NSC 2010: John Dalton [#45]

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On this page, you will find information about John Dalton, who is competing at the 2010 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 20-11, +857, and is ranked #5 in Division 2.

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): John Surname(s): Dalton Home: Dallas, TX, United States

Round by Round
High score: 575 Average for: 404 Average against: 376
Round 1		Dalton played #39 Bradley Robbins (Windham, NH) and lost 330 to 442 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #77. Current record: 0-1, -112.
Round 2		Dalton played #4 Chad Hopper (Austin, TX) and won 393 to 348 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 1-1, -67.
Round 3		Dalton played #87 Broderick Larkins (New Orleans, LA) and won 395 to 340 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 2-1, -12.
Round 4		Dalton played #55 Robin Lewis (Houston, TX) and won 387 to 329 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-1, +46.
Round 5		Dalton played #68 Connie Creed (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 396 to 430 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 3-2, +12.
Round 6		Dalton played #48 Arun Methaset (Thailand) and won 424 to 327 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 4-2, +109.
Round 7		Dalton played #38 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and lost 266 to 483 (a spread of -217). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 4-3, -108.
Round 8		Dalton played #11 Nathan James (Mount Pleasant, SC) and won 418 to 369 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 5-3, -59.
Round 9		Dalton played #32 John Fultz (Savoy, IL) and won 388 to 334 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 6-3, -5.
Round 10		Dalton played #5 Joey Krafchick (Roswell, GA) and won 393 to 362 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 7-3, +26.
Round 11		Dalton played #58 Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR) and won 575 to 261 (a spread of 314). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-3, +340.
Round 12		Dalton played #26 Mark Fidler (Waltham, MA) and lost 346 to 445 (a spread of -99). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-4, +241.
Round 13		Dalton played #8 Scott Garner (Memphis, TN) and lost 325 to 446 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8-5, +120.
Round 14		Dalton played #35 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and lost 311 to 379 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 8-6, +52.
Round 15		Dalton played #27 Tim Anglin (Toronto ON) and won 369 to 357 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 9-6, +64.
Round 16		Dalton played #46 Tony Cook (Austin, TX) and won 409 to 376 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 10-6, +97.
Round 17		Dalton played #16 Steve Pellinen (St Louis Park, MN) and lost 409 to 487 (a spread of -78). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10-7, +19.
Round 18		Dalton played #53 Lila Crotty (Metairie, LA) and won 399 to 279 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 11-7, +139.
Round 19		Dalton played #10 Sam Hollington (St. Catharines ON) and lost 407 to 416 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 11-8, +130.
Round 20		Dalton played #13 Scott Pianowski (Berkley, MI) and won 514 to 259 (a spread of 255). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12-8, +385.
Round 21		Dalton played #54 Liz Gottlin (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 413 to 389 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-8, +409.
Round 22		Dalton played #76 Carole Denton (New Carrollton, MD) and won 489 to 338 (a spread of 151). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-8, +560.
Round 23		Dalton played #73 Harriette Lakernick (Chicago, IL) and won 424 to 293 (a spread of 131). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 15-8, +691.
Round 24		Dalton played #18 Kurt Davies (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 397 to 381 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 16-8, +707.
Round 25		Dalton played #1 Roy Kamen (Covina, CA) and won 429 to 424 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 17-8, +712.
Round 26		Dalton played #15 Scott Leifer (Middleboro, MA) and won 565 to 327 (a spread of 238). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 18-8, +950.
Round 27		Dalton played #36 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 389 to 379 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 19-8, +960.
Round 28		Dalton played #8 Scott Garner (Memphis, TN) again and lost 398 to 403 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19-9, +955.
Round 29		Dalton played #15 Scott Leifer (Middleboro, MA) again and won 408 to 307 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 20-9, +1056.
Round 30		Dalton played #31 Stephen Sneed (Fort Worth, TX) and lost 430 to 539 (a spread of -109). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 20-10, +947.
Round 31		Dalton played #31 Stephen Sneed (Fort Worth, TX) again and lost 332 to 422 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 20-11, +857.

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