NSC 2008: Vernon Jones [#41]

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On this page, you will find information about Vernon Jones, who is competing at the 2008 National SCRABBLE® Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 10.5-17.5, -890, and is ranked #96 in Division 1.

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

[photo of Vernon Jones]

Given name(s): Vernon
Surname(s): Jones
Home: Winter Haven, FL, United States
NSC 1980 Division: 1
NSC 1980 Rank: 19/32, 8-9 -26
NSC 1985 Division: 1
NSC 1985 Rank: 52/302, 13-9 +889
NSC 1987 Division: 1
NSC 1987 Rank: 20, 14-7 +930
NSC 1989 Division: 1
NSC 1989 Rank: 55/149, 14-13 +907
NSC 1989 Division: 1
NSC 1989 Rank: 55/149, 14-13 +907
NSC 1990 Division: 1
NSC 1990 Rank: 115/176, 12.5-14.5 +78

Round by Round
High score: 488 Average for: 386 Average against: 421
Round 1		Jones played #98 Orry Swift (Waco, TX) and tied at 390. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 0.5-0.5, +0.
Round 2		Jones played #100 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and lost 341 to 402 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 0.5-1.5, -61.
Round 3		Jones played #93 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and won 458 to 405 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 1.5-1.5, -8.
Round 4		Jones played #92 Marjorie Schoneboom (Deer Park, NY) and won 420 to 309 (a spread of 111). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 2.5-1.5, +103.
Round 5		Jones played #52 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and lost 437 to 459 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 2.5-2.5, +81.
Round 6		Jones played #101 Ron Tiekert (Melbourne, FL) and lost 369 to 469 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 2.5-3.5, -19.
Round 7		Jones played #78 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 488 to 339 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 3.5-3.5, +130.
Round 8		Jones played #80 Robert Quigley (New Haven, CT) and lost 375 to 392 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 3.5-4.5, +113.
Round 9		Jones played #54 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and lost 331 to 447 (a spread of -116). Current ranking: #79. Current record: 3.5-5.5, -3.
Round 10		Jones played #53 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 345 to 438 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #86. Current record: 3.5-6.5, -96.
Round 11		Jones played #87 Craig Rowland (Mississauga ON) and won 400 to 346 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #79. Current record: 4.5-6.5, -42.
Round 12		Jones played #11 Ira Cohen (Los Angeles, CA) and won 430 to 416 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 5.5-6.5, -28.
Round 13		Jones played #106 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 364 to 461 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 5.5-7.5, -125.
Round 14		Jones played #17 Edward De Guzman (Urbana, IL) and won 441 to 300 (a spread of 141). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 6.5-7.5, +16.
Round 15		Jones played #89 Dielle Saldanha (Richmond BC) and lost 380 to 424 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #73. Current record: 6.5-8.5, -28.
Round 16		Jones played #19 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and lost 331 to 425 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #80. Current record: 6.5-9.5, -122.
Round 17		Jones played #30 David Gibson (Spartanburg, SC) and lost 374 to 486 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #90. Current record: 6.5-10.5, -234.
Round 18		Jones played #37 Jeremy Hildebrand (Ottawa ON) and won 484 to 378 (a spread of 106). Current ranking: #81. Current record: 7.5-10.5, -128.
Round 19		Jones played #36 Randy Hersom (Morganton, NC) and lost 318 to 478 (a spread of -160). Current ranking: #89. Current record: 7.5-11.5, -288.
Round 20		Jones played #62 Mark Milan (Laguna Niguel, CA) and lost 340 to 410 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #92. Current record: 7.5-12.5, -358.
Round 21		Jones played #4 Michael Baker (Portland, OR) and lost 348 to 524 (a spread of -176). Current ranking: #94. Current record: 7.5-13.5, -534.
Round 22		Jones recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #91. Current record: 8.5-13.5, -484.
Round 23		Jones played #9 Jeremy Cahnmann (Chicago, IL) and won 455 to 421 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #85. Current record: 9.5-13.5, -450.
Round 24		Jones played #51 Dave Leifer (Alpharetta, GA) and lost 381 to 426 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #91. Current record: 9.5-14.5, -495.
Round 25		Jones played #90 Nawapadol Sayavesa (Thailand) and lost 359 to 395 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #94. Current record: 9.5-15.5, -531.
Round 26		Jones played #77 Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand) and won 405 to 402 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #90. Current record: 10.5-15.5, -528.
Round 27		Jones played #69 Mike Paxson (Bloomington, IN) and lost 374 to 413 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #94. Current record: 10.5-16.5, -567.
Round 28		Jones played #77 Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand) again and lost 285 to 608 (a spread of -323). Current ranking: #96. Current record: 10.5-17.5, -890.

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