October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Kate Fukawa-Connelly [#13]

On this page, you will find information about Kate Fukawa-Connelly, 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 11-4, +6, and is ranked #3 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): Kate Surname(s): Fukawa-Connelly Home: Waltham, MA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 506 Average for: 425 Average against: 424
Round 1		Fukawa-Connelly played #29 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 459 to 408 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 1-0, +51. Fukawa-Connelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Fukawa-Connelly played #39 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 432 to 346 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 2-0, +137.
Round 3		Fukawa-Connelly played #1 Matt Graham (New York, NY) and won 466 to 461 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 3-0, +142. Fukawa-Connelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Fukawa-Connelly played #10 David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) and lost 341 to 484 (a spread of -143). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 3-1, -1. Fukawa-Connelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Fukawa-Connelly played #7 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and won 471 to 455 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-1, +15. Fukawa-Connelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Fukawa-Connelly played #17 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and lost 376 to 469 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 4-2, -78.
Round 7		Fukawa-Connelly played #9 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and won 506 to 355 (a spread of 151). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-2, +73.
Round 8		Fukawa-Connelly played #4 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and lost 396 to 422 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 5-3, +47. Fukawa-Connelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Fukawa-Connelly played #3 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and won 424 to 413 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-3, +58. Fukawa-Connelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Fukawa-Connelly played #23 Ben Dweck (Brooklyn, NY) and won 481 to 430 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-3, +109. Fukawa-Connelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Fukawa-Connelly played #38 Elana Lehrer (City Withheld, NJ) and won 407 to 400 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-3, +116.
Round 12		Fukawa-Connelly played #8 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) and won 484 to 415 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9-3, +185.
Round 13		Fukawa-Connelly played #28 Joseph Gaspard (Minneapolis, MN) and won 373 to 358 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 10-3, +200. Fukawa-Connelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Fukawa-Connelly played #11 Jesse Day (New Haven, CT) and lost 277 to 476 (a spread of -199). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 10-4, +1. Fukawa-Connelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 15		Fukawa-Connelly played #9 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) again and won 479 to 474 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 11-4, +6. Fukawa-Connelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
After the Tournament		Fukawa-Connelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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