Thavachai Thivavarnvongs [#48] at PC 2007

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On this page, you will find information about Thavachai Thivavarnvongs, 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. Thivavarnvongs currently has a record of 16-15, -173, and is ranked #51 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 Thavachai Thivavarnvongs]

Given name(s): Thavachai
Surname(s): Thivavarnvongs
Home: Bangkok, Thailand
Hobbies: Scrabble
Occupation: University Professor
NSC 1994 Division: 1
NSC 1994 Rank: 117/134, 11-16 -866
NSC 2000 Division: 2
NSC 2000 Rank: 28/105, 17-14 +854
NSC 2002 Division: 1
NSC 2002 Rank: 106/132, 13-18 -165
NSC 2004 Division: 2
NSC 2004 Rank: 85/139, 14-16 -84
NSC 2005 Division: 2
NSC 2005 Rank: 32/108, 15.5-12.5 +316
USSO 2006 Division: 2
USSO 2006 Rank: 85/102, 11.5-16.5 -171

Career History

8-year record against other players at this event	13.5-13.5 (0.500)
Past 1-12 months	no games
Past 13-24 months	6-7 (0.462)	LLLL WWW LLL WWW
Past 25-36 months	2.5-2.5 (0.500)	LTW L W
Past 37-48 months	3-3 (0.500)	W LL WW L
Past 49-60 months	no games
Past 61-72 months	2-1 (0.667)	WW L
Past 73-84 months	no games
Past 85-96 months	no games

Rank Diagram
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Round by Round
High score: 537 Average for: 392 Average against: 397
Round 1		Thivavarnvongs played #80 Jeff Myers (Granville, OH) and won 363 to 284 (a spread of 79). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Myers in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #25. Current record: 1-0, +79.
Round 2		Thivavarnvongs played #86 Carolyn Easter (Birmingham, MI) and lost 378 to 410 (a spread of -32). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Easter in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #43. Current record: 1-1, +47.
Round 3		Thivavarnvongs played #1 Roy Kamen (Covina, CA) and won 384 to 377 (a spread of 7). The last time these two played was 2006-08 at: UNITED STATES SCRABBLE OPEN Thivavarnvongs’s record vs. Kamen 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: #38. Current record: 2-1, +54.
Round 4		Thivavarnvongs played #107 Glenda Short (Oklahoma City, OK) and won 451 to 383 (a spread of 68). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Short in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-1, +122.
Round 5		Thivavarnvongs played #77 Kay Patterson (Columbia, MD) and lost 305 to 402 (a spread of -97). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Patterson in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 3-2, +25.
Round 6		Thivavarnvongs played #52 Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR) and lost 306 to 518 (a spread of -212). The last time these two played was 2006-08 at: UNITED STATES SCRABBLE OPEN Thivavarnvongs’s record vs. Hamilton 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: #70. Current record: 3-3, -187.
Round 7		Thivavarnvongs played #5 Robert Crowe (Fort Wayne, IN) and lost 334 to 466 (a spread of -132). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Crowe in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #84. Current record: 3-4, -319.
Round 8		Thivavarnvongs played #84 David Weiss (Billings, MT) and lost 378 to 455 (a spread of -77). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Weiss in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #93. Current record: 3-5, -396.
Round 9		Thivavarnvongs played #13 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 411 to 433 (a spread of -22). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Whitmarsh in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #96. Current record: 3-6, -418.
Round 10		Thivavarnvongs played #91 Connie Creed (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 322 to 362 (a spread of -40). The last time these two played was 2004-08 at: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Thivavarnvongs’s record vs. Creed in the 8 years leading up to this event: 1-1 (0.500). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: WL. 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: #99. Current record: 3-7, -458.
Round 11		Thivavarnvongs played #103 Frank Lee (Cincinnati, OH) and won 425 to 383 (a spread of 42). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Lee in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #93. Current record: 4-7, -416.
Round 12		Thivavarnvongs played #10 Greg Edwards (Minneapolis, MN) and lost 350 to 360 (a spread of -10). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Edwards in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #97. Current record: 4-8, -426.
Round 13		Thivavarnvongs played #49 Joe Petree (Secane, PA) and won 534 to 372 (a spread of 162). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Petree in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #86. Current record: 5-8, -264.
Round 14		Thivavarnvongs played #51 Andy Bohnsack (Madison, WI) and won 462 to 452 (a spread of 10). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Bohnsack in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #81. Current record: 6-8, -254.
Round 15		Thivavarnvongs played #29 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 537 to 285 (a spread of 252). The last time these two played was 2006-08 at: UNITED STATES SCRABBLE OPEN Thivavarnvongs’s record vs. Ubeika 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: #61. Current record: 7-8, -2.
Round 16		Thivavarnvongs played #19 Doug Riblet (Austin, TX) and lost 374 to 441 (a spread of -67). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Riblet in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #75. Current record: 7-9, -69.
Round 17		Thivavarnvongs played #58 Steve Hartsman (Brown Deer, WI) and won 348 to 336 (a spread of 12). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Hartsman in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #68. Current record: 8-9, -57.
Round 18		Thivavarnvongs played #41 Jeff Cook (Keyser, WV) and lost 396 to 416 (a spread of -20). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Cook in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #76. Current record: 8-10, -77.
Round 19		Thivavarnvongs played #33 Joe Bihlmeyer (Durham, CT) and lost 353 to 421 (a spread of -68). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Bihlmeyer in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #83. Current record: 8-11, -145.
Round 20		Thivavarnvongs played #104 Kevin Lucas (Madison Heights, MI) and lost 332 to 454 (a spread of -122). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Lucas in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #85. Current record: 8-12, -267.
Round 21		Thivavarnvongs played #68 Angelina Scroggins (Minneapolis, MN) and won 444 to 356 (a spread of 88). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Scroggins in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #82. Current record: 9-12, -179.
Round 22		Thivavarnvongs played #35 Robin LaPrelle (Rural Retreat, VA) and lost 377 to 409 (a spread of -32). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played LaPrelle in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #83. Current record: 9-13, -211.
Round 23		Thivavarnvongs played #92 Carla Cree (Dallas, TX) and lost 414 to 430 (a spread of -16). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Cree in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #86. Current record: 9-14, -227.
Round 24		Thivavarnvongs played #99 Eugene Murray (Indianapolis, IN) and won 397 to 378 (a spread of 19). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Murray in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #84. Current record: 10-14, -208.
Round 25		Thivavarnvongs played #106 Bennett Jacobstein (Milpitas, CA) and won 474 to 428 (a spread of 46). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Jacobstein in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #76. Current record: 11-14, -162.
Round 26		Thivavarnvongs played #34 Tony Claitor (Orlando, FL) and won 377 to 374 (a spread of 3). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Claitor in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #72. Current record: 12-14, -159.
Round 27		Thivavarnvongs played #81 Andrew Solomon (Houston, TX) and lost 351 to 514 (a spread of -163). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Solomon in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #80. Current record: 12-15, -322.
Round 28		Thivavarnvongs played #69 Susi Tiekert (Melbourne, FL) and won 388 to 335 (a spread of 53). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Tiekert in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #75. Current record: 13-15, -269.
Round 29		Thivavarnvongs played #95 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 431 to 422 (a spread of 9). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Seales in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #66. Current record: 14-15, -260.
Round 30		Thivavarnvongs played #64 Laura Scheimberg (Littleton, CO) and won 377 to 369 (a spread of 8). The last time these two played was 2004-08 at: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Thivavarnvongs’s record vs. Scheimberg in the 8 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: W. 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: #58. Current record: 15-15, -252.
Round 31		Thivavarnvongs played #53 Phil Polsky (New York, NY) and won 373 to 294 (a spread of 79). Before this event, Thivavarnvongs had not played Polsky in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #51. Current record: 16-15, -173.

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