October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: John Viloria [#16]

On this page, you will find information about John Viloria, 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, +464, and is ranked #5 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 John Viloria]

Given name(s): John
Surname(s): Viloria
Home: New York, NY, United States
Awards: won two World Youth chess championships; won college curling nationals novice division
Hobbies: tennis, hockey, investing, circuit parties
Occupation: analyst for hedge fund
NSC 2002 Division: 3
NSC 2002 Rank: 5/136, 21-10 +764
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 41/172, 17-13 +460

Round by Round
High score: 537 Average for: 424 Average against: 394
Round 1		Viloria recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #17. Current record: 1-0, +50.
Round 2		Viloria played #36 Diane Firstman (Forest Hills, NY) and won 480 to 346 (a spread of 134). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-0, +184.
Round 3		Viloria played #8 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) and lost 324 to 433 (a spread of -109). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 2-1, +75.
Round 4		Viloria played #24 Jason Idalski (Warren, MI) and won 464 to 352 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-1, +187.
Round 5		Viloria played #21 Aaron Bader (Cambridge, MA) and won 434 to 394 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-1, +227.
Round 6		Viloria played #9 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and lost 304 to 535 (a spread of -231). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-2, -4.
Round 7		Viloria played #28 Joseph Gaspard (Minneapolis, MN) and lost 384 to 548 (a spread of -164). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 4-3, -168.
Round 8		Viloria played #6 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and lost 359 to 455 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 4-4, -264.
Round 9		Viloria played #11 Jesse Day (New Haven, CT) and lost 327 to 417 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 4-5, -354.
Round 10		Viloria played #34 Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA) and won 434 to 376 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-5, -296. Viloria is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Viloria played #2 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and won 449 to 400 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 6-5, -247. Viloria is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Viloria played #1 Matt Graham (New York, NY) and won 528 to 332 (a spread of 196). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 7-5, -51.
Round 13		Viloria played #23 Ben Dweck (Brooklyn, NY) and won 537 to 280 (a spread of 257). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 8-5, +206.
Round 14		Viloria played #33 Steve Tier (New York, NY) and won 482 to 260 (a spread of 222). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 9-5, +428.
Round 15		Viloria played #26 Larry Sherman (Bronx, NY) and won 427 to 391 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 10-5, +464. Viloria is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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