The 2013 Scrabble Champions Tournament (Open 1)

December 4–6, 2013

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SCTI 2013 Open 1: John Barker [#27]

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On this page, you will find information about John Barker, who is competing at the 2013 Scrabble Champions Tournament: Open 1. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 9.5-8.5, -312, and is ranked #17.

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): Barker Home: Sydney, Australia Awards: 1996 NSW Champion Hobbies: Travel, Reading, Fitness SCTI 2013 Team: Australia

Round by Round
High score: 506 Average for: 397 Average against: 414
Round 1	Scotland	Barker played #12 Ray Tate (Sco) and won 429 to 427 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 1-0, +2.
Round 2	England	Barker played #7 Christopher Vicary (Eng) and lost 327 to 407 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 1-1, -78.
Round 3	New Zealand	Barker played #40 Cicely Bruce (NZL) and lost 232 to 515 (a spread of -283). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 1-2, -361.
Round 4	New Zealand	Barker played #43 Lewis Hawkins (NZL) and won 380 to 355 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 2-2, -336.
Round 5	United States	Barker played #37 Robert Linn (USA) and lost 358 to 542 (a spread of -184). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 2-3, -520.
Round 6	Canada	Barker played #35 Jesse Matthews (CAN) and lost 436 to 460 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 2-4, -544.
Round 7	Australia	Barker played #44 Sue-Ellen Cooper (AUS) and won 506 to 423 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 3-4, -461.
Round 8	United States	Barker played #18 Jean McArthur (USA) and won 416 to 389 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-4, -434.
Round 9	England	Barker played #31 Sree Sukumar (Eng) and won 436 to 370 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-4, -368.
Round 10	England	Barker played #8 Sandie Simonis (Eng) and lost 351 to 428 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-5, -445.
Round 11	England	Barker played #34 Beverley Robertshaw (Eng) and lost 347 to 374 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 5-6, -472.
Round 12	Ireland	Barker played #25 Eileen Meghen (IRL) and won 458 to 401 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 6-6, -415.
Round 13	England	Barker played #19 Margaret Staunton (Eng) and tied at 379. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 6.5-6.5, -415.
Round 14	Israel	Barker played #21 Naomi Landau (ISR) and won 460 to 421 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7.5-6.5, -376.
Round 15	England	Barker played #15 Elisabeth Jardine (Eng) and lost 389 to 428 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 7.5-7.5, -415.
Round 16	Canada	Barker played #10 Andrew Golding (CAN) and lost 347 to 438 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7.5-8.5, -506.
Round 17	Israel	Barker played #41 Nancy Alroy (ISR) and won 468 to 304 (a spread of 164). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8.5-8.5, -342.
Round 18	Poland	Barker played #28 Ewa Kondracka (POL) and won 421 to 391 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 9.5-8.5, -312.

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