The 2014 Scrabble Champions Tournament

November 19–23, 2014

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SCT 2014: Alastair Richards [#78]

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On this page, you will find information about Alastair Richards, 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 16-8, +909, and is ranked #8.

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): Alastair Surname(s): Richards Home: Australia SCT 2014 Team: Australia

Round by Round
High score: 605 Average for: 440 Average against: 403
Round 1	Northern Ireland	Richards played #68 Nuala O'Rourke (NIr) and lost 335 to 404 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #75. Current record: 0-1, -69. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 2	Malaysia	Richards played #100 Alex Tan (MYS) and won 440 to 372 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 1-1, -1.
Round 3	England	Richards played #82 Beverley Robertshaw (Eng) and won 557 to 281 (a spread of 276). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-1, +275.
Round 4	United States	Richards played #55 Chris Lipe (USA) and won 491 to 329 (a spread of 162). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 3-1, +437.
Round 5	Trinidad and Tobago	Richards played #85 Rodney Romany (TTO) and won 415 to 353 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-1, +499. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6	United States	Richards played #35 Marty Gabriel (USA) and won 548 to 356 (a spread of 192). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 5-1, +691. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 7	England	Richards played #93 Brett Smitheram (Eng) and won 402 to 376 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 6-1, +717. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 8	United States	Richards played #47 Jason Keller (USA) and won 468 to 357 (a spread of 111). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 7-1, +828. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9	Philippines	Richards played #81 Odette Carmina Rio (PHL) and lost 391 to 441 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-2, +778. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 10	England	Richards played #83 Phil Robertshaw (Eng) and lost 374 to 457 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 7-3, +695. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).
Round 11	Australia	Richards played #62 Chris May (AUS) and lost 397 to 436 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-4, +656. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 12	Canada	Richards played #13 Evan Berofsky (CAN) and lost 381 to 439 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 7-5, +598.
Round 13	England	Richards played #70 Steve Perry (Eng) and won 467 to 444 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 8-5, +621.
Round 14	United States	Richards played #69 John OLaughlin (USA) and lost 322 to 496 (a spread of -174). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 8-6, +447.
Round 15	United States	Richards played #76 Stefan Rau (USA) and lost 415 to 554 (a spread of -139). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 8-7, +308.
Round 16	United States	Richards played #26 Jesse Day (USA) and won 605 to 360 (a spread of 245). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 9-7, +553. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17	England	Richards played #5 Paul Allan (Eng) and won 404 to 314 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10-7, +643.
Round 18	Canada	Richards played #61 Jesse Matthews (CAN) and won 482 to 354 (a spread of 128). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 11-7, +771.
Round 19	England	Richards played #51 Terry Kirk (Eng) and won 477 to 348 (a spread of 129). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 12-7, +900.
Round 20	England	Richards played #40 Graham Haigh (Eng) and won 437 to 425 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 13-7, +912.
Round 21	Pakistan	Richards played #50 Waseem Khatri (PAK) and won 489 to 421 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 14-7, +980. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 22	England	Richards played #90 Austin Shin (Eng) and won 441 to 432 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 15-7, +989.
Round 23	Canada	Richards played #56 Adam Logan (CAN) and lost 386 to 476 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 15-8, +899. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).
Round 24	Northern Ireland	Richards played #49 Rik Kennedy (NIr) and won 446 to 436 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 16-8, +909.
Quarterfinal Round 1		Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Quarterfinal Round 3		Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Semifinal Round 1		Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

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