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1974
- QUIETY meets REBANANA in Brooklyn, December, 1974
1980
- Cheap thrills, January 31, 1980
- He says 'Computer' is the Word in Scrabble, December 2, 1980
- Names & Faces, December 2, 1980
1982
- Passion for words often turns into fun and games, March 14, 1982
- Tournament Word Marathon, April 25, 1982
- Suburban Life, June 19, 1982
- Ever heard of a wadi?, June 20, 1982
- Cityan scrambles to form licensed Scrabble club, October 4, 1982
1983
- With words as their weapons, they went to war ..., January 9, 1983
- For better or worser the SCRABBLERS are massing in Chicago, August 12, 1983 (Christian Science Monitor)
1984
- Competing Lettermen Seek Word, January 15, 1984
- In a word -- it's addicting, club members agree, February 5, 1984
- Scrabble Champs Have the Last Word May 7, 1984
- A woman of many words, November 26, 1984
1985
- Wordsmiths Match Wits in Local Tourney, March 14, 1985
- Jun, Mun Mean Win in Scrabble, March 17, 1985
- Let's Put the (R) Back in Scrabble, March 22, 1985
- Scrabble's Like Re-Ordering Chaos, May 9, 1985
- Scrabble's Inventor on Hand for Tourney, July 29, 1985
- City Duo Aims at $10,000, Hawaii, July 31, 1985
- A Scrabble tourney isn't just T-r-i-v-i-a-l, July 31, 1985 (Christian Science Monitor)
- 'Vug,' 'probang' not Unusual, Says New Scrabble Champion, August 1, 1985
- My word! It should be called $crabble, August 2, 1985
- Searching for those Winning Words, July 29, 1985
- In a Word, His Scrabble is Unbeatable, September 1, 1985
- Lawyer Finds Scrabble Study Spells Success, September 19, 1985
- Man Turns Jumbled Words into Victory, November 11, 1985
- To Unbe or Not to Unbe: A Journal From This Summer's Scrabble Open, November 18, 1985
1986
- They Waged a War of Words, October 11, 1986
- Scrabble Tournament Spells Prizes for Players, December 12, 1986
1987
- Words are More Than Game for the Lovers of Scrabble, January 11, 1987
- Players Know their A-B-Cs, January 18, 1987
- Big Time Wordplay, January 18, 1987
- Word Warriors: Competitors Spell Scrabble S-E-R-I-O-U-S, January 26, 1987
- Scrabble tournament slated in bucks, January 29, 1987 (Allentown, PA, Morning Call)
- Players Make Their Points With Words, February 1, 1987
- Not Just a Game: Scrambling for Scrabble Victories, February 2, 1987
- Triple word bonus: Scrabble loses the game, April 1987
- Masters of the Tiles, June 1987
- Serious Scrabblers Wage War of Words, June 21, 1987
- Word Lovers Go for Title in Scrabble Competition, June 21, 1987
- Kendall Man Wins Scrabble Trophy, June 22, 1987
- He's King of the Scrabble Board, June 25, 1987
- Occupation: Lawyer, July 3, 1987
- Scrabble tournament, July 10, 1987
- Scrabble Champ Crowned, 1987
- Un-Scrabbled, July 16, 1987
- Scrabble winners named, August 13, 1987
- Wise To The Words, August 23, 1987
- The Queen of the Scrabblers, August 27, 1987
- Slope Takes Scrabble Title, August 13-September 2, 1987
1988
- Final Play Spells Doom for Scrabble Favorite, July 11, 1988
- To Wiliest Wordsmiths Go the Spoils, July 18, 1988
- Scrabble Players are Under the Spell of Building Words for a $25,000 Purse, August 5, 1988
- Rita Norr: World's B-E-S-T Scrabble Player, September 1988
- The Teen-Age Wizard of Words, November 1988
- R B S A C E B L, December 1988
1989
- Lawyer is New Champ in Scrabble, April 17, 1989
- Scrabble Broadens Your Vocabulary, Horizons, April 20, 1989
- Scrabble Championship, August 1, 1989
- S-c-r-a-b-b-l-e: 14-Point Word For Obsession, August 2, 1989
- Scrabble Champ, August 5, 1989
- Competitive Scrabble: It's Hardly a Parlor Game, September 6, 1989
1991
- To Scrabble's Top Players, a Word is no More Than the Sum of its, March 16, 1991
- After 60 Y-E-A-R-S, Players Worldwide Love S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E, March 19, 1991
- Elsewhere, July 10, 1991
- They Have a Way with Words, September 23, 1991
- My Brother the Scrabble Whiz, September 25, 1991
- Wannabet He Knows His Alphabet?, October 14, 1991
1992
- Scrabble has Players Under its Spell, May 9, 1992
- Scrabble's Word Nerds Live for the Perfect Mix, June 16, 1992
- Scrabble Buffs Square Off at National Tourney, August 8, 1992
- Tournament Scrabble Isn't for Fainthearted: Players are Out For, August 8, 1992
- Expert scrambles to win Scrabble championship, August 14, 1992
- 'Quantiles' boosts New Yorker to $10,000 championship, August 14, 1992
- How Do You Spell Champ? E-D-L-E-Y, August 15, 1992
1993
- A way with words: Scrabble player rises in national rankings, January 2/3, 1993
- Spellbound, April 9, 1993
- Scrabble Players find friends and a challenge in the word game, June 17, 1993
- For Scrabble faithful, fun means as much as finesse, June 21, 1993
- War of Words in Plaza Suite, August 30, 1993
- Scrabble tourney puts spelling into practice, December 8, 1993 (Kansas City Star) [name:password = guest:guest]
1994
- Resident's way with words wins her acclaim, January 23, 1994
- For Scrabble buffs, it was a letter-perfect day, February 13, 1994
- Scrabble Pros Have Her Simply Spellbound, March 31, 1994
- Luebkemann: Word Man Extraordinaire, April 19, 1994 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO)
- In a word, cafe crowd is hooked on Scrabble, April 28, 1994 (Kansas City Star) [name:password = guest:guest]
- `Gnarlier' Is a Bingo, But `Yax' Is a Phoney, May 5, 1994 (Christian Science Monitor)
- Off the Board, May 11, 1994
- PC's Double-Letter Score, May 14, 1994
- Are Those Blank Tiles Bad for Scrabble?, May 14, 1994
- 'S' Is for S-W-E-E-T-H-E-A-R-T-S, June 29, 1994 (Christian Science Monitor)
- The Goods, July 22, 1994
- Scrabble Fanatics Take no Prisoners, August 12, 1994
- Scrabble Tournament Has Fans Spellbound, August 13, 1994
- Words' Worth, August 15, 1994
- When Slurs Boost Scores, August 18, 1994
- Math Teacher is New Scrabble King, August 19, 1994
- S.C. Teacher is U.S. Scrabble Champ, August 19, 1994
- S.C. math instructor wins Scrabble scramble, August 19, 1994
- African Americans Among Top Contenders in Scrabble Meet, August 25, 1994 (Los Angeles Sentinel)
- 5th Annual Portland Scrabble Tournament, August 31-September 6, 1994
- With tiles and boards, they're in pursuit of a triple word score, September 19, 1994
- Soldiers In A Gentle War Of Words, November 6, 1994
- Scrabble is given a new life force, December 24, 1994
1995
- Scrabble Tournament Presents W-O-R-D-Y Challenge, January 14, 1995
- Jakkrit Victorious, January 25, 1995
- Home of S1C3R1A1B3B3L1E1M3A1N1I1A1, February 26, 1995
- David the Letterman, March 20, 1995
- A Pissy Scrabble Player Sues, July 1, 1995 ()
- Scrabble tournament comes to town, bringing talk of `exeunt,' `xu' and `ut', August 13, 1995
- They sure have a way with words, August 18, 1995
- Woman of many words vies for Scrabble title, August 29, 1995
- Words are His Business, August 4, 1995
- Scrabbling for a Place in the Sun: Anagrams: Select Few are under the Spell of Ageless Word Game, August 28, 1995
- At 97, he's still game for Scrabble, September, 1995
- 'Yo' makes it on the Scrabble board, September 5, 1995
- A Criss-Crossed Quest, October 1, 1995
- Scrabble casts spell on a(f)ficionados, November 3, 1995
- Addicted to Scrabble, November 6, 1995
- Canadian Defeats American in Final at World Scrabble(R) Championship, November 6, 1995
- Canadian is Scrabble `LUD', November 6, 1995
- This unau is lambdoid, my lud, November 8, 1995
- Linguistically Glaived, the Victor Pejorated Matters for His Foe, November 12, 1995
- Gone Abroad for a Spell, December 1, 1995
- Your Words Against Mine, December 18, 1995
1996
- Only in L.A., January 14, 1996
- Oh! Boys, April 6, 1996
- When Sharks Play Scrabble, It's Not All Fun and Games, April 13, 1996
- The Word's the Thing at Scrabble Contest, April 15, 1996
- Words Get in Way of Competition, May 26, 1996
- Scrabble Player 'Revives,' Wins Tourney with 'LARD', May 28, 1996
- Scrabble Diehards Are Never at a Loss for Words, June 23, 1996 (The Salt Lake Tribune [UT])
- Wordsmiths Letter in Sport of Scrabble, July 6, 1996
- Letter Perfect: National Scrabble Champ David Gibson is a Man of Many Words, July 7, 1996
- In Our Match, I Played Well, but He Played Better, July 7, 1996
- Scrabble champ counted on his math skills, July 28, 1996 (Houston Chronicle [TX])
- Fighting Words: Scrabble: Marlon Hill of East Baltimore ..., August 5, 1996
- You certainly can get your Z's in Polish Scrabble, August 11, 1996
- Scrabble Club, September 29, 1996 (Tulsa World [OK])
- Scrabble Lovers, Limber Up Those Brains, November 18, 1996
- Scramble Scramble, November 29, 1996
- Scrabbling about when tiles are down, December 12, 1996 (The Cape Argus, South Africa)
1997
- Fun and Games: Scrabble clubs spell 'a whole subculture' for devotees, January 6, 1997 (Detroit News [MI])
- Fun is spelled S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E, February 16, 1997
- Zineb, shoji, howf boost Orbaum to Scrabble title, April 27, 1997 (Jerusalem Post)
- A Man of Letters, Well-Connected, May 9, 1997
- Law Professor "Tests His Wits' in Challenging Scrabble Tournaments, May 12-19, 1997 (Yale Bulletin and Calendar)
- Deep Blue No Scrabble Threat, May 18, 1997
- Scrabble schools provide enthusiasts with SCORES of pointers, May 29, 1997
- Scrabble champions spread the word, June 1, 1997 (The Canton Repository [OH])
- Scrabble champs spread the word, June 1, 1997 (Ottawa Citizen [ON])
- Scrabble is a game just made for Silicon Valley, June 4, 1997 (Los Gatos Weekly-Times [CA])
- Scrabble Rousing, June 5-11, 1997 (Metro [San Jose, CA])
- Where 'caziques' is the bee's knees, June 13, 1997, (The Star, South Africa)
- These Club Members are in to W4O1R1D2P3L1A1Y4, June 18, 1997
- Last word, July 1, 1997, (The Star, South Africa)
- Mathematics -- not language, July 25, 1997 (Canoe)
- Scrabble tourney spells L-O-V-E for some, September 2, 1997 (The Oregonian)
- 'Nana' off to Scrabble Championships in Washington, September 7, 1997 (Sunday Times [Sri Lanka])
- Christchurch man may be future world Scrabble champion, September 15, 1997 (The Press [New Zealand])
- Meet the Tiger Woods of the Scrabble world, September 27, 1997 (The Press [New Zealand])
- Jobless wordsmith is new champion, October 6, 1997 (The Sunday Times [London])
- Spellbound by Scrabble, October 12, 1997 (The San Fransisco Chronicle [CA])
- El primer torneo que se realiza en español, October 22, 1997 (El Nacional, Venezuela)
- Entre el ajedrez y el lenguaje, October 22, 1997 (El Nacional, Venezuela)
- Champ: Odds, not Words, are Key to Scrabble Success, November 17, 1997
- GAMES: A master spells out some of his secrets -- not least of which is playing to play, not to win, November 21, 1997 (Orange County Register [CA])
- Lexically gifted gather for world competition, November 21, 1997 ()
- Warring over words, (Deseret News, Salt Lake City UT)
- Two New Yorkers Battle in the Final Rounds: World Scrabble Champ Crowned, November 24, 1997 (ABC News)
- Word Wars: Canadian defends world Scrabble crown, November 24, 1997 (Canoe)
- Charnwit 18th in world championship, November 24, 1997 (Bangkok Post)
- New Yorker muscles way to World Scrabble championship, November 25, 1997 (Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL)
- New Yorker wins Scrabble championship, November 25, 1997 (USA Today)
- Having his way with words, November 25, 1997 (Boston Globe, MA)
- Scrabble At 20 Paces, November 25, 1997 (Washington Post [DC])
- Hotly contested tourney ends with a new king of Scrabble, November 25, 1997 (Seattle Times [WA]) (variant of Washington Post)
- War of Words, November 25, 1997 (Baltimore Sun, MD)
- Bx. Man Scrabbles To Sweet Victory, November 25, 1997 (New York Daily News)
- War of Words: Scrabble: In this gut-wrenching contest ..., November 25, 1997
- Giochi - Quel vecchio Scarabeo famoso come il tacchino, November 27, 1997 (la Repubblica [Italy])
- CYVITRO?, November 25, 1997 (Kansas City Star) [name:password = guest:guest]
- Scrappy Scrabblers, December 2, 1997 (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
- Sweet spell of success, December 22, 1997 (Orange County Register, CA)
1998
- Irritable Vowel Syndrome, January 11, 1998
- Scrabble casts its spell: Game marks 50th anniversary, February 6, 1998 (Houston Chronicle, TX)
- Tournament mixes words and play, February 9, 1998
- The Scramble for Scrabble, March 20, 1998 (The Hindu, India)
- Wordsmiths Unite, April 20, 1998 (The Hindu, India)
- Scrabble warriors do battle on Maui, May 4, 1998
- Wise Words, May 16, 1998
- Letter Perfect | Among Scrabble Groups, Game Still Casts a Mighty Spell, May 17, 1998 (San Deigo Union-Tribune, CA)
- Tiles fall to computer's wiles, May 25, 1998 (The Times [London])
- Scrabble Mania: Columbus fans find game letter-perfect, July 12, 1998 (Columbus Dispatch, OH)
- Scrabble Players ken what words are worth, July 20, 1998 (Philadelphia Enquirer, PA)
- 'Word Book' red-letter day in Scrabble history, July 27, 1998 (Denver Post, CO)
- In a word: As Scrabble celebrates its 50th birthday, more letterheads than ever are connecting the squares, July 31, 1998 (Sacramento Bee, CA)
- Scrabble Players Set for B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S, July 31, 1998
- To Scrabble's best, points matter, not meanings, August 10, 1998
- Spell Check,
- A Big Victory Across the Board, August 14, 1998 (Chicago Tribune, IL)
- Fatsis Friday, August 14, 1998 (NPR's All Things Considered)
- Chicagoan is national Scrabble champion, August 14, 1998
- Scrabble champ celebrates victory, October 20, 1998 (Vancouver Sun, BC)
- How do you spell winner? `D-r-a-c-a-e-n-a,' according to new Scrabble champ, October 20, 1998 (Toronto Star, ON)
- Scrabble Team Wins, November 28, 1998 (The Press, New Zealand)
1999
- Contestants Mix Scrabble, Talent, January 23, 1999 (Associated Press, news wire)
- Gutsy American scores narrow win, January 29, 1999 (The Star, Malaysia)
- Old Man of Letters, February 21, 1999 (Herald-Sun, Sydney Australia)
- Wordstock Nation: Valley Scrabble fanatics rack havoc with America's favorite word game, March 11, 1999 (New Times, Phoenix, AZ)

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Player references in above articles

David Abolafia: part of Scrabble couple, non-studier
Eric Albert: *
Steven Alexander: of Brooklyn; pondering; {brilliant young player of NY; NYer; assoc with Mad Ave law firm; chance at top prize}; 35, of Oakland; 35, of Oakland; claims large knowledge of word list, of Portland
Edward Andy: *
Chuck Armstrong: {perennial contender MI prison security official; chance at top prize; assumed winner; loses key game}; grand master; {36, security super of Saline security super; *; *; *}
Rubie Ashcroft: of Holland
Ganesh Asirvatham: sixth
Paul Avrin: 42, of NYC; game judge, math teacher in the Bronx; tourney organizer
Martin Baker: of Fullerton
Joan Barbour: alleges Joel Sherman rude, of Las Vegas
Mike Baron: {perennial contender; word-wizard of Albuquerque; high game; psychologist of Albuquerque}; psychologist of Albuquerque; Dr; revolutionary book author
Pat Barrett: 36, glamorous, homemaker, of Houston; 49, one of top women, financial planner, of Houston
Peter Bellin: feature
Verna Richards Berg: hospital admin
Norine Benn: newcomer
Edith Miller Berman: *; of Sandwich; on Cape Cod
Ashkay Bhandarkar: 17, of Bahrain
Gwendolyn Bishop: memorizing
Major Blanchard: *
Bill Blevin: record scorer
Ted Blevins: 1st in KY, 38th in US; 35, residence hall dir, of Morehead
Jim Bodenstedt: Houston club dir
David Boys: 31, Canadian psychology student; psychology student, former stand-up comedian; feature; at the Worlds; of Montreal, new champ; cool-headed, of Montreal; feature; feature; feature; feature; 33, defending champ, of Canada; 33, defending champ, of Canada; 33, defending champ, of Canada; 33, reigning champ; defending champ
Dan Brinkley: Columbus club dir
Don Bush: accepts "teawoods"
Russel Byers: leading tournament, of Great Britain
Mary Capalbi: of LI
Brian Cappelletto: perennial contender, 1st child prodigy; legendary talent; 17-year-old prodigy; feature; AZ State U business major; 21, AZ State jr of Phoenix; 16, whiz kid; brilliant play; 28, favorite, of Chicago; feature; new champ; feature
Charles Carroll: feature
Gerry Carter: of the UK; representing Thailand, in 31st place
Ong Yeam Chim: eighth
Suresh Chinnaiyah: 16, English is 2nd language, of Sri Lanka
Apirat Choomai: *
Mohan Chunkath: animal husbandry sec'y, promotes Scrabble
Jeff Clark: of Flint
Nuala Clenaghan: bank official, of Northern Ireland
Joanne Cohen: of Randallstown
Chester Collins: club player; serious, but won't play F-word
Augusto Contreras: electrical engineer, winner, will represent Venezuela in Madrid; feature
Andrew Cook: 26, champ
Kyle Corbin: of Raleigh
Frank Correra: forklift operator, of Selden
Chris Cree: fork-lift co owner in Dallas; 30, materials handling, Dallas; distracted by siren, Texan; of Dallas; at blackjack; prefers winning tourney to $250K
Patricia Cross: rec div winner, of Tucson
V Damaraj: chartered acct, pioneer of Scrabble in India
Bruce D'Ambrosio: of Westchester
Robin Pollock Daniel: feature; feature; Yiddish-speaking glamor girl; top woman player, dissertation on gender and Scrabble, of Canada; Canadian team member, of Toronto; articulate, beautiful, of Canada
Carl Davis: of Ft Worth, honeymooning
Michelle Davis: of Ft Worth, honeymooning
Horace Davis: feature
Darrell Day: {28, magazine editor of Arlington; *}; TX businessman; *
Matt Dickey: computer programmer, of Rancho Penasquitos
Jan Dixon (Jan Jarrell): bookkeeper, wife and mother, of Wilmington; 2nd-ranking female, found romance, accountant, of Wilmington; {up-and-coming; 2nd ranked woman; does lunch, considers ethics}; 29, bookkeeper-acct of Wilmington; DE accountant; first woman Premier champ, of Marietta
Rita Donohue: *; of Lynn
Matt Doran: novice div winner, of Portland
Arthur Doreson: of Plainview
Gina DuMez: tourney organizer
Leianna Dutton: of Farmington
Dylan Early: 25, current title-holder, of Midrand
Joe Edley: reigning champ, of San Francisco; of SF; 37, publisher, NA runner-up, of SF; {publisher, SF *; looks good; 2nd}; 39, bicycle messenger; {grand master; *}; {ex-titlist co-organizer, of SF; screamed at; organized tourney; fast anagrammer; high tie with Lerman; on OSPD plans; winner of several thou; steady; in contention; Bay Arean; loses to Cappelletto; 23rd}; former; of Riverhead; *; *; feature; editor; two-time natl champ; *; editor; 2-time champ; of NSA; NSA tournaments dir; #1-ranked, of Coram; twice champ, etc.; Everything Scrabble co-author; 2-time champ; 2-time champ; leading tournament, of America; 3d place, of Coram; 2-time champ and assoc. dir of NSA; 50, never below 4th; of NSA; assoc dir of NSA
Robert Ellickson: feature
Paul Epstein: of Ann Arbor
Peter Ernest: Richmond club committee member
Charles Faber: dir; club dir
Johnson Fasuba: runner-up
Stefan Fatsis: reporter
Robert Felt: {SF's Bay Arean; 12-game streak; 7th}; reigning champ; of Chicago, 1990 winner; 30, of SF; preoccupied; 44, disheveled champ; absorbed, oblivious
Naween Fernando: of Sri Lanka
Mark Fidler: of Belmont; teacher, of Belmont
Marshall Finn: of Peabody
Esther Finnegan: of El Cajon
Andrew Fisher: accountant, of England
Stephen Fisher: grand master; master
Murray Fishman: of N Miami Beach
Alan Frank: {MA mathematician and programmer; mathematician}; {mathematician; *}; 26, of Boston; of Allston, club dir; kicker
Bob Frey: highest-rated at tourney, of Hicksville
Marilyn Gage: winner, of Castro Valley
Jeff Garrett: expert
Albert Gauvin: of Port Orchard
Jim Geary: newest star; {in a quandary; 29-year-old programmer};
David Gibson: feature; feature; feature; feature; NA champ; {big scorer; current US champ}; feature; feature; 1994 champ
Nancy Gibson: *
Steve Goldberg: major surprise, 5th
Daniel Goldman: 12; 12
Stu Goldman: {perennial contender 57, SFan; loses to Kaufman; 28th}; *; retired school teacher; expert; retired teacher of SF
Charles Goldstein: {perennial contender of Berkeley, 6th ranked; doesn't want to talk; beat Kaufman; in Hawaiian shirt; 75th}; {38, poker player, Berkeley; poker player}; legendary talent
Ana Sea González: translator, one of 4 best players of Venezuela
Bunny Gorchov: * 75, honored long-time player, cellist
Matt Graham: comic; 31, standup comic, of NY; runner-up, 31, stand-up comedian, of NYC; runner-up, 31, stand-up comedian, of NYC; 31, standup comedian runner-up; 31, runner-up, of NYC; 31, finalist; 31, hustler, runner-up; challenger di campionato mondiale; 31, standup comic, runner-up, of Upper East Side; stand-up comic, American; co-feature
Jeff Grant: third, of New Zealand
John C. Green, Jr.: web programmer, of Los Gatos; web programmer, of Los Gatos
Miriam Green: 3rd-grade teacher, played phony
Gerry Greenside: hosts club
Randy Greenspan: die-hard
Diana Grosman: of MD; *
Linda Gruber: of Manhattan; {top ranked woman *; programmer, NYC; *}
Jim Guillot: of Smithtown
Jere Guin: revolutionary book author
Henrietta Guzzi: of Watertown
Dorothy Hackney: eager to retire
Hazel Haberer: club champ, 4th
Albert Hahn: Calgarian; Canadian team member, of Calgary; 50, truck driver, runner-up, of Calgary
Carol Halper (Carol Clarke): typed dictionary wouldn't fit on disc, data processor, of Bronx; up-and-coming; 30, VP of client support, Bronx; programmer of the Bronx
Ed Halper: *
Dorothy Halprin: hosts club
Jeanne Hardy: 71, of Kensington
John Hart: tourney winner; joking expert
Ron Heidler: won twice against Sherman, of Haleiwa
Sonia Grillet de Hernandeze;lez: psychologist, 4th in Venezuela
May Haney: heads Mesa club
Kong Chock Heng: talented Scrabbler with trademark consistency
Camela Hicks: rec div winnner, of Detroit, OR
Marlon Hill: feature; computer games tester, of Baltimore; computer game tester, press favorite, of Baltimore
Matt Hopkins: tourney organizer, elite player
Judy Horn (Judy Swank): of Nashua; *
Mike Howlett: R.N.
Shari Hymowitz: 29, in public relations
Mark Immerman: claims not to play phonies
Dee Jackson: Massapequa NY resident
Ong-Arj Jaruwan: *
John Jeffers: woodworker of Mt Pleasant
Daisy Johnson: 77, social player, of Houston
JJ Jonah: of Jerusalem, 3rd; photo caption, of Israel; facing sabbath limits, of Israel
Robert Kahn: emptying rack
Vicki Kahn: expert
Dennis Kaiser: top male CO player
Merrill Kaitz: 38, writer, Bronx; *; fingerer
Noah Kanter: 28, rising player
Sam Kantimathi: engineer, moved from India, of Arlington; last year's champ; in Las Vegas; aerospace engineer, 20th ranked; tournament winner, of America
Carol Kaplan: winner, of San Diego; club pres
Paula Kaufmann: feature; of Sharon
Zev Kaufman: {Canadian in yarmulke; no longer undefeated; beat Goldman}; Orthodox Jew of Toronto
Martha Kebschull: retired
Zev Kesselman: of Moshav Elazar, 2nd
Karl Khoshnaw: giant of the game, of Twickenham
Stan Khury: of Red Bank
Sarah King: Filipino, uses to improve English, of Phoenix area
Jakkrit Klarpajon: doctor, of Chiang Mai; representing Thailand, in 41st place
Rose Kreiswirth: of E Northport
Frank Kuehnrich: kibitzer
Krishna Kumar: hospital director, returning to the game
Mark Landsberg: wrote a book; celebrity for record; feature; Mercedes plates "MR 770"; feature; record holder
Rachel Lanz: 12, of Port Moody
Matthew Laufer: poet
Frank Lee: under thinking cap; of Lansing
Dave Leifer: nationally ranked
Peggy LeMay: {64, retired secy of Bay City; synchronized-swimming instructor}
Chuck Leonard: likes the people
Jerry Lerman: {of Foster City, balding bank VP chess too grueling; more conservative; drops back; not story material; 24th}; very good player
Jay Levin: 28, writer, of Ridgefield Park
Robin Levin: dysfunctional-club dir
Herbert Levine: of Peabody
Robin Lewis: among top 5000, of Houston
Natalie Liebman: defeated for FL championship
Bob Linn: 53, knows a lot; 53, knows a lot; club head, hosting Thai players
Henry Lippitt: of Santa Monica
Bob Lipton: retired croupier; memorizer; Neil Kinnock lookalike, American
Paul Lister: of Christchurch
Adam Logan: 14, HS student, of Ottawa; consulting dictionary; steely-eyed; 20-year-old whiz; feature; 2nd year math grad student & top-ranked; Canadian team member, of Ottawa; energetic, of Canada; 23, wunderkind, favourite, of Ottawa
Jocelyn Lor: runner up, sporstmanlike
Carlos de los Santos: ex-taxi driver, runner-up in Venezuela, from Uruguay
John Luebkemann: feature
Rich Lund: of Brooklyn; of Brooklyn; of Brooklyn; ponytail; legendary talent
Michael Martin: 70; 70
Maryjane Matz: of Chicago; word person
Paul McCarthy: Denver player
Jackie McCleod: runner-up
Joyce McFadden: 1st intermed, of Orange Co
Ron McGill: computer engineer, of SF
Herman McNeil: *
Jeremiah Mead: {of MA; chance at top prize; beats Schonbrun}; HS Latin teacher, of Chelmsford; teacher in Concord, of Chelmsford; of Chelmsford
Dona Meilach: how-to book writer, of Encinitas
Bill Menor: of Detroit
Karen Merrill: Portland club founder
Joe Miccio: Scrabble guppy, weight-lifter
Mark Milan: expert, of Dana Point; #2 in Orange Co, of Dana Point
Carole Miller: dental office secy, at Houston club
Ellen Miller: *
Lee Mills: of Montreal
Alan Millstein: a CPA
Ann Mirabito: undefeated, of Voorhees
Hartley Moorhouse: editor; editor
Henry Morales: Atlantic City cabdriver
Peter Morris: 27, champ; grand master; ex-champ; current champ; feature; legendary talent
Gary Moss: tourney organizer, of Newport Beach
Rich Moyer: tourney organizer, of Los Gatos, met fiancee
Robert Mulet: 54, last year's Miami champ & Spanish champ; champion in English, Spanish and French; 2-time FL champ; tourney coordinator
David Nabutovsky: {28, USPO supervisor of St Petersburg *; *; *; *; *}
Harriet Nabutovsky: word judge
Jim Nanavati: Canadian team member, of Toronto
Harischandra Nanayakkara: champ
Philip Nelkon: UK mktg mgr
Kent Nelson: teacher, preventing uxorial trouble, of Salt Lake City
Pakorn Nemitrmansuk: *
James Neuberger: grand master; 39, of NYC
Johnny Nevarez: {30, genl contractor of Santa Clara organized tourney; arithmetic stickler; possible 1988 organizer}; playing jut; *; dir
Ron Newberry: real estate agent, in first tourney, of Hilo
Rita Norr: {up-and-coming 43, college student from Brooklyn; stunned Schonbrun; in 4th place; hands Felt a loss; not calling home; 1st woman titlist; eventual champ}; 1987 winner; champion; 40ish computer scientist, only woman champ, 1987; feature; feature; feature; feature; formerly of Grand Haven; of NYC; of NYC; feature; feature; mother of three; 1987 winner; one-time champ, of Greenwich
Kirsten Norr: 9; 15
Phyllis Nussbaum: of Islip Terrace
Acho Nwana: of NY, from Nigeria
Mark Nyman: 22, 2nd; England's; current World champ; praying; England's, 1993 champ; *; leading tournament, of Great Britain; handsome, passionate, glamorous ...; winner of mammoth game, of Britain
Sam Orbaum: feature; Israeli champ
Emeka Osuagwu: 26; 26
Christina O'Sullivan: of Vancouver, cyberspace junkie, met fiance there
John Ozag: {of Daly City; 56th}; 40, of SF; foremost author
Joyce Palmer: high score w/482, of Perris
Libero Paolella: Canadian team member, of Toronto
Michael Parkes: went to 1985 finals, of North Wales, PA
Toni Parkes: went to 1985 finals, of North Wales, PA
Ken Passaro: 22, unrated winner, of La Mesa
Jim Pate: Birmingham librarian
Esther Perrins: home-maker with 4 children, of Australia
Mark Pistolese: tourney runner-up, of Kalapana
Stephen Polatnick: lawyer, of Miami; 40, ranked 8th and FL champ; grand master; undefeated, W Kendall atty; king; feature; wiliest; feature; New Orleans lawyer; 3-time FL champ; attorney, of Miami
Jeff Potts: winner, of Woodland Hills
Dan Pratt: {perennial contender of MD; developed ratings}; mathematician works for DoD; grand master
Mark Przybyszewski: of Buffalo
Cynthia Pughsley: club player
Carol & M.G. Ravichandran: feature
Mary Ellen Raleigh: of Flint
Larry Rand: retired salesman, tenacious, second-ranked
Paloma Raychbart: of Ramat Gan
Philip Reckford: english prof, of Coconut Grove
Mengus Reeves: winner, of Auburn
Chris Reslock: one of top players, moved MI to Wilmington for romance; {perennial contender; tourney high scorer}; tourney high scorer; record scorer; taxi driver
Sandee Reynoldson: dir
Nigel Richards: NZ champ; 30, NZ champ, of Christchurch; second, of New Zealand; top qualifier for finals, of New Zealand
Gretchen Richmond: of Portland, legally blind
Herb Ringold: of Philadelphia
Stephen Root: programmer of Westboro; high game deviser; of Westboro; *
Bil Rose: feature
Ted Rosen: owns 15 boards
Sarah Rosenblum: freelance calligrapher of W Orange
Stuart Rubin: 24, knows crazy 2s
Stan Rubinsky: tourney judge; passed on engraved set
Rosemary Ryan: bought computer to play
Yap Gim Sai: ninth
Allan Saldanha: 15, British champ; 20, youngest, of England
Salah Fadle Mohamed Salih: photo caption, of Saudi Arabia
Barbara Santee: feature
Steven Saul: *
Theresa Schaeffer: Filipino married to a German, sabbath goy, of Bethesda
Louis Schecter: quiet, lanky NYer; of Brooklyn; 43, 37-ranked
Laura Scheimberg: club dir, top female CO player
Jerry Scheiten: club founder
Bob Schoenman: 41, ex-KY champ, favorite; hires Scrabble talent
Lester Schonbrun: {perennial contender 51, known as grand old man; winner of thousands; steady; beaten by Felt; stunned by Norr; Bay Arean; loses to Mead; 10th}; grand master; of Oakland; 60; biggest winner, of Oakland; legendary, of Oakland; longtime player; longtime player; 61, Worlds team member, of Oakland
Marge Schoneboom: of Commack
Amy Schwartz: *
Mike Senkiewicz: feature
Dan Sereduick: 18, of Eldersburg
Ida Shapiro: 55, of Queens
Gordon Shapiro: better player, truck driver, of Baltimore
Dan Sheehan: standup comic, of Huntington
Ethel Cannon Sherard: feature
Joel Sherman: *; no hint of cool; prepping; NYer, kvetching finalist; emotive, of the Bronx; NYer, runner-up; leading tournament, of America; World champ, 32, full-time player, of NYC; champ, 35, of independent means; 35, champ; 35, champ, of NYC; finalist; openly vulnerable; vincitore di campionato mondiale; 35, champ, of the Bronx; 35, of Bronx, allegedly rude; crushed-looking, gastrointestinal; feature; top-ranked, tourney winner, of Bronx; co-feature
David Shulman: contributor to OED; ranked in his time
Jon Shreve: of Cape Elizabeth
Hilda Siegel: dir
David Silver: of Mundelein
Fran Silver: 54, of Montreal
Allan Simmons: Brit superstar
Peter Sinton: first, of New Zealand
Jason Sommer: winner, of Santa Barbara
Charlie Southwell: *; Congressional Quarterly copyeditor
Clives Spate: revised#/reviewed$ A-U in dictionary, of Nottingham
Etan Spierer: recent Brandeis grad
Alan Stern: opponent in Landsberg's record game; opponent, of LA
Michael Stevens: orthodontist
Dan Stock: club contact
Douglas Stone: *
Jay Strieb: physics prof
Sylvia Strong: goes for jugular
Charn-wit Sukumrattanaporn: *; feature
Robert Sulzer: of Brooklyn
Dora Taylor: *
Graeme Thomas: chairman; chairman
Lisa Thomas: part of Scrabble couple
Forrest Tellis: wooden-necktied; polyglot
Paul Terry: tourney organizer, dram & music teacher
Ron Tiekert: statistician, of NYC; 42, 1985 winner, 3rd; top-ranked; education editor, of NYC; {38, editor, of NYC *; *; champion; *; *}; lover; captured 1st; of NYC; tourney organizer & Darien native; 38, editor, NA champ, of NYC; most ethical player, accused of cheating, American
Susi Tiekert (Susi Resnick): New Yorker; met husband at NY club; tutors players
Eleanor Traeg: competitive div winner, of Los Gatos
Sandy Tsen: seventh
Audrey Tumbarello: co-author
John Turner: Q-eater
Lurlene Tweith: of Yuba City
Keith Valentine: comments on roommate Wiegand
Barbara Van Alen: comptroller, longtime 'holic, of Gilbert
John Van Pelt: author; illustrator
Bill Wade: {26, teacher, Brookville; *}
Karen Wadsworth: works for ROTC, raising 13 children
Joel Wapnick: {ex-titlist; recent champ; Canadian}; {music teacher at McGill; 1983 champ and author}; {music teacher at McGill; 1983 champ and author}; 1983 champ and author, of Montreal; {grand master; prof of music at McGill}; 1983 champ; {39, prof, Montreal; champ; *}; of Montreal; ex-champ; of Montreal; prof of classical music, of Montreal; Montreal music prof; 52, music prof, champ, of Montreal; 52, music prof, champ
Sybil Washington: of Hawthorne
Robert Watson: Minneapolis internist
David Webb: weight-training accountant, of England
David Weisberg: 12, cool, of Hollywood
Albert Weissman: *
June Welden: of N Oklahoma City
Jeff Widergren: {25, EE grad of San Jose State, of Saratoga programmer);
David Wiegand: 23, vaults to top 10
Maria Wiesenthal: of Jacksonville
Gareth Williams: computing lecturer, of Wales
Helga Williams: of Ft Lauderdale; "Quiet, please!"
John D. Williams, Jr.: pub relations dir; {president; S Players Inc's}; president; exec dir; caught in cultural cross-fire; president; exec dir; exec dir; head; dir; dir; exec dir; *; exec dir; *; editor, exec dir; exec dir; exec dir; exec dir; assoc head; exec dir; exec dir, organizer; exec dir; exec dir; exec dir
Margaret Bauer Williams (Margaret Bauer, Margaret Bauer Maneth): dir
Steve Williams: 31, tutor from St Albans
Bruce Wilner: student of Linn; student of Linn
Michael Wolfberg: of Concord; top scorer; of Concord; aficionado; NY Champ, programmer, of Concord
Gail Wolford: high-scorer
Wayne Wollerman: devout Lutheran, of W Yarmouth
Leonard Wong: tenth
Trey Wright: 23, 20th-ranked, pianist, grad student at Rice, of Houston
Pui Cheng Wui: fifth
Amy Young: of N Oklahoma City

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