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NSC 2012: Martin DeMello [#29]
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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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