NSC 2008: Geoff Thevenot [#100]

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On this page, you will find information about Geoff Thevenot, who is competing at the 2008 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 16.5-11.5, +662, and is ranked #19 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

[photo of Geoff Thevenot]

Given name(s): Geoff
Surname(s): Thevenot
Home: Austin, TX, United States
Awards: 2006 US Scrabble Open (runner-up); member of U.S. team at 2007 CanAm
Hobbies: music, tennis, reading
Occupation: Copy Editor
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 122/172, 13-17 +231
NSC 2005 Division: 1
NSC 2005 Rank: 43/87, 14-14 +220
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 2/76, 19- 9 +1310

Round by Round
High score: 588 Average for: 426 Average against: 403
Round 1		Thevenot played #93 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and won 588 to 311 (a spread of 277). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 1-0, +277.
Round 2		Thevenot played #41 Vernon Jones (Winter Haven, FL) and won 402 to 341 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 2-0, +338.
Round 3		Thevenot played #98 Orry Swift (Waco, TX) and lost 404 to 445 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 2-1, +297.
Round 4		Thevenot played #28 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 384 to 513 (a spread of -129). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 2-2, +168.
Round 5		Thevenot played #106 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 421 to 337 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 3-2, +252.
Round 6		Thevenot played #8 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and won 434 to 431 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 4-2, +255.
Round 7		Thevenot played #55 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and lost 458 to 467 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-3, +246.
Round 8		Thevenot played #25 Daniel Fogel (Newton, MA) and lost 441 to 463 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 4-4, +224.
Round 9		Thevenot played #82 Jeff Reeves (Woodworth, LA) and lost 376 to 443 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 4-5, +157.
Round 10		Thevenot played #79 Mark Przybyszewski (Depew, NY) and lost 365 to 468 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 4-6, +54.
Round 11		Thevenot played #33 Randy Greenspan (Buffalo, NY) and won 437 to 339 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 5-6, +152.
Round 12		Thevenot played #17 Edward De Guzman (Urbana, IL) and won 428 to 347 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 6-6, +233.
Round 13		Thevenot played #89 Dielle Saldanha (Richmond BC) and won 409 to 391 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 7-6, +251.
Round 14		Thevenot played #63 Louie Muller (Newcastle, CA) and won 539 to 349 (a spread of 190). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-6, +441.
Round 15		Thevenot played #6 Patricia Barrett (Houston, TX) and won 483 to 266 (a spread of 217). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 9-6, +658.
Round 16		Thevenot played #95 Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) and won 495 to 345 (a spread of 150). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10-6, +808.
Round 17		Thevenot played #94 Keith Smith (Austin, TX) and won 441 to 299 (a spread of 142). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-6, +950.
Round 18		Thevenot played #1 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and won 509 to 401 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 12-6, +1058.
Round 19		Thevenot played #7 Nathan Benedict (Tucson, AZ) and tied at 399. Current ranking: #10. Current record: 12.5-6.5, +1058.
Round 20		Thevenot played #97 Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) and won 458 to 393 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 13.5-6.5, +1123.
Round 21		Thevenot played #45 Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA) and lost 347 to 426 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13.5-7.5, +1044.
Round 22		Thevenot played #14 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and lost 309 to 503 (a spread of -194). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13.5-8.5, +850.
Round 23		Thevenot played #14 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) again and lost 430 to 484 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 13.5-9.5, +796.
Round 24		Thevenot played #52 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and lost 365 to 495 (a spread of -130). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 13.5-10.5, +666.
Round 25		Thevenot played #96 Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) and won 415 to 393 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 14.5-10.5, +688.
Round 26		Thevenot played #58 Kenji Matsumoto (Amherst, MA) and won 453 to 428 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 15.5-10.5, +713.
Round 27		Thevenot played #23 Paul Epstein (Keego Harbor, MI) and won 452 to 389 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 16.5-10.5, +776.
Round 28		Thevenot played #40 Carl Johnson (Hillsboro, OR) and lost 294 to 408 (a spread of -114). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 16.5-11.5, +662.

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