NSC 2010: Chris Lipe [#54]

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On this page, you will find information about Chris Lipe, 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 19-12, +568, and is ranked #13 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): Chris Surname(s): Lipe Home: Rome, NY, United States Hobbies: playing saxophone

Round by Round
High score: 519 Average for: 418 Average against: 399
Round 1		Lipe played #84 Juraj Pivovarov (Calgary AB) and won 472 to 310 (a spread of 162). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 1-0, +162.
Round 2		Lipe played #112 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and won 476 to 295 (a spread of 181). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 2-0, +343.
Round 3		Lipe played #13 Ian Weinstein (Coral Springs, FL) and won 514 to 404 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-0, +453.
Round 4		Lipe played #29 Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN) and won 456 to 399 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 4-0, +510.
Round 5		Lipe played #4 Kenji Matsumoto (Amherst, MA) and won 495 to 438 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 5-0, +567.
Round 6		Lipe played #25 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and won 488 to 386 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 6-0, +669.
Round 7		Lipe played #9 Orry Swift (Dayton, TX) and lost 347 to 494 (a spread of -147). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-1, +522.
Round 8		Lipe played #22 Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (Moraga, CA) and won 379 to 376 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-1, +525.
Round 9		Lipe played #31 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and lost 325 to 367 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-2, +483.
Round 10		Lipe played #17 John OLaughlin (Boston, MA) and lost 352 to 524 (a spread of -172). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-3, +311.
Round 11		Lipe played #63 Cecilia Le (Boston, MA) and lost 347 to 450 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 7-4, +208.
Round 12		Lipe played #30 Will Anderson (Croton, NY) and won 418 to 388 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 8-4, +238.
Round 13		Lipe played #8 Eric Tran (Calgary AB) and won 427 to 383 (a spread of 44). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-4, +282.
Round 14		Lipe played #74 Mike Baron (Corrales, NM) and won 465 to 391 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 10-4, +356.
Round 15		Lipe played #5 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and lost 441 to 488 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 10-5, +309.
Round 16		Lipe played #1 Nigel Richards (Malaysia) and lost 370 to 478 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 10-6, +201. Lipe is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Lipe played #19 Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) and lost 352 to 566 (a spread of -214). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 10-7, -13.
Round 18		Lipe played #44 Trip Payne (Boca Raton, FL) and won 428 to 427 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 11-7, -12.
Round 19		Lipe played #64 Dielle Saldanha (Richmond BC) and won 481 to 326 (a spread of 155). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 12-7, +143.
Round 20		Lipe played #7 Peter Armstrong (Milwaukee, WI) and won 354 to 289 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 13-7, +208.
Round 21		Lipe played #20 Andrew Solomon (Barrington, IL) and won 457 to 422 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 14-7, +243.
Round 22		Lipe played #42 Nigel Peltier (Seattle, WA) and won 519 to 343 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 15-7, +419. Lipe is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Lipe played #42 Nigel Peltier (Seattle, WA) again and lost 394 to 460 (a spread of -66). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 15-8, +353.
Round 24		Lipe played #11 Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) and won 422 to 374 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 16-8, +401.
Round 25		Lipe played #45 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 311 to 342 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 16-9, +370.
Round 26		Lipe played #74 Mike Baron (Corrales, NM) again and won 503 to 304 (a spread of 199). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 17-9, +569.
Round 27		Lipe played #9 Orry Swift (Dayton, TX) again and lost 390 to 420 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 17-10, +539.
Round 28		Lipe played #1 Nigel Richards (Malaysia) again and lost 335 to 403 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 17-11, +471.
Round 29		Lipe played #92 Jeff Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI) and lost 352 to 472 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 17-12, +351.
Round 30		Lipe played #4 Kenji Matsumoto (Amherst, MA) again and won 432 to 347 (a spread of 85). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 18-12, +436.
Round 31		Lipe played #11 Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) again and won 449 to 317 (a spread of 132). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 19-12, +568.

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