October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Winter Zxqkj [#29]

On this page, you will find information about Winter Zxqkj, 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 6-9, -3, and is ranked #31 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): Winter Surname(s): Zxqkj Home: Houston, TX, United States Awards: Not a thing. Hobbies: traveling Occupation: Computer Programmer NSC 2004 Division: 3 NSC 2004 Rank: 43/169, 17-13 +312 NSC 2005 Division: 1 NSC 2005 Rank: 86/87, 8-20 -1510 USSO 2006 Division: 1 USSO 2006 Rank: 64/76, 11.5-16.5 -1079

Round by Round
High score: 566 Average for: 408 Average against: 409
Round 1		Zxqkj played #13 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Waltham, MA) and lost 408 to 459 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 0-1, -51. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Zxqkj played #1 Matt Graham (New York, NY) and lost 442 to 475 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 0-2, -84.
Round 3		Zxqkj played #39 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 429 to 392 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 1-2, -47.
Round 4		Zxqkj played #30 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and lost 371 to 398 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 1-3, -74.
Round 5		Zxqkj played #35 Steve Oliger (Holtwood, PA) and won 456 to 430 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 2-3, -48.
Round 6		Zxqkj played #27 Brian Bailey (Rockville, MD) and lost 288 to 461 (a spread of -173). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 2-4, -221.
Round 7		Zxqkj played #31 Sal Piro (New York, NY) and won 458 to 377 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 3-4, -140.
Round 8		Zxqkj played #38 Elana Lehrer (City Withheld, NJ) and lost 406 to 486 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 3-5, -220.
Round 9		Zxqkj played #34 Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA) and lost 366 to 390 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 3-6, -244.
Round 10		Zxqkj played #14 Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) and lost 336 to 442 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 3-7, -350.
Round 11		Zxqkj played #42 Joe Bihlmeyer (Durham, CT) and lost 369 to 444 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 3-8, -425.
Round 12		Zxqkj played #36 Diane Firstman (Forest Hills, NY) and won 476 to 269 (a spread of 207). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 4-8, -218. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Zxqkj played #25 Mitchell Brook (Philadelphia, PA) and won 383 to 360 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 5-8, -195.
Round 14		Zxqkj played #6 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and lost 371 to 428 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 5-9, -252.
Round 15		Zxqkj played #15 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and won 566 to 317 (a spread of 249). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 6-9, -3.

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