	The DALLAS OPEN
	March 7–9, 2008
	Organized by Chris Cree

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DO 2008: Ben Withers [#20]

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On this page, you will find information about Ben Withers, who is competing at the 2008 Dallas Open. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 14-7, +707, and is ranked #9.

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 Ben Withers]

Given name(s): Ben
Surname(s): Withers
Home: Houston, TX, United States
Awards: 2003-02, 2005-02 Salado, TX; 2005-01 Waco, TX; (51st) 2003 WSC; Texas State Champion 2003 and 2005
Hobbies: Travel, Reading
Occupation: Physician
NSC 1996 Division: 1
NSC 1996 Rank: 70/108, 12.5-14.5 -937
NSC 1998 Division: 1
NSC 1998 Rank: 116/126, 12-19 -837
NSC 2000 Division: 2
NSC 2000 Rank: 18/105, 18.5-12.5 +836
NSC 2002 Division: 1
NSC 2002 Rank: 72/132, 15-16 +176
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 16/172, 19-11 +439
NSC 2005 Division: 1
NSC 2005 Rank: 85/87, 9-19 -476
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 50/76, 13-15 -60
WSC 2003 Rank: 51

Career History

6-year record against other players at this event	155-116 (0.572)
Past 1-12 months	45-33 (0.577)	LL WW L WWWWWWWWW L W L W LLL W L WWW L W L W LL WWW LLLLLLL W L W L WWWW L W L WW LLL W L W L WW L WWWW L WW L W L WWW
Past 13-24 months	38-37 (0.507)	LLL W L W L WWWWW L WW LLL W L W LL W L W L WW L WWW L WW LLL WWW L W L W LLL W LL W LLLLL WWW LLL WW L W L WWWWW L
Past 25-36 months	25-14 (0.641)	LL WW LLL WWW L WWW L WWWWWWWW LLL W LLL W L WWWWWWW
Past 37-48 months	29-15 (0.659)	L WW LL WW LL WWW L WWWW L WWWW L WW L W L WWWW L WWWW L W LL WW L
Past 49-60 months	3-7 (0.300)	W L W LLL W LLL
Past 61-72 months	15-10 (0.600)	W LL WWWW L WW L W L W L W L WWWW L W LL

Rank Diagram
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Round by Round
High score: 542 Average for: 393 Average against: 359
Round 1		Withers played #106 Pat Sanchez (Dallas, TX) and lost 351 to 353 (a spread of -2). Before this event, Withers had not played Sanchez in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #60. Current record: 0-1, -2.
Round 2		Withers played #68 Sheri Justice (Kansas City, MO) and won 420 to 291 (a spread of 129). Before this event, Withers had not played Justice in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #45. Current record: 1-1, +127.
Round 3		Withers played #51 Kevin Leeds (Atlanta, TX) and won 436 to 379 (a spread of 57). The last time these two played was 2007-11 at: AUSTIN, TX Withers’s record vs. Leeds in the 6 years leading up to this event: 2-1 (0.667). Past 1-12 months: LWW. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 2-1, +184. Withers is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Withers is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 4		Withers played #43 Wallace Schultz (Las Vegas, NM) and lost 352 to 416 (a spread of -64). The last time these two played was 2007-11 at: AUSTIN, TX Withers’s record vs. Schultz in the 6 years leading up to this event: 3-1 (0.750). Past 1-12 months: WWL. Past 13-24 months: W. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 2-2, +120. Withers is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Withers played #73 Gregg Speicher (McKinney, TX) and won 390 to 308 (a spread of 82). Before this event, Withers had not played Speicher in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #35. Current record: 3-2, +202.
Round 6		Withers played #62 Emely Weissman (Menlo Park, CA) and lost 396 to 397 (a spread of -1). Before this event, Withers had not played Weissman in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 3-3, +201.
Round 7		Withers played #91 James Bahra (Metairie, LA) and won 428 to 314 (a spread of 114). The last time these two played was 2007-03 at: DALLAS, TX Withers’s record vs. Bahra in the 6 years leading up to this event: 0-1 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: L. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 4-3, +315.
Round 8		Withers played #54 Paul Mulik (Joplin, MO) and won 542 to 307 (a spread of 235). The last time these two played was 2007-03 at: DALLAS, TX Withers’s record vs. Mulik in the 6 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: W. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Current ranking: #26. Current record: 5-3, +550.
Round 9		Withers played #56 Laura Scheimberg (Littleton, CO) and lost 372 to 382 (a spread of -10). Before this event, Withers had not played Scheimberg in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 5-4, +540.
Round 10		Withers played #26 Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (Moraga, CA) and lost 406 to 412 (a spread of -6). Before this event, Withers had not played Bassett-Bouchard in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #48. Current record: 5-5, +534.
Round 11		Withers played #90 Lee Brooks (Lawton, OK) and won 392 to 266 (a spread of 126). Before this event, Withers had not played Brooks in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 6-5, +660.
Round 12		Withers played #3 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) and lost 356 to 442 (a spread of -86). The last time these two played was 2006-05 at: CHICAGOLAND, IL Withers’s record vs. Cappelletto in the 6 years leading up to this event: 0-2 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: L. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: L. Past 61-72 months: no games. Current ranking: #45. Current record: 6-6, +574.
Round 13		Withers played #25 Diane Firstman (Brooklyn, NY) and won 395 to 375 (a spread of 20). The last time these two played was 2006-02 at: CHARLOTTE, NC Withers’s record vs. Firstman in the 6 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: W. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 7-6, +594.
Round 14		Withers played #4 Ian Weinstein (Coral Springs, FL) and won 388 to 371 (a spread of 17). The last time these two played was 2007-08 at: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Withers’s record vs. Weinstein in the 6 years leading up to this event: 0-1 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: L. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 8-6, +611.
Round 15		Withers played #86 Samantha Southard (Albany, NY) and won 396 to 290 (a spread of 106). Before this event, Withers had not played Southard in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 9-6, +717.
Round 16		Withers played #96 Mark Gooley (Hawthorne, FL) and won 401 to 369 (a spread of 32). Before this event, Withers had not played Gooley in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 10-6, +749.
Round 17		Withers played #36 Rich Moyer (Portland, OR) and won 348 to 328 (a spread of 20). The last time these two played was 2004-02 at: PHOENIX, AZ Withers’s record vs. Moyer in the 6 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: W. Past 61-72 months: no games. Current ranking: #15. Current record: 11-6, +769.
Round 18		Withers played #5 Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) and lost 289 to 506 (a spread of -217). The last time these two played was 2007-08 at: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Withers’s record vs. Sherman in the 6 years leading up to this event: 5-2 (0.714). Past 1-12 months: L. Past 13-24 months: WWL. Past 25-36 months: W. Past 37-48 months: W. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: W. Current ranking: #23. Current record: 11-7, +552.
Round 19		Withers played #37 Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) and won 383 to 331 (a spread of 52). The last time these two played was 2007-03 at: DALLAS, TX Withers’s record vs. Kantimathi in the 6 years leading up to this event: 6-3 (0.667). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: WWLW. Past 25-36 months: W. Past 37-48 months: WL. Past 49-60 months: WL. Past 61-72 months: no games. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12-7, +604.
Round 20		Withers played #16 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and won 430 to 357 (a spread of 73). The last time these two played was 2007-03 at: DALLAS, TX Withers’s record vs. MacNeil in the 6 years leading up to this event: 1-1 (0.500). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: LW. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13-7, +677.
Round 21		Withers played #19 Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA) and won 385 to 355 (a spread of 30). The last time these two played was 2007-08 at: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Withers’s record vs. Faria in the 6 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: W. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-7, +707.

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