October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Sam Rosin [#9]

On this page, you will find information about Sam Rosin, 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 10-5, +289, and is ranked #6 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): Sam Surname(s): Rosin Home: Bernardsville, NJ, United States Occupation: Student NSC 2004 Division: 4 NSC 2004 Rank: 80/150, 15-15 -212 USSO 2006 Division: 4 USSO 2006 Rank: 13/116, 17-11 +745

Round by Round
High score: 537 Average for: 430 Average against: 410
Round 1		Rosin played #34 Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA) and won 505 to 423 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-0, +82.
Round 2		Rosin played #28 Joseph Gaspard (Minneapolis, MN) and won 438 to 401 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-0, +119.
Round 3		Rosin played #19 Joe Weinike (New York, NY) and lost 364 to 387 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-1, +96.
Round 4		Rosin played #15 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and won 456 to 415 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-1, +137.
Round 5		Rosin played #17 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 409 to 404 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 4-1, +142.
Round 6		Rosin played #16 John Viloria (New York, NY) and won 535 to 304 (a spread of 231). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 5-1, +373.
Round 7		Rosin played #13 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Waltham, MA) and lost 355 to 506 (a spread of -151). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 5-2, +222.
Round 8		Rosin played #32 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and won 381 to 365 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 6-2, +238. Rosin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Rosin played #10 David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) and lost 319 to 500 (a spread of -181). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 6-3, +57. Rosin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Rosin played #8 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) and lost 388 to 426 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 6-4, +19. Rosin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Rosin played #30 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and won 413 to 404 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-4, +28.
Round 12		Rosin played #33 Steve Tier (New York, NY) and won 415 to 368 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-4, +75. Rosin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Rosin played #26 Larry Sherman (Bronx, NY) and won 537 to 399 (a spread of 138). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 9-4, +213.
Round 14		Rosin played #28 Joseph Gaspard (Minneapolis, MN) again and won 457 to 376 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 10-4, +294. Rosin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Rosin played #13 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Waltham, MA) again and lost 474 to 479 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 10-5, +289. Rosin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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