NSC 2008: Orry Swift [#98]

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On this page, you will find information about Orry Swift, 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 16.5-11.5, +989, and is ranked #18 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
	Given name(s): Orry Surname(s): Swift Home: Waco, TX, United States Awards: Hobbies: Video Games, Basketball, Anime Occupation: Student USSO 2006 Division: 2 USSO 2006 Rank: 3/102, 19- 9 +1235

Round by Round
High score: 549 Average for: 419 Average against: 384
Round 1		Swift played #41 Vernon Jones (Winter Haven, FL) and tied at 390. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 0.5-0.5, +0.
Round 2		Swift played #93 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and won 533 to 388 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1.5-0.5, +145.
Round 3		Swift played #100 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and won 445 to 404 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2.5-0.5, +186.
Round 4		Swift played #77 Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand) and lost 332 to 399 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 2.5-1.5, +119.
Round 5		Swift played #101 Ron Tiekert (Melbourne, FL) and won 478 to 406 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3.5-1.5, +191.
Round 6		Swift played #52 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and lost 356 to 460 (a spread of -104). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 3.5-2.5, +87.
Round 7		Swift played #38 Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD) and lost 357 to 358 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 3.5-3.5, +86.
Round 8		Swift played #54 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and won 463 to 421 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4.5-3.5, +128. Swift is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Swift played #80 Robert Quigley (New Haven, CT) and lost 363 to 377 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 4.5-4.5, +114.
Round 10		Swift played #81 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) and won 430 to 335 (a spread of 95). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 5.5-4.5, +209.
Round 11		Swift played #6 Patricia Barrett (Houston, TX) and lost 442 to 464 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 5.5-5.5, +187.
Round 12		Swift played #47 David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) and won 424 to 319 (a spread of 105). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 6.5-5.5, +292.
Round 13		Swift played #79 Mark Przybyszewski (Depew, NY) and lost 323 to 414 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 6.5-6.5, +201.
Round 14		Swift played #56 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and won 455 to 316 (a spread of 139). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 7.5-6.5, +340.
Round 15		Swift played #27 Mike Frentz (Seattle, WA) and lost 308 to 378 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 7.5-7.5, +270.
Round 16		Swift played #86 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and won 489 to 363 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 8.5-7.5, +396.
Round 17		Swift played #19 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and won 488 to 346 (a spread of 142). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 9.5-7.5, +538.
Round 18		Swift played #94 Keith Smith (Austin, TX) and won 459 to 309 (a spread of 150). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10.5-7.5, +688.
Round 19		Swift played #8 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and lost 307 to 540 (a spread of -233). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 10.5-8.5, +455.
Round 20		Swift played #18 Cesar Del Solar (Pasadena, CA) and won 466 to 296 (a spread of 170). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 11.5-8.5, +625.
Round 21		Swift played #105 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 338 to 432 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 11.5-9.5, +531.
Round 22		Swift played #17 Edward De Guzman (Urbana, IL) and lost 355 to 457 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 11.5-10.5, +429.
Round 23		Swift played #46 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and won 467 to 341 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 12.5-10.5, +555.
Round 24		Swift played #88 Dean Saldanha (Richmond BC) and lost 403 to 439 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 12.5-11.5, +519.
Round 25		Swift played #44 Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) and won 482 to 275 (a spread of 207). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 13.5-11.5, +726.
Round 26		Swift played #65 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and won 426 to 329 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14.5-11.5, +823.
Round 27		Swift played #58 Kenji Matsumoto (Amherst, MA) and won 549 to 393 (a spread of 156). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 15.5-11.5, +979.
Round 28		Swift played #23 Paul Epstein (Keego Harbor, MI) and won 415 to 405 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 16.5-11.5, +989.

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