2010 Malta International Scrabble Open: May 14-16

May 14–16, 2010

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MOST 2010: Karen Richards [#25]

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On this page, you will find information about Karen Richards, who is competing at the 2010 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 12-9, +782, and is ranked #20.

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): Karen Surname(s): Richards Home: AUS 2010 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament Team: Australia

Round by Round
High score: 642 Average for: 436 Average against: 399
Round 1	Malta	Richards played #49 Sammy Mangion (MLT) and won 459 to 286 (a spread of 173). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 1-0, +173.
Round 2	Scotland	Richards played #67 Julie Tate (Sco) and won 487 to 310 (a spread of 177). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-0, +350.
Round 3	England	Richards played #15 Elie Dangoor (Eng) and won 429 to 391 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 3-0, +388. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 4	Pakistan	Richards played #9 Mohammad Sulaiman (PAK) and lost 365 to 643 (a spread of -278). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-1, +110. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).
Round 5	Scotland	Richards played #2 Helen Gipson (Sco) and lost 374 to 486 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 3-2, -2.
Round 6	Israel	Richards played #43 Gila Blits (ISR) and won 460 to 344 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-2, +114.
Round 7	Malta	Richards played #84 Reno Zammit (MLT) and won 642 to 310 (a spread of 332). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-2, +446. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8	England	Richards played #33 Evelyn Wallace (Eng) and lost 380 to 389 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 5-3, +437.
Round 9	England	Richards played #38 Teresa Lyes (Eng) and won 418 to 281 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 6-3, +574.
Round 10	England	Richards played #4 Craig Beevers (Eng) and lost 360 to 566 (a spread of -206). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 6-4, +368.
Round 11	England	Richards played #14 Jackie McLeod (Eng) and won 576 to 493 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-4, +451. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).
Round 12	Israel	Richards played #40 Naomi Landau (ISR) and won 432 to 317 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 8-4, +566.
Round 13	United States	Richards played #13 Sam Kantimathi (USA) and lost 364 to 433 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-5, +497. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 14	Scotland	Richards played #27 Amy Byrne (Sco) and lost 391 to 488 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 8-6, +400.
Round 15	England	Richards played #11 Terry Kirk (Eng) and lost 338 to 439 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 8-7, +299.
Round 16	England	Richards played #44 George Newman (Eng) and lost 373 to 427 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 8-8, +245.
Round 17	Ireland	Richards played #30 Eileen Meghen (IRL) and won 617 to 300 (a spread of 317). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 9-8, +562. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18	Scotland	Richards played #34 Moya Dewar (Sco) and won 356 to 339 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 10-8, +579.
Round 19	Romania	Richards played #23 Dan Sandu (ROM) and lost 403 to 407 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 10-9, +575.
Round 20	Scotland	Richards played #41 Sylvia Swaney (Sco) and won 500 to 412 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 11-9, +663.
Round 21	England	Richards played #26 Kevin Synnott (Eng) and won 440 to 321 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12-9, +782.

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