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NSC 2008: Lisa Slankard [#114]
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On this page, you will find information about
Lisa Slankard, 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 16-12, +16, and is ranked
#36 in Division 2.
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 Lisa Slankard]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/slankard_lisa_2.jpg)
| Given name(s): Lisa Surname(s): Slankard Home: Chicago, IL, United States Occupation: pharmacist NSC 2004 Division: 4 NSC 2004 Rank: 24/150, 18-12 +353 NSC 2005 Division: 4 NSC 2005 Rank: 28/122, 16-12 +402 USSO 2006 Division: 3 USSO 2006 Rank: 53/129, 15-13 -269 |
Round by Round | High score: 483 Average for: 394 Average against: 393 | Round 1 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Slankard played #129 Christiane Tran (Santa Cruz, CA) and won 361 to 316 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 1-0, +45. | Round 2 | ![[photo of Mohamed Alim]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/a/alim_mohamed.jpg)
| Slankard played #4 Mohamed Alim (Guyana) and won 390 to 348 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 2-0, +87. Slankard is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 3 | ![[photo of Robert Gillis]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/gillis_robert.jpeg)
| Slankard played #48 Robert Gillis (Owens X Roads, AL) and lost 391 to 411 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 2-1, +67. | Round 4 | ![[photo of Eric Kinderman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/kinderman_eric.jpg)
| Slankard played #72 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and lost 319 to 456 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #74. Current record: 2-2, -70. | Round 5 | ![[photo of Andrew Solomon]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/solomon_andrew.jpg)
| Slankard played #116 Andrew Solomon (Barrington, IL) and won 430 to 374 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 3-2, -14. | Round 6 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Slankard played #38 Bob Enszer (Saginaw, MI) and won 387 to 326 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-2, +47. | Round 7 | ![[photo of Matthew Silver]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/silver_matthew.jpg)
| Slankard played #112 Matthew Silver (Westport, CT) and won 443 to 413 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-2, +77. | Round 8 | ![[photo of Joanne Cohen]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/c/cohen_joanne.jpg)
| Slankard played #21 Joanne Cohen (Owings Mills, MD) and won 473 to 397 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-2, +153. | Round 9 | ![[photo of Emely Weissman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/weissman_emely.jpg)
| Slankard played #134 Emely Weissman (Menlo Park, CA) and won 459 to 286 (a spread of 173). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-2, +326. | Round 10 | ![[photo of David J Engelhardt]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/e/engelhardt_david.jpeg)
| Slankard played #37 David Engelhardt (Baltimore, MD) and lost 363 to 421 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-3, +268. | Round 11 | ![[photo of Paul Izikoff]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/i/izikoff_paul.jpg)
| Slankard played #67 Paul Izikoff (Miami, FL) and lost 408 to 449 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 7-4, +227. | Round 12 | ![[photo of David Whitley]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/whitley_david.jpg)
| Slankard played #135 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and won 392 to 342 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 8-4, +277. | Round 13 | ![[photo of Joe Bihlmeyer]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/bihlmeyer_joe_4.jpg)
| Slankard played #11 Joe Bihlmeyer (Durham, CT) and lost 331 to 368 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-5, +240. | Round 14 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Slankard played #115 Charles Smith (Durham, NC) and won 383 to 349 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 9-5, +274. | Round 15 | ![[photo of Stuart D Goldman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/goldman_stu.jpeg)
| Slankard played #49 Stuart Goldman (San Francisco, CA) and won 385 to 382 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 10-5, +277. | Round 16 | ![[photo of Evans Clinchy]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/c/clinchy_evans.jpg)
| Slankard played #20 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 437 to 480 (a spread of -43). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-6, +234. | Round 17 | ![[photo of Jeff Fiszbein]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/f/fiszbein_jeff_2.jpg)
| Slankard played #45 Jeff Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI) and lost 348 to 462 (a spread of -114). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 10-7, +120. | Round 18 | ![[photo of David Weiss]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/weiss_david_3.jpg)
| Slankard played #132 David Weiss (Billings, MT) and won 394 to 363 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 11-7, +151. | Round 19 | ![[photo of Kevin Leeds]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/leeds_kevin.jpg)
| Slankard played #77 Kevin Leeds (Austin, TX) and won 443 to 355 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 12-7, +239. | Round 20 | ![[photo of Brett Haughney]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/h/haughney_brett.jpg)
| Slankard played #55 Brett Haughney (Chicago, IL) and lost 343 to 459 (a spread of -116). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12-8, +123. | Round 21 | ![[photo of Roy Kamen]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/kamen_roy.jpeg)
| Slankard played #69 Roy Kamen (Covina, CA) and lost 406 to 552 (a spread of -146). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 12-9, -23. | Round 22 | ![[photo of Thavachai Thivavarnvongs]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/thivavarnvong_thavachai.jpeg)
| Slankard played #126 Thavachai Thivavarnvongs (Thailand) and lost 334 to 367 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 12-10, -56. | Round 23 | ![[photo of Martin Weisskopf]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/weisskopf_martin.jpg)
| Slankard played #133 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 360 to 355 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 13-10, -51. | Round 24 | ![[photo of Adrian Mannella]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/m/manella_adrian.jpeg)
| Slankard played #84 Adrian Mannella (Chicago, IL) and won 398 to 330 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 14-10, +17. | Round 25 | ![[photo of Judy Horn]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/h/horn_judy.jpg)
| Slankard played #63 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and won 483 to 369 (a spread of 114). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 15-10, +131. | Round 26 | ![[photo of Bradley Whitmarsh]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/whitmarsh_bradley_2.jpg)
| Slankard played #136 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 338 to 489 (a spread of -151). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 15-11, -20. | Round 27 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Slankard played #76 Curtis Lee (Jacksonville, FL) and won 440 to 335 (a spread of 105). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 16-11, +85. | Round 28 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Slankard played #38 Bob Enszer (Saginaw, MI) again and lost 385 to 454 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 16-12, +16. |
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