October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Terry Kang Rau [#11]

On this page, you will find information about Terry Kang Rau, 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 8-7, -1, and is ranked #13 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 Terry Kang Rau]

Given name(s): Terry Kang
Surname(s): Rau
Home: New Britain, CT, United States
Awards: Most frequently "Winterized."
Hobbies: Traveling, cooking, reading, tennis.
Occupation: Freelance Ventriloquist
NSC 2002 Division: 6
NSC 2002 Rank: 5/88, 21-10 +794
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 169/172, 9-21 -1608
USSO 2006 Division: 2
USSO 2006 Rank: 83/102, 12-16 -644

Round by Round
High score: 447 Average for: 384 Average against: 384
Round 1		Rau played #23 Jason Keller (Piscataway, NJ) and won 427 to 357 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-0, +70.
Round 2		Rau played #22 Sharon Swerdloff (New York, NY) and won 398 to 282 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 2-0, +186.
Round 3		Rau played #3 Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) and lost 321 to 380 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-1, +127.
Round 4		Rau played #12 Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY) and lost 381 to 423 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 2-2, +85. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Rau played #1 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and won 407 to 361 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-2, +131.
Round 6		Rau played #13 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and won 423 to 403 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-2, +151.
Round 7		Rau played #4 Phil Polsky (New York, NY) and won 383 to 302 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 5-2, +232.
Round 8		Rau played #8 Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) and lost 337 to 509 (a spread of -172). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-3, +60.
Round 9		Rau played #9 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and won 440 to 332 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-3, +168. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Rau played #10 Rebecca Lambert (Columbia, MD) and lost 348 to 362 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 6-4, +154.
Round 11		Rau played #5 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and won 447 to 326 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-4, +275.
Round 12		Rau played #14 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 407 to 348 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 8-4, +334.
Round 13		Rau played #10 Rebecca Lambert (Columbia, MD) again and lost 312 to 489 (a spread of -177). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8-5, +157.
Round 14		Rau played #9 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) again and lost 346 to 398 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 8-6, +105. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Rau played #16 Froilan Mendoza (East Elmhurst, NY) and lost 378 to 484 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-7, -1.

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