The 2014 Scrabble Champions Tournament

November 19–23, 2014

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SCT 2014: John OLaughlin [#69]

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On this page, you will find information about John OLaughlin, 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 15-9, +1436, and is ranked #10.

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): OLaughlin Home: San Francisco, CA, United States Awards: Baltimore, MD Sep 2007 / BAT Premier 2011 Hobbies: music, computers, puzzles, food Occupation: Software Engineer SCT 2014 Team: United States

Round by Round
High score: 577 Average for: 452 Average against: 392
Round 1	England	OLaughlin played #22 Ian Coventry (Eng) and won 483 to 331 (a spread of 152). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 1-0, +152.
Round 2	Nigeria	OLaughlin played #3 Toke Aka (NGA) and lost 393 to 492 (a spread of -99). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 1-1, +53.
Round 3	United States	OLaughlin played #26 Jesse Day (USA) and lost 350 to 407 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 1-2, -4.
Round 4	Australia	OLaughlin played #95 Sharon Sorensen (AUS) and won 543 to 328 (a spread of 215). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 2-2, +211.
Round 5	United Arab Emirates	OLaughlin played #98 Mohammad Sulaiman (ARE) and lost 376 to 509 (a spread of -133). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 2-3, +78.
Round 6	England	OLaughlin played #40 Graham Haigh (Eng) and lost 429 to 502 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 2-4, +5.
Round 7	United States	OLaughlin played #73 Steve Polatnick (USA) and won 468 to 351 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 3-4, +122.
Round 8	England	OLaughlin played #74 Diane Pratesi (Eng) and won 512 to 322 (a spread of 190). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 4-4, +312.
Round 9	Northern Ireland	OLaughlin played #68 Nuala O'Rourke (NIr) and won 577 to 273 (a spread of 304). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 5-4, +616. OLaughlin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10	England	OLaughlin played #71 Matthew Pinner (Eng) and won 490 to 365 (a spread of 125). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 6-4, +741.
Round 11	Kenya	OLaughlin played #60 Fred Magu (KEN) and won 532 to 223 (a spread of 309). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 7-4, +1050. OLaughlin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12	Malaysia	OLaughlin played #10 Vannitha Balasingam (MYS) and lost 386 to 445 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7-5, +991.
Round 13	Northern Ireland	OLaughlin played #49 Rik Kennedy (NIr) and lost 349 to 362 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 7-6, +978.
Round 14	Australia	OLaughlin played #78 Alastair Richards (AUS) and won 496 to 322 (a spread of 174). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 8-6, +1152.
Round 15	England	OLaughlin played #58 Lewis Mackay (Eng) and won 447 to 375 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 9-6, +1224.
Round 16	England	OLaughlin played #51 Terry Kirk (Eng) and won 464 to 305 (a spread of 159). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10-6, +1383.
Round 17	England	OLaughlin played #102 David Webb (Eng) and won 504 to 355 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 11-6, +1532.
Round 18	England	OLaughlin played #90 Austin Shin (Eng) and won 417 to 372 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 12-6, +1577.
Round 19	Australia	OLaughlin played #32 David Eldar (AUS) and lost 389 to 566 (a spread of -177). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-7, +1400. OLaughlin is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (12 hits).
Round 20	England	OLaughlin played #93 Brett Smitheram (Eng) and lost 415 to 440 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 12-8, +1375.
Round 21	Sri Lanka	OLaughlin played #20 Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah (LKA) and won 464 to 418 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 13-8, +1421.
Round 22	Malta	OLaughlin played #14 Theresa Brousson (MLT) and lost 384 to 492 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 13-9, +1313.
Round 23	Nigeria	OLaughlin played #33 Azu Ogbogu (NGA) and won 445 to 380 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 14-9, +1378.
Round 24	Pakistan	OLaughlin played #50 Waseem Khatri (PAK) and won 530 to 472 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 15-9, +1436.

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