Margaret Hughes [#55] at USSO 2006

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On this page, you will find information about Margaret Hughes, 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. Hughes currently has a record of 13-15, +148, and is ranked #69 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): Margaret Surname(s): Hughes Home: Los Angeles, CA, United States Awards: None Hobbies: Gardening, singing, sewing Occupation: Retired NSC 2002 Division: 6 NSC 2002 Rank: 49/88, 15-16 -6 NSC 2004 Division: 6 NSC 2004 Rank: 49/76, 14-16 -302 NSC 2005 Division: 6 NSC 2005 Rank: 30/131, 16-12 +377

Career History

7-year record against other players at this event	14-14 (0.500)
Past 1-12 months	1-1 (0.500)	W L
Past 13-24 months	7-7 (0.500)	LL WW LLLL WW L WWW
Past 25-36 months	4-3 (0.571)	LL WW L WW
Past 37-48 months	1-0 (1.000)	W
Past 49-60 months	1-2 (0.333)	W LL
Past 61-72 months	0-1 (0.000)	L
Past 73-84 months	no games

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 489 Average for: 344 Average against: 339
Round 1		Hughes played #59 Jeff Jacobs (Phoenix, AZ) and won 388 to 290 (a spread of 98). Before this event, Hughes had not played Jacobs in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 1-0, +98.
Round 2		Hughes played #54 Jack Howe (Paragould, AR) and won 342 to 318 (a spread of 24). The last time these two played was 2005-08 at: 2005 NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP Hughes’s record vs. Howe in the 7 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. 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: #22. Current record: 2-0, +122.
Round 3		Hughes played #94 Kaveri Raviraj (Mississauga ON) and lost 347 to 349 (a spread of -2). Before this event, Hughes had not played Raviraj in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 2-1, +120.
Round 4		Hughes played #28 David Dahl (Peoria, IL) and won 397 to 304 (a spread of 93). Before this event, Hughes had not played Dahl in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-1, +213.
Round 5		Hughes played #17 Manan Biyani (Ann Arbor, MI) and lost 288 to 390 (a spread of -102). Before this event, Hughes had not played Biyani in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 3-2, +111.
Round 6		Hughes played #77 Dan Mcgrath (Lubbock, TX) and won 360 to 244 (a spread of 116). Before this event, Hughes had not played Mcgrath in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #29. Current record: 4-2, +227.
Round 7		Hughes played #66 Ben Lam (Markham ON) and lost 294 to 335 (a spread of -41). Before this event, Hughes had not played Lam in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 4-3, +186.
Round 8		Hughes played #5 Irene Averbach (Rochester, NY) and lost 373 to 405 (a spread of -32). Before this event, Hughes had not played Averbach in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #49. Current record: 4-4, +154.
Round 9		Hughes played #106 Neva Slater (Manchester, CT) and lost 307 to 319 (a spread of -12). Before this event, Hughes had not played Slater in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #57. Current record: 4-5, +142.
Round 10		Hughes played #25 Khim Clarke (Irvine, CA) and lost 293 to 393 (a spread of -100). Before this event, Hughes had not played Clarke in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #75. Current record: 4-6, +42.
Round 11		Hughes played #36 Marion Dimond (Calgary AB) and won 293 to 291 (a spread of 2). Before this event, Hughes had not played Dimond in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #63. Current record: 5-6, +44.
Round 12		Hughes played #119 Susan Watrous (Goodyear, AZ) and won 347 to 334 (a spread of 13). Before this event, Hughes had not played Watrous in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #54. Current record: 6-6, +57.
Round 13		Hughes played #31 Catherine Day (Cambridge, MA) and lost 337 to 356 (a spread of -19). Before this event, Hughes had not played Day in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #67. Current record: 6-7, +38.
Round 14		Hughes played #90 Pat Patrick (Westfield, MA) and lost 308 to 349 (a spread of -41). Before this event, Hughes had not played Patrick in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #78. Current record: 6-8, -3.
Round 15		Hughes played #47 Mary Lou Goetz (Odenton, MD) and lost 331 to 340 (a spread of -9). Before this event, Hughes had not played Goetz in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #85. Current record: 6-9, -12.
Round 16		Hughes played #83 Mark Movic (Des Moines, IA) and lost 305 to 377 (a spread of -72). Before this event, Hughes had not played Movic in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #93. Current record: 6-10, -84.
Round 17		Hughes played #88 Lorraine Pariser (Covina, CA) and won 400 to 350 (a spread of 50). The last time these two played was 2005-02 at: PASADENA,CA Hughes’s record vs. Pariser in the 7 years leading up to this event: 2-2 (0.500). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: LW. Past 25-36 months: L. 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: #85. Current record: 7-10, -34.
Round 18		Hughes played #56 Dave Hurd (Des Moines, IA) and won 430 to 227 (a spread of 203). Before this event, Hughes had not played Hurd in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #74. Current record: 8-10, +169.
Round 19		Hughes played #84 Carl Naples (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY) and won 343 to 330 (a spread of 13). Before this event, Hughes had not played Naples in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #61. Current record: 9-10, +182.
Round 20		Hughes played #41 Chora B Eilertsen (Coal Harbour, Vancouver Island BC) and lost 276 to 384 (a spread of -108). Before this event, Hughes had not played Eilertsen in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #73. Current record: 9-11, +74.
Round 21		Hughes played #65 Janice Konkol (Amherst, WI) and won 489 to 334 (a spread of 155). Before this event, Hughes had not played Konkol in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #59. Current record: 10-11, +229.
Round 22		Hughes played #78 Grace Mcgrath (Lubbock, TX) and won 390 to 221 (a spread of 169). Before this event, Hughes had not played Mcgrath in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #50. Current record: 11-11, +398.
Round 23		Hughes played #18 Charlotte Bremond (Oakland, CA) and won 331 to 304 (a spread of 27). The last time these two played was 2004-08 at: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Hughes’s record vs. Bremond 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: W. 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: #42. Current record: 12-11, +425.
Round 24		Hughes played #5 Irene Averbach (Rochester, NY) again and won 355 to 347 (a spread of 8). Before this event, Hughes had not played Averbach in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 13-11, +433.
Round 25		Hughes played #69 Polly Lenzen (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and lost 351 to 421 (a spread of -70). The last time these two played was 2005-08 at: 2005 NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP Hughes’s record vs. Lenzen in the 7 years leading up to this event: 1-1 (0.500). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: L. Past 25-36 months: W. 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: #39. Current record: 13-12, +363.
Round 26		Hughes played #7 Don Ball (Mississauga ON) and lost 348 to 361 (a spread of -13). Before this event, Hughes had not played Ball in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #51. Current record: 13-13, +350.
Round 27		Hughes played #104 Judi Shaw (Laconia, NH) and lost 263 to 412 (a spread of -149). Before this event, Hughes had not played Shaw in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #61. Current record: 13-14, +201.
Round 28		Hughes played #29 Angela Dancho (Thornton, CO) and lost 342 to 395 (a spread of -53). Before this event, Hughes had not played Dancho in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #69. Current record: 13-15, +148.

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