Arun Methaset [#36] at PC 2007

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On this page, you will find information about Arun Methaset, who is a contestant at the 2007 Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. Methaset currently has a record of 16-15, +429, and is ranked #43 in Division 2.

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

[photo of Arun Methaset]

Given name(s): Arun
Surname(s): Methaset
Home: Bangkok, Thailand
Hobbies: Chess
Occupation: Management Executive
NSC 1988 Division: 1
NSC 1988 Rank: 125/200, 13-14 -253
NSC 1989 Division: 1
NSC 1989 Rank: 114/149, 12-15 -301
NSC 1994 Division: 1
NSC 1994 Rank: 122/134, 10-17 -633
NSC 1996 Division: 1
NSC 1996 Rank: 98/108, 10-17 -607
NSC 2000 Division: 2
NSC 2000 Rank: 60/105, 15-16 +165
NSC 2002 Division: 2
NSC 2002 Rank: 37/103, 16.5-14.5 +307
NSC 2005 Division: 2
NSC 2005 Rank: 38/108, 15-13 +146
USSO 2006 Division: 2
USSO 2006 Rank: 71/102, 12-16 +74

Career History

8-year record against other players at this event	9-15 (0.375)
Past 1-12 months	no games
Past 13-24 months	4-4 (0.500)	WW LLLL WW
Past 25-36 months	3-7 (0.300)	LL W LLLL W L W
Past 37-48 months	no games
Past 49-60 months	no games
Past 61-72 months	2-4 (0.333)	W LLLL W
Past 73-84 months	no games
Past 85-96 months	no games

Rank Diagram
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Round by Round
High score: 481 Average for: 379 Average against: 366
Round 1		Methaset played #79 Joanne Cohen (Owings Mills, MD) and lost 319 to 470 (a spread of -151). Before this event, Methaset had not played Cohen in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #100. Current record: 0-1, -151.
Round 2		Methaset played #99 Eugene Murray (Indianapolis, IN) and won 463 to 326 (a spread of 137). Before this event, Methaset had not played Murray in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #62. Current record: 1-1, -14.
Round 3		Methaset played #15 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and lost 348 to 442 (a spread of -94). Before this event, Methaset had not played Horn in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #82. Current record: 1-2, -108.
Round 4		Methaset played #86 Carolyn Easter (Birmingham, MI) and won 439 to 346 (a spread of 93). Before this event, Methaset had not played Easter in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #59. Current record: 2-2, -15.
Round 5		Methaset played #29 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 352 to 275 (a spread of 77). Before this event, Methaset had not played Ubeika in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 3-2, +62.
Round 6		Methaset played #33 Joe Bihlmeyer (Durham, CT) and lost 301 to 408 (a spread of -107). Before this event, Methaset had not played Bihlmeyer in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #64. Current record: 3-3, -45.
Round 7		Methaset played #58 Steve Hartsman (Brown Deer, WI) and won 391 to 359 (a spread of 32). Before this event, Methaset had not played Hartsman in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #45. Current record: 4-3, -13.
Round 8		Methaset played #32 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Waltham, MA) and lost 372 to 376 (a spread of -4). Before this event, Methaset had not played Fukawa-Connelly in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #56. Current record: 4-4, -17. Methaset is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).
Round 9		Methaset played #68 Angelina Scroggins (Minneapolis, MN) and won 454 to 290 (a spread of 164). Before this event, Methaset had not played Scroggins in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 5-4, +147.
Round 10		Methaset played #31 Stuart Goldman (Riverhead, NY) and won 423 to 366 (a spread of 57). The last time these two played was 2006-08 at: UNITED STATES SCRABBLE OPEN Methaset’s record vs. Goldman in the 8 years leading up to this event: 1-1 (0.500). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: L. Past 25-36 months: W. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #25. Current record: 6-4, +204.
Round 11		Methaset played #67 David Engelhardt (Baltimore, MD) and won 398 to 280 (a spread of 118). Before this event, Methaset had not played Engelhardt in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #18. Current record: 7-4, +322.
Round 12		Methaset played #74 Kevin Leeds (Atlanta, GA) and lost 330 to 437 (a spread of -107). Before this event, Methaset had not played Leeds in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #30. Current record: 7-5, +215.
Round 13		Methaset played #66 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 299 to 376 (a spread of -77). Before this event, Methaset had not played Bowman in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 7-6, +138.
Round 14		Methaset played #101 Mary A Lyons (Coatesville, PA) and won 425 to 349 (a spread of 76). Before this event, Methaset had not played Lyons in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #33. Current record: 8-6, +214.
Round 15		Methaset played #95 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 481 to 391 (a spread of 90). The last time these two played was 2006-08 at: UNITED STATES SCRABBLE OPEN Methaset’s record vs. Seales in the 8 years leading up to this event: 0-3 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: L. Past 25-36 months: L. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: L. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #26. Current record: 9-6, +304.
Round 16		Methaset played #75 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 404 to 292 (a spread of 112). Before this event, Methaset had not played Weisskopf in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 10-6, +416.
Round 17		Methaset played #7 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and lost 344 to 357 (a spread of -13). Before this event, Methaset had not played Lipkin in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 10-7, +403.
Round 18		Methaset played #6 Jason Bednarz (Ann Arbor, MI) and lost 399 to 413 (a spread of -14). Before this event, Methaset had not played Bednarz in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-8, +389.
Round 19		Methaset played #25 Alex Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI) and lost 335 to 386 (a spread of -51). Before this event, Methaset had not played Fiszbein in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 10-9, +338.
Round 20		Methaset played #55 Mark Berg (New York, NY) and won 401 to 314 (a spread of 87). Before this event, Methaset had not played Berg in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 11-9, +425.
Round 21		Methaset played #81 Andrew Solomon (Houston, TX) and won 410 to 364 (a spread of 46). Before this event, Methaset had not played Solomon in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #26. Current record: 12-9, +471.
Round 22		Methaset played #45 Lisa Slankard (Arlington Heights, IL) and lost 339 to 444 (a spread of -105). Before this event, Methaset had not played Slankard in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 12-10, +366.
Round 23		Methaset played #1 Roy Kamen (Covina, CA) and lost 379 to 391 (a spread of -12). Before this event, Methaset had not played Kamen in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 12-11, +354.
Round 24		Methaset played #62 Mary Capalbi (Deerfield Beach, FL) and won 411 to 388 (a spread of 23). Before this event, Methaset had not played Capalbi in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 13-11, +377.
Round 25		Methaset played #22 Jason Idalski (Warren, MI) and lost 298 to 344 (a spread of -46). Before this event, Methaset had not played Idalski in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #43. Current record: 13-12, +331.
Round 26		Methaset played #73 Siri Tillekeratne (Calgary AB) and won 429 to 295 (a spread of 134). Before this event, Methaset had not played Tillekeratne in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 14-12, +465.
Round 27		Methaset played #47 Mason Shambach (Battle Creek, MI) and won 384 to 321 (a spread of 63). The last time these two played was 2006-08 at: UNITED STATES SCRABBLE OPEN Methaset’s record vs. Shambach in the 8 years leading up to this event: 0-1 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: L. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #30. Current record: 15-12, +528.
Round 28		Methaset played #92 Carla Cree (Dallas, TX) and lost 348 to 374 (a spread of -26). Before this event, Methaset had not played Cree in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 15-13, +502. Methaset is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).
Round 29		Methaset played #46 Stephen Knapp (Battle Creek, MI) and won 384 to 378 (a spread of 6). The last time these two played was 2006-08 at: UNITED STATES SCRABBLE OPEN Methaset’s record vs. Knapp in the 8 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: W. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #30. Current record: 16-13, +508.
Round 30		Methaset played #24 Jeff Martin (Albuquerque, NM) and lost 368 to 421 (a spread of -53). Before this event, Methaset had not played Martin in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 16-14, +455.
Round 31		Methaset played #13 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 335 to 361 (a spread of -26). Before this event, Methaset had not played Whitmarsh in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #43. Current record: 16-15, +429.

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