +454.
Round 28		Bianca played #68 Eileen Johnson (Freeport, NY) and lost 351 to 429 (a spread of -78) . Before this event, Bianca had not played Johnson in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 16-12, +376.

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