On this page, you will find information about
Maurice McParland, who is competing
at the 2014 Scrabble Champions Tournament.
This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time.
This player currently has a record of 11-13, -685, and is ranked
#78.
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.
Round by Round |
High score: 503 Average for: 385 Average against: 414 |
Round 1 | ![[photo of Waseem Khatri]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/khatri_waseem_3.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/pak.gif) Pakistan | McParland played #50 Waseem Khatri (PAK) and lost 268 to 522 (a spread of -254). Current ranking: #102. Current record: 0-1, -254. |
Round 2 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/eng.gif) England | McParland played #40 Graham Haigh (Eng) and won 464 to 405 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 1-1, -195. |
Round 3 | ![[photo of Neil Scott]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/scott_neil.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/sco.gif) Scotland | McParland played #89 Neil Scott (Sco) and lost 276 to 427 (a spread of -151). Current ranking: #85. Current record: 1-2, -346. |
Round 4 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/sco.gif) Scotland | McParland played #59 Ross Mackenzie (Sco) and lost 329 to 374 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #91. Current record: 1-3, -391. |
Round 5 | ![[photo of Abdullah Abbasi]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/a/abbasi_abdullah.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/pak.gif) Pakistan | McParland played #1 Abdullah Abbasi (PAK) and lost 290 to 521 (a spread of -231). Current ranking: #104. Current record: 1-4, -622. |
Round 6 | ![[photo of Cecilia Le]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/l/le_cecilia_2.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/usa.gif) United States | McParland played #109 Cecilia Le (USA) and won 398 to 378 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #95. Current record: 2-4, -602. |
Round 7 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/eng.gif) England | McParland played #86 Neil Rowley (Eng) and won 503 to 375 (a spread of 128). Current ranking: #79. Current record: 3-4, -474. |
Round 8 | ![[photo of Cornelia Guest]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/guest_cornelia_2.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/usa.gif) United States | McParland played #39 Cornelia Guest (USA) and lost 400 to 501 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #86. Current record: 3-5, -575. |
Round 9 | ![[photo of Dan Sandu]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/sandu_dan.jpeg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/rom.gif) Romania | McParland played #87 Dan Sandu (ROM) and won 415 to 374 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #76. Current record: 4-5, -534. |
Round 10 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/sco.gif) Scotland | McParland played #24 Chris Cummins (Sco) and lost 372 to 394 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 4-6, -556. |
Round 11 | ![[photo of Simon Gillam]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/g/gillam_simon_.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/sco.gif) Scotland | McParland played #37 Simon Gillam (Sco) and won 417 to 409 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 5-6, -548. |
Round 12 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/eng.gif) England | McParland played #71 Matthew Pinner (Eng) and lost 343 to 497 (a spread of -154). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 5-7, -702. |
Round 13 | ![[photo of Mohammad Sulaiman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/s/sulaiman_mohammad.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/are.gif) United Arab Emirates | McParland played #98 Mohammad Sulaiman (ARE) and lost 336 to 462 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #89. Current record: 5-8, -828. |
Round 14 | ![[photo of John Barker]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/b/barker_john.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/aus.gif) Australia | McParland played #11 John Barker (AUS) and won 468 to 303 (a spread of 165). Current ranking: #81. Current record: 6-8, -663. |
Round 15 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/eng.gif) England | McParland played #57 Ruth MacInerney (Eng) and won 340 to 319 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 7-8, -642. McParland is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 16 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/eng.gif) England | McParland played #106 Natalie Zolty (Eng) and lost 362 to 397 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #79. Current record: 7-9, -677. |
Round 17 | ![[photo of Ben Withers]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/withers_ben_3.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/usa.gif) United States | McParland played #105 Ben Withers (USA) and lost 401 to 467 (a spread of -66). Current ranking: #87. Current record: 7-10, -743. |
Round 18 | ![[photo of Sandy Nang]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/n/nang_sandy.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/usa.gif) United States | McParland played #65 Sandy Nang (USA) and won 435 to 380 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #80. Current record: 8-10, -688. |
Round 19 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/eng.gif) England | McParland played #63 John Mayhew (Eng) and won 386 to 375 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #73. Current record: 9-10, -677. |
Round 20 | ![[photo of Jason Keller]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/k/keller_jason.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/usa.gif) United States | McParland played #47 Jason Keller (USA) and lost 346 to 418 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #79. Current record: 9-11, -749. |
Round 21 | ![[photo of Jin Chor Tan]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/t/tan_jin_chor.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/mys.gif) Malaysia | McParland played #108 Jin Chor Tan (MYS) and lost 425 to 428 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 9-12, -752. |
Round 22 | ![[photo of Terry Kang Rau]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/w/withheld.gif)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/usa.gif) United States | McParland played #77 Terry Kang Rau (USA) and lost 395 to 420 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #89. Current record: 9-13, -777. |
Round 23 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/eng.gif) England | McParland played #82 Beverley Robertshaw (Eng) and won 407 to 398 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 10-13, -768. |
Round 24 | ![[photo of Gunnar Andersson]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/players/a/andersson_gunnar__1.jpg)
| ![[flag]](http://www.wscgames.com/images/flags/swe.gif) Sweden | McParland played #6 Gunnar Andersson (SWE) and won 465 to 382 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #78. Current record: 11-13, -685. |