October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: John OLaughlin [#2]

On this page, you will find information about John O'Laughlin, who is competing at the 2008 Big Apple Scrabble Tournament. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 8-7, +383, and is ranked #15 in Division 1.

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 John O'Laughlin]

Given name(s): John
Surname(s): O'Laughlin
Home: Cambridge, MA, United States
Awards: Baltimore, MD Sep 2007
Hobbies: music, computers, puzzles, food
Occupation: Software Engineer
NSC 2002 Division: 2
NSC 2002 Rank: 10/103, 19-12 +1033
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 34/172, 17.5-12.5 +1331
NSC 2005 Division: 1
NSC 2005 Rank: 20/87, 16-12 +385
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 26/76, 15-13 +301
WSC 2003 Rank: 28
WSC 2005 Rank: 14

Round by Round
High score: 563 Average for: 420 Average against: 395
Round 1		O'Laughlin played #42 Joe Bihlmeyer (Durham, CT) and won 476 to 357 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 1-0, +119. O'Laughlin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		O'Laughlin played #22 Jeremy Frank (New York, NY) and lost 373 to 416 (a spread of -43). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 1-1, +76.
Round 3		O'Laughlin played #11 Jesse Day (New Haven, CT) and won 463 to 415 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-1, +124.
Round 4		O'Laughlin played #4 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and lost 402 to 449 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 2-2, +77.
Round 5		O'Laughlin played #3 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and won 436 to 352 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-2, +161. O'Laughlin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		O'Laughlin played #30 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and lost 392 to 444 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 3-3, +109.
Round 7		O'Laughlin played #23 Ben Dweck (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 310 to 482 (a spread of -172). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 3-4, -63.
Round 8		O'Laughlin played #41 Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) and won 480 to 258 (a spread of 222). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 4-4, +159.
Round 9		O'Laughlin played #31 Sal Piro (New York, NY) and lost 449 to 462 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 4-5, +146.
Round 10		O'Laughlin played #7 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 312 to 449 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 4-6, +9. O'Laughlin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 11		O'Laughlin played #16 John Viloria (New York, NY) and lost 400 to 449 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 4-7, -40. O'Laughlin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		O'Laughlin played #6 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and won 563 to 299 (a spread of 264). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 5-7, +224.
Round 13		O'Laughlin played #15 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and won 398 to 391 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 6-7, +231.
Round 14		O'Laughlin played #17 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 420 to 366 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-7, +285.
Round 15		O'Laughlin played #18 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 431 to 333 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-7, +383.

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