NSC 2009: Rod MacNeil [#16]

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On this page, you will find information about Rod MacNeil, who is competing at the 2009 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 18-13, +1121, and is ranked #18 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
	Given name(s): Rod Surname(s): MacNeil Home: Cambridge, MA, USA Awards: 2008 Can-Am, 2007 WSC Hobbies: Fantasy Football, Travel, Movies, Sounders FC, Red Sox Nation Occupation: Architectural

Round by Round
High score: 591 Average for: 427 Average against: 391
Round 1		MacNeil played #119 Keith Hagel (Waterville, ME) and lost 357 to 370 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #68. Current record: 0-1, -13.
Round 2		MacNeil played #84 Michael Baker (Porland, OR) and won 456 to 307 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 1-1, +136.
Round 3		MacNeil played #36 Win Inthara (Orlando, FL) and won 419 to 393 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 2-1, +162.
Round 4		MacNeil played #118 Jeff Martin (Albuquerque, NM) and won 520 to 372 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 3-1, +310.
Round 5		MacNeil played #81 Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) and won 460 to 395 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-1, +375.
Round 6		MacNeil played #48 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and lost 371 to 407 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 4-2, +339.
Round 7		MacNeil played #7 Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA) and lost 386 to 461 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 4-3, +264. MacNeil is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		MacNeil played #57 Maddy Kamen (Covina, CA) and won 451 to 384 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 5-3, +331.
Round 9		MacNeil played #120 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and won 441 to 364 (a spread of 77). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-3, +408.
Round 10		MacNeil played #33 Jerry Lerman (San Francisco, CA) and lost 420 to 455 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 6-4, +373.
Round 11		MacNeil played #35 Cesar Del Solar (Redondo Beach, CA) and won 393 to 385 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-4, +381.
Round 12		MacNeil played #17 Kenji Matsumoto (Amherst, MA) and lost 505 to 519 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7-5, +367.
Round 13		MacNeil played #50 Jeff Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI) and won 460 to 345 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-5, +482.
Round 14		MacNeil played #3 Nathan Benedict (Tucson, AZ) and lost 408 to 461 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-6, +429.
Round 15		MacNeil played #60 Andrew Solomon (Barrington, IL) and won 421 to 420 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 9-6, +430. MacNeil is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		MacNeil played #58 Ross Brown (Kanata ON) and lost 361 to 372 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 9-7, +419.
Round 17		MacNeil played #51 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 458 to 326 (a spread of 132). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 10-7, +551.
Round 18		MacNeil played #41 Mike Baron (Corrales, NM) and won 575 to 344 (a spread of 231). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 11-7, +782.
Round 19		MacNeil played #42 Robert Quigley (New York, NY) and lost 386 to 392 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 11-8, +776.
Round 20		MacNeil played #68 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and won 410 to 394 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12-8, +792.
Round 21		MacNeil played #52 Ben Withers (Houston, TX) and lost 381 to 441 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 12-9, +732.
Round 22		MacNeil played #79 Webster Phillips (Montclair, NJ) and won 444 to 350 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 13-9, +826.
Round 23		MacNeil played #30 Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) and lost 442 to 443 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 13-10, +825.
Round 24		MacNeil played #12 Ian Weinstein (Coral Springs, FL) and lost 346 to 366 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 13-11, +805.
Round 25		MacNeil played #49 Nawapadol Sayavesa (THA) and lost 356 to 457 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 13-12, +704.
Round 26		MacNeil played #23 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and won 418 to 390 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 14-12, +732.
Round 27		MacNeil played #38 Lisa Odom (St Louis Park, MN) and lost 361 to 475 (a spread of -114). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 14-13, +618.
Round 28		MacNeil played #99 Kelly McKenzie (Newport, KY) and won 497 to 329 (a spread of 168). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 15-13, +786.
Round 29		MacNeil played #47 Max Panitch (Toronto ON) and won 591 to 290 (a spread of 301). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 16-13, +1087.
Round 30		MacNeil played #15 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and won 359 to 358 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 17-13, +1088.
Round 31		MacNeil played #30 Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) again and won 395 to 362 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 18-13, +1121.

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