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2004 Fourth of July Nor'easter
Scrabble® Tournament

Join us at the Albany Marriott in July 2004 for the ninth annual Fourth of July Nor'Easter Scrabble® Tournament!

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About the Tournament

Our tournament is codirected this year by John Chew, David Goodman, Matt Hopkins and Annette Tedesco, and held in memory of Steve Pfeiffer. The event will be held at the Albany Marriott (189 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12205) and consists of a five-game Early Bird followed by the 20-game main tournament.

The Early Bird tournament (directed by Matt Hopkins) will be a fully-rated 5-game round-robin. Its entry fee is $20, payable only at the door.

The main event will be a (fully-rated) 20-game event, using John Chew's usual modified Swiss pairings. (That is, the first three rounds will be round-robin groups of four with players randomly picked from quartiles, the next 16 rounds will be Swiss-paired using tsh based on the penultimate round's standings, and the last round will be paired KOTH. Repeats depend on number of players in each division). The Gibson rule will be in effect. Division 1 is for players rated 1700 and up, Division 2 for players rated 1300-1699, and Division 3 for players rated under 1300. Players rated within 100 points of the next division may play up if they request it in advance, and if their doing so does not make the numbers in Divisions 1 or 2 odd.

On Saturday night, everyone is invited to a complimentary barbecue at Annette Tedesco's riverside house in Stillwater.

For more information, please see our tournament flyer.

Tournament Schedule

Friday, July 2nd, 2004 11:15 A.M. - 11:45 P.M.Early Bird Registration
11:45 A.M. - 06:00 P.M.Early Bird (five rounds)
07:30 P.M. - 08:30 P.M.Main Event Registration
08:30 P.M. - 11:45 P.M.Main Event (rounds 1-3)
Saturday, July 5th, 2004 10:00 A.M. - 01:15 P.M.Main Event (rounds 4-6)
01:15 P.M. - 02:30 P.M.lunch
02:30 P.M. - 07:00 P.M.Main Event (rounds 7-10)
Sunday, July 6th, 2004 09:30 A.M. - 12:45 P.M.Main Event (rounds 11-13)
12:45 P.M. - 01:45 P.M.lunch
01:45 P.M. - 05:00 P.M.Main Event (rounds 14-16)
06:00 P.M. - Barbecue and games at Annette's house
Monday, July 7th, 2004 09:30 A.M. - 01:30 P.M.Main Event (rounds 17-20)
01:30 P.M. - 02:00 P.M.Awards ceremony

Hotel and Tournament Fees

Early Bird Entry Fee: $20, payable only at the door.

Main Event Entry Fee: $70 for Division 1, $60 for Division 2, $50 for Division 3.

All rated players must be current members of the National SCRABBLE® Association.

Please book your hotel accommodations directly through the Marriott this year; we are not handling the hotel packages. The Marriott is offering a special room rate of $82 per night (plus taxes, maximum four occupants per room) under the name "Nor'easter Scrabble Tournament". The special rate can be obtained by calling 800-443-8952 by June 17th.

Players wishing to find roommates may call Annette Tedesco at 518-664-1619.

Players not staying at the Marriott must pay a $15 commuter fee.

How to Register

Please mail Annette Tedesco your check or money order (payable to Annette) for all applicable fees (main event entry fee, membership renewal, commuter fee, but not Early Bird entry fee) together with your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, membership number, preferred division, (non)smoking room preference, which events (Early Bird and/or Main) you wish to play in, and whether or not you will attend the Sunday barbecue. Annette's postal address is 41 Ferry Lane, Stillwater, NY 12170. No hotel reservations will be made by Annette. Registration deadline is June 17th. For more information, call Annette at (518) 664-1619 or e-mail her at 101ted@nycap.rr.com.

If you pay and register before the July 2004 ratings list is published, you may choose your division based on whatever ratings list is current at the time of your registration. If your rating subsequently changes, you may choose to change divisions (and either pay or be refunded the difference in entry fees) or stay in the same division. If you don't tell us that you want to change divisions, we will assume that you don't want to do so.

Registered Players

As of June 29th, the following players have registered for the main event. Asterisked players have asked to play up, and will do so provided the numbers in Divisions 1 and 2 stay even. Ratings shown are June 1st ratings, which will be used for division assignments and seedings#.

Division 1 (30 players)

1969 GRAHAM MATT
1924 MALLICK JOEY
1910 MACNEIL ROD
1897 MILLS LLOYD
1863 GREENSPAN RANDY
1851 AVRIN PAUL
1849 DIXON JAN
1844 CHAKRABARTI AMIT
1794 FRANK JEREMY
1782 KOENIG DAVID
1780 SHERMAN LARRY
1772 TIER STEVE
1759 HORN JOEL
1759 ROMANO FRANK
1755 GOTLIEB BERNARD
1754 RAU STEFAN
1747 PFEIFFER JILL
1746 CORNELIS LOU
1732 ANGLIN TIM
1726 OLIGER STEVE
1716 COHEN JOANNE
1705 KRETSCHMAN PHIL
1703 MORSE JOHN
1696 HORN JUDY*
1675 JACKSON DEE*
1658 ROBERTSON JOHN*
1648 CHICOINE EMANUEL*
1648 KESSLER LISA*
1644 HAGEL KEITH*
1637 ENGELHARDT DAVID*

Division 2 (42 players)

1680 ALIM MOHAMED
1646 BERG RICHARDS VERNA
1640 KILLE JAMES L JR
1589 LODINSKY JOHN
1589 WOLFE CHARMAINE
1563 DRUMM HEATHER
1553 GROSMAN DIANA
1547 MERCATANTE J
1541 PUMA MARIE
1538 WILLIAMS MIRIAM
1527 GOODMAN MARK
1507 SIKORSKI STEVE
1500 LOWREY BARBARA
1498 KANG TERRY
1497 DRUMM DON
1495 NELSON EMBER
1492 RACKHAM ANITA
1490 MCCALL HEATHER
1480 HIGBY KARL
1478 KERAS LYDIA
1477 WHITE CHARLENE
1474 SILBERMAN JERRY
1472 SPANFELNER FLORENCE
1462 ESPALLARDO LINDA
1451 STEWARD JUDY
1447 HAWKES SHARON
1445 PALAZZO MADDALENA
1440 LIEBFRIED ED
1432 LE CECILIA
1392 MINDEN VIVIAN
1376 FILZER GLENN
1372 MITCHNICK LYNNE
1344 CLARK JAMES
1341 CHASE CARLA
1326 JOHNSON DAVID
1324 FALL NICHOLAS
1289 STALNAKER AUSTIN*
1266 SPILLER DIANA*
1257 BORENSTEIN ROBERTA*
1237 DEVANNEY KATIE*
1218 DUNGEY JOHN*
1212 PITZER WILMA*

Division 3 (38 players)

1295 SCHREVE JIM
1235 KOPITZ KURT
1255 CUR TINA
1219 RYAN JAMIE
1197 MISTRETTE PAUL
1163 NABI RUTH
1155 HERDIC SUSAN
1148 TOLHURST PAT
1133 IANNETTI LINDA
1128 MAHNKEN DENISE
1120 PUKY BARBARA
1105 DOWNEY SHARON
1103 WALLENBERG JAMES
1098 WILLIAMS STAN
1083 MELVIN CHERYL
1065 ZELENIUK IRENE
1057 BROWN JOAN
1040 SINANAN LILLA
1035 JARRELL JILL
1024 POMEROY MARILYN
1022 HALPERT NANCY
1012 COLOSA KEVIN
 994 GAUTHIER KEVIN
 969 ROTT FLORENCE
 952 TELLONE BERT
 938 ANDERSON JANICE
 928 BEREL ELAINE
 916 MAJKA LORRAINE
 905 SILVERSMITH ROB
 902 HUNTER PAMELA
 883 GUEST CORNELIA
 854 SLATER NEVA
 849 PATRICK PAT
 837 SIEGEL HILDA
 822 SORGE EDEN
 790 KIRCHER VERA
 674 WALLIS VIRGINIA
 607 SORGE OSCAR



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