I won two out of three last night, to take my record to 43-8. Ironically, I enjoyed the game I lost the best:
436-442 against Max Panitch. I normally don’t identify my opponents by their full names (however, in tournament reports, I do) yet in this case, by coincidence there is another player whom I have played, a Max Pan, so I can’t even distinguish them by surname initial, or even by the first three letters of their last names. I played ALANINS (72) and ALdERMEN (80) and Max played SOIREES (68) and VIeWDATA (94). In this game endplay was critical, and although Max had the lead after our two bingos, I had the time to think this one out to find the most lucrative plays to regain a slight lead during my last two moves. I never felt the loss was a foregone conclusion.
437-305 against Olivia. I played SANDING (72) and DiOCESES (89).
541-266 against Sophia. I played OILIEsT (70), HOSTELS (83), MIGRATe (77) and WINZE (89), which started downward from the top left TWS, also landing the Z on the DLS. I front-hooked UNCLE with the N in WINZE. So my highest score of the night was a 5LW.