On this page, you will find information about
Joe Caruana, who is competing
at the 2018 Malta International Scrabble Open Main Event.
This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time.
This player currently has a record of 13-12, +220, and is ranked
#22 in Division B.
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: 497 Average for: 391 Average against: 382 |
Round 1 | | Malta | Caruana played #39 Bryan Priest (MLT) and won 455 to 387 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-0, +68. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 2 | | Israel | Caruana played #28 Miriam Erez (ISR) and won 419 to 354 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 2-0, +133. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 3 | | England | Caruana played #12 Pini Stimler (Eng) and lost 332 to 483 (a spread of -151). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 2-1, -18. |
Round 4 | | England | Caruana played #10 George Newman (Eng) and lost 314 to 385 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-2, -89. |
Round 5 | | Australia | Caruana played #15 Margaret Gibson (AUS) and won 412 to 406 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-2, -83. |
Round 6 | | Malta | Caruana played #9 Kevin Pirotta (MLT) and lost 395 to 402 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 3-3, -90. |
Round 7 | | Australia | Caruana played #16 Richard Birch (AUS) and lost 451 to 466 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 3-4, -105. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 8 | | England | Caruana played #33 Sumbul Siddiqui (Eng) and lost 390 to 406 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 3-5, -121. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits). |
Round 9 | | New Zealand | Caruana played #25 Anne Goldstein (NZL) and won 423 to 360 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 4-5, -58. |
Round 10 | | Australia | Caruana played #41 Jacqui Pearce (AUS) and won 376 to 346 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 5-5, -28. |
Round 11 | | Malta | Caruana played #31 Reno Zammit (MLT) and won 384 to 329 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-5, +27. |
Round 12 | | Ireland | Caruana played #21 Mary Morgan (IRL) and won 446 to 297 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 7-5, +176. |
Round 13 | | Ireland | Caruana played #6 Eileen Meghen (IRL) and lost 390 to 396 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-6, +170. |
Round 14 | | Malta | Caruana played #4 Josephine Mayo (MLT) and lost 364 to 479 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 7-7, +55. |
Round 15 | | England | Caruana played #2 Tony Harris (Eng) and won 429 to 354 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-7, +130. |
Round 16 | | Canada | Caruana played #42 Maureen Morris (CAN) and lost 305 to 467 (a spread of -162). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 8-8, -32. |
Round 17 | | Sri Lanka | Caruana played #13 Praveeni Jayasekera (LKA) and won 456 to 281 (a spread of 175). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 9-8, +143. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 18 | | Australia | Caruana played #7 Francoise Finlayson (AUS) and lost 346 to 402 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 9-9, +87. |
Round 19 | | New Zealand | Caruana played #30 Mary Gray (NZL) and lost 267 to 466 (a spread of -199). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 9-10, -112. |
Round 20 | | Ireland | Caruana played #14 Mary Doyle (IRL) and won 395 to 327 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-10, -44. |
Round 21 | | Israel | Caruana played #40 Marion Loewenstein (ISR) and lost 333 to 334 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 10-11, -45. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 22 | | Malta | Caruana played #44 Marvic Cutajar (MLT) and won 418 to 269 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 11-11, +104. |
Round 23 | | England | Caruana played #38 Judith Puttick (Eng) and lost 369 to 550 (a spread of -181). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-12, -77. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 24 | | England | Caruana played #43 Jacqui Jacobs (Eng) and won 497 to 242 (a spread of 255). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 12-12, +178. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 25 | | Israel | Caruana played #34 Phyllis DeCastro (ISR) and won 402 to 360 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 13-12, +220. |