NSC 2012: Joel Wapnick [#7]

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On this page, you will find information about Joel Wapnick, who is competing at the 2012 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, +972, and is ranked #3 in Division CSW.

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): Joel Surname(s): Wapnick Home: Montreal, QC, Canada Awards: 1999 World Champion; 1983 North American Champion; 1998 Canadian Champion Hobbies: Fiction writing Occupation: university professor

Round by Round
High score: 554 Average for: 443 Average against: 412
Round 1		Wapnick played #33 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and lost 394 to 401 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 0-1, -7.
Round 2		Wapnick played #28 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and won 528 to 336 (a spread of 192). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-1, +185.
Round 3		Wapnick played #12 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and won 499 to 326 (a spread of 173). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 2-1, +358.
Round 4		Wapnick played #13 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 427 to 509 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-2, +276.
Round 5		Wapnick played #35 Wendell Haynes (Loxahatchee, FL) and lost 434 to 517 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-3, +193.
Round 6		Wapnick played #36 Cedric Lewis (State College, PA) and won 454 to 395 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-3, +252.
Round 7		Wapnick played #20 Andrew Golding (Verdun QC) and lost 378 to 565 (a spread of -187). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 3-4, +65. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Wapnick played #37 Ezekiel Markwei (Miramar, FL) and won 471 to 428 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 4-4, +108. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Wapnick played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 494 to 378 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 5-4, +224.
Round 10		Wapnick played #25 Jeremy Hildebrand (Ottawa ON) and lost 338 to 452 (a spread of -114). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 5-5, +110.
Round 11		Wapnick played #19 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 467 to 399 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-5, +178.
Round 12		Wapnick played #15 Emanuel Chicoine (Montreal QC) and won 460 to 394 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-5, +244.
Round 13		Wapnick played #17 Bob Lipton (Vero Beach, FL) and won 465 to 308 (a spread of 157). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-5, +401.
Round 14		Wapnick played #6 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and won 467 to 409 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 9-5, +459.
Round 15		Wapnick played #3 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and lost 418 to 470 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-6, +407.
Round 16		Wapnick played #4 Matthew Bernardina (Durham, NC) and lost 423 to 437 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9-7, +393.
Round 17		Wapnick played #1 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and lost 392 to 507 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9-8, +278. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Wapnick played #9 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 419 to 538 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 9-9, +159.
Round 19		Wapnick played #38 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and won 554 to 360 (a spread of 194). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 10-9, +353.
Round 20		Wapnick recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #15. Current record: 11-9, +403.
Round 21		Wapnick played #11 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 412 to 466 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 11-10, +349.
Round 22		Wapnick played #29 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and won 514 to 372 (a spread of 142). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12-10, +491.
Round 23		Wapnick played #39 Pat Schuberg (Australia) and won 387 to 344 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 13-10, +534.
Round 24		Wapnick played #32 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 377 to 353 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-10, +558.
Round 25		Wapnick played #5 David Koenig (Silver Spring, MD) and lost 479 to 489 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 14-11, +548. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26		Wapnick played #30 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and won 398 to 372 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 15-11, +574.
Round 27		Wapnick played #22 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 515 to 321 (a spread of 194). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 16-11, +768.
Round 28		Wapnick played #34 Susan Gordon (Australia) and won 400 to 322 (a spread of 78). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 17-11, +846.
Round 29		Wapnick played #18 Ben Withers (Houston, TX) and won 445 to 440 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 18-11, +851.
Round 30		Wapnick played #14 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 414 to 341 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 19-11, +924.
Round 31		Wapnick played #2 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and won 460 to 412 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 20-11, +972.

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