2010 European Open Scrabble Championship: May 8-11, Sliema, Malta

May 8–11, 2010

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EOSC 2010: Catalin Caba [#3]

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On this page, you will find information about Catalin Caba, who is competing at the 2010 European Open Scrabble Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 20-12, +676, and is ranked #3 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
	Given name(s): Catalin Surname(s): Caba Home: ROM 2010 European Open Scrabble Championship Team: Romania

Round by Round
High score: 563 Average for: 392 Average against: 372
Round 1	Malta	Caba played #2 Charles Micallef (MLT) and won 419 to 410 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-0, +9.
Round 2	Ireland	Caba played #14 Bronagh Kenny (IRL) and lost 398 to 456 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 1-1, -49.
Round 3	Malta	Caba played #5 Paul Mifsud (MLT) and won 374 to 338 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-1, -13.
Round 4	England	Caba played #9 Carmen Toscano (Eng) and won 434 to 313 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 3-1, +108.
Round 5	Malta	Caba played #10 Pawlu Frendo (MLT) and lost 352 to 435 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-2, +25.
Round 6	Malta	Caba played #8 Anna Borg (MLT) and won 373 to 300 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 4-2, +98.
Round 7	Malta	Caba played #6 Joe Caruana (MLT) and lost 318 to 476 (a spread of -158). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-3, -60.
Round 8	England	Caba played #29 Sue Ball (Eng) and won 378 to 321 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5-3, -3.
Round 9		Caba recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-3, +47. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10	England	Caba played #22 Jayne MacKenzie (Eng) and lost 361 to 416 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 6-4, -8. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11	Ireland	Caba played #4 Mary Doyle (IRL) and won 473 to 341 (a spread of 132). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7-4, +124. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12	Ireland	Caba played #1 Brid Ni Bhriain (IRL) and won 409 to 360 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8-4, +173. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13	Malta	Caba played #27 Annemarie Holland (MLT) and lost 402 to 435 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8-5, +140. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14	England	Caba played #28 Paula Docherty (Eng) and won 346 to 313 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 9-5, +173.
Round 15	Ireland	Caba played #4 Mary Doyle (IRL) again and lost 397 to 401 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 9-6, +169.
Round 16	Ireland	Caba played #1 Brid Ni Bhriain (IRL) again and won 563 to 266 (a spread of 297). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 10-6, +466.
Round 17	Malta	Caba played #6 Joe Caruana (MLT) again and won 355 to 342 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 11-6, +479. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18	England	Caba played #25 Nicky Huitson (Eng) and lost 380 to 444 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 11-7, +415.
Round 19	Malta	Caba played #11 Alfred Xuereb (MLT) and lost 335 to 336 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 11-8, +414.
Round 20	Malta	Caba played #8 Anna Borg (MLT) again and lost 379 to 386 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 11-9, +407.
Round 21	England	Caba played #24 Ian Kendall (Eng) and lost 308 to 410 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 11-10, +305.
Round 22	England	Caba played #24 Ian Kendall (Eng) again and won 433 to 425 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 12-10, +313.
Round 23	England	Caba played #22 Jayne MacKenzie (Eng) again and won 352 to 278 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 13-10, +387. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24	England	Caba played #29 Sue Ball (Eng) again and lost 302 to 545 (a spread of -243). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13-11, +144.
Round 25	Scotland	Caba played #19 Julie Tate (Sco) and won 365 to 359 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-11, +150. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26	Scotland	Caba played #19 Julie Tate (Sco) again and won 425 to 331 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 15-11, +244.
Round 27	Malta	Caba played #27 Annemarie Holland (MLT) again and won 455 to 319 (a spread of 136). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 16-11, +380. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28	Malta	Caba played #2 Charles Micallef (MLT) again and won 381 to 371 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 17-11, +390. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29	England	Caba played #29 Sue Ball (Eng) for the third time and won 494 to 248 (a spread of 246). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 18-11, +636. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 30	England	Caba played #25 Nicky Huitson (Eng) again and won 371 to 354 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19-11, +653. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Caba is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 31	Malta	Caba played #2 Charles Micallef (MLT) for the third time and lost 401 to 459 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 19-12, +595. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 32	England	Caba played #29 Sue Ball (Eng) for the fourth time and won 414 to 333 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 20-12, +676. Caba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
After the Tournament		Caba is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

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