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NSC 2012: Martin DeMello [#29]
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Congratulations to Nigel Richards, the 2012 National SCRABBLE Champion. This is Nigel's fourth title, and third consecutive one. The site will continue to be updated and corrected throughout the rest of the day.
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On this page, you will find information about
Martin DeMello, 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 16-15, +244, and is ranked
#24 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 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Given name(s): Martin Surname(s): DeMello Home: San Francisco, CA, United States |
Round by Round | High score: 539 Average for: 416 Average against: 410 | Round 1 | ![[photo of Tony Leah]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/leah_tony.jpg)
| DeMello played #11 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and won 449 to 362 (a spread of 87). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-0, +87. | Round 2 | ![[photo of David Koenig]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/koenig_david_2.jpg)
| DeMello played #5 David Koenig (Silver Spring, MD) and lost 354 to 484 (a spread of -130). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 1-1, -43. | Round 3 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| DeMello played #39 Pat Schuberg (Australia) and won 501 to 364 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-1, +94. | Round 4 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| DeMello played #37 Ezekiel Markwei (Miramar, FL) and lost 317 to 478 (a spread of -161). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-2, -67. | Round 5 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| DeMello played #27 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and lost 397 to 413 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 2-3, -83. | Round 6 | ![[photo of Steve Polatnick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/polatnick_steve.jpg)
| DeMello played #14 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 479 to 401 (a spread of 78). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-3, -5. DeMello is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 7 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| DeMello played #23 Marcia Richards (Centreville, VA) and lost 374 to 429 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 3-4, -60. DeMello is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 8 | ![[photo of Jeremy Hildebrand]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/hildebrand_jeremy.jpg)
| DeMello played #25 Jeremy Hildebrand (Ottawa ON) and lost 363 to 386 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 3-5, -83. DeMello is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 9 | ![[photo of Cedric Lewis]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/lewis_cedric.jpg)
| DeMello played #36 Cedric Lewis (State College, PA) and won 407 to 299 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 4-5, +25. | Round 10 | ![[photo of Wendell Haynes]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/haynes_wendell.jpg)
| DeMello played #35 Wendell Haynes (Loxahatchee, FL) and lost 366 to 514 (a spread of -148). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 4-6, -123. | Round 11 | ![[photo of Zbigniew Wieckowski]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wieckowski_zbigniew.jpg)
| DeMello played #32 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 445 to 331 (a spread of 114). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 5-6, -9. | Round 12 | ![[photo of Laurie Cohen]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cohen_laurie.jpg)
| DeMello played #10 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and won 539 to 404 (a spread of 135). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-6, +126. | Round 13 | ![[photo of Winter Zxqkj]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/z/zxqkj_winter.jpg)
| DeMello played #19 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 401 to 494 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 6-7, +33. | Round 14 | ![[photo of John Van Pelt]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/v/vanpelt_john.jpg)
| DeMello played #21 John Van Pelt (Centreville, VA) and lost 384 to 400 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 6-8, +17. DeMello is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 15 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| DeMello played #38 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and won 486 to 339 (a spread of 147). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 7-8, +164. DeMello is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 16 | | DeMello recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 8-8, +214. | Round 17 | ![[photo of Daniel Milton]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/milton_daniel.jpg)
| DeMello played #30 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and lost 366 to 379 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 8-9, +201. | Round 18 | ![[photo of Andrew Golding]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/g/golding_andrew_3.jpg)
| DeMello played #20 Andrew Golding (Verdun QC) and lost 387 to 422 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-10, +166. | Round 19 | ![[photo of Eric Kinderman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kinderman_eric.jpg)
| DeMello played #26 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 455 to 417 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-10, +204. | Round 20 | ![[photo of Sandy Nang]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/n/nang_sandy.jpg)
| DeMello played #28 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and lost 361 to 368 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 9-11, +197. | Round 21 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| DeMello played #34 Susan Gordon (Australia) and won 451 to 275 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-11, +373. | Round 22 | ![[photo of Joel Wapnick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wapnick_joel_2.jpg)
| DeMello played #7 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 372 to 514 (a spread of -142). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-12, +231. | Round 23 | ![[photo of Orlet Bullock]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bullock_orlet.jpg)
| DeMello played #33 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and won 420 to 356 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 11-12, +295. | Round 24 | ![[photo of Emanuel Chicoine]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/chicoine_emanuel.jpeg)
| DeMello played #15 Emanuel Chicoine (Montreal QC) and lost 285 to 506 (a spread of -221). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 11-13, +74. DeMello is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 25 | ![[photo of Matthew Bernardina]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bernardina_matthew.jpg)
| DeMello played #4 Matthew Bernardina (Durham, NC) and won 448 to 368 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12-13, +154. | Round 26 | ![[photo of Puneet Sharma]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sharma_puneet.jpg)
| DeMello played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and lost 389 to 476 (a spread of -87). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12-14, +67. | Round 27 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| DeMello played #37 Ezekiel Markwei (Miramar, FL) again and won 485 to 414 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 13-14, +138. | Round 28 | ![[photo of John OLaughlin]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/o_laughlin_john.jpg)
| DeMello played #12 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 373 to 522 (a spread of -149). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 13-15, -11. | Round 29 | ![[photo of Wendell Haynes]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/haynes_wendell.jpg)
| DeMello played #35 Wendell Haynes (Loxahatchee, FL) again and won 457 to 395 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 14-15, +51. | Round 30 | ![[photo of Mark Kenas]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kenas_mark.jpg)
| DeMello played #9 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and won 489 to 330 (a spread of 159). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 15-15, +210. | Round 31 | ![[photo of Sandy Nang]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/n/nang_sandy.jpg)
| DeMello played #28 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) again and won 484 to 450 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 16-15, +244. |
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