Joy Nees [#85] at USSO 2006

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On this page, you will find information about Joy Nees, 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. Nees currently has a record of 14-14, +190, and is ranked #54 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

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Given name(s): Joy
Surname(s): Nees
Home: Dallas, TX, United States
Awards: National top 10 of 14,000 agents with former Merrill Lynch Realty
Hobbies: Cruises
Occupation: Own Real Estate Office
NSC 2000 Division: 6
NSC 2000 Rank: 11/77, 19-12 +716
NSC 2002 Division: 5
NSC 2002 Rank: 97/111, 12-19 -395
NSC 2004 Division: 5
NSC 2004 Rank: 63/90, 13.5-16.5 +62
NSC 2005 Division: 5
NSC 2005 Rank: 71/93, 12-16 -44

Career History

7-year record against other players at this event	16-7 (0.696)
Past 1-12 months	6-2 (0.750)	L WW L WWWW
Past 13-24 months	4-2 (0.667)	W LL WWW
Past 25-36 months	4-2 (0.667)	W L WWW L
Past 37-48 months	1-1 (0.500)	W L
Past 49-60 months	no games
Past 61-72 months	1-0 (1.000)	W
Past 73-84 months	no games

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 475 Average for: 368 Average against: 361
Round 1		Nees played #67 Jim Laris (Altadena, CA) and won 452 to 321 (a spread of 131). Before this event, Nees had not played Laris in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-0, +131.
Round 2		Nees played #83 Mark Movic (Des Moines, IA) and won 475 to 344 (a spread of 131). Before this event, Nees had not played Movic in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #5. Current record: 2-0, +262.
Round 3		Nees played #72 Andy Ludwig (Phoenix, AZ) and lost 359 to 439 (a spread of -80). Before this event, Nees had not played Ludwig in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #22. Current record: 2-1, +182.
Round 4		Nees played #13 Jane Bernes (Scottsdale, AZ) and won 469 to 403 (a spread of 66). Before this event, Nees had not played Bernes in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 3-1, +248.
Round 5		Nees played #101 Irma Roberts (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 367 to 388 (a spread of -21). Before this event, Nees had not played Roberts in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #31. Current record: 3-2, +227.
Round 6		Nees played #22 Matt Canik (Austin, TX) and lost 324 to 328 (a spread of -4). Before this event, Nees had not played Canik in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #45. Current record: 3-3, +223.
Round 7		Nees played #43 L Cheryl Francis (Indian Island, Old Town, ME) and won 381 to 315 (a spread of 66). The last time these two played was 2004-08 at: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Nees’s record vs. Francis 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: #34. Current record: 4-3, +289.
Round 8		Nees played #70 Deborah Light (Napanee ON) and won 364 to 353 (a spread of 11). Before this event, Nees had not played Light in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #23. Current record: 5-3, +300.
Round 9		Nees played #57 Candace Hurley (Vine Grove, KY) and won 447 to 332 (a spread of 115). The last time these two played was 2003-06 at: MID-CITIES, TX Nees’s record vs. Hurley in the 7 years leading up to this event: 1-1 (0.500). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: WL. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-3, +415.
Round 10		Nees played #107 Mary Snider (Austin, TX) and won 451 to 378 (a spread of 73). The last time these two played was 2006-02 at: SALADO, TX Nees’s record vs. Snider in the 7 years leading up to this event: 3-1 (0.750). Past 1-12 months: LW. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: WW. 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: #18. Current record: 7-3, +488.
Round 11		Nees played #25 Khim Clarke (Irvine, CA) and won 408 to 367 (a spread of 41). Before this event, Nees had not played Clarke in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #12. Current record: 8-3, +529.
Round 12		Nees played #44 KC Frodyma (Silver Spring, MD) and won 365 to 303 (a spread of 62). Before this event, Nees had not played Frodyma in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-3, +591.
Round 13		Nees played #66 Ben Lam (Markham ON) and won 333 to 306 (a spread of 27). Before this event, Nees had not played Lam in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #9. Current record: 10-3, +618.
Round 14		Nees played #48 Whitney Gould (Berkeley, CA) and lost 346 to 377 (a spread of -31). Before this event, Nees had not played Gould in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #8. Current record: 10-4, +587.
Round 15		Nees played #14 Susan Bertoni (Clemmons, NC) and lost 336 to 415 (a spread of -79). Before this event, Nees had not played Bertoni in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10-5, +508.
Round 16		Nees played #98 Thomas Reinke (Middleton, WI) and lost 338 to 363 (a spread of -25). Before this event, Nees had not played Reinke in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 10-6, +483.
Round 17		Nees played #29 Angela Dancho (Thornton, CO) and lost 320 to 400 (a spread of -80). Before this event, Nees had not played Dancho in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 10-7, +403.
Round 18		Nees played #21 Evelyn Callaway (Bryan, TX) and lost 347 to 379 (a spread of -32). The last time these two played was 2006-06 at: FT. WORTH, TX Nees’s record vs. Callaway in the 7 years leading up to this event: 2-1 (0.667). Past 1-12 months: WW. Past 13-24 months: L. 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: #30. Current record: 10-8, +371.
Round 19		Nees played #115 Gavin Thompson (Ottawa ON) and lost 367 to 394 (a spread of -27). Before this event, Nees had not played Thompson in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #38. Current record: 10-9, +344.
Round 20		Nees played #104 Judi Shaw (Laconia, NH) and lost 310 to 314 (a spread of -4). Before this event, Nees had not played Shaw in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #50. Current record: 10-10, +340.
Round 21		Nees played #33 Henry De Young (St. Marys ON) and won 379 to 360 (a spread of 19). Before this event, Nees had not played De Young in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #41. Current record: 11-10, +359.
Round 22		Nees played #76 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and lost 275 to 445 (a spread of -170). Before this event, Nees had not played Matthews in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #53. Current record: 11-11, +189.
Round 23		Nees played #74 Sedona Maniak (Portland, OR) and won 398 to 296 (a spread of 102). Before this event, Nees had not played Maniak in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #43. Current record: 12-11, +291.
Round 24		Nees played #17 Manan Biyani (Ann Arbor, MI) and lost 363 to 390 (a spread of -27). Before this event, Nees had not played Biyani in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #53. Current record: 12-12, +264.
Round 25		Nees played #43 L Cheryl Francis (Indian Island, Old Town, ME) again and won 317 to 251 (a spread of 66). The last time these two played was 2004-08 at: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Nees’s record vs. Francis 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: #41. Current record: 13-12, +330.
Round 26		Nees played #36 Marion Dimond (Calgary AB) and lost 366 to 431 (a spread of -65). Before this event, Nees had not played Dimond in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 13-13, +265.
Round 27		Nees played #27 Lindsay Crotty (Metairie, LA) and lost 258 to 371 (a spread of -113). Before this event, Nees had not played Crotty in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #63. Current record: 13-14, +152.
Round 28		Nees played #115 Gavin Thompson (Ottawa ON) again and won 388 to 350 (a spread of 38). Before this event, Nees had not played Thompson in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #54. Current record: 14-14, +190.

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