Al DeMers [#55] at PC 2007

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On this page, you will find information about Albert DeMers, 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. DeMers currently has a record of 15-16, -265, and is ranked #45 in Division 4.

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 Albert DeMers]

Given name(s): Albert
Surname(s): DeMers
Home: Sparks, NV, United States
Hobbies: travel
Occupation: optometrist
NSC 1987 Division: 1
NSC 1987 Rank: 178, 10-11 -338
NSC 1988 Division: 2
NSC 1988 Rank: 41/112, 12-11 +341
NSC 1990 Division: 1
NSC 1990 Rank: 150/176, 11-16 -442
NSC 1994 Division: 2
NSC 1994 Rank: 59/90, 13-14 -346
NSC 1996 Division: 3
NSC 1996 Rank: 81/120, 12-15 +395
NSC 1998 Division: 2
NSC 1998 Rank: 126/151, 13-18 -529
NSC 2002 Division: 5
NSC 2002 Rank: 59/111, 15.5-15.5 +642
NSC 2005 Division: 4
NSC 2005 Rank: 116/122, 10-18 -480
USSO 2006 Division: 5
USSO 2006 Rank: 35/88, 14.5-13.5 +419

Career History

8-year record against other players at this event	18-12 (0.600)
Past 1-12 months	5-1 (0.833)	WWW L WW
Past 13-24 months	7-6 (0.538)	L WWWW LL WW LLL W
Past 25-36 months	0-2 (0.000)	LL
Past 37-48 months	1-1 (0.500)	W L
Past 49-60 months	3-2 (0.600)	L WW L W
Past 61-72 months	2-0 (1.000)	WW
Past 73-84 months	no games
Past 85-96 months	no games

Rank Diagram
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Round by Round
High score: 482 Average for: 352 Average against: 361
Round 1		DeMers played #15 Asif Rahman (Cincinnati, OH) and won 379 to 367 (a spread of 12). Before this event, DeMers had not played Rahman in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 1-0, +12.
Round 2		DeMers played #23 Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) and lost 323 to 458 (a spread of -135). Before this event, DeMers had not played Wertheimer in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #49. Current record: 1-1, -123. DeMers is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).
Round 3		DeMers played #50 Gwen Stewart (Ellicott City, MD) and lost 374 to 423 (a spread of -49). Before this event, DeMers had not played Stewart in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #51. Current record: 1-2, -172.
Round 4		DeMers played #19 KC Frodyma (Silver Spring, MD) and won 355 to 348 (a spread of 7). Before this event, DeMers had not played Frodyma in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 2-2, -165.
Round 5		DeMers played #53 Andy Saunders (Guelph ON) and won 340 to 334 (a spread of 6). Before this event, DeMers had not played Saunders in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #33. Current record: 3-2, -159. DeMers is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). DeMers is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).
Round 6		DeMers played #33 Devonna Gee (Cedar Rapids, IA) and won 347 to 323 (a spread of 24). Before this event, DeMers had not played Gee in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 4-2, -135.
Round 7		DeMers played #4 Tina Cur (Lockport, NY) and lost 365 to 369 (a spread of -4). Before this event, DeMers had not played Cur in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 4-3, -139.
Round 8		DeMers played #46 Geeke Lossing (Gainesville, FL) and lost 402 to 406 (a spread of -4). The last time these two played was 2003-04 at: MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP DeMers’s record vs. Lossing in the 8 years leading up to this event: 0-1 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: L. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #39. Current record: 4-4, -143.
Round 9		DeMers played #30 Teresa Schaeffer (Potomac, MD) and lost 301 to 319 (a spread of -18). The last time these two played was 2001-11 at: GRAND CANYON CHAMPIONSHIP DeMers’s record vs. Schaeffer 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: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: W. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 4-5, -161.
Round 10		DeMers played #63 Aditya Kini (Indianapolis, IN) and lost 332 to 392 (a spread of -60). Before this event, DeMers had not played Kini in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 4-6, -221.
Round 11		DeMers played #57 Susan Siedschlag (Gresham, WI) and won 366 to 349 (a spread of 17). Before this event, DeMers had not played Siedschlag in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #45. Current record: 5-6, -204.
Round 12		DeMers played #59 Carolyn Kribs (Lansing, MI) and lost 370 to 397 (a spread of -27). Before this event, DeMers had not played Kribs in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #51. Current record: 5-7, -231.
Round 13		DeMers played #16 Bob Blyler (Pittsburgh, PA) and lost 349 to 457 (a spread of -108). Before this event, DeMers had not played Blyler in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #54. Current record: 5-8, -339.
Round 14		DeMers played #41 Paul May (Rochester, MI) and won 355 to 293 (a spread of 62). Before this event, DeMers had not played May in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #49. Current record: 6-8, -277.
Round 15		DeMers played #32 William Snoddy (Asheville, NC) and lost 285 to 305 (a spread of -20). Before this event, DeMers had not played Snoddy in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 6-9, -297.
Round 16		DeMers played #25 Ida Scaglione (Tonawanda, NY) and won 428 to 344 (a spread of 84). Before this event, DeMers had not played Scaglione in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #49. Current record: 7-9, -213.
Round 17		DeMers played #21 Tracy Bowman (Chicago, IL) and won 342 to 296 (a spread of 46). Before this event, DeMers had not played Bowman in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #41. Current record: 8-9, -167.
Round 18		DeMers played #34 Robin Schlauch (College Park, MD) and lost 312 to 341 (a spread of -29). Before this event, DeMers had not played Schlauch in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #45. Current record: 8-10, -196.
Round 19		DeMers played #8 Shelley Kirk (Wyoming, OH) and won 338 to 303 (a spread of 35). Before this event, DeMers had not played Kirk in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #41. Current record: 9-10, -161.
Round 20		DeMers played #58 David McCraw (Ossining, NY) and won 423 to 332 (a spread of 91). Before this event, DeMers had not played McCraw in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #38. Current record: 10-10, -70.
Round 21		DeMers played #42 Cornelia Guest (Ridgefield, CT) and won 482 to 335 (a spread of 147). Before this event, DeMers had not played Guest in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-10, +77.
Round 22		DeMers played #64 Cheryl Allen Munley (Tewksbury Twp, NJ) and lost 254 to 382 (a spread of -128). Before this event, DeMers had not played Allen Munley in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 11-11, -51.
Round 23		DeMers played #18 Richard Savitt (Miami, FL) and won 368 to 347 (a spread of 21). Before this event, DeMers had not played Savitt in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #35. Current record: 12-11, -30.
Round 24		DeMers played #56 Charles Reinke (Middleton, WI) and lost 352 to 383 (a spread of -31). Before this event, DeMers had not played Reinke in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #38. Current record: 12-12, -61.
Round 25		DeMers played #7 Diana Ittner (Brookfield, WI) and won 354 to 288 (a spread of 66). Before this event, DeMers had not played Ittner in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 13-12, +5.
Round 26		DeMers played #48 Patty Camp (Paragould, AR) and lost 311 to 368 (a spread of -57). Before this event, DeMers had not played Camp in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #39. Current record: 13-13, -52.
Round 27		DeMers played #17 Cheryl Melvin (Muskegon, MI) and won 380 to 272 (a spread of 108). The last time these two played was 2005-11 at: LAS VEGAS, NV DeMers’s record vs. Melvin in the 8 years leading up to this event: 2-1 (0.667). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: W. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: L. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: W. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 14-13, +56.
Round 28		DeMers played #40 Michael Donegan (Austin, TX) and lost 354 to 415 (a spread of -61). The last time these two played was 2006-08 at: UNITED STATES SCRABBLE OPEN DeMers’s record vs. Donegan 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: 14-14, -5.
Round 29		DeMers played #28 Linda Wancel (Flushing, NY) and lost 311 to 404 (a spread of -93). Before this event, DeMers had not played Wancel in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 14-15, -98.
Round 30		DeMers played #10 Laura Thomley (Gainesville, FL) and won 357 to 334 (a spread of 23). Before this event, DeMers had not played Thomley in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 15-15, -75.
Round 31		DeMers played #2 Mary Becker (Madison, WI) and lost 307 to 497 (a spread of -190). The last time these two played was 2003-10 at: GRAND CANYON DeMers’s record vs. Becker 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: #45. Current record: 15-16, -265.

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