October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Cecilia Le [#20]

On this page, you will find information about Cecilia Le, 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, +93, and is ranked #10 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 Cecilia Le]

Given name(s): Cecilia
Surname(s): Le
Home: Boston, MA, United States
Awards: kent gardens elementary spelling bee champ
Hobbies: beach reading, tree climbing, sushi tasting, dognaping
Occupation: Education Writer
NSC 2004 Division: 2
NSC 2004 Rank: 88/139, 14-16 -194
NSC 2005 Division: 2
NSC 2005 Rank: 41/108, 15-13 +78
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 73/76, 10-18 -695

Round by Round
High score: 475 Average for: 397 Average against: 390
Round 1		Le played #12 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and won 455 to 390 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 1-0, +65.
Round 2		Le played #41 Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) and won 475 to 409 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 2-0, +131.
Round 3		Le played #27 Brian Bailey (Rockville, MD) and lost 364 to 423 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-1, +72.
Round 4		Le played #32 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and won 423 to 326 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 3-1, +169.
Round 5		Le played #24 Jason Idalski (Warren, MI) and lost 280 to 400 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 3-2, +49.
Round 6		Le played #23 Ben Dweck (Brooklyn, NY) and won 455 to 366 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 4-2, +138.
Round 7		Le played #14 Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) and won 451 to 332 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 5-2, +257.
Round 8		Le played #8 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) and lost 260 to 545 (a spread of -285). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-3, -28. Le is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 9		Le played #28 Joseph Gaspard (Minneapolis, MN) and lost 397 to 463 (a spread of -66). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 5-4, -94. Le is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Le played #3 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and won 459 to 351 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 6-4, +14.
Round 11		Le played #33 Steve Tier (New York, NY) and lost 346 to 418 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 6-5, -58.
Round 12		Le played #30 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and won 392 to 365 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 7-5, -31.
Round 13		Le played #1 Matt Graham (New York, NY) and lost 403 to 422 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-6, -50.
Round 14		Le played #39 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 433 to 320 (a spread of 113). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-6, +63.
Round 15		Le played #1 Matt Graham (New York, NY) again and won 356 to 326 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 9-6, +93.

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