NSC 2010: Dave Wiegand [#2]

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On this page, you will find information about Dave Wiegand, who is competing at the 2010 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 20-11, +1389, and is ranked #5 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): Dave Surname(s): Wiegand Home: Portland, OR, United States Awards: (9th) 2001 WSC; (2nd) 1994 (3rd) 2000 (6th) 2002 NSC (1st) 2005 NSC; 2004-05 Seattle, WA; 2004-06 SWILLINS; 2004-09 Portland and numerous other Western US tournament Hobbies: Anagrams, hot sauce Occupation: Mortgage Underwriter

Round by Round
High score: 555 Average for: 441 Average against: 396
Round 1		Wiegand played #104 Froilan Mendoza (Jersey City, NJ) and won 515 to 383 (a spread of 132). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 1-0, +132. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Wiegand played #69 Rachel Knapp (Tustin, CA) and won 474 to 423 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 2-0, +183.
Round 3		Wiegand played #53 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) and lost 414 to 482 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 2-1, +115.
Round 4		Wiegand played #41 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and won 392 to 374 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 3-1, +133.
Round 5		Wiegand played #63 Cecilia Le (Boston, MA) and lost 438 to 446 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 3-2, +125.
Round 6		Wiegand played #55 Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) and won 471 to 421 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 4-2, +175.
Round 7		Wiegand played #95 Helen Joffe (Slidell, LA) and won 472 to 296 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 5-2, +351.
Round 8		Wiegand played #66 Robert Ellickson (New Haven, CT) and won 419 to 354 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 6-2, +416.
Round 9		Wiegand played #92 Jeff Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI) and won 510 to 280 (a spread of 230). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-2, +646.
Round 10		Wiegand played #25 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and won 542 to 245 (a spread of 297). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-2, +943.
Round 11		Wiegand played #1 Nigel Richards (Malaysia) and lost 379 to 504 (a spread of -125). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-3, +818.
Round 12		Wiegand played #5 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and won 415 to 377 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9-3, +856. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Wiegand played #17 John OLaughlin (Boston, MA) and won 449 to 328 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 10-3, +977.
Round 14		Wiegand played #9 Orry Swift (Dayton, TX) and won 485 to 472 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 11-3, +990.
Round 15		Wiegand played #11 Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) and won 467 to 342 (a spread of 125). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 12-3, +1115. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Wiegand played #44 Trip Payne (Boca Raton, FL) and won 486 to 415 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 13-3, +1186.
Round 17		Wiegand played #37 Chris Williams (Vancouver BC) and lost 412 to 426 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 13-4, +1172. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Wiegand played #20 Andrew Solomon (Barrington, IL) and won 495 to 372 (a spread of 123). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 14-4, +1295.
Round 19		Wiegand played #28 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and lost 424 to 473 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 14-5, +1246.
Round 20		Wiegand played #3 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) and lost 346 to 383 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 14-6, +1209.
Round 21		Wiegand played #11 Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) again and won 414 to 386 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 15-6, +1237.
Round 22		Wiegand played #9 Orry Swift (Dayton, TX) again and won 459 to 457 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 16-6, +1239. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Wiegand played #1 Nigel Richards (Malaysia) again and lost 418 to 443 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 16-7, +1214.
Round 24		Wiegand played #28 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) again and lost 435 to 488 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 16-8, +1161.
Round 25		Wiegand played #3 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) again and won 444 to 354 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 17-8, +1251. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26		Wiegand played #63 Cecilia Le (Boston, MA) again and won 555 to 397 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 18-8, +1409. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Wiegand played #5 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) again and lost 372 to 394 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 18-9, +1387. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Wiegand played #42 Nigel Peltier (Seattle, WA) and lost 355 to 433 (a spread of -78). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 18-10, +1309.
Round 29		Wiegand played #3 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) for the third time and won 417 to 371 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 19-10, +1355.
Round 30		Wiegand played #9 Orry Swift (Dayton, TX) for the third time and won 390 to 333 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 20-10, +1412.
Round 31		Wiegand played #3 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) for the fourth time and lost 400 to 423 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 20-11, +1389.

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