2010 Malta International Scrabble Open: May 14-16

May 14–16, 2010

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MOST 2010: John Barker [#31]

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On this page, you will find information about John Barker, 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 13-8, +1100, and is ranked #10.

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): John Surname(s): Barker Home: Sydney, AUS Awards: 1996 NSW Champion Hobbies: Travel, Reading, Fitness 2010 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament Team: Australia

Round by Round
High score: 561 Average for: 424 Average against: 372
Round 1	Malta	Barker played #61 Marlene Calleja (MLT) and won 394 to 320 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 1-0, +74.
Round 2	England	Barker played #79 Sheila Anderson (Eng) and won 402 to 323 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 2-0, +153.
Round 3	New Zealand	Barker played #6 Joanne Craig (NZL) and lost 420 to 449 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-1, +124.
Round 4	Scotland	Barker played #29 Raymond Tate (Sco) and lost 360 to 433 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 2-2, +51.
Round 5	England	Barker played #11 Terry Kirk (Eng) and lost 399 to 455 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 2-3, -5.
Round 6	England	Barker played #60 Ian Kendall (Eng) and won 513 to 347 (a spread of 166). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 3-3, +161.
Round 7	England	Barker played #73 Paula Docherty (Eng) and lost 341 to 380 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 3-4, +122.
Round 8	Scotland	Barker played #67 Julie Tate (Sco) and lost 280 to 380 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 3-5, +22.
Round 9	Malta	Barker played #45 Mario Seychell (MLT) and won 546 to 365 (a spread of 181). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 4-5, +203.
Round 10	Malta	Barker played #78 Maria Scicluna (MLT) and lost 400 to 409 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 4-6, +194.
Round 11	Malta	Barker played #49 Sammy Mangion (MLT) and won 561 to 293 (a spread of 268). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 5-6, +462.
Round 12	Malta	Barker played #84 Reno Zammit (MLT) and won 504 to 268 (a spread of 236). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 6-6, +698.
Round 13	Malta	Barker played #80 Carmen Borg (MLT) and won 420 to 320 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 7-6, +798.
Round 14	Malta	Barker played #72 Alfred Xuereb (MLT) and won 463 to 299 (a spread of 164). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 8-6, +962.
Round 15	England	Barker played #24 Chris Keeley (Eng) and lost 365 to 483 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 8-7, +844.
Round 16	England	Barker played #38 Teresa Lyes (Eng) and won 435 to 367 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 9-7, +912.
Round 17	Malta	Barker played #55 Joe Caruana (MLT) and won 420 to 348 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 10-7, +984.
Round 18	Ireland	Barker played #16 Gboye Balogun (IRL) and lost 420 to 435 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10-8, +969.
Round 19	Malta	Barker played #20 Cecil Muscat (MLT) and won 415 to 401 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 11-8, +983.
Round 20	Scotland	Barker played #27 Amy Byrne (Sco) and won 435 to 394 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 12-8, +1024.
Round 21	Malta	Barker played #19 David Delicata (MLT) and won 420 to 344 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 13-8, +1100.

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