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Jacob Williams [#124] at USSO 2006
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Congratulations to Jim Kramer, who won the U.S. Scrabble Open, defeating Geoff Thevenot 388-374, 402-391 and 433-326.
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On this page, you will find information about
Jacob Williams, who is a contestant
at the 2006 U.S. SCRABBLE® Open.
This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time.
Williams currently has a record of 14-14, +101, and is ranked
#61 in Division 3.
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 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/w/williams_jacob_2.jpg)
| Given name(s): Jacob Surname(s): Williams Home: Austin, TX, United States Awards: First Place Division Six NSC 2005 Hobbies: Gospel Quartet Music, Opera, Open Source Software Occupation: Web Developer NSC 2005 Division: 6 NSC 2005 Rank: 1/131, 22-6 +1360 |
Career History | 7-year record against other players at this event | 15-14 (0.517) | |
Past 1-12 months | 14-14 (0.500) | W LL W L W LL WW LL W L WW LLL WWW LLL WWW |
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 |
Past 73-84 months | no games |
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Round-by-Round | High score: 518 Average for: 397 Average against: 393 | Round 1 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/d/dixon_roy.jpg)
| Williams played #34 Roy Dixon (Dade City, FL) and won 452 to 425 (a spread of 27). Before this event, Williams had not played Dixon in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #50. Current record: 1-0, +27. | Round 2 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Williams played #130 Bob Yarmchuk (Tucson, AZ) and won 435 to 377 (a spread of 58). Before this event, Williams had not played Yarmchuk in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-0, +85. | Round 3 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/c/cullman_roger.jpg)
| Williams played #26 Roger Cullman (Toronto ON) and lost 343 to 415 (a spread of -72). Before this event, Williams had not played Cullman in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 2-1, +13. | Round 4 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/w/white_charlene.jpg)
| Williams played #121 Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) and won 408 to 356 (a spread of 52). Before this event, Williams had not played White in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-1, +65. | Round 5 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/k/kasney_ken.jpg)
| Williams played #62 Ken Kasney (Cypress, TX) and won 418 to 358 (a spread of 60). The last time these two played was 2006-06 at: FT. WORTH, TX Williams’s record vs. Kasney in the 7 years leading up to this event: 2-4 (0.333). Past 1-12 months: WLLLL. Past 13-24 months: 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. Past 73-84 months: no games.Current ranking: #16. Current record: 4-1, +125. | Round 6 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Williams played #87 Joe Petree (Secane, PA) and lost 367 to 445 (a spread of -78). Before this event, Williams had not played Petree in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #35. Current record: 4-2, +47. | Round 7 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/e/edwards_greg.jpg)
| Williams played #40 Greg Edwards (Minneapolis, MN) and lost 345 to 422 (a spread of -77). Before this event, Williams had not played Edwards in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 4-3, -30. | Round 8 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/s/slankard_lisa.jpg)
| Williams played #103 Lisa Slankard (Arlington Heights, IL) and lost 386 to 387 (a spread of -1). Before this event, Williams had not played Slankard in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #69. Current record: 4-4, -31. | Round 9 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Williams played #59 Bennett Jacobstein (Milpitas, CA) and won 394 to 333 (a spread of 61). Before this event, Williams had not played Jacobstein in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #54. Current record: 5-4, +30. | Round 10 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/m/manzolillo_peter.jpg)
| Williams played #67 Peter Manzolillo (Bellmore, NY) and lost 409 to 454 (a spread of -45). Before this event, Williams had not played Manzolillo in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #66. Current record: 5-5, -15. | Round 11 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/f/freehof_ira.jpg)
| Williams played #48 Ira Freehof (Manhasset, NY) and won 390 to 379 (a spread of 11). Before this event, Williams had not played Freehof in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #57. Current record: 6-5, -4. | Round 12 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/b/bayersdorfer_mitch.jpg)
| Williams played #7 Mitch Bayersdorfer (Menlo Park, CA) and lost 439 to 460 (a spread of -21). Before this event, Williams had not played Bayersdorfer in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #69. Current record: 6-6, -25. | Round 13 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Williams played #88 Paul Phillips (Denver, CO) and won 518 to 340 (a spread of 178). Before this event, Williams had not played Phillips in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #50. Current record: 7-6, +153. | Round 14 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/d/diener_patricia.jpg)
| Williams played #33 Pat Diener (Dublin, CA) and won 464 to 407 (a spread of 57). Before this event, Williams had not played Diener in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 8-6, +210. | Round 15 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/s/stern_rafi.jpg)
| Williams played #109 Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) and lost 349 to 412 (a spread of -63). Before this event, Williams had not played Stern in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 8-7, +147. | Round 16 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Williams played #101 Kristina Simon (Plano, TX) and lost 416 to 470 (a spread of -54). The last time these two played was 2006-06 at: FT. WORTH, TX Williams’s record vs. Simon in the 7 years leading up to this event: 0-2 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: LL. 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. Past 73-84 months: no games.Current ranking: #63. Current record: 8-8, +93. | Round 17 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/s/schneider_chris.jpg)
| Williams played #97 Chris Schneider (Seattle, WA) and won 426 to 353 (a spread of 73). Before this event, Williams had not played Schneider in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #50. Current record: 9-8, +166. Williams is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 18 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/m/myers_jeff.jpg)
| Williams played #81 Jeff Myers (Granville, OH) and lost 344 to 415 (a spread of -71). Before this event, Williams had not played Myers in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #64. Current record: 9-9, +95. Williams is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits). | Round 19 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/w/weiss_david_3.jpg)
| Williams played #119 David Weiss (Billings, MT) and won 381 to 321 (a spread of 60). Before this event, Williams had not played Weiss in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #54. Current record: 10-9, +155. | Round 20 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Williams played #88 Paul Phillips (Denver, CO) again and lost 324 to 370 (a spread of -46). Before this event, Williams had not played Phillips in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #64. Current record: 10-10, +109. | Round 21 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Williams played #123 Michael Wier (Phoenix, AZ) and lost 397 to 469 (a spread of -72). Before this event, Williams had not played Wier in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #74. Current record: 10-11, +37. | Round 22 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/g/gest_ted.jpg)
| Williams played #51 Ted Gest (Washington, DC) and won 507 to 390 (a spread of 117). Before this event, Williams had not played Gest in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #61. Current record: 11-11, +154. | Round 23 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/v/vanalen_barbara.jpg)
| Williams played #116 Barbara Van Alen (Chandler, AZ) and won 391 to 336 (a spread of 55). Before this event, Williams had not played Van Alen in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #54. Current record: 12-11, +209. | Round 24 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/c/cullman_roger.jpg)
| Williams played #26 Roger Cullman (Toronto ON) again and won 470 to 400 (a spread of 70). Before this event, Williams had not played Cullman in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #43. Current record: 13-11, +279. | Round 25 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/d/david_michael.jpg)
| Williams played #27 Michael David (Portage, WI) and won 411 to 292 (a spread of 119). Before this event, Williams had not played David in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 14-11, +398. | Round 26 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Williams played #21 Cathy Coking (Glendale, AZ) and lost 289 to 488 (a spread of -199). Before this event, Williams had not played Coking in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #44. Current record: 14-12, +199. | Round 27 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/s/saunders_ed.jpg)
| Williams played #95 Ed Saunders (Oro Valley, AZ) and lost 283 to 371 (a spread of -88). Before this event, Williams had not played Saunders in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #53. Current record: 14-13, +111. | Round 28 | ![[player photo]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/s/saldanha_norbert.jpeg)
| Williams played #93 Norbert Saldanha (Richmond BC) and lost 359 to 369 (a spread of -10). Before this event, Williams had not played Saldanha in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #61. Current record: 14-14, +101. |
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