NSC 2010: Flora Taylor [#6]

[ Congratulations to Nigel Richards, the 2010 National SCRABBLE Champion. Complete lists of prizewinners can be found under Standings above. ]

On this page, you will find information about Flora Taylor, 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 24-7, +1697, and is ranked #2 in Division 5.

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): Flora Surname(s): Taylor Home: Hillsborough, NC, United States

Round by Round
High score: 534 Average for: 400 Average against: 345
Round 1		Taylor played #33 John Lauck (Hermiston, OR) and won 416 to 279 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +137.
Round 2		Taylor played #32 Jean Trotman (West Memphis, AR) and won 363 to 313 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 2-0, +187.
Round 3		Taylor played #16 Annie Adkins (Waukomis, OK) and won 352 to 341 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 3-0, +198.
Round 4		Taylor played #9 Marla Riff (Boynton Beach, FL) and won 419 to 398 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-0, +219. Taylor is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Taylor played #2 Ted Barrett (JQXZ, NJ) and won 416 to 288 (a spread of 128). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 5-0, +347.
Round 6		Taylor played #23 Cathy Poole (Winston-Salem, NC) and lost 321 to 363 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 5-1, +305.
Round 7		Taylor played #1 Nancy Bratcher (Lavon, TX) and lost 305 to 436 (a spread of -131). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5-2, +174.
Round 8		Taylor played #10 Emily Lichtman (New York, NY) and won 417 to 415 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-2, +176.
Round 9		Taylor played #13 Josephine Flowers (West Memphis, AR) and won 515 to 259 (a spread of 256). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 7-2, +432.
Round 10		Taylor played #26 Richard Bell (St. Louis, MO) and won 393 to 294 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 8-2, +531.
Round 11		Taylor played #22 Phyllis Spence (Tuscon, AZ) and lost 302 to 376 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 8-3, +457.
Round 12		Taylor played #5 Hannah Lieberman (Charlotte, NC) and won 406 to 327 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 9-3, +536. Taylor is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Taylor played #27 Katherine Rybak (Evansville, IN) and won 370 to 359 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 10-3, +547.
Round 14		Taylor played #12 Gerianne Abriano (Staten Island, NY) and won 456 to 298 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 11-3, +705. Taylor is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Taylor played #4 Jayne Boniface (Centennial, CO) and won 436 to 361 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 12-3, +780. Taylor is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Taylor played #3 Jack Allard (Pryor Creek, OK) and won 534 to 268 (a spread of 266). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 13-3, +1046. Taylor is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Taylor played #1 Nancy Bratcher (Lavon, TX) again and won 419 to 313 (a spread of 106). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 14-3, +1152.
Round 18		Taylor played #19 Dan Horowitz (Wilmington, DE) and won 327 to 266 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 15-3, +1213.
Round 19		Taylor played #3 Jack Allard (Pryor Creek, OK) again and won 442 to 351 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 16-3, +1304.
Round 20		Taylor played #2 Ted Barrett (JQXZ, NJ) again and lost 436 to 484 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 16-4, +1256. Taylor is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Taylor played #12 Gerianne Abriano (Staten Island, NY) again and won 376 to 296 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 17-4, +1336.
Round 22		Taylor played #19 Dan Horowitz (Wilmington, DE) again and lost 285 to 380 (a spread of -95). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 17-5, +1241.
Round 23		Taylor played #23 Cathy Poole (Winston-Salem, NC) again and won 405 to 362 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 18-5, +1284.
Round 24		Taylor played #5 Hannah Lieberman (Charlotte, NC) again and won 362 to 331 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 19-5, +1315.
Round 25		Taylor played #24 Paul Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and won 436 to 427 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 20-5, +1324.
Round 26		Taylor played #33 John Lauck (Hermiston, OR) again and won 434 to 336 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 21-5, +1422.
Round 27		Taylor played #8 Israr Ahmad (Ajax ON) and lost 371 to 431 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 21-6, +1362.
Round 28		Taylor played #19 Dan Horowitz (Wilmington, DE) for the third time and won 449 to 325 (a spread of 124). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 22-6, +1486.
Round 29		Taylor played #2 Ted Barrett (JQXZ, NJ) for the third time and won 463 to 364 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 23-6, +1585.
Round 30		Taylor played #2 Ted Barrett (JQXZ, NJ) for the fourth time and won 442 to 265 (a spread of 177). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 24-6, +1762.
Round 31		Taylor played #2 Ted Barrett (JQXZ, NJ) for the fifth time and lost 327 to 392 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 24-7, +1697.

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