October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Brian Bowman [#7]

On this page, you will find information about Brian Bowman, 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, +367, and is ranked #16 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
	Given name(s): Brian Surname(s): Bowman Home: Villa Hills, KY, United States

Round by Round
High score: 548 Average for: 421 Average against: 397
Round 1		Bowman played #38 Elana Lehrer (City Withheld, NJ) and won 453 to 324 (a spread of 129). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 1-0, +129.
Round 2		Bowman played #31 Sal Piro (New York, NY) and won 457 to 336 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 2-0, +250.
Round 3		Bowman played #21 Aaron Bader (Cambridge, MA) and won 334 to 302 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-0, +282. Bowman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Bowman played #8 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) and lost 360 to 446 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 3-1, +196. Bowman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Bowman played #13 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Waltham, MA) and lost 455 to 471 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 3-2, +180. Bowman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Bowman played #6 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and won 431 to 342 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-2, +269. Bowman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Bowman played #3 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and lost 295 to 510 (a spread of -215). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-3, +54.
Round 8		Bowman played #33 Steve Tier (New York, NY) and lost 313 to 423 (a spread of -110). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 4-4, -56.
Round 9		Bowman played #12 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and lost 401 to 492 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 4-5, -147.
Round 10		Bowman played #2 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and won 449 to 312 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-5, -10. Bowman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 11		Bowman played #34 Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA) and won 484 to 362 (a spread of 122). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-5, +112.
Round 12		Bowman played #24 Jason Idalski (Warren, MI) and won 491 to 372 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-5, +231.
Round 13		Bowman played #39 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and lost 411 to 430 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 7-6, +212.
Round 14		Bowman played #14 Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) and lost 434 to 450 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 7-7, +196.
Round 15		Bowman played #23 Ben Dweck (Brooklyn, NY) and won 548 to 377 (a spread of 171). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-7, +367. Bowman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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