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MOST 2009: Joe Caruana [#32]

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On this page, you will find information about Joe Caruana, who is competing at the 2009 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 8-12, -176, and is ranked #50.

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): Joe Surname(s): Caruana Home: Malta 2009 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament Team: Malta

Round by Round
High score: 542 Average for: 389 Average against: 398
Round 1	Israel	Caruana played #9 Paloma Raychbart (ISR) and lost 350 to 471 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 0-1, -121.
Round 2	England	Caruana played #13 Bob Violett (Eng) and lost 342 to 478 (a spread of -136). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 0-2, -257.
Round 3	Malta	Caruana played #39 Frans Farrugia (MLT) and won 414 to 383 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 1-2, -226.
Round 4	Malta	Caruana played #25 Christine Strawbridge (MLT) and lost 356 to 387 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 1-3, -257.
Round 5	Japan	Caruana played #31 Kunihiko Kuroda (JPN) and lost 330 to 364 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 1-4, -291.
Round 6	Romania	Caruana played #56 Catalin Caba (ROM) and won 482 to 372 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 2-4, -181.
Round 7	Malta	Caruana played #49 Alfred Xuereb (MLT) and won 444 to 273 (a spread of 171). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 3-4, -10.
Round 8	England	Caruana played #38 Philip Turner (Eng) and won 428 to 342 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 4-4, +76.
Round 9	Malta	Caruana played #52 Pauline Cilia (MLT) and won 542 to 299 (a spread of 243). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-4, +319.
Round 10	Northern Ireland	Caruana played #22 Nuala O'Rourke (NIr) and won 499 to 366 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-4, +452.
Round 11	England	Caruana played #19 Mike O'Rourke (Eng) and lost 441 to 454 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 6-5, +439. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 12	Israel	Caruana played #41 Liliane Servier (ISR) and lost 376 to 439 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 6-6, +376.
Round 13	Malta	Caruana played #37 Mario Camilleri (MLT) and lost 361 to 393 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 6-7, +344.
Round 14	Ireland	Caruana played #12 Moses Azzopardi (IRL) and won 468 to 335 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7-7, +477.
Round 15	Israel	Caruana played #28 Gila Blits (ISR) and lost 356 to 439 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 7-8, +394.
Round 16	Israel	Caruana played #24 Naomi Landau (ISR) and lost 265 to 554 (a spread of -289). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 7-9, +105.
Round 17	Malta	Caruana played #35 Josephine Mayo (MLT) and won 431 to 316 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 8-9, +220.
Round 18	Malta	Caruana played #48 Marlene Calleja (MLT) and lost 286 to 487 (a spread of -201). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 8-10, +19.
Round 19	Malta	Caruana played #45 Albert Zammit (MLT) and lost 344 to 401 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 8-11, -38.
Round 20	Malta	Caruana played #61 Maria Scicluna (MLT) and lost 269 to 407 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 8-12, -176.

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