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Third Canadian National SCRABBLE® Championship

Bernard Gotlieb

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[photo]Age: 42
Pre-Tournament Ranking: 9
CNSC 1996 Ranking: 19
CNSC 1998 Ranking: 27
CNSC 2000 18-Round Ranking: 27
Qualifying Rating: 1858
Residence: Montréal, QC
NSA Club: #83, Montréal
Years of Tournament Play: 22
Notes: Bernard is the director of the Montréal club and the winner of the 1998 Michael Wise NSA Director of the Year award. He once got a flat on his wheelchair in front of Buckingham Palace, and a bobby helpfully corrected him, telling him that what he had was a puncture.

This player finished the preliminary round ranked 27. You can see below how they did each round.

Round 1
349-344 (+5)
vs. Paul Sidorsky
1-0 (+5)

 20.  1.0- 0.0 ( +17) Peter Teitelbaum
 21.  1.0- 0.0 ( +12) Fern Lindzon
 22.  1.0- 0.0 (  +9) Zev Kaufman
 23.  1.0- 0.0 (  +8) Libero Paolella
 24.  1.0- 0.0 (  +7) Adam Logan
 25.  1.0- 0.0 (  +5) Bernard Gotlieb
 26.  0.0- 1.0 (  -5) Paul Sidorsky
 27.  0.0- 1.0 (  -7) Lisa Deift
 28.  0.0- 1.0 (  -8) Jim Nanavati
 29.  0.0- 1.0 (  -9) Christopher Sykes
 30.  0.0- 1.0 ( -12) Sary Karanofsky

Round 2
572-281 (+291)
vs. Carl Madden
2-0 (+296)

  1.  2.0- 0.0 (+296) Bernard Gotlieb
  2.  2.0- 0.0 (+261) Rama Murty
  3.  2.0- 0.0 (+223) John Robertson
  4.  2.0- 0.0 (+192) Joel Wapnick
  5.  2.0- 0.0 (+188) James Cherry
  6.  2.0- 0.0 (+182) Mike Ryan
  7.  2.0- 0.0 (+173) Ron Hoekstra
  8.  2.0- 0.0 (+146) Don Malcolm
  9.  2.0- 0.0 (+136) Zev Kaufman
 10.  2.0- 0.0 (+134) Danny Panganiban
 11.  2.0- 0.0 (+109) Andrew Golding

Round 3
396-309 (+87)
vs. Brenda Megannety
3-0 (+383)

  1.  3.0- 0.0 (+383) Bernard Gotlieb
  2.  3.0- 0.0 (+311) Zev Kaufman
  3.  3.0- 0.0 (+302) Adam Logan
  4.  3.0- 0.0 (+298) Joel Wapnick
  5.  3.0- 0.0 (+253) Don Malcolm
  6.  3.0- 0.0 (+237) Mike Ryan
  7.  3.0- 0.0 (+217) James Cherry
  8.  3.0- 0.0 (+197) Ron Hoekstra
  9.  3.0- 0.0 (+126) Andrew Golding
 10.  2.0- 1.0 (+292) Christopher Sykes
 11.  2.0- 1.0 (+154) Rama Murty

Round 4
302-446 (-144)
vs. Ron Hoekstra
3-1 (+239)

  2.  4.0- 0.0 (+373) Zev Kaufman
  3.  4.0- 0.0 (+341) Ron Hoekstra
  4.  4.0- 0.0 (+268) James Cherry
  5.  3.0- 1.0 (+311) Christopher Sykes
  6.  3.0- 1.0 (+251) Adam Logan
  7.  3.0- 1.0 (+239) Bernard Gotlieb
  8.  3.0- 1.0 (+192) Mike Ryan
  9.  3.0- 1.0 (+189) Evan Berofsky
 10.  3.0- 1.0 (+179) Lisa Kessler
 11.  3.0- 1.0 (+148) Danny Panganiban
 12.  3.0- 1.0 (+118) David Boys

Round 5
329-416 (-87)
vs. Mike Ryan
3-2 (+152)

 11.  4.0- 1.0 (+200) Evan Berofsky
 12.  4.0- 1.0 ( +94) Andrew Golding
 13.  3.0- 2.0 (+529) Albert Hahn
 14.  3.0- 2.0 (+250) Sary Karanofsky
 15.  3.0- 2.0 (+180) Adam Logan
 16.  3.0- 2.0 (+152) Bernard Gotlieb
 17.  3.0- 2.0 (+135) Joe Peters
 18.  3.0- 2.0 (+123) Danny Panganiban
 19.  3.0- 2.0 (+109) Hugh Currie
 20.  3.0- 2.0 ( +93) Tim Anglin
 21.  3.0- 2.0 ( +21) Craig Rowland

Round 6
412-411 (+1)
vs. Shaun Goatcher
4-2 (+153)

 10.  4.0- 2.0 (+257) David Boys
 11.  4.0- 2.0 (+244) Shaun Goatcher
 12.  4.0- 2.0 (+191) Hugh Currie
 13.  4.0- 2.0 (+169) Lisa Kessler
 14.  4.0- 2.0 (+156) Peter Teitelbaum
 15.  4.0- 2.0 (+153) Bernard Gotlieb
 16.  4.0- 2.0 (+125) Danny Panganiban
 17.  4.0- 2.0 (+118) Craig Rowland
 18.  4.0- 2.0 ( +44) Andrew Golding
 19.  3.5- 2.5 ( -10) Lisa Deift
 20.  3.0- 3.0 (+171) Sary Karanofsky

Round 7
313-409 (-96)
vs. Libero Paolella
4-3 (+57)

 13.  4.0- 3.0 (+160) Tim Anglin
 14.  4.0- 3.0 (+120) Shaun Goatcher
 15.  4.0- 3.0 ( +80) Hugh Currie
 16.  4.0- 3.0 ( +76) Lisa Kessler
 17.  4.0- 3.0 ( +60) Danny Panganiban
 18.  4.0- 3.0 ( +57) Bernard Gotlieb
 19.  4.0- 3.0 ( +53) Jim Nanavati
 20.  4.0- 3.0 ( +22) Libero Paolella
 21.  4.0- 3.0 ( -25) Craig Rowland
 22.  4.0- 3.0 ( -48) Linda Espallardo
 23.  4.0- 3.0 (-132) Trevor Sealy

Round 8
363-488 (-125)
vs. Joel Wapnick
4-4 (-68)

 17.  5.0- 3.0 (-122) Trevor Sealy
 18.  5.0- 3.0 (-151) Andrew Golding
 19.  4.0- 4.0 (+124) Rama Murty
 20.  4.0- 4.0 ( +69) Hugh Currie
 21.  4.0- 4.0 ( +45) Glenn Dunlop
 22.  4.0- 4.0 ( -68) Bernard Gotlieb
 23.  4.0- 4.0 ( -76) Lisa Kessler
 24.  4.0- 4.0 ( -86) Craig Rowland
 25.  4.0- 4.0 (-149) Paul Sidorsky
 26.  4.0- 4.0 (-157) Shaun Goatcher
 27.  4.0- 4.0 (-198) Wayne Clifford

Round 9
439-289 (+150)
vs. John Robertson
5-4 (+82)

 11.  6.0- 3.0 (+151) Peter Teitelbaum
 12.  6.0- 3.0 (+143) Jim Nanavati
 13.  6.0- 3.0 ( -51) Andrew Golding
 14.  5.0- 4.0 (+346) Albert Hahn
 15.  5.0- 4.0 (+193) Rama Murty
 16.  5.0- 4.0 ( +82) Bernard Gotlieb
 17.  5.0- 4.0 ( +57) Glenn Dunlop
 18.  5.0- 4.0 ( +56) Libero Paolella
 19.  5.0- 4.0 ( +18) Danny Panganiban
 20.  5.0- 4.0 ( +14) Lisa Kessler
 21.  5.0- 4.0 (  -4) Linda Espallardo

Round 10
345-497 (-152)
vs. Don Malcolm
5-5 (-70)

 20.  6.0- 4.0 (-278) Andrew Golding
 21.  5.5- 4.5 ( +23) Jeffrey Parsons
 22.  5.5- 4.5 (-256) George MacAulay
 23.  5.0- 5.0 ( +10) Glenn Dunlop
 24.  5.0- 5.0 ( -31) Libero Paolella
 25.  5.0- 5.0 ( -70) Bernard Gotlieb
 26.  5.0- 5.0 (-110) Jakob Teitelbaum
 27.  5.0- 5.0 (-179) Shaun Goatcher
 28.  5.0- 5.0 (-210) Randall Thomas
 29.  5.0- 5.0 (-219) Trevor Sealy
 30.  5.0- 5.0 (-220) Wayne Clifford

Round 11
417-398 (+19)
vs. Randall Thomas
6-5 (-51)

 17.  6.0- 5.0 (+172) Paul Sidorsky
 18.  6.0- 5.0 ( +94) Libero Paolella
 19.  6.0- 5.0 ( +76) Tim Anglin
 20.  6.0- 5.0 ( +73) Linda Espallardo
 21.  6.0- 5.0 ( -47) Danny Panganiban
 22.  6.0- 5.0 ( -51) Bernard Gotlieb
 23.  6.0- 5.0 (-136) Shaun Goatcher
 24.  6.0- 5.0 (-251) Lisa Kessler
 25.  6.0- 5.0 (-303) Andrew Golding
 26.  5.0- 6.0 (+105) Carl Madden
 27.  5.0- 6.0 ( +76) Sary Karanofsky

Round 12
344-370 (-26)
vs. Trevor Sealy
6-6 (-77)

 22.  6.0- 6.0 (+156) Sary Karanofsky
 23.  6.0- 6.0 (+110) Glenn Dunlop
 24.  6.0- 6.0 ( +60) Linda Espallardo
 25.  6.0- 6.0 ( -11) Craig Rowland
 26.  6.0- 6.0 ( -71) Jakob Teitelbaum
 27.  6.0- 6.0 ( -77) Bernard Gotlieb
 28.  6.0- 6.0 ( -99) Ray Francis
 29.  6.0- 6.0 (-102) John Dafoe
 30.  6.0- 6.0 (-279) Shaun Goatcher
 31.  6.0- 6.0 (-307) Lisa Kessler
 32.  6.0- 6.0 (-318) Trevor Sealy

Round 13
434-271 (+163)
vs. Paul Sidorsky
7-6 (+86)

 15.  8.0- 5.0 ( +11) Don Malcolm
 16.  7.5- 5.5 (+236) Jeffrey Parsons
 17.  7.5- 5.5 (-129) George MacAulay
 18.  7.0- 6.0 (+508) Joel Wapnick
 19.  7.0- 6.0 (+221) Carl Madden
 20.  7.0- 6.0 ( +86) Bernard Gotlieb
 21.  7.0- 6.0 ( +78) John Dafoe
 22.  7.0- 6.0 ( +68) Linda Espallardo
 23.  7.0- 6.0 ( +65) Paul Sidorsky
 24.  7.0- 6.0 (  +9) Craig Rowland
 25.  7.0- 6.0 ( -46) Jakob Teitelbaum

Round 14
348-396 (-48)
vs. Fran Silver
7-7 (+38)

 20.  7.5- 6.5 (-353) George MacAulay
 21.  7.0- 7.0 (+498) Joel Wapnick
 22.  7.0- 7.0 (+395) Siri Tillekeratne
 23.  7.0- 7.0 (+293) Mike Ebanks
 24.  7.0- 7.0 (+279) Fran Silver
 25.  7.0- 7.0 ( +38) Bernard Gotlieb
 26.  7.0- 7.0 ( +33) John Dafoe
 27.  7.0- 7.0 ( +21) Sary Karanofsky
 28.  7.0- 7.0 (  -8) Glenn Dunlop
 29.  7.0- 7.0 ( -10) Linda Espallardo
 30.  7.0- 7.0 ( -29) Craig Rowland

Round 15
331-329 (+2)
vs. Danny Panganiban
8-7 (+40)

 19.  8.0- 7.0 (+437) Fran Silver
 20.  8.0- 7.0 (+301) Mike Ebanks
 21.  8.0- 7.0 (+287) Rama Murty
 22.  8.0- 7.0 (+245) Carl Madden
 23.  8.0- 7.0 (+121) Tim Anglin
 24.  8.0- 7.0 ( +40) Bernard Gotlieb
 25.  8.0- 7.0 (-214) Wayne Clifford
 26.  8.0- 7.0 (-288) Andrew Golding
 27.  7.0- 8.0 (+350) Joel Wapnick
 28.  7.0- 8.0 (  +4) Sary Karanofsky
 29.  7.0- 8.0 ( -33) John Dafoe

Round 16
427-397 (+30)
vs. Wayne Clifford
9-7 (+70)

 13.  9.5- 6.5 (+251) James Cherry
 14.  9.0- 7.0 (+605) Fran Silver
 15.  9.0- 7.0 (+504) Siri Tillekeratne
 16.  9.0- 7.0 (+277) Evan Berofsky
 17.  9.0- 7.0 (+269) David Boys
 18.  9.0- 7.0 ( +70) Bernard Gotlieb
 19.  9.0- 7.0 (-130) Don Malcolm
 20.  8.5- 7.5 (-245) George MacAulay
 21.  8.0- 8.0 (+390) Joel Wapnick
 22.  8.0- 8.0 (+248) Mike Ebanks
 23.  8.0- 8.0 (+234) Rama Murty

Round 17
267-394 (-127)
vs. Don Malcolm
9-8 (-57)

 20.  9.0- 8.0 (+261) Evan Berofsky
 21.  9.0- 8.0 (+232) Carl Madden
 22.  9.0- 8.0 (+193) Glenn Dunlop
 23.  9.0- 8.0 ( +90) John Dafoe
 24.  9.0- 8.0 ( -46) Jakob Teitelbaum
 25.  9.0- 8.0 ( -57) Bernard Gotlieb
 26.  8.5- 8.5 (-161) John Robertson
 27.  8.0- 9.0 (+162) Mike Ebanks
 28.  8.0- 9.0 ( +95) Rama Murty
 29.  8.0- 9.0 ( +73) Craig Rowland
 30.  8.0- 9.0 ( +15) Sary Karanofsky

Round 18
388-415 (-27)
vs. Jakob Teitelbaum
9-9 (-84)

 22.  9.0- 9.0 (+550) Fran Silver
 23.  9.0- 9.0 (+262) Rama Murty
 24.  9.0- 9.0 (+233) Evan Berofsky
 25.  9.0- 9.0 ( +15) John Dafoe
 26.  9.0- 9.0 (  +5) Carl Madden
 27.  9.0- 9.0 ( -84) Bernard Gotlieb
 28.  9.0- 9.0 (-196) Ray Francis
 29.  9.0- 9.0 (-225) Tim Anglin
 30.  9.0- 9.0 (-367) Randall Thomas
 31.  8.0-10.0 (+133) Mike Ebanks
 32.  8.0-10.0 (  -7) Sary Karanofsky

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