October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: David Koenig [#10]

On this page, you will find information about David Koenig, 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 9-6, +897, and is ranked #8 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): David Surname(s): Koenig Home: Tenafly, NJ, United States Awards: FIDE Chess Master, Twice NJ Junior Chess Champ, County Champ Hobbies: Chess, New York Yankees baseball Occupation: Teacher NSC 2005 Division: 1 NSC 2005 Rank: 28/87, 15.5-12.5 +179

Round by Round
High score: 532 Average for: 447 Average against: 388
Round 1		Koenig played #37 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and won 461 to 319 (a spread of 142). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 1-0, +142.
Round 2		Koenig played #26 Larry Sherman (Bronx, NY) and lost 383 to 403 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 1-1, +122.
Round 3		Koenig played #15 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and won 532 to 260 (a spread of 272). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 2-1, +394.
Round 4		Koenig played #13 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Waltham, MA) and won 484 to 341 (a spread of 143). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-1, +537. Koenig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 5		Koenig played #8 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) and lost 467 to 499 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-2, +505. Koenig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Koenig played #3 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and won 476 to 343 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-2, +638.
Round 7		Koenig played #6 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and won 481 to 375 (a spread of 106). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 5-2, +744.
Round 8		Koenig played #28 Joseph Gaspard (Minneapolis, MN) and won 518 to 412 (a spread of 106). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 6-2, +850.
Round 9		Koenig played #9 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and won 500 to 319 (a spread of 181). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 7-2, +1031. Koenig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Koenig played #17 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 450 to 354 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 8-2, +1127.
Round 11		Koenig played #4 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and won 448 to 391 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 9-2, +1184.
Round 12		Koenig played #11 Jesse Day (New Haven, CT) and lost 320 to 459 (a spread of -139). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 9-3, +1045. Koenig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Koenig played #12 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and lost 369 to 475 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 9-4, +939. Koenig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 14		Koenig played #8 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) again and lost 419 to 449 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 9-5, +909. Koenig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Koenig played #12 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) again and lost 402 to 414 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9-6, +897. Koenig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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