October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Scott Appel [#4]

On this page, you will find information about Scott Appel, 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 9.5-5.5, +96, and is ranked #7 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 Scott Appel]

Given name(s): Scott
Surname(s): Appel
Home: Trenton, NJ, United States
Awards: 2003-08 Parsippany, NJ
Hobbies: Resident of Red Sox Nation, Toddler Chaser
Occupation: Statistician
NSC 1998 Division: 2
NSC 1998 Rank: 6/151, 21-10 +624
NSC 2000 Division: 1
NSC 2000 Rank: 59/98, 15-16 -256
NSC 2002 Division: 1
NSC 2002 Rank: 39/132, 17-14 +472
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 33/172, 18-12 +91
NSC 2005 Division: 1
NSC 2005 Rank: 39/87, 14.5-13.5 +122
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 5/76, 18-10 +795

Round by Round
High score: 564 Average for: 425 Average against: 419
Round 1		Appel played #41 Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) and won 497 to 325 (a spread of 172). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 1-0, +172.
Round 2		Appel played #27 Brian Bailey (Rockville, MD) and won 564 to 426 (a spread of 138). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +310. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Appel played #12 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and lost 362 to 517 (a spread of -155). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 2-1, +155.
Round 4		Appel played #2 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and won 449 to 402 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 3-1, +202.
Round 5		Appel played #23 Ben Dweck (Brooklyn, NY) and won 457 to 455 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-1, +204.
Round 6		Appel played #21 Aaron Bader (Cambridge, MA) and lost 366 to 510 (a spread of -144). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-2, +60.
Round 7		Appel played #8 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) and won 421 to 363 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-2, +118. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Appel played #13 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Waltham, MA) and won 422 to 396 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 6-2, +144. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Appel played #24 Jason Idalski (Warren, MI) and won 462 to 361 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 7-2, +245.
Round 10		Appel played #30 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and won 364 to 349 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-2, +260.
Round 11		Appel played #10 David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) and lost 391 to 448 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 8-3, +203.
Round 12		Appel played #28 Joseph Gaspard (Minneapolis, MN) and tied at 392. Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8.5-3.5, +203. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Appel played #11 Jesse Day (New Haven, CT) and lost 408 to 458 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8.5-4.5, +153.
Round 14		Appel played #26 Larry Sherman (Bronx, NY) and lost 353 to 474 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 8.5-5.5, +32. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Appel played #32 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and won 469 to 405 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 9.5-5.5, +96.

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