NSC 2009: Webster Phillips [#79]

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On this page, you will find information about Webster Phillips, 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 14-17, +463, and is ranked #84 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): Webster Surname(s): Phillips Home: Montclair, NJ, USA

Round by Round
High score: 532 Average for: 405 Average against: 390
Round 1		Phillips played #59 Greg Heidler (Waialua, HI) and lost 398 to 500 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #105. Current record: 0-1, -102.
Round 2		Phillips played #26 Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) and won 461 to 272 (a spread of 189). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 1-1, +87. Phillips is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Phillips played #102 Joel Elkins (Los Angeles, CA) and won 532 to 362 (a spread of 170). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-1, +257.
Round 4		Phillips played #111 Robert Gillis (OXR, AL) and won 478 to 277 (a spread of 201). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 3-1, +458.
Round 5		Phillips played #5 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and won 461 to 363 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 4-1, +556.
Round 6		Phillips played #46 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 405 to 415 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-2, +546.
Round 7		Phillips played #17 Kenji Matsumoto (Amherst, MA) and won 470 to 405 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-2, +611.
Round 8		Phillips played #19 Sammy Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) and lost 317 to 484 (a spread of -167). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 5-3, +444.
Round 9		Phillips played #35 Cesar Del Solar (Redondo Beach, CA) and won 479 to 305 (a spread of 174). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 6-3, +618.
Round 10		Phillips played #84 Michael Baker (Porland, OR) and lost 341 to 449 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-4, +510.
Round 11		Phillips played #2 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 323 to 412 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 6-5, +421.
Round 12		Phillips played #9 Orry Swift (Dayton, TX) and won 443 to 352 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 7-5, +512.
Round 13		Phillips played #58 Ross Brown (Kanata ON) and won 369 to 269 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-5, +612.
Round 14		Phillips played #34 Christopher Sykes (Cambridge ON) and lost 399 to 407 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 8-6, +604.
Round 15		Phillips played #85 Keith Smith (Austin, TX) and won 341 to 340 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 9-6, +605.
Round 16		Phillips played #30 Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) and lost 426 to 446 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 9-7, +585. Phillips is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Phillips played #55 Alan Helfgott (Chicago, IL) and lost 357 to 370 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 9-8, +572.
Round 18		Phillips played #83 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and won 489 to 336 (a spread of 153). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 10-8, +725.
Round 19		Phillips played #37 Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD) and won 499 to 382 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 11-8, +842.
Round 20		Phillips played #103 Charles Reinke (Middleton, WI) and won 449 to 333 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 12-8, +958.
Round 21		Phillips played #48 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and lost 327 to 473 (a spread of -146). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 12-9, +812.
Round 22		Phillips played #16 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and lost 350 to 444 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 12-10, +718.
Round 23		Phillips played #68 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and won 403 to 373 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 13-10, +748.
Round 24		Phillips played #3 Nathan Benedict (Tucson, AZ) and lost 399 to 468 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 13-11, +679.
Round 25		Phillips played #52 Ben Withers (Houston, TX) and lost 406 to 414 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 13-12, +671.
Round 26		Phillips played #104 Stan Miranda (Albuquerque, NM) and lost 336 to 405 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 13-13, +602.
Round 27		Phillips played #95 Dave Leifer (Atlanta, GA) and lost 355 to 389 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 13-14, +568.
Round 28		Phillips played #73 Rachel Knapp (Tustin, CA) and lost 382 to 403 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 13-15, +547.
Round 29		Phillips played #86 Randy Hersom (Morganton, NC) and won 416 to 383 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 14-15, +580.
Round 30		Phillips played #66 Will Nediger (London ON) and lost 406 to 408 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #74. Current record: 14-16, +578.
Round 31		Phillips played #121 Scott Jackson (Milwaukee, WI) and lost 345 to 460 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 14-17, +463.

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