Club 171: Our regular meeting is 5:30-10pm every Tuesday
at the Chevy Chase Community
Center. Please bring equipment if possible
and contribute $1 toward photocopying, etc.
Paired rounds begin at 5:30, about 6:15, 7:10, 8:05,
and at 9pm sharp. If you arrive during a round, you will
face a short wait for a game, but can partake of the snacks as you wait.
Results from past play at Chevy Chase are shown below.
Weekly Roundup for week of Dec 25, 2011
Dan Horowitz ran 4 tournaments in Wilmington, Del.
collectively called Festivus (in honor of a Jerry Seinfeld
program) from Dec. 22-26. Many of our club members
competed in parts of them. See the full results on
cross-tables.com but prize winners included
Ted Gest on 12/22 (Div. 2--2nd place), Tobey Roland
on 12/23 (Div. 2--1st place), Adam Fine and Josh Castellano
on Dec. 23-25 (Division 2--first and second place),
Dan Milton on 12/26 (Division 1--2nd place), and
Marty Gold on 12/26 (Division 3--first place)
Last Tuesday we had a NASPA "local club tournament,"
with the purpose of ensuring that participants in our
December 10 youth division in Bethesda could be
rated by playing games with rated players. The results
are below. Thanks to Stefan Fatsis and Carole
Denton for making this happen and providing prizes.
Once the computations are done, we will have 9 new
rated NASPA players. Congrats to all. Results are below
for the non-tournament games played Tuesday.
Ted Mast 4 - 0 +664
Ted Gest 4 - 0 +264
Sam Masling 3 - 1 +499
John Stinson 2 - 2 +271
Jacob Radack 2 - 2 -87
Minh Pham 2 - 2 -154
Chloe Fatsis 1 - 3 -180
Samuel Radack 1 - 3 -182
Patrick Quion 1 - 3 -442
Ethan Pham 0 - 4 -653
Non-tournament games played.
Vince Castellano 2 - 0 +196
Paula McMartin 2 - 0 +52
Stefan Fatsis 2 - 2 +195
Beverly Roberts 2 - 1
Marcia Bowen 1 - 0
Joanna Ward 0 - 2 -26
Carole Denton 0 - 2 -208
Gary Emanuel 0 - 2 - 210
Weekly Roundup for week of Dec 18, 2011
Here is a report on Tuesday night's action
from director Carole Denton;
Beverly Roberts 4-0 +152 3 bingos
Carol Tillson 3-1 +87 4 bingos
Ted Mast 3-2 +189 6 bingos
Ted Gest 3-2 +176 7 bingos
David Spitzer 3-2 +116 5 bingos
Dan Milton 3-3 +67 13 bingos
David Koenig 2-0 +270 6 bingos
Carole Denton 2-0 +60 2 bingos
Ralph Moore 2-3 -24 5 bingos
Cheryl Kagan 2-3 -133 3 bingos
Chloe Fatsis 1-1 +15
Sam Masling 1-1 +12
Stefan Fatsis 1-1 -98 3 bingos
Tat Reistrup 1-2 -11 1 bingo
Paula McMartin 1-2 -25 1 bingo
Marcia Bowen 1-2 -136
Gayle Scroggs 1-3 -275 4 bingos
Todd Webb 1-3 -289 3 bingos
Gary Emanuel 1-4 -200 3 bingos
Melissa Block 0-2 -204
Weekly Roundup for week of Dec 11, 2011
The week between Christmas and New Year's, the Chevy Chase Community
Center
usually closes early. We are able to get some games in
but not our full complement of five.
Our friend Jason Keller, one of the top 100 rated players
in the U.S., who played in our April 2010 tournament in
Rockville, is on Jeopardy. He won last Friday (helped by
a "word origins" final question), and rumor has it that
he will be on all this coming week. We'll try to
see if we can have the TV on Tuesday at 7:30. Tune in
to root Jason on if you can.
Did any of you leave a clipboard with Scrabble score
sheets at our Dec. 10 tournament? Ted has it.
You can find the tournament results here.
The new issue of the Last Word Newsletter is available
at thelastwordnewsletter.com
Last Tuesday's club results from director Carol Tillson:
Vince Castellano 4-0 +330 9 bingoes
Carole Denton 4-1 +297 6 bingoes
Ted Gest 4-1 +278 6 bingoes
Carol Tillson 2-0 +59 2 bingoes
Marcia Bowen 2-1 +18 2 bingoes
Phil Koshute 2-1 -69 2 bingoes
Todd Webb 2-2 +210 2 bingoes
John Stinson 2-2 +13 5 bingoes
Grant Guenzel 2-2 -8 4 bingoes
Diane Christen 2-2 -98 3 bingoes
Ralph Moore 2-3 -111 7 bingoes
Gayle Scroggs 1-2 -233 2 bingoes
Gary Emanuel 1-2 -39 1 bingo
Cheryl Kagan 1-2 -136 1 bingo
Josh Castellano 1-3 -223 7 bingoes
Ted Mast 1-4 -54 8 bingoes
Stefan Fatsis 0-1 -40 1 bingo
Jampal Rowe 0-1 -107
Chloe Fatsis 0-1 -146
Beverly Roberts 0-2 -139 2 bingoes
Weekly Roundup for week of Dec 4, 2011
Stefan Fatsis, Adam Fine, and Dan Horowitz won their divisions in an
8-game NASPA-rated tournament today sponsored by Washington, D.C.,
Scrabble Club 171 in nearby Bethesda, Md. Part of the event was a
4-game rated youth tournament won by Jake Radack. 37 Scrabblers
took part in the main event and 9 in the youth division.
Fine was the only player to compile a perfect 8-0 record. Special
prizes were won by Dave Engelhardt for the best word about
former presidential candidate Herman Cain – HUSTLER – and by
Carol Tillson for the best word about the Occupy Wall
Street movement: RALLIED.
Full unofficial results follow:
Div. A: Stefan Fatsis, 6-2, 455; Francis Anum, 6-2, 106; Ed
Stewart, 5-3, 326; Linda Oliva, 5-3, 264; Dave Engelhardt,
5-3, 224, Dan Milton, 4-4, -120; Diana Grosman, 3-5, 9;
Elston Wisseh, 3-5, -284; Josh Castellano, 2-6, -220;
Austin Nichols, 1-7, -760.
High game award: Linda Oliva, 463; High word award:
Elston Wisseh, 104, FLUIDER (phony)
Div. B: Adam Fine, 8-0, 744; Robin Schlauch, 6-2, 268;
Aaron Gilary, 6-2, 216; Gwen Stewart, 5-3, 290; Donna
Anderson, 4-4, 177; Wanda Fleming, 4-4, 132; Rick
Settle, 4-4, -317; Cheryl Kagan, 3-5, 58; Nandini
Dickens, 3-5, -37; Barbara Epstein, 3-5, -97;
Mary Stewart, 3-5, -228; Jason Godfroy, 3-5, -498;
Carol Tillson, 2-6, -290; John Stinson, 2-6, -518.
High game award: Wanda Fleming, 556; High
word award, Cheryl Kagan, 89, ANIMATED
Div. C: Dan Horowitz, 7-1, 509; Sam Masling, 6-2,
400; Greg Werner, 5-3, 288; Ruth Shilkret, 5-3,
270; Lee Pearson, 5-3, 205; Tat Reistrup, 5-3, 78;
Irene Awret, 4-4, 77; Susan Fine, 4-4, 10;
Diane Christen, 4-4, -83; Joe Knight, 4-4, -403
David Spitzer, 3-5, -17; John Brunell, 3-5, -39
Tracey Carter, 1-7, -895.
High game award: Ruth Shilkret, 455; High
word award: Diane Christen, 107, TONNAGES.
Patrick Quion and Sam Radack finished 2nd and 3rd
in the youth division.
Some of the entries for special contests:
Occupy Wall Street: LIB, ZOO, SEETHING, GRIPING,
URINATOR, UPRAISE
Herman Cain: LIAR, BRAZEN, SIN, PANTIES, PRIG,
DITSIER, JERK, ZANY, CAIN, SEX, IDIOT, BORK
Results from club play:
Carole Denton 5-0 +305 7
Cheryl Kagan 4-1 +520 7
David Koenig 3-0 +780 9
Ralph Moore 3-0 +308 4
Elston Wisseh 3-2 +159
Carole Tillson 3-2 +82 3
Ted Mast 3-2 +41 7
Ted Gest 3-2 -46 5
Josh Castellano 2-1 +235
Betty Berger 2-1 +5 3
Todd Webb 2-1 -5 2
Gary Skowronski 2-2 -56 3
John Stinson 2-3 -217 8
Dan Milton 2-3 -507 6
Marty Gold 1-1 +40 3
Beverley Roberts 1-1 -58 1
John Brunell 1-1 -76 1
Paula McMartin 1-2 +33 1
Tat Reistrup 1-3 -336 3
Gary Emanuel 1-4 -159 2
Irene Awret 1-4 -387
Stefan Fatsis 0-1 -25 1
Chloe Fatsis 0-1 -61
Vince Castellano 0-2 -56 2
Greg Werner 0-2 -109
Aaron Gilary 0-2 -186 2
Congratulations to David Koenig for a 625 point game.
Weekly Roundup for week of Nov 29, 2011
We have room for you in our Sat., Dec. 10 tournament
in Bethesda. 8 games starting at 9:30. Entry fee $60.
If you are not currently on
the cross-tables.com list and intend to play, please
tell Ted ASAP; see
the flyer
for details.
Last Tuesday's club action from director John Stinson.
One member noted that our practice of listing bingo
totals only for people who had six or more was a bit
confusing and implied that no one else had any. So
we're going to try to list everyone's number. Please
remember to report so that you can be included.
Ted Mast 4-1 +54 9 bingos
Dan Milton 4-2 +303 11 bingos
Betty Berger 3-0 +222 2 bingos
Irene Awret 3-2 +179
Cheryl Kagan 3-2 +165 10 bingos
David Spitzer 3-2 +57 3 bingos
John Stinson 2-0 +297 4 bingos
Chloe Fatsis 2-0 +99 1 bingo
Marcia Bowen 2-0 +70 3 bingos
Theresa James 2-1-1 +27 3 bingos
Aaron Clottey 2-1 +54
Aaron Gilary 2-2 +62 5 bingos
Tat Reistrup 2-2 -61
Ted Gest 2-3 +43 7 bingos
Ralph Moore 2-3 -390 4 bingos
Stefan Fatsis 1-0 +120 2 bingos
Joe Knight 1-1 -79
Gary Emanuel 1-3 -38 4 bingos
Paula McMartin 1-3 -81
Carol Tillson 1-4 -345 1 bingo
Beverly Roberts 0-2-1 -56 2 bingos
Josh Castellano 0-2 -134
Harrison Benford 0-2 -244
Nathan Wagner 0-2 -253
Carol Colloton 0-3 -187 1 bingo
Weekly Roundup for week of Nov 22, 2011
We'd still like some more people to sign up for our
one-day, 8-game, $60 tournament in downtown
Bethesda on Sat., Dec. 10. See cross-tables. com
for details.
If you're looking for Scrabble gifts for the holidays,
Word Gear is offering free shipping through
noon Monday, Nov. 28, at www.wordgear.com
A report on the pre-Thanksgiving action from
director Dan Milton:
Ted Mast 4-1 +197 8 bingos
Cheryl Kagan 3-2 +164
Carole Denton 3-2 +133
Ted Gest 3-2 -21 7 bingos
Paula McMartin 2-1 -52
Todd Webb 2-2 +201
Martin Gold 1-1 -73
Dan Milton 1-0 +239
Nathan Wagner 1-0 +132
Ralph Moore 2-3 +16 7 bingos
Gary Emanuel 1-4 -240
Irene Awret 1-4 -249
Beth Nickerson 0-1 -132
Sam Masling 0-1 -239
Weekly Roundup for week of Nov 15, 2011
Hope to hear from some more of you who can join
us for a fun day of tournament Scrabble on Sat.
Dec. 10 in Bethesda. 8 games, $60, must be
a NASPA member (scrabbleplayers.org)
Please see cross-tables.com for details.
Last Tuesday's rundown from club play. Thanks
to co-director Marcia Bowen:
Bob Linn 4 - 1 +500
Todd Webb 3 - 1 +167
Ted Gest 3 - 1 +109
Joshua Castellano 3 - 1 +30
Carol Tillson 3 - 2 +347
Ralph Moore 3 - 2 +22 6 bingoes
Gary Emanuel 2 - 2 -1 6 bingoes
Aaron Gilary 2 - 2 -30
John Brunell 1 - 1 -153
Eric Lutz 2 - 3 +77 9 bingoes
Carole Denton 2 - 3 -53
Irene Awret 2 - 3 -143
Tat Reistrup 1 - 2 -61
Paula McMartin 1 - 2 -118
Stefan Fatsis 0 - 1 -38
Nathan Wagner 0 - 1 -89
Chloe Fatsis 0 - 1 -191
Dan Milton , 2 - 4 -357 8 bingoes
Beverly Roberts 0 - 3 -67
Weekly Roundup for week of Nov 8, 2011
Here's the report on last Tuesday's action from
director Carole Denton
(Credit to Alabama vistor Neil DeWitte, after
Ted innocently played CUT, for immediately
following with TAXONOMY on a TWS for 113):
Randy Taylor 4-0 +345
Josh Castellano 4-1 -40
Phil Koshute 3-0 +156
Vince Castellano 3-1 +267 11 bingos
Bob Linn 3-2 +285 8 bingos
Ralph Moore 3-2 +152 8 bingos
Dan Milton 3-2 -5
Marcia Bowen 2-1 +307
Carole Denton 2-2 +159
Neil DeWitte 2-3 +45
Ted Gest 2-3 -33
Ted Mast 2-3 -186
Carol Tillson 2-3 -117
Irene Awret 2-3 -366
Martin Gold 1-1 +124
Beverly Roberts 1-1 +22
Carol Colloton 1-1 -45
Gary Emmanuel 1-2 -75
Harrison Benford 0-1 -49
Jampal Rowe 0-1 -132
Christian C. 0-1 -180
Gary Skowronski 0-2 -80
Jeff Martin 0-3 -49
Paula McMartin 0-4 -414
Weekly Roundup for week of Nov 1, 2011
We are adding a "kids" division in our Dec. 10 one-day
tournament in Bethesda. Stefan Fatsis is recruiting participants
but if the rest of you know anyone who might want to
take part, please tell us. For everyone else, please tell
Ted if you want to be added to the list. We also will have
a Collins division. See cross-tables.com for details.
Last Tuesday we were joined by Neil DeWitte, the
top-rated player in Alabama. Neil also will be with
us this Tuesday. The results, from director Carol
Tillson:
Carol Tillson 4-1 -165
Vince Castellano 3-1 +315 8 bingoes
Neil DeWitte 3-1 +293 8 bingoes
Ted Mast 3-2 +240 8 bingoes
Cheryl Kagan 3-2 -96
Macia Bowen 2-1 +173
Tat Reistrup 2-1 +60
Josh Castellano 2-2 +97
John Stinson 2-2 +19 7 bingoes
Irene Awret 2-3 +5
Ralph Moore 2-3 -81 8 bingoes
Dan Milton 2-3 -84 7 bingoes
Ted Gest 2-3 -129
Loraine Cirina 1-0 +50
Stefan Fatsis 1-1 -20
Jeff Martin 1-2 -64 6 bingoes
John Brunell 1-2 -196
Beverly Roberts 1-0 +44
Paula McMartin 0-1 -33
Jampal Rowe 0-1 -52
Chloe Fatsis 0-1 -162
Weekly Roundup for week of Oct 25, 2011
Please tell Ted if you can play in our Dec. 10 1-day
tourney in Bethesda. If you did tell Ted and you aren't
listed you on cross-tables.com, remind him.
Connie Creed is doing a one-day tourney in Philadelphia
on Sunday, Nov. 6. See details on cross-tables.com
Congrats to Josh Castellano for winning
Div. 2 of the Oct. 22 York, Pa. tournament.
Here are last Tuesday's results from director
Ralph Moore:
Dan Milton 5-0 +486 10 bingos
Phil Koshute 3-0 +579 7 bingos
Betty Berger 3-1 +115
John Stinson 3-2 +29
Paula McMartin 2-0 +70
Josh Castellano 2-1 +91
Eddie Mack 2-1 -269
Ralph Moore 2-1 -280
John Brunell 2-2 +158 7 bingos
Carol Tillson 2-3 +260 6 bingos
Chloe Fatsis 1-0 +67
Stefan Fatsis 1-1 +192
Shermineh Jones 1-1 +74
Gary Emanuel 1-1 -104
Jeff Martin 1-2 -205
Ted Gest 1-4 -241
Carole Denton 1-4 -416
Jampal Rowe 0-1 -37
Lorraine Cirina 0-1 -81
Tat Reistrup 0-3 -180
Irene Awret 0-4 -246
Weekly Roundup for week of Oct 18, 2011
Some of you may have heard that at a recent tournament
in Warsaw, one player asked that another be strip-searched
to find a missing G. A slight exaggeration? Our own Stefan
Fatsis pieced the story together for Slate.
See it here.
Congrats to Dan Milton for a 10-4-1 record at the recent
Lake George, N.Y., tournament. Our friend Dave Engelhardt
of Baltimore missed the top prize by a mere 1,200 or so
spread points. Full results at cross-tables.com
Results from our session last Tuesday from director
John Stinson. Congrats to visiting Ted Mast for
11 bingos:
Dan Milton 4-1 +198 8 bingos
Irene Awret 4-1 +183
Ted Gest 4-1 +108 7 bingos
Josh Castellano 3-1 +193
John Stinson 3-1 +86 6 bingos
Carol Tillson 3-2 +163 6 bingos
Ted Mast 3-2 +124 11 bingos
Jeff Martin 2-1 +155
Vince Castellano 2-2 +224 6 bingos
Carole Denton 2-3 +30
Marty Gold 1-1 +79
Betty Berger 1-2 -17
John Brunell 1-2 -41
Beverly Roberts 1-1 -51
Carol Colloton 1-2 -53
Tat Reistrup 1-2 -56
Paula McMartin 1-2 -248
Aaron Gilary 1-2 -267
Ralph Moore 1-4 -263 9 bingos
Lorraine Cirina 0-1 -52
Jampal Rowe 0-1 -52
Roland Henderson 0-1 -109
Gary Emanuel 0-3 -252
Weekly Roundup for week of Oct 11, 2011
Please tell Ted if you expect to take part in our Dec. 10
tournament in Bethesda.
The new edition of the Last Word Newsletter is
available at http://thelastwordnewsletter.com.
Here are some interesting games from our last club session,
courtesy Vince Castellano. The game of Chloe Fatsis
was played against Irene Awret.
6245669799,
6246190176,
6246189472,
6246188910.
Here's what happened at the club last Tuesday, from
director Dan Milton (reminder: we are listing
individual bingo totals only for those who
had at least 6):
Gary Emanuel 3-0 +183
Vince Castellano 3-0 +160
Carol Tillson 3-1 +214
Ralph Moore 3-2 +195 8 bingos
Dan Milton 2-1 +262 6 bingos
Gary Skowronski 2-1 +150
Paula McMartin 1-0 +4
Josh Castellano 2-2 +96
Tat Reistrup 2-2 -72
Phil Koshute 1-1 +123
Chloe Fatsis 1-1 +18
Stefan Fatsis 1-1 -75
Irene Awret 1-4 -79
Carole Denton 1-4 -354
John Stinson 1-4 -379
Ted Gest 1-4 -509
Weekly Roundup for week of Oct 4, 2011
Remember the Eastern Shore tournament Oct. 28-30.
See details on cross-tables.
Results of last Tuesday's action in Chevy Chase.
Thanks to co-director Marcia Bowen.
Carole Denton 4 - 1 +85 8 bingoes
Jeff Martin 3 - 0 +203
Carol Tillson 3 - 1 +144
Tat Reistrup 3 - 1 +78
Dan Milton 3 - 2 +151 8 bingoes
Beverly Roberts 2 - 0 +195
Marcia Bowen 2 - 0 +45
Grant Guenzel 2 - 1 +174 6 bingoes
Stefan Fatsis 1 - 1 -2
Vince Castellano 2 - 3 +280 11 bingoes
Josh Castellano 2 - 3 +95
Paula McMartin 1 - 2 -89
Lorraine Cirina 0 - 1 -5
Ted Gest 1 - 4 -196
Ralph Moore 1 - 4 -294 7 bingoes
Gary Emanuel 0 - 3 -299
Irene Awret 0 - 5 -423
Weekly Roundup for week of Sep 27, 2011
We had some big D.C.-area winners in last Sunday's Delaware
tournament: Vince Castellano winning Div. 1 with
a 7-1 record, Mike Lean taking Div. 3 with a 6-1-1
mark, and Josh Castellano finishing first in Div. 4
after going 5-3. Congrats to all. See cross-tables.com
for the full results, under the Newark, Del. label.
Our board of the week, courtesy Vince Castellano:
An error in his caption: it was Carol Tillson, not
Sarel Kromer, who extended WINDERS to SIDEWINDERS.
This past week, we were visited by John Luebkemann
of Georgia, ranked #44 in the U.S., who cleaned
our clocks. He extended Ted's CALL to
make a nice double-double ESCALLOP for 48.
(If you're wondering how he won 6 games, he got in
an extra one while he was waiting for a ride.)
The full results, from director Carole Denton:
John Luebkemann 6-0 +520 15 bingos
Ralph Moore 4-1 +485 9 bingos
Carol Tillson 4-1 +76
Aaron Gilary 3-0 +214
Dan Milton 3-2 -100 6 bingos
Carole Denton 2-1 +345
Bob Linn 2-2 +52 7 bingos
David Koenig 2-2 +33
Tat Reistrup 2-2 -401
Irene Awret 2-3 -261
Ted Gest 2-4 -279 6 bingos
Jampal Rowe 1-0 +18
Sam Masling 1-1 -2
Grant Guenzel 1-2 +70
Josh Castellano 1-3 +103
Vince Castellano 1-3 -209 10 bingos
John Stinson 1-3 -330
Betty Berger 0-1 -73
Lorraine Cirina 0-1 -18
Theresa James 0-3 -227
Weekly Roundup for week of Sep 20, 2011
See cross-tables.com for
info on tournaments in Philly Oct. 2, York Oct. 22,
Eastern Shore Md. Oct. 28-30 and tell Ted
if you want to be listed for our Dec. 10
Bethesda tournament. We expect to add
a kids' division to encourage a new generation
of players.
Board of the Week courtesy Vince Castellano
is a nice Stefan Fatsis win from the
last Philadelphia tournament.
Results from last Tuesday's Chevy Chase
action; thanks, director Carol Tillson:
Brian Galebach 4-1 12 bingoes
Cheryl Kagan 3-0-1 6 bingoes
Tat Reistrup 3-1
Dan Milton 3-2
Vince Castellano 2-0
Marcia Bowen 2-1
Irene Awret 2-3
Carole Denton 2-3 6 bingoes
Ralph Moore 2-3 6 bingoes
Josh Castellano 1-1-1
Phil Koshute 1-1
Joanna Ward 1-2
Ted Gest 1-3
Lorraine Cirina 0-1
Beverly Roberts 0-2
Carol Tillson 0-3
Weekly Roundup for week of Sep 13, 2011
Last Tuesday's results from director Ralph Moore:
Tat Reistrup 4-0 +375
Dan Milton 4-1 + 335 6 bingos
Todd Webb 3-1 +217
Vince Castellano 3-1 +214 9 bingos
Irene Awret 3-2 +115
John Stinson 3-2 -59 6 bingos
Ralph Moore 2-0 +172
Carole Denton 2-2 +35
Carol Tillson 2-2 +26
Ted Gest 2-3 -26
Chloe Fatsis 1-0 +43
Aaron Gilary 1-1 +101
Beverly Roberts 1-1 +21
Bob Linn 1-2 -110
Eddie Mack 1-2 -201
Paula McMartin 1-3 -134
Josh Castellano 1-3 -252
Stefan Fatsis 0-1 -114
Lorraine Cirina 0-2 -99
Sam Masling 0-2 -188
Betty Berger 0-3 -82
Weekly Roundup for week of Sep 6, 2011
50 Scrabblers competed in the Baltimore tournament
on Saturday. Our very own Cheryl Kagan and her
husband David Spitzer finished #1 and 2 in Divison C --
congrats! Jason Bednarz took Division 1. Cheryl also
had the high game in Div. C, and Elston Wisseh
the high game in Div. B. Carol Tillson
won a prize for the best "optimism" word-- SUNNIER.
See cross-tables.com for info on one-day tourneys
coming up in Philadelphia (Sept. 18) and Delaware
(Sept. 25), also on Maryland's Eastern Shore (Oct. 28-30).
Flyers are now available for our own tournament
scheduled for Sat. Dec. 10 (thanks, Cheryl Kagan),
in Bethesda, so tell Ted if you want to
be listed on the cross-tables.com roster.
In the new issue of The Last Word newsletter, at
thelastwordnewsletter.com you can see reports on
the national tournament in Dallas and other good stuff.
A report on last Tuesday's action in Chevy Chase from
director John Stinson:
Tat Reistrup 4-0 +329
Carole Denton 4-1 +206 7 bingos
Brian Galebach 4-1 +87 8 bingos
Bob Linn 4-2 +131 12 bingos
Cheryl Kagan 3-1 +301 7 bingos
Theresa Schaeffer 3-2 +179
Carol Tillson 3-2 -12 6 bingos
Trish Baker 3-2 -66
David Koenig 2-2 +66
Todd Webb 2-2 -44
Ted Gest 2-3 +49 7 bingos
Dan Milton 2-3 +14 7 bingos
Irene Awret 2-3 -320
John Stinson 1-0 +75
Sam Masling 1-0 +17
Beverly Roberts 1-1 +37
Stefan Fatsis 1-1 -12
Betty Berger 1-3 -39
Paula McMartin 1-3 -118
Jampal Rowe 0-1 -3
Barbara McCall 0-1 -168
Chloe Fatsis 0-2 -172
Vince Castellano 0-4 - 213
Josh Castellano 0-4 -310
Weekly Roundup for week of Aug 30, 2011
This past Tuesday's Chevy Chase results
from director Dan Milton:
Brian Galebach 5-0 +651
Vince Castellano 4-1 +293
Stefan Fatsis 3-0 +348
Paula McMartin 3-0 +149
Beverly Roberts 2-0 +192
Bob Linn 3-2 +169
Gary Skowronski 3-2 +32
Jeff Martin 2-1 +77
Dan Milton 2-3 +90
Carol Tillson 2-3 -147
John Stinson 2-3 -262
Gary Emanuel 1-2 +20
Todd Webb 1-2 -84
Tat Reistrup 1-2 -105
Irene Awret 1-3 -13
Betty Berger 1-3 -93
Carole Denton 1-4 -418
Jampal Rowe 0-1 -56
Sam Masling 0-1 -135
Chloe Fatsis 0-1 -150
Lorraine Cirina 0-2 -236
Josh Castellano 0-5 -465
Weekly Roundup for week of Aug 23, 2011
Good luck to everyone at Dover this weekend.
Remember the Sept. 10 tournament in
Baltimore, the Sept. 18 tournament in
Philadelphia (see cross-tables.com on
both) and our Dec. 10 tournament in Bethesda.
Stefan Fatsis' new edition "Word Freak" book
signing is at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29 at Politics
& Prose on Connecticut Ave. south of
Nebraska Ave. in D.C.
Here's a report from our reduced crowd last
Tuesday at Ted's house. Thanks to director
Marcia Bowen.
Brian Galebach 3 - 1 +36
Bob Linn 3 - 2 7 bingoes
Marcia Bowen 2 - 1 +139
David Koenig 2 - 3 7 bingoes
Carole Denton 2 - 3 +368 7 bingoes
Irene Awret 2 - 3 -104
Ted Gest 2 - 3 -195
Dan Milton 1 - 3 -243
Weekly Roundup for week of Aug 16, 2011
Some of you are tuning up for the Dover tournament--good
luck to all. There also is a one-day tournament in
Baltimore Sat. Sept. 10. See cross-tables.com.
Our own club will sponsor a one-day tourney on Saturday,
Dec. 10, in Bethesda. Put it on your calendars and
stay tuned for details.
Stefan Fatsis is doing a book discussion/signing
at 7 p.m. Mon., Aug. 29, at the Politics & Prose
bookstore on Connecticut Ave. just south of
Nebraska Ave. NW. This is for a 10th anniversary
edition of Word Freak.
A final reminder that we have told the community
center that their staff can do whatever is necessary
to start cleaning our room so that they, too, can
leave at 10 p.m. Please accommodate them; in
fact this is a must for us to be able to use the
room for a 5th round of Scrabble.
Here are last week's results; thanks to
director Carole Denton.
Dan Milton 4-1 +229 6 bingos
Gary Skowronski 4-1 +95
Stefan Fatsis 3-0 +492 6 bingos
Brian Detter 3-0
John Stinson 3-1 +192 8 bingos
Brian Galebach 3-2 +305 10 bingos
Theresa James 2-0 +237
Joanna Ward 2-1 +155
Beverly Roberts 2-1 +122
Carol Colloton 2-1 +12
Phil Koshute 2-1 -23
Carole Denton 2-1 -115
Tat Reistrup 2-2 -112
Carol Tillson 2-3 +21
Gary Emanuel 1-2 -1
Jeff Martin 1-2 -41
Alex Valentino 1-2 -99
Chloe Fatsis 1-2 -100
Irene Awret 1-4 -85
Ralph Moore 1-4 -104 7 bingos
Ted Gest 1-4 -343
Aaron Gillary 0-2 -122
Sam Masling 0-2 -241
(Bob Linn and David Koenig played a
two-person "Collins division" using the
world dictionary...)
Weekly Roundup for week of Aug 9, 2011
Many of our national tournament contingent should be back this
week.
We have penciled in a 1-day, 8-game rated tournament for Sat.,
Dec. 10, in Bethesda. Mark your calendars and stay tuned
for details.
See the national tournament results here.
Our big club winner was Mike Lean, who finished #3 in
Division 3 with a 21-10 record. The other local folks who
did best were Carole Denton, 17.5-13.5 in Div. 2 and
Gary Skowronski, 18-13 in Div. 3. Everyone else either
exceeded .500 barely, or got close. This includes
David Koenig, Bob Linn, and Brian Galebach in Div. 1, Stefan
Fatsis in Div. 2, and Ted Gest in Div. 3. In other
words, we all held our own.
Brian also ran a tag-team tournament and performed in
a duet of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto (he was the pianist).
And Stefan signed the new edition of "Word Freak."
So we had a strong presence in Dallas. Next year's
tourney is in Orlando.
See the latest edition of thelastwordnewsletter.com
with a story on our summer Bethesda tournament,
including some winners' photos.
Here are the Chevy Chase results from last Tuesday,
Carol Tillson directing:
Dan Milton 3-2 +292 8 bingoes
John Stinson 3-2 +289 8 bingoes
Ralph Moore 3-2 -27 8 bingoes
Lorraine Cirina 2-0 +61
Joanna Ward 2-1 +67
Beverly Roberts 2-1 -64
Carol Tillson 2-2 -22
Tat Reistrup 2-2 -174
Irene Awret 2-3 -91
Cheryl Kagan 2-3 -292
Diane Christen 1-3 -116
Gary Emanuel 1-3 -175
Avis Casely 0-1 -44
Weekly Roundup for week of Aug 2, 2011
You think it's hot? It's 105 degrees in Dallas for the National Scrabble Championship, 31 games total
in the air conditioning. You can see the
ongoing results
linked from the scrabbleplayers.org
or cross-tables.com sites.
Among those from our club are Bob Linn,
Carole Denton, Brian Galebach, Stefan Fatsis, David
Koenig, Gary Skowronski, and Ted Gest.
Mark your calendars for Monday, Aug. 29, 7 p.m., when
Stefan will be at Politics and Prose, down Connecticut
Ave. south of Nebraska Ave., to talk about and sign
copies of the new edition of Word Freak.
Here are last week's club results from director
John Stinson:
Gary Skowronski 4-1 +13 7 bingos
Cheryl Kagan 4-1 -89 6 bingos
Theresa James 3-0 +332
Jeff Martin 3-0 +279
Paula McMartin 3-1 +109
Dan Milton 3-2 +175 9 bingos
Bob Linn 3-2 +54 10 bingos
Carole Denton 3-2 0 9 bingos including 5 in one game
Phil Koshute 2-0 +218
Vince Castellano 2-1 +94 7 bingos
Betty Berger 2-1 +91
Tat Reistrup 2-2 +45 6 bingos
Irene Awret 2-3 +231
Brian Galebach 2-3 +118 9 bingos
Al Riechman 2-3 +42
Carol Tillson 2-3 -82
David Koenig 1-2 -26 6 bingos
Diane Christen 1-4 -240
Brian Smith 1-4 -737
Stefan Fatsis 0-1 -74
Joanna Ward 0-2 -40
Beverly Roberts 0-2 -67
Lorraine Cirina 0-2 -217
John Stinson 0-3 -270
Weekly Roundup for week of July 26, 2011
Good luck to those of us taking part in the National
Scrabble Championship in Dallas starting
next weekend.
Remember the Delaware tournament in late
August and the Baltimore tournament Sept. 10.
See cross-tables.com for details.
A report from last Tuesday at Chevy Chase:
Ted Gest 4 - 0 +377
John Stinson 4 - 0 +218 7 bingos
Irene Awret 4 - 1 +498
Brian Galebach 4 - 1 +361 11 bingos
Dan Milton 4 - 1 +213 8 bingos
Betty Berger 3 - 1 +150 6 bingos
Gary Skowronski 3 - 2 +43
Carole Denton 3 - 2 +37
Paula McMartin 2 - 1 +272
Gary Emanuel 2 - 1 -2
Lily Halverson 2 - 1 -94
Brian Smith 2 - 3 -435
Beverly Roberts 1 - 2 +3
Bruce Halverson 1 - 3 -254
Frank Joseph 0 - 2 -73
Geri D'Arcangelo 0 - 2 -93
Mike D'Arcangelo 0 - 2 -249
Carol Tillson 1 - 4 -230
Grant Guenzel 0 - 3 -165
Tat Reistrup 0 - 4 -255
Elston Wisseh 0 - 4 -297
Weekly Roundup for week of July 19, 2011
The next rated tournament in our area will be on
Sat., Sept. 10 at the University of Maryland
Baltimore County. It's as close as the BWI airport.
7 games with $30 entry fee. Must be a NASPA
member. For more info or to register, write to Linda Oliva or look at the flyer on cross-tables.
Thanks to Paula McMartin,
here is a feature story on Scrabble
player Evans Clinchy, once of Charlottesville, Va., and
a participant in our 2007 D.C. summer club tourney.
A report on last Tuesday's club action from
director Dan Milton:
Carol Tillson 4-1 +476
Brian Galebach 4-1 +394
Dan Milton 3-0 +159
John Stinson 3-1-1 +225
Grant Guenzel 2-1 +40
Diane Christen 3-2 -24
Betty Berger 2-2 -49
Bruce Halverson 2-2 -307
Beverly Roberts 1-1 -48
Lorraine Cirina 1-1 -61
Sonya Starnes 1-1 -111
Irene Awret 2-3 -84
Carole Denton 2-3 -130
Paula McMartin 1-2 -174
Ted Guest 1-3-1 -37
Tat Reistrup 1-3 -125
Jenny Backus 0-3 -132
Weekly Roundup for week of July 12, 2011
Results of our Bethesda tournament and new ratings are on cross-tables.
Here are two club "boards of the week" from Vince
Castellano:
Vince Castellano vs. Sarel Kromer and
Michael Darcangelo vs. Geraldine Darcangelo.
Thanks to director Ralph Moore, here are results of last Tuesday's club session, in which visiting
Bruce Halverson of Santa Barbara, Ca., had the best record,
and we welcomed back erstwhile club member Richard
Kamm, now living in Mexico City.
Bruce Halverson 4-0 +502
Dan Milton 4-1 +145
Vince Castellano 3-0 +499 9 bingos
Marcia Bowen 3-0 +201
Cheryl Kagan 3-2 +142 6 bingos
Diane Christen 3-2 +51
Carole Denton 3-2 -130 6 bingos
Phil Koshute 2-0 +160
Beverly Roberts 2-0 +134
Tat Reistrup 2-1 +170
Jeff Martin 2-1 -57
John Stinson 2-2 +32 8 bingos
Paula McMartin 2-2 -203
Sarel Kromer 2-3 +154
Ralph Moore 1-2 +35
Gary Emanuel 1-2 -127
Betty Berger 1-3 -221
Sonya Starnes 1-3 -284
Ted Gest 1-4 -207
Richard Kamm 0-3 -181
Lillian Halverson 0-4 -417
Carol Tillson 0-5 -377
Weekly Roundup for week of July 5, 2011
Jason Bednarz, Ted Mast, Carol Tillson, and
Harrison Pierce were the four division winners
in our 11th annual summer tournament, held
at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services
Center in downtown Bethesda, Md. Thanks to
Carole Denton and Cheryl Kagan for
helping set it up and run it. 56 players took part.
The top division and special prize winners
follow. Full results are on cross-tables.
Division A
Top three finishers: Jason Bednarz, David Koenig,
Jeff Jacobson. High game: Richard Popper, 500
(Jacobson scored 569--only one prize per person)
High word--LEASHING 122 Shah Ali (Jacobson scored
176 for TRAMPIER)
Division B
Top three finishers: Ted Mast, John Stinson,
Linda Oliva. High game: Gary Skowronski, 474
High word-- EXPOSED 85, Robin Schlauch (Stinson
scored 94 for BOARDERS)
Division C
Top three finishers: Carol Tillson, John Wright,
Cheryl Kagan. High game: Jacqueline Harpp 566
(Kagan scored 589). High word: DELETING 149
Matthew Rupert
Division D
Top three finishers: Harrison Pierce, Tat
Reistrup, Betty Berger. High game: Evan Krieger
(9 years old--first tournament) 401
High word: INVADED 97 Lily Gasperetti
Special prizes
We traditionally give a special award for a
word relating to a Washington, D.C,. person or
news development. This time it was for a word
relevant to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a D.C.
resident until recently.
The winner was RUINOUS by Brian Galebach. Close
seconds were EXPOSED by Robin Schlauch (see above),
TAWDRIER by Cheryl Kagan and HORNIER by Joanna Ward
and HORNIEST by David Spitzer.
Other entries, for your reading pleasure:
TRAMPIER, GEEZER, RAPE, SLEAZO, OUTRAGE, STUNNED,
BATHER, SLITHERY, MORONIC, TRAVESTY, JAIL,
FOOL, DEMESNE, SMUDGED, RETAINER, DISHY,
INSNARED, ERR, SCATHED, HAUNTED, DRIP,
SNEAKER, ENTWINE, UNSAVED, TONGUE BUNGLER,
ROBE, SINNERS, DISGRACE, WEARIES, DERANGED,
OUTSAID, QUEER, RUTTY
A report on last Tuesday's club action from
director Carol Tillson:
Brian Galebach 4-1 +596 12 bingoes
Dan Milton 4-1 +154 7 bingoes
Jeff Martin 3-0 +372
Grant Guenzel 3-1 +105 11 bingoes
Carol Tillson 3-1 +40
Ralph Moore 3-2 +201 7 bingoes
Gary Skowronski 3-2 +133 9 bingoes
Carole Denton 3-2 +117 7 bingoes
John Stinson 3-2 -50 9 bingoes
Betty Berger 2-1 +44
Joanna Ward 2-2 -67
Sonya ? 1-0 +17
Beverly Roberts 1-1 +64
Gary Emanuel 1-2 -209
Tat Reistrup 1-4 -40
Jenny Backus 1-4 -50
Irene Awret 1-4 -272
Lorraine Cirina 0-1 -47
Jampal Rowe 0-1 -185
Andrew Sobanet 0-1 -220
Ted Gest 0-5 -375 7 bingoes
Weekly Roundup for week of June 28, 2011
A report on last Tuesday's action from
director Carole Denton follows. Have a good
holiday weekend.
John Stinson 4-0 +311 7 bingos
Brian Galebach 4-1 +433 13 bingos
David Koenig 3-0 +529 8 bingos
Daniel Milton 3-2 +301 9 bingos
Gary Skowronski 3-2 +18
Irene Awret 3-2 -135
Carole Denton 2-0 +269
Mike Lean 2-2 +122
Ralph Moore 2-3 -106 10 bingos
Carol Tillson 2-3 -369
Paula McMartin 1-0 +130
Gary Emanuel 1-1 +72
Jeff Martin 1-2 +8
Aaron Gilary 1-2 -41
Beverly Roberts 1-2 -51
Ted Gest 1-4 -387
Tat Reistrup 1-4 -397
Lorraine Cirina 0-1 -121
Weekly Roundup for week of June 21, 2011
Congrats to
Ralph and Brian for hitting the dozen bingo mark. And we
have such tough competition that they couldn't
win all their games despite the long bingo lists.
Carol Tillson 5 - 0 +606 6 bingos
Ralph Moore 4 - 0 - 1 +404 12 bingos
Brian Galebach 4 - 1 +274 12 bingos
Carole Denton 4 - 1 +67 8 bingos
Marcia Bowen 3 - 0 +254
Joanna Ward 3 - 0 +199
John Stinson 3 - 1 +189 6 bingos
Adam Fine 2 - 1 - 1 -10
Jeff Martin 2 - 1 +222
Cheryl Kagan 2 - 2 -10
Dan Milton 2 - 3 +22 8 bingos
David Spitzer 2 - 3 -152
Gary Emanuel 1 - 2 +97
Sam Masling 0 - 1 -71
Greg Werner 0 - 1 -105
Mike Lean 1 - 3 -76 6 bingos
Adam Kaplan 1 - 3 -434
Beverly Roberts 0 - 2 -148
Gary Skowronski 1 - 4 -234 7 bingos
Ted Gest 0 - 3 -90
Stefan Fatsis 0 - 3 -238
Irene Awret 0 - 5 -584
Weekly Roundup for week of June 14, 2011
Note that summer camp
for kids in the center starts this week so we might
have to share our room for the first 30 minutes.
Congrats to Brian Galebach for finishing 2nd
in the first division and Carole Denton for
finishing 2nd in the second division in last
weekend's tournament in Wilmington, De.
Here are some recent games at the club, via
Vince Castellano:
June 7 and
June 14.
Brian Galebach extended DRIVING to make DRIVINGLY, Triple-triping the Y
because HAE was already on the board.
Last week in club, we were joined by Gary Skowronski,
who recently moved here from Michigan and proceeded
to clean up. Welcome, Gary, and thanks to director
Marcia Bowen.
Gary Skowronski 4 - 0 +341
Vince Castellano 4 - 1 +186 9 bingos
Elston Wisseh 3 - 1 +229
Mike Lean 3 - 1 +183 6 bingos
Dan Milton 3 - 2 +214 7 bingos
Carole Denton 3 - 2 +143 7 bingos
Diane Christen 3 - 2 +135
Irene Awret 3 - 2 -199
Ralph Moore 3 - 2 +93 8 bingos
Brian Galebach 2 - 3 +158 10 bingos
Ted Gest 2 - 3 -94
Josh Castellano 2 - 3 -186
Carol Tillson 2 - 3 -136
Beverly Roberts 1 - 2 +59
Gary Emanuel 1 - 2 -162
Aaron Gilary 0 - 3 -205
John Stinson 0 - 3 -212
Paula McMartin 0 - 3 -264
Weekly Roundup for week of June 7, 2011
Time to register and pay for our one-day annual
summer tournament Sat. July 9, this year in
downtown Bethesda. ($60). See cross-tables
for details.
A report on last Tuesday's action, from director
Ralph Moore:
Betty Berger 3-0
Michael Lean 3-1 +197 8 bingos
Ralph Moore 3-1 +141 6 bingos
Vince Castellano 3-1 +126 7 bingos
Josh Castellano 3-1 +62
Stefan Fatsis 2-0 +164
Brian Galebach 3-2 +283 9 bingos
David Spitzer 3-2 +56
Diane Christen 3-2 +5
Ted Gest 3-2 -19 6 bingos
Dan Milton 3-2 -113
Paula McMartin 2-2 +85
Carole Denton 2-3 -136
Carol Tillson 2-3 -170
Michael Newman 2-3 -381
Chloe Fatsis 1-1 +60
Beverly Roberts 1-1 +24
Phil Koshute 1-1 +10
Jeff Martin 1-2 +165
Grant Guenzel 1-2 -21
Jenny Backus 1-3 -255
Cheryl Kagan 1-4 +77 9 bingos
Irene Awret 1-4 -221
Sam Masling 0-1 -45
Lorraine Cirina 0-1 -55
Gary Emanuel 0-2 -150
Congratulations to Stefan Fatsis for his 194
point triple-triple bingo PACIFIST
Also to Grant Guenzel for the 143-point
bingo UNMIXES
Weekly Roundup for week of May 31, 2011
Here's a report on last Tuesday's club action
from director Dan Milton:
Brian Galebach 5-0 +616 (11 bingos)
Dan Milton 3-0 +351 (6 bingos)
Marcia Bowen 3-0 +194
Carole Denton 3-2 +189
Carol Tillson 3-2 +21
Jeff Martin 2-1 +92
Tat Reistrup 2-1 +18
Sam Masling 1-0 +18
Beverly Roberts 1-1 -155
Ted Gest 2-3 +104 (8 bingos)
Ralph Moore 2-3 +76 (7 bingos)
Betty Berger 1-2 -56
Paula McMartin 1-2 -101
Gary Emanuel 1-2 -294
Theresa James 0-2 -178
Irene Awret 1-4 -268
Diane Christen 0-5 -419
Weekly Roundup for week of May 24, 2011
The flyer for our one-day annual summer tournament:
8 games Sat. July 9 in Bethesda, is now posted
on cross-tables, so please start telling Ted
if you can make it.
Remember the June 12 tourney up the road in
Wilmington, De., too; see info on cross-tables.
Congrats to Adam Fine for taking Div. 3 in
Philadelphia this weekend with a 6-1-1 record.
Last Tuesday's Chevy Chase results from
director John Stinson:
David Koenig 4-0 +527 10 bingos
Brian Galebach 4-1 +468 8 bingos
Ted Gest 4-1 +159 10 bingos
John Stinson 3-0 +312 7 bingos
Ralph Moore 3-2 +62 9 bingos
Jenny Backus 2-1 -14
Carol Tillson 2-2 -32
Josh Castellano 2-2 -75
Betty Berger 2-2 -342
Diane Christen 2-3 +66 7 bingos
Carole Denton 2-3 -207
Stefan Fatsis 1-0 +22
Beverly Roberts 1-1 -11
Gary Emanuel 1-2 +7
Jeff Martin 1-2 -54
Vince Castellano 1-3 -357 6 bingos
Paula McMartin 1-3 -181
Dan Milton 1-4 -199 8 bingos
Chloe Fatsis 0-1 -22
Sam Masling 0-1 -51
Marcia Bowen 0-3 -148
Weekly Roundup for week of May 17, 2011
Thanks for everyone's continued cooperation in allowing the
staff to clean our room so that everyone can leave by 10.
Here is an unidentified board from last Tuesday. Anyone
want to claim it?
Vince Castellano notes that because he usually is occupied with
his own games, if you have some interesting plays on your board
and want to be featured, alert him or Josh so that they can
shoot it.
A report on the action from director Carole Denton:
Vince Castellano 4-0 +572 12 bingos
Carol Tillson 4-1 +178
Tat Reistrup 3-1 +121
Elston Wisseh 3-1 -74
Cheryl Kagan 3-2 -33
Josh Castellano 2-2 +100
Dan Milton 2-3 -1 8 bingos
Diane Christen 2-3 -4
Ralph Moore 2-3 -23 8 bingos
Phil Koshute 1-0 +29
Carole Denton 1-1 -73
Aaron Gilary 1-2 -185
Jenny Backus 1-3 -32
Paula McMartin 1-3 -127
Gary Emanuel 1-3 -192
Sam Masling 0-1 -157
Beverly Roberts 0-3 -179
Weekly Roundup for week of May 10, 2011
Thanks for everyone’s cooperation in finishing
all rounds by 9:45 last week so that our room
could be cleaned. Please do the same for director
Carole Denton this coming week.
Board of the week from Vince Castellano: a game
in which Stefan Fatsis defeats his daughter,
Chloe Fatsis.
Periodic warning on playing the blank:
In many old wooden tile sets, it may not
be clear when the blank really is a blank.
Two players called me over last Tuesday
after they discovered that a play made
several minutes earlier included a blank
that really wasn’t a blank. Someone had
inadvertently played a letter upside down.
It was too late then to challenge the
play. ALWAYS turn over a blank while there
still is time to challenge to make sure
it is a blank—that is perfectly acceptable
protocol.
Last but not least, there was yet another
brouhaha last week when several news stories
erroneously made no distinction between
the two different Scrabble dictionaries
and reported that 3,000 words are being
added, which is true for 2012 only in the
Collins dictionary, used in NON-North
America play. Our own Official Word List
Is not due for an update until 2013.
Here is a piece by Stefan Fatsis explaining
everything.
Results from Tuesday night at Chevy Chase:
Dan Milton 5 - 0 +390 9 bingoes
Carol Tillson 4 - 1 +371
Ralph Moore 4 - 1 +91 8 bingoes
Josh Castellano 3 - 1 +126
Irene Awret 3 - 1 +94
Joanna Ward 3 - 1 -54
David Koenig 2 - 0 +306
Beverly Roberts 2 - 0 +217
Aaron Gilary 2 - 1 +99
Sam Masling 1 - 0 +109
Stefan Fatsis 1 - 0 +75
Vince Castellano 2 - 2 +75 7 bingoes
Ted Gest 1` - 1 +53
Chloe Fatsis 1 - 1 -7
Lorraine Cirina 1 - 1 -30
Nathan Wagner 1 - 1 -49
Betty Berger 1 - 2 +18
Jeff Martin 1 - 2 +16
Tat Reistrup 1 - 2 -36
John Stinson 1 - 2 -262
Paula McMartin 1 - 3 -137
Cheryl Kagan 1 - 4 -13
Gary Emanuel 0 - 3 -208
Jenny Backus 0 - 3 -278
Carole Denton 0 - 5 -509
Weekly Roundup for week of May 3, 2011
D.C. has lost a staffer at the center, so we need
everyone's cooperation so that our room can
be cleaned before 10 p.m. First, could everyone
do better about cleaning up during the evening--
please don't leave paper, food items, etc.,
lying around. Secondly, we're going to try playing
the last round on one side of the room so the
center can start cleaning up the other side. We
may also start some pairings before 9 p.m.
Only by doing things like this can we preserve
our ability to offer up to 5 rounds every week. Thanks
to all.
Congrats to the Castellano family for winning
two divisions at York, Pa., on Saturday,
Josh with an 8-0 record and Vince 7-1.
Also: Adam Fine,
third in Div 3, 5-3, and Carol Tillson,
winning Div. 4, 6-2. Congrats to all.
Last Tuesday's board of the week:
Grant Guenzel beats Carole Denton,
382-376. Grant makes CRUCIBLE,
INFLATES, RESONANT, Carole
makes IMPORTS. (Don't we all wish
we got our blanks on different turns?)
Results for the evening, thanks to director
Marcia Bowen:
Vince Castellano 4 - 0 +541 11 bingoes
Paula McMartin 3 - 0 +183
Carol Tillson 3 - 1 +232
Marcia Bowen 2 - 0 +173
Grant Guenzel 2 - 1 -82 7 bingoes
Carole Denton 3 - 2 +57
Sam Masling 1 - 0 +100
Jaime Willis 2 - 2 +114
Betty Berger 2 - 2 -27
Gary Emanuel 1 - 1 -88
Dan Milton 2 - 3 -11 7 bingoes
Irene Awret 2 - 3 -53
Ralph Moore 2 - 3 -121 7 bingoes
Ted Gest 2 - 3 -152
John Stinson 1 - 2 -87
Joanna Ward 1 - 2 -150
Josh Castellano 1 - 3 -109
Jenny Backus 1 - 3 -126
Tat Reistrup 1 - 3 -171
Diane Christen 0 - 2 -201
Weekly Roundup for week of Apr. 26, 2011
Results of our club session from
director Dan Milton:
Carol Tillson 4-1 +265 6 bingos
Carole Denton 4-1 +96 6 bingos
Phil Koshute 3-0 +267
Theresa James 2-0 +105
Teresa Schaeffer 3-2 +85
Ted Gest 3-2 0 6 bingos
Josh Costellano 2-1 +174
Jeff Martin 2-1 +118 6 bingos
Grant Guenzel 2-1 +74
Beverley Roberts 2-1 +47
Vince Castellano 2-2 +223 7 bingos
Joanna Ward 2-2 -63
Gary Emanuel 1-2 +258 6 bingos
Adam Fine 1-2 +36
Tat Reistrup 1-2 -375
Jenny Backus 1-3 -170
Ralph Moore 1-4 -327
Irene Awret 1-4 -369
Lorraine Cirina 0-1 -40
Janice Moyer 0-1 -362
Weekly Roundup for week of Apr. 19, 2011
It's looking good for our 11th annual one-day summer tournament
to be held on Sat., July 9, in Bethesda. Please mark your
calendars and stay tuned for details.
Back to the April 3 tourney in Philadelphia,
high finishers from our club included
Dan Milton was 3rd in Div. 2 (5-2) and
Beverly Roberts was 3rd in Div. 4 (5-2).
Last Tuesday's club results from director
Ralph Moore:
Ralph Moore 4-1 +58 7 bingos
Paula McMartin 3-0 +156
Bob Linn 3-1 +220 6 bingos
Vince Castellano 3-1 +98 9 bingos
Carole Denton 3-2 +34
Ted Gest 3-2 +25 7 bingos
Mike Vopatek 2-0 +118
Joanna Ward 2-1 +64
Josh Castellano 2-2 -39
Diane Christen 2-2 -67
Beverly Roberts 1-2 +6
Theresa James 1-2 -2
Jenny Backus 1-2 -61
Carol Tillson 1-4 -67
Lorraine Cirina 0-1 -63
Jeff Martin 0-3 -94
Randy Taylor 0-3 -267
Weekly Roundup for week of Apr. 12, 2011
Congrats to Josh Castellano and partner Jackson Whitcup for
finishing 4th of 98 teams in the School Scrabble tourney
this past weekend in Orlando. Josh and Jackson went 6-1, +584.
Several teams
from D.C. included our club members. Sam Masling
and Sam Radack finished 19th (5-2); Nathan Wagner
and Nate Reistetter were 30th (4-3); Charlie
Williamson and Jake Radack were 31st (4-3); Calvin
Wagner and Sammy Levenson were 46th (4-3)
Congrats to all.
Here is last week's "board of the week" from our club.
Vince Castellano played EMPLOYEES through disconnected
tiles but lost to a team of Stefan Fatsis and Charlie
Williamson.
The results from last Tuesday from director John Stinson:
Randy Taylor 5-0 +500
Dan Milton 4-1 +332 10 bingos
Carol Tillson 3-1 +341
Barry Jones 3-2 +63
Ted Gest 3-2 -93
Aaron Gilary 2-0 +53
Stefan Fatsis 2-1 -10 6 bingos
Ralph Moore 2-3 +158 6 bingos
Vince Castellano 2-2 -34 8 bingos
Carole Denton 2-3 +88 9 bingos
Chloe Fatsis 1-0 +27
John Stinson 1-1 -89
Charlie Williamson 1-2 -120
Jeff Martin 1-2 -196
Josh Castellano 1-3 -78
Tat Reistrup 1-3 -256
Irene Awret 1-4 -349
Paula McMartin 0-3 -138
Gary Emanuel 0-3 -308
Weekly Roundup for week of Apr. 5, 2011
All the results from last Tuesday from director
Carole Denton:
Tat Reistrup 3-1 +159
Joanna Ward 3-1 +136
Ralph Moore 3-2 +56 7 bingos
Dan Milton 3-2 -7
Irene Awret 3-2 -73
Ted Gest 3-2 -170
Phil Koshute 2-0 +117
Adam Ruben 2-0 +71
Josh & Jackson 2-0 +33
Carole Denton 2-1 +146
Beverly Roberts 2-1 -113
Jenny Backus 2-2 -149
Cheryl Kagan 2-3 +48
David Spitzer 2-3 -105
Lorraine Cirina 1-0 +4
John Stinson 1-2 +35
Beth Nickerson 1-2 -103
Randy Taylor 1-3 +60
Carol Tillson 1-4 -70
Sam Masling 0-1 -16
Vince Castellano 0-1 -94
Trudi Benford 0-2 -233
Gary Emanuel 0-3 -158
Weekly Roundup for week of Mar. 29, 2011
Maybe this will be your week for a 100-plus-point word, as it
was for one of us last week (see below). Hope to see you
Tuesday at the Chevy Chase Community Center. We'll have
pairings as usual at 5:30, 6:20, 7:10, 8:05, and 9.
$1 contribution.
Here is last Tuesday's "board of the week" from photographer
Vince Castellano. Note Ralph Moore's HOSTLER (for 102). Ralph
also played UREDIAL, and SUITERS. His opponent wasn't
so fortunate.
Now for everyone's records. We welcomed Carol Tillson
back from her recent llness and she trounced most
opponents. We had 27 participants--a great crowd.
Carol Tillson 4 - 1 +451
Dan Milton 4 - 1 +143 7 bingos
Jenny Backus 3 - 1 -43
Nathan Wagner 3 - 0 +254
Phil Koshute 2 - 0 +125
Ralph Moore 3 - 2 +249 10 bingos
Carole Denton 3 - 2 +148 7 bingos
Gary Emanuel 2 - 1 -54
Jaime Willis 2 - 1 -91
Beth Nickerson 1 - 0 +50
Stefan Fatsis 1 - 0 +45
Jampal Rowe 1 - 0 +40
Adam Ruben 1 - 0 +11
Adam Fine 2 - 2 +97
Paula McMartin 2 - 2 -46
Vince Castellano 1 - 1 -8
David Koenig 1 - 1 +230
Cheryl Kagan 2 - 3 +132
Joanna Ward 1 - 2 - 1 -130
Chloe Fatsis 0 - 1 -45
David Spitzer 1 - 3 - 1 -168
Ted Gest 1 - 3 -63
Diane Christen 0 - 2 -91
Theresa James 0 - 2 -201
John Stinson 0 - 3 -579
Irene Awret 1 - 4 -245
Weekly Roundup for week of Mar. 22, 2011
Our tournament was featured last week in the
.
Vince Castellano took lots of tournament photos that
you can see here.
In last week’s club session, we had a visitor, Alan Riechman
from South Carolina. In this board of the week, he
extended Ralph Moore’s LIVERIES to DELIVERIES.
Here are the club results from director Ralph Moore:
Ted Gest 5-0 +189 6 bingos
Alan Riechman 4-0 +424
Jeff Martin 3-0 +214
Adam Ruben 2-0 +55
Vince Castellano 2-2 +226 11 bingos
Carole Denton 2-2 +190
Jenny Backus 2-2 +114
Dan Milton 2-3 -235
Beverly Roberts 1-1 +28
Ralph Moore 1-2 -81
John Stinson 1-2 -199
Tat Reistrup 1-3 -150
Josh Castellano 1-3 -330
Theresa James 0-2 -82
Gary Emanuel 0-2 -101
Paula McMartin 0-3 -228
Weekly Roundup for week of Mar. 15, 2011
Tournament results available on cross-tables for
TWL
and
Collins Bethesda tournaments.
Last Tuesday's results from director Dan Milton:
Cheryl Kagan 5-0 +209
Vince Castellano 4-0 +485
Josh Castellano 3-1 +238
Paula McMartin 3-1 +44
Dan Milton 2-1 +117
Theresa James 2-1 +79
Carole Denton 3-2 +229
Aaron Gilary 2-2 -42
Nathan Wagner 1-1 -67
Adam Ruben 1-1 -87
Esme Farb 1-1 -149
Irene Awret 2-3 -264
Jenny Backus 1-3 -66
Tat Reistrup 1-3 -135
Ralph Moore 1-4 -61
Ted Gest 1-4 -110
Beth Nickerson 0-1 -46
Gary Emanuel 0-2 -107
Noah Castellano 0-2 -232
Weekly Roundup for week of Mar. 8, 2011
Here are last Tuesday's results. Thanks to director
Marcia Bowen. Congrats to Dan for 11 bingos.
We were joined by Jon Demeter from northern
California.
Carole Denton 4 - 0 +173 6 bingos
Ralph Moore 4 - 1 +377 8 bingos
Theresa James 3 - 0 +64
Beverly Roberts 2 - 0 +193
Harold Rennett 2 - 0 +56
Dan Milton 3 - 2 +96 11 bingos
Grant Guenzel 2 - 2 +128 8 bingos
Aaron Gilary 2 - 2 +8 7 bingos
Carol Colloton 2 - 2 -174
Jampal Rowe 1 - 1 +109
Adam Ruben 1 - 1 -12
Stefan Fatsis 1 - 0 +121
Sam Masling 1 - 0 +5
Ted Gest 2 - 3 -179
Jeff Martin 1 - 2 -119
Gary Emanuel 1 - 2 -301
Jon Demeter 1 - 3 -77
Jaime Willis 1 - 3 -250
Chloe Fatsis 0 - 1 -121
Trudi Benford 0 - 1 -149
Irene Awret 0 - 5 -124
Cheryl Kagan 0 - 5 -333
Weekly Roundup for week of Mar. 1, 2011
For our board of the week, here is Vince Castellano's
game with Bob Linn. Note Vince's 131-point
triple-triple OBTURATE.
Now the results from last Tuesday from director
Carole Denton. Note Vince's great bingo total.
Of course bingos aren't everything. One player
noted that he played 4 bingos in a game -- and lost.
Vince Castellano 4-1 +311 13 bingos
Cheryl Kagan 3-1 +205 7 bingos
Phil Koshute 2-0 +256
Adam Ruben 2-0 +82
Trudi Benford 2-1 +140
Jeff Martin 2-1 +79
Jaime Willis 2-1 +64
John Stinson 2-1 +34 8 bingos
Bob Linn 2-1 -26 6 bingos
Grant Guenzel 2-1 -83
Tat Reistrup 2-2 -160
Dan Milton 2-3 +12 9 bingos
Ted Gest 2-3 -253
Paula McMartin 1-1 -14
Beverly Roberts 1-1 -42
Carole Denton 1-2 -1
Joanna Ward 1-2 -60
Jenny Backus 1-3 - 120
Carol Colloton 0-3 -286
Weekly Roundup for week of Feb. 22, 2011
We’d like to hear from more people who can take part in our
inaugural 2-day Bethesda tournament on Mar. 19-20. See the
details at cross-tables.com or at the club. One division will feature
the first sanctioned Collins (international dictionary) tournament
in this area.
Stefan Fatsis directed a 48-player school tournament on Saturday
at Janney Elementary School in D.C. Our club participants did
well. Josh Costellano and Jackson Whitcup took Division A with
a 4-0, +700 record. Calvin Wagner and Sammy Levenson finished
second in that division, 3-1, +292. Charlie Williamson and Jake
Radack were 2-2 +126, and Sam Masling and Sam Radack 2-2 +25.
Nathan Wagner and Kurt Knutsen were 7th in Division A. In Division C,
Chloe Fatsis and Lizzie Brennan were 2.5-1.5, +9. Vince Castellano
did the pairings, and Dave Koenig and Lily Gasperetti helped.
Our board of the week from Tuesday from Vince Castellano is
a game matching Chloe and Stefan Fatsis with Jake Radack
and Vince, who reports that Chloe locked in the win
by playing TOLERANT to the T in VAUNT.
The rest of Tuesday's results, from director John Stinson:
Josh Castellano 4-0 +418
Carole Denton 4-1 +124 9 bingos
Stefan Fatsis 3-0 +224 6 bingos
Phil Koshute 2-0 +250
Beverly Roberts 2-0 +236
Grant Guenzel 2-1 +146 8 bingos
Theresa James 2-1 +90
John Stinson 2-2 +134 6 bingos
David Koenig 2-2 +55
Aaron Gilary 2-2 +3
Bryan Cooley 2-2 -72
Jaime Willis 2-2 -180
Ralph Moore 2-3 +196
Gary Emanuel 2-3 -259
Chloe Fatsis 1-0 +205
Sam Masling 1-0 +66
Jampal Rowe 1-1 +83
Carol Colloton 1-1 +17
Adam Ruben 1-1 -111
Tat Reistrup 1-3 -119
Betty Berger 1-3 -309
Ted Gest 1-4 -285
Beth Nickerson 0-1 -49
Nathan Wagner 0-2 -190
Jacob Radack 0-2 -266
Vince Castellano 0-3 -161
Weekly Roundup for week of Feb. 15, 2011
Don't forget the Mar. 19-20 tournament in Bethesda. Yes, we do welcome
newcomers. We have people playing in all divisions.
If you didn't notice, we are running a separate Collins
tournament at the same venue, featuring the world
dictionary with tens of thousands more words. We
already have 7 signed up for that one.
Here is the "board of the week" from Vince Castellano.
David Spitzer edged Betty Berger in this one, 358 to 336.
Note Betty's RUTABAGA, an extension from RUT.
Also note the phony TOURNIES.
A report from last Tuesday, when we played in the
auditorium while the art exhibit opened in our room.
Congrats on our three perfect records, led by
Cheryl's 5-0 (she also had the highest turn score for
people who reported scores on bingos: AVOIDER 98).
Cheryl Kagan 5 - 0 +152 8 bingos
John Stinson 3 - 0 +24 6 bingos
Gary Emanuel 3 - 0 +314
Grant Guenzel 3 - 0 +298 7 bingos
Ted Gest 3 - 1 -93
Dan Milton 3 - 2 +82 8 bingos
David Spitzer 3 - 2 +42
Vince Castellano 2 - 2 +18 6 bingos
Theresa James 2 - 1 +60
Aaron Gilary 2 - 1 -183
Sam Masling 1 - 0 +50
Beth Nickerson 1 - 1 -33
Jampal Rowe 0 - 1 -60
Jeff Martin 0 - 1 -65
Jackie Brown 0 - 1 -245
Shannon Brown 0 - 1 -277
Joanna Ward 1 - 3 +80
Betty Berger 1 - 3 -54
Beverly Roberts 0 - 2 -75
Carole Denton 1 - 4 +16
Ralph Moore 1 - 4 -342 7 bingos
Weekly Roundup for week of Feb. 8, 2011
News from the Feb. 5 Baltimore tournament:
Jason Godfroy of our club took Division D with a 7-0 record.
Wanda Fleming won third place in Division C. Congrats to
Jason and Wanda. This means our club won 3 of the 4 divisions.
Vince Castellano has been taking photos of many game boards.
Here is one from a game last week in which Grant Guenzel
beat Ralph Moore 496 to 467. Note Ralph's JOSTLING for 95
and Grant's BATGIRL, among other good plays.
Vince will post weekly games at this site.
Now the results of last Tuesday. Thanks to director Marcia Bowen:
Josh Castellano 3 - 0 +282
Stefan Fatsis 3 - 0 +280
Grant Guenzel 3 - 0 +191 7 bingos
John Stinson 3 - 1 +57 7 bingos
Vince Castellano 2 - 0 +104
Beverly Roberts 2 - 0 +82
Ted Gest 3 - 2 +131 7 bingos
Chloe Fatsis 1 - 0 +119
Eric Lutz 2 - 2 -52
Phil Koshute 1 - 1 +2
Dan Milton 2 - 3 +128 9 bingos
Ralph Moore 2 - 3 -306 9 bingos
Jenny Backus 1 - 2 -77
Theresa James 1 - 2 -104
Sam Masling 0 - 1 -22
Marcia Bowen 0 - 1 -91
Gary Emanuel 1 - 3 -121
Tat Reistrup 1 - 4 -288
Carole Denton 0 - 4 -100
Weekly Roundup for week of Feb. 1, 2011
A report on last Tuesday at Chevy Chase from
director Ralph Moore:
Stefan Fatsis 3-0 +267
Carole Denton 3-1 +10
Beverly Roberts 2-0 +93
Dan Milton 3-2 +407 8 bingos
Cheryl Kagan 3-2 +222 9 bingos
David Spitzer 3-2 -153
Phil Koshute 2-1 +149
Gary Emanuel 2-1 +119
Joanna Ward 2-1 +113
Ralph Moore 2-2 +154
Josh Castellano 2-2 +19 9 bingos
Theresa James 1-1 -29
Jenny Backus 1-2 -30
Tat Reistrup 1-3 -244
Carol Tillson 1-4 -384
Sam Masling 0-1 -47
Jada Hayes 0-2 -254
Vince Castellano 0-3 -251
Weekly Roundup for week of Jan. 25, 2011
We've had several newcomers to the club already
this year; we welcome you all.
A quick reminder: we list these standings to
show who attended and what happened. All of
us have good and bad nights, so no one should
be embarrassed if you don't win a game--it happens
to everyone.
Here are last Tuesday's results at Chevy Chase from
director Dan Milton:
Aaron Gilary 4-0 +459 8 bingos
Carole Denton 4-1 +429 11 bingos
Adam Fine 3-0 +221 6 bingos
John Stinson 3-0 +112
Betty Berger 3-1 +101
Jeff Martin 2-1 +90
Ted Gest 3-2 -47 6 bingos
Ralph Moore 3-2 -65 10 bingos
Phil Koshute 1-0 +77
Dan Milton 2-2 +250 6 bingos
Vince Castellano 2-2 129 9 bingos
Josh Castellano 2-2 +122
Joanna Ward 2-2 +20
Lorraine Cirina 1-1 +55
Jenny Backus 1-2 -154
Cheryl Kagan 1-3 -209
Carol Tillson 1-4 -143
Sam Masling 0-1 -39
Beverly Roberts 0-2 -187
Gary Emanuel 0-3 -202
Grant Guenzel 0-3 -280 6 bingos
Patrick Quion 0-2 -311
Jada Hayes 0-2 -422
Weekly Roundup for week of Jan. 18, 2011
We're pleased to announce that we will do a two-day
NASPA-rated tournament Mar. 19-20, 14 games, in a new
venue (for us) in downtown Bethesda. Thanks to Cheryl
Kagan for finding this one. It is across the street from
Metro and near Bethesda's zillions of restaurants.
See the details on cross-tables.com
Thanks to Bob Linn's inspiration, we will have a division
playing with the Collins (world) dictionary. Already
several experts have signed up for that.
Here are Tuesday's club results from director
Carole Denton:
Cheryl Kagan 4-1 +206 6 bingos
Jason Godfroy 3-1 +54
Ted Gest 2-0 +103
Marcia Bowen 2-1 + 118
Dan Milton 2-2 +70
Ralph Moore 2-3 -133 7 bingos
Carole Denton 1-0 +122
Jada Hayes 1-1 -159
Theresa James 1-2 +72
John Stinson 1-2 -88
Diane Christen 1-3 -84
David Spitzer 1-4 -205
Sam Masling 0-1 -64
Weekly Roundup for week of Jan. 11, 2011
Last week at Chevy Chase, our session was
shortened to 4 games because of an icing
threat but we had lots of players. The report:
Dan Milton 4 - 0 +310 (7 bingos)
Jampal Rowe 3 - 0 +271
Josh Castellano 2 - 1 +487
Aaron Gilary 2 - 1 +149 (6 bingos)
Carol Tillson 2 - 1 +81
Stefan Fatsis 1 - 0 +9
Cheryl Kagan 2 - 2 -78
Carole Denton 2 - 2 -82
Carol Colloton 1 - 1 +159
Ted Gest 1 - 1 -5
Jada Hayes 1 - 1 -65
Scott Leifer 1 - 2 +1
Vince Castellano 1 - 2 -165
Leon Hurd 1 - 2 -305
Chloe Fatsis 0 - 1 -9
Sam Masling 0 - 1 -107
Ralph Moore 1 - 3 -177
Beverly Roberts 0 - 2 -37
Patrick Quion 0 - 2 -121
Weekly Roundup for week of Jan. 4, 2011
Here are last Tuesday's Chevy Chase results. Thanks
to director John Stinson:
Vince Castellano 4-0 +455 11 bingos
Marcia Bowen 3-0 +290
Sam Masling 1-0 +99
Ralph Moore 4-1 -49 5 bingos
Josh Castellano 3-1 +340
Jeff Martin 2-1 +239
Theresa James 2-1 +128
Aaron Gilary 2-1 +24
Nathan Wagner 1-1 +80
Carol Tillson 2-2 -123
Beverly Roberts 1-1 +1
Carole Denton 2-3 +132 5 bingos
Ted Gest 2-3 +12 6 bingos
Joanna Ward 1-3 -190
Carol Colloton 1-3 -295
Jampal Rowe 0-1 -13
John Stinson 0-1 -117
Jada Hayes 0-2 -198
Lorraine Cirina 0-2 -372
Tobey Roland 0-4 -548
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