Dorothy Laws [#65] at USSO 2006

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On this page, you will find information about Dorothy Laws, 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. Laws currently has a record of 12-16, -366, and is ranked #91 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 Awards: 1st place Winner in my division Hobbies: music Occupation: retired teacher NSC 1998 Division: 3 NSC 1998 Rank: 74/133, 15-16 -86 NSC 2004 Division: 4 NSC 2004 Rank: 50/150, 16-14 +373

Career History

7-year record against other players at this event	6-6 (0.500)
Past 1-12 months	0-2 (0.000)	LL
Past 13-24 months	no games
Past 25-36 months	4-4 (0.500)	W LL W LL WW
Past 37-48 months	1-0 (1.000)	W
Past 49-60 months	1-0 (1.000)	W
Past 61-72 months	no games
Past 73-84 months	no games

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 439 Average for: 365 Average against: 378
Round 1		Laws played #18 Thomas Conrad (Hillsboro, OR) and lost 341 to 382 (a spread of -41). Before this event, Laws had not played Conrad in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #74. Current record: 0-1, -41.
Round 2		Laws played #62 Florence Laatz (Harrisville, MI) and lost 388 to 418 (a spread of -30). Before this event, Laws had not played Laatz in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #87. Current record: 0-2, -71.
Round 3		Laws played #23 Barbara Drinkwine (Menasha, WI) and lost 345 to 471 (a spread of -126). The last time these two played was 2003-06 at: LIVONIA, MI Laws’s record vs. Drinkwine in the 7 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: W. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Current ranking: #106. Current record: 0-3, -197.
Round 4		Laws played #14 Brenda Casey (Guilford, CT) and won 359 to 303 (a spread of 56). Before this event, Laws had not played Casey in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #93. Current record: 1-3, -141.
Round 5		Laws played #86 Gene Rawlins (Toronto ON) and won 401 to 372 (a spread of 29). Before this event, Laws had not played Rawlins in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #80. Current record: 2-3, -112.
Round 6		Laws played #20 Jesse Cromer (Charlotte, NC) and lost 343 to 361 (a spread of -18). The last time these two played was 2004-08 at: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Laws’s record vs. Cromer in the 7 years leading up to this event: 0-1 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: L. 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: #87. Current record: 2-4, -130.
Round 7		Laws played #2 Jamila Atcha (Laughlin, NV) and lost 300 to 461 (a spread of -161). Before this event, Laws had not played Atcha in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #100. Current record: 2-5, -291.
Round 8		Laws played #83 Todd Pfalzgraf (Charlotte, NC) and lost 313 to 397 (a spread of -84). Before this event, Laws had not played Pfalzgraf in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #104. Current record: 2-6, -375.
Round 9		Laws played #108 Muriel Sparrow Reedy (Phoenix, AZ) and won 436 to 312 (a spread of 124). Before this event, Laws had not played Sparrow-Reedy in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #94. Current record: 3-6, -251.
Round 10		Laws played #15 Rachel Christensen (Seattle, WA) and lost 357 to 436 (a spread of -79). Before this event, Laws had not played Christensen in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #100. Current record: 3-7, -330.
Round 11		Laws played #98 Teresa Schaeffer (Potomac, MD) and lost 358 to 366 (a spread of -8). Before this event, Laws had not played Schaeffer in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #109. Current record: 3-8, -338.
Round 12		Laws played #94 T A Sanders (San Antonio, TX) and won 355 to 344 (a spread of 11). Before this event, Laws had not played Sanders in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #97. Current record: 4-8, -327.
Round 13		Laws played #89 George Rogers (Tamarac, FL) and won 397 to 356 (a spread of 41). Before this event, Laws had not played Rogers in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #91. Current record: 5-8, -286.
Round 14		Laws played #33 Jane Geary (Glendale, AZ) and lost 337 to 398 (a spread of -61). Before this event, Laws had not played Geary in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #92. Current record: 5-9, -347.
Round 15		Laws played #121 Thomas E Wood (Valrico, FL) and lost 306 to 367 (a spread of -61). Before this event, Laws had not played Wood in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #103. Current record: 5-10, -408.
Round 16		Laws played #115 Elvira Toews (Winnipeg MB) and won 355 to 345 (a spread of 10). Before this event, Laws had not played Toews in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #98. Current record: 6-10, -398.
Round 17		Laws played #118 James Wait (Phoenix, AZ) and won 403 to 336 (a spread of 67). Before this event, Laws had not played Wait in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #92. Current record: 7-10, -331.
Round 18		Laws played #114 Celia Thompson (Carneys Point, NJ) and lost 293 to 443 (a spread of -150). The last time these two played was 2001-09 at: ATLANTIC CITY, NJ Laws’s record vs. Thompson in the 7 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). 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: W. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Current ranking: #98. Current record: 7-11, -481.
Round 19		Laws played #41 Lynn Gunn (Mission Viejo, CA) and won 413 to 281 (a spread of 132). Before this event, Laws had not played Gunn in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #89. Current record: 8-11, -349.
Round 20		Laws played #108 Muriel Sparrow Reedy (Phoenix, AZ) again and lost 392 to 393 (a spread of -1). Before this event, Laws had not played Sparrow-Reedy in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #92. Current record: 8-12, -350.
Round 21		Laws played #98 Teresa Schaeffer (Potomac, MD) again and won 398 to 382 (a spread of 16). Before this event, Laws had not played Schaeffer in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #89. Current record: 9-12, -334.
Round 22		Laws played #51 Nadine Jacobson (Minneapolis, MN) and lost 378 to 432 (a spread of -54). Before this event, Laws had not played Jacobson in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #94. Current record: 9-13, -388.
Round 23		Laws played #8 Gwen Bishop (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 325 to 452 (a spread of -127). Before this event, Laws had not played Sherard-Bishop in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #100. Current record: 9-14, -515.
Round 24		Laws played #16 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and lost 336 to 402 (a spread of -66). Before this event, Laws had not played Cleary in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #105. Current record: 9-15, -581.
Round 25		Laws played #94 T A Sanders (San Antonio, TX) again and won 419 to 274 (a spread of 145). Before this event, Laws had not played Sanders in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #98. Current record: 10-15, -436.
Round 26		Laws played #38 Barbara Gray (Tempe, AZ) and won 439 to 306 (a spread of 133). Before this event, Laws had not played Gray in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #90. Current record: 11-15, -303.
Round 27		Laws played #61 Madelon Krissoff (Grand Rapids, MI) and won 433 to 425 (a spread of 8). Before this event, Laws had not played Krissoff in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #86. Current record: 12-15, -295.
Round 28		Laws played #30 Jim Fonti (Port Jefferson, NY) and lost 297 to 368 (a spread of -71). Before this event, Laws had not played Fonti in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #91. Current record: 12-16, -366.

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