October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Judy Horn [#5]

On this page, you will find information about Judy Horn, 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 9.5-5.5, -27, and is ranked #4 in Division 2.

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 Judy Horn]

Given name(s): Judy
Surname(s): Horn
Home: Reading, MA, United States
Hobbies: Travel, Mah Jongg
Occupation: Retired
NSC 1990 Division: 1
NSC 1990 Rank: 37/176, 16-11 +260
NSC 1994 Division: 1
NSC 1994 Rank: 58/134, 14-13 -57
NSC 1998 Division: 2
NSC 1998 Rank: 39/151, 17-14 +613
NSC 2000 Division: 2
NSC 2000 Rank: 93/105, 12-19 -653
NSC 2002 Division: 2
NSC 2002 Rank: 13/103, 19-12 +488
NSC 2004 Division: 2
NSC 2004 Rank: 36/139, 17-13 +344
USSO 2006 Division: 2
USSO 2006 Rank: 87/102, 11-17 -629

Round by Round
High score: 489 Average for: 383 Average against: 384
Round 1		Horn played #27 Kendrick Lo (Toronto ON) and won 413 to 377 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-0, +36.
Round 2		Horn played #17 Judy Newhouse (Houston, TX) and won 430 to 286 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 2-0, +180.
Round 3		Horn played #10 Rebecca Lambert (Columbia, MD) and lost 326 to 501 (a spread of -175). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 2-1, +5.
Round 4		Horn played #28 KC Frodyma (Silver Spring, MD) and won 376 to 352 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 3-1, +29.
Round 5		Horn played #16 Froilan Mendoza (East Elmhurst, NY) and won 464 to 348 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 4-1, +145.
Round 6		Horn played #1 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and won 386 to 340 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5-1, +191.
Round 7		Horn played #14 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 257 to 516 (a spread of -259). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-2, -68.
Round 8		Horn played #12 Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY) and lost 323 to 390 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-3, -135.
Round 9		Horn played #19 Mark Rosenberg (Brooklyn, NY) and tied at 366. Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5.5-3.5, -135. Horn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Horn played #7 Robert Kerr (Brooklyn, NY) and won 403 to 331 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6.5-3.5, -63.
Round 11		Horn played #11 Terry Kang Rau (New Britain, CT) and lost 326 to 447 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6.5-4.5, -184.
Round 12		Horn played #2 Jill Turney (North Vancouver BC) and won 384 to 323 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7.5-4.5, -123.
Round 13		Horn played #6 Peter Barkman (Croton, NY) and lost 356 to 420 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7.5-5.5, -187.
Round 14		Horn played #29 Jackie Wong (Philadelphia, PA) and won 439 to 379 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8.5-5.5, -127.
Round 15		Horn played #6 Peter Barkman (Croton, NY) again and won 489 to 389 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9.5-5.5, -27.

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