November 14–16, 2008
Dallas, TX

WPC 2008: Dave Wiegand [#44]

On this page, you will find information about Dave Wiegand, who is competing at the 2008 World Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 15-9, +636, and is ranked #5.

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

[photo of Dave Wiegand]

Given name(s): Dave
Surname(s): Wiegand
Home: Portland, OR, United States
Awards: (9th) 2001 WSC; (2nd) 1994 (3rd) 2000 (6th) 2002 NSC (1st) 2005 NSC; 2004-05 Seattle, WA; 2004-06 SWILLINS; 2004-09 Portland and numerous other Western US tournament
Hobbies: Anagrams, hot sauce
Occupation: Mortgage Underwriter
NSC 1994 Division: 1
NSC 1994 Rank: 2/134, 19-8 +1447
NSC 1996 Division: 1
NSC 1996 Rank: 26/108, 15.5-10.5 +915
NSC 1998 Division: 1
NSC 1998 Rank: 14/126, 19-12 +525
NSC 2000 Division: 1
NSC 2000 Rank: 3/98, 21-10 +1410
NSC 2002 Division: 1
NSC 2002 Rank: 6/132, 20-11 +1495
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 86/172, 15-15 -62
NSC 2005 Division: 1
NSC 2005 Rank: 1/87, 21-7 +1074
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 47/76, 13-15 +217
WSC 1999 Rank: 17
WSC 2001 Rank: 9
WSC 2003 Rank: 55
WSC 2005 Rank: 8
2008 WPC Team: United States

Round by Round
High score: 544 Average for: 437 Average against: 411
Round 1	Ghana	Wiegand played #47 Michael Quao (GHA) and won 396 to 393 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 1-0, +3. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2	Australia	Wiegand played #9 Joanne Craig (AUS) and lost 438 to 472 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 1-1, -31. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3	United States	Wiegand played #40 Puneet Sharma (USA) and won 489 to 402 (a spread of 87). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 2-1, +56.
Round 4	United States	Wiegand played #13 Michael Early (USA) and won 390 to 384 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-1, +62. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5	United States	Wiegand played #2 Peter Armstrong (USA) and lost 398 to 488 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 3-2, -28. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6	Canada	Wiegand played #18 Albert Hahn (CAN) and won 394 to 310 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-2, +56.
Round 7	Romania	Wiegand played #41 Adrian Tamas (ROM) and lost 408 to 457 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 4-3, +7. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8	New Zealand	Wiegand played #43 Howard Warner (NZL) and won 503 to 320 (a spread of 183). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-3, +190. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9	United States	Wiegand played #34 Steve Polatnick (USA) and won 481 to 256 (a spread of 225). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 6-3, +415. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10	Thailand	Wiegand played #39 Nawapadol Sayavesa (THA) and lost 372 to 479 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-4, +308.
Round 11	United States	Wiegand played #42 Geoff Thevenot (USA) and won 494 to 422 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-4, +380. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12	United States	Wiegand played #10 Chris Cree (USA) and won 482 to 433 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-4, +429. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13	Australia	Wiegand played #15 David Eldar (AUS) and won 469 to 310 (a spread of 159). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9-4, +588. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14	England	Wiegand played #38 Phil Robertshaw (Eng) and lost 319 to 532 (a spread of -213). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9-5, +375. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15	United States	Wiegand played #4 Nick Ball (USA) and won 473 to 408 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 10-5, +440. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16	United States	Wiegand played #29 John Luebkemann (USA) and lost 380 to 431 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 10-6, +389.
Round 17	United States	Wiegand played #16 Marty Gabriel (USA) and won 457 to 363 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 11-6, +483. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18	United States	Wiegand played #7 Amit Chakrabarti (USA) and won 475 to 305 (a spread of 170). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 12-6, +653. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19	United States	Wiegand played #16 Marty Gabriel (USA) again and lost 448 to 533 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 12-7, +568. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 20	Malaysia	Wiegand played #37 Nigel Richards (MYS) and lost 456 to 478 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-8, +546.
Round 21	England	Wiegand played #3 Femi Awowade (Eng) and lost 371 to 408 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 12-9, +509.
Round 22	Malta	Wiegand played #6 Theresa Camilleri (MLT) and won 439 to 426 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 13-9, +522. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23	United States	Wiegand played #1 Tim Adamson (USA) and won 544 to 454 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 14-9, +612. Wiegand is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24	New Zealand	Wiegand played #43 Howard Warner (NZL) again and won 415 to 391 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 15-9, +636.

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