Jacob Williams [#41] at PC 2007

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On this page, you will find information about Jacob Williams, 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. Williams currently has a record of 18-13, +1466, and is ranked #16 in Division 3.

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): Jacob Surname(s): Williams Home: Austin, TX, United States Awards: First Place Division Six NSC 2005 Hobbies: Gospel Quartet Music, Opera, Open Source Software Occupation: Web Developer NSC 2005 Division: 6 NSC 2005 Rank: 1/131, 22-6 +1360 USSO 2006 Division: 3 USSO 2006 Rank: 61/129, 14-14 +101

Career History

8-year record against other players at this event	14-8 (0.636)
Past 1-12 months	1-3 (0.250)	LLL W
Past 13-24 months	10-4 (0.714)	WWW L W LLL WWWWWW
Past 25-36 months	3-1 (0.750)	L WWW
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

Rank Diagram
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Round by Round
High score: 548 Average for: 416 Average against: 368
Round 1		Williams played #80 Nancy Scott (Schertz, TX) and won 384 to 225 (a spread of 159). The last time these two played was 2007-02 at: SALADO, TX Williams’s record vs. Scott in the 8 years leading up to this event: 4-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: W. Past 13-24 months: WWW. 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: #1. Current record: 1-0, +159.
Round 2		Williams played #94 Arline Silverman (Lake Hiawatha, NJ) and won 492 to 319 (a spread of 173). Before this event, Williams had not played Silverman in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +332. Williams is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).
Round 3		Williams played #11 Carlene Wallis (Sparks, NV) and lost 381 to 534 (a spread of -153). Before this event, Williams had not played Wallis in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 2-1, +179.
Round 4		Williams played #92 Priya Fernando (Mississauga ON) and won 472 to 247 (a spread of 225). Before this event, Williams had not played Fernando in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #9. Current record: 3-1, +404.
Round 5		Williams played #12 Nola Hembrook (Marshfield, WI) and won 456 to 321 (a spread of 135). Before this event, Williams had not played Hembrook in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-1, +539.
Round 6		Williams played #10 Larry Gradus (Margate, FL) and won 431 to 391 (a spread of 40). Before this event, Williams had not played Gradus in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5-1, +579.
Round 7		Williams played #13 George Asaka (Omaha, NE) and lost 427 to 499 (a spread of -72). Before this event, Williams had not played Asaka in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-2, +507.
Round 8		Williams played #35 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 392 to 456 (a spread of -64). The last time these two played was 2007-02 at: SALADO, TX Williams’s record vs. Dyer in the 8 years leading up to this event: 0-2 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: L. 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: #18. Current record: 5-3, +443.
Round 9		Williams played #54 Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) and lost 382 to 394 (a spread of -12). The last time these two played was 2006-08 at: UNITED STATES SCRABBLE OPEN Williams’s record vs. White 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: #27. Current record: 5-4, +431.
Round 10		Williams played #85 George Viebranz (Strongsville, OH) and won 548 to 374 (a spread of 174). Before this event, Williams had not played Viebranz in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 6-4, +605.
Round 11		Williams played #34 Kit Morehead (Berkley, MI) and lost 336 to 424 (a spread of -88). Before this event, Williams had not played Morehead in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-5, +517.
Round 12		Williams played #66 Janet Gray (Royal Oak, MI) and won 481 to 363 (a spread of 118). Before this event, Williams had not played Gray in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 7-5, +635.
Round 13		Williams played #7 Richard Lauder (Madison, WI) and won 433 to 358 (a spread of 75). Before this event, Williams had not played Lauder in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-5, +710.
Round 14		Williams played #17 Andrew Gaertner (Glenwood City, WI) and lost 340 to 373 (a spread of -33). Before this event, Williams had not played Gaertner in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 8-6, +677.
Round 15		Williams played #19 Gabriel Wong (Burnaby BC) and lost 287 to 442 (a spread of -155). Before this event, Williams had not played Wong in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 8-7, +522.
Round 16		Williams played #50 Vivian Minden (Dundas ON) and won 493 to 306 (a spread of 187). Before this event, Williams had not played Minden in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #23. Current record: 9-7, +709.
Round 17		Williams played #21 Rob Long (Sterling Heights, MI) and lost 381 to 476 (a spread of -95). Before this event, Williams had not played Long in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 9-8, +614.
Round 18		Williams played #74 Lynda Finn (Madison, WI) and lost 333 to 340 (a spread of -7). Before this event, Williams had not played Finn in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #43. Current record: 9-9, +607.
Round 19		Williams played #70 Gary Perman (Blairsville, PA) and lost 405 to 447 (a spread of -42). Before this event, Williams had not played Perman in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 9-10, +565.
Round 20		Williams played #14 Mike Stafford (Columbus, OH) and won 418 to 333 (a spread of 85). Before this event, Williams had not played Stafford in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #43. Current record: 10-10, +650.
Round 21		Williams played #89 John Fultz (Savoy, IL) and won 358 to 297 (a spread of 61). Before this event, Williams had not played Fultz in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #35. Current record: 11-10, +711.
Round 22		Williams played #57 Woody Chen (Flushing, NY) and won 435 to 293 (a spread of 142). Before this event, Williams had not played Chen in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #27. Current record: 12-10, +853.
Round 23		Williams played #42 Maureen Kennerk (Hicksville, OH) and lost 377 to 451 (a spread of -74). Before this event, Williams had not played Kennerk in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 12-11, +779.
Round 24		Williams played #59 Mark Gooley (Hawthorne, FL) and won 483 to 258 (a spread of 225). The last time these two played was 2005-10 at: DALLAS, TX Williams’s record vs. Gooley 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: 13-11, +1004.
Round 25		Williams played #28 Samuel Moch (Brooklyn, NY) and won 450 to 412 (a spread of 38). Before this event, Williams had not played Moch in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 14-11, +1042.
Round 26		Williams played #16 Edward Stewart (Baltimore, MD) and lost 350 to 438 (a spread of -88). Before this event, Williams had not played Stewart in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14-12, +954.
Round 27		Williams played #69 Sheri Justice (Kansas City, MO) and lost 369 to 392 (a spread of -23). The last time these two played was 2005-08 at: 2005 NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP Williams’s record vs. Justice 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: 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: #37. Current record: 14-13, +931.
Round 28		Williams played #38 Shelley Sullivan (Windsor Locks, CT) and won 506 to 229 (a spread of 277). Before this event, Williams had not played Sullivan in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 15-13, +1208.
Round 29		Williams played #39 Lynda Wise (Toronto ON) and won 430 to 317 (a spread of 113). Before this event, Williams had not played Wise in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 16-13, +1321.
Round 30		Williams played #18 Phyllis Koselke (Hammond, IN) and won 391 to 310 (a spread of 81). Before this event, Williams had not played Koselke in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 17-13, +1402.
Round 31		Williams played #34 Kit Morehead (Berkley, MI) again and won 461 to 397 (a spread of 64). Before this event, Williams had not played Morehead in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #16. Current record: 18-13, +1466.

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