After eight rounds and five games, Montreal leads Toronto 63 games to 62 in the 15th annual Kingston Cup match, held on neutral territory midway between the two cities in Kingston, Ontario. Fifteen players from each city have gathered to defend the honour of their cities and to vie to take home the coveted Kingston Cup. Montreal was favoured to win the tournament 108-87, but thanks to a strong performance by the Toronto team this first day, it could still be either city's match. Results after each round (Montreal-Toronto) were: 9-6, 16-14, 24-21, 33-27, 39-36, 46-44, 50-55 and 59-61. The ninth round has been partially played, with those players who wished to stay up an extra hour this evening and sleep in tomorrow morning being permitted to play round nine a day early. (No one asked to play round ten early as well.) Individual results are listed below for completeness' sake. We do not keep track of spread, just wins and losses, and there are no individual prizes awarded. We will play five more games tomorrow, beginning at 9:15 A.M. and ending around 2:00 P.M. For more information during the day, you can reach me at 416-876-7675, or drop by the Days Inn at Division Street and Highway 401. John -- John J. Chew, III Director, Toronto SCRABBLE(R) Club (National SCRABBLE(R) Association Club #3) jjchew@math.utoronto.ca * http://www.math.utoronto.ca/jjchew * +1 416 876 7675 -- Name (online) Wins OldR NewR Chng Joel Wapnick 8.0 1922 1937 +15 Jakob Teitelbaum 7.0 1744 1767 +23 Lisa Deift 7.0 1673 1737 +64 David Boys 6.0 2027 2012 -15 John Chew 6.0 1817 1820 +3 Sary Karanofsky 6.0 1588 1642 +54 Libero Paolella 5.0 1839 1823 -16 Fran Silver 5.0 1768 1748 -20 Anita Rackham 5.0 1655 1662 +7 Ray Francis 5.0 1649 1664 +15 Ron Manson 5.0 1607 1626 +19 Barbara Bultz 5.0 1486 1538 +52 Lynda Wise 5.0 1479 1495 +16 Peter Teitelbaum 4.0 1834 1792 -42 Bernard Gotlieb 4.0 1802 1759 -43 Craig Rowland 4.0 1790 1757 -33 Evan Berofsky 4.0 1575 1608 +33 Maddalena Palazzo 4.0 1410 1415 +5 Linda Espallardo 3.0 1698 1660 -38 Joe Peters 3.0 1670 1635 -35 Lisa Kessler 3.0 1512 1484 -28 Vinnette Francis 3.0 1310 1331 +21 Yvonne Lobo 3.0 1271 1296 +25 Sal Desiato 3.0 1244 1278 +34 Leah Katz 2.0 1579 1575 -4 Brenda Megannety 2.0 1571 1562 -9 Arthur Carvalho 2.0 1258 1259 +1 Andrew Law 1.0 1239 1224 -15 Ruth Nabi 0.0 1345 1314 -31 Lydia Keras 0.0 937 930 -7 (Montreal) 1 David Boys L19 W20 W21 W22 L23 W24 W25 W26 2 Joel Wapnick W21 W19 W20 W24 W22 W23 W27 W25 3 Peter Teitelbaum W20 L21 L19 W23 W24 L22 L26 W27 4 Bernard Gotlieb W22 L23 W24 W30 L29 W28 L16 L17 5 Fran Silver W24 W22 W23 W28 L30 L29 W18 L16 6 Jakob Teitelbaum L23 W24 W22 W29 W28 W30 W17 W18 7 Linda Espallardo W30 W29 W28 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20 8 Joe Peters W28 L30 W29 W18 L16 L17 L21 L19 9 Anita Rackham W29 L28 W30 L17 W18 W16 L20 W21 10 Sary Karanofsky W16 W17 L18 W25 W26 W27 L22 W23 11 Barbara Bultz L18 W16 L17 W27 W25 W26 L24 W22 12 Ruth Nabi L17 L18 L16 L26 L27 L25 L23 L24 13 Arthur Carvalho W25 L26 L27 L19 L20 L21 L30 W29 14 Andrew Law L27 L25 L26 L21 L19 L20 L28 W30 15 Lydia Keras L26 L27 L25 L20 L21 L19 L29 L28 (Toronto) 16 Libero Paolella L10 L11 W12 W07 W08 L09 W04 W05 17 John Chew W12 L10 W11 W09 W07 W08 L06 W04 18 Craig Rowland W11 W12 W10 L08 L09 W07 L05 L06 19 Lisa Deift W01 L02 W03 W13 W14 W15 W07 W08 20 Ray Francis L03 L01 L02 W15 W13 W14 W09 W07 21 Ron Manson L02 W03 L01 W14 W15 W13 W08 L09 22 Leah Katz L04 L05 L06 L01 L02 W03 W10 L11 23 Evan Berofsky W06 W04 L05 L03 W01 L02 W12 L10 24 Brenda Megannety L05 L06 L04 L02 L03 L01 W11 W12 25 Lisa Kessler L13 W14 W15 L10 L11 W12 L01 L02 26 Lynda Wise W15 W13 W14 W12 L10 L11 W03 L01 27 Maddalena Palazzo W14 W15 W13 L11 W12 L10 L02 L03 28 Vinnette Francis L08 W09 L07 L05 L06 L04 W14 W15 29 Yvonne Lobo L09 L07 L08 L06 W04 W05 W15 L13 30 Sal Desiato L07 W08 L09 L04 W05 L06 W13 L14