October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Cynthia Seales [#14]

On this page, you will find information about Cynthia V Seales, 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, +176, and is ranked #12 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 Cynthia V Seales]

Given name(s): Cynthia V
Surname(s): Seales
Home: Stone Mountain, GA, United States
Awards: 2003-10 Memphis, TN; NSA AB member since 2003
Hobbies: HOME REMODELING,SEWING,BOWLING
Occupation: BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY TECH
NSC 1994 Division: 2
NSC 1994 Rank: 15/90, 16-11 +666
NSC 1996 Division: 2
NSC 1996 Rank: 38/106, 15-12 +27
NSC 1998 Division: 1
NSC 1998 Rank: 120/126, 11-20 -505
NSC 2000 Division: 2
NSC 2000 Rank: 10/105, 20-11 +433
NSC 2002 Division: 2
NSC 2002 Rank: 23/103, 18-13 +324
NSC 2004 Division: 2
NSC 2004 Rank: 72/139, 15-15 -245
NSC 2005 Division: 2
NSC 2005 Rank: 69/108, 13-15 -266
USSO 2006 Division: 2
USSO 2006 Rank: 27/102, 16-12 +246

Round by Round
High score: 516 Average for: 397 Average against: 385
Round 1		Seales played #19 Mark Rosenberg (Brooklyn, NY) and won 423 to 353 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-0, +70.
Round 2		Seales played #29 Jackie Wong (Philadelphia, PA) and won 396 to 388 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-0, +78.
Round 3		Seales played #1 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and won 375 to 304 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 3-0, +149. Seales is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Seales played #13 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and won 507 to 315 (a spread of 192). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 4-0, +341.
Round 5		Seales played #7 Robert Kerr (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 342 to 531 (a spread of -189). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-1, +152.
Round 6		Seales played #9 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and lost 390 to 412 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 4-2, +130.
Round 7		Seales played #5 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and won 516 to 257 (a spread of 259). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5-2, +389.
Round 8		Seales played #18 Ben Schoenbrun (Ardsley, NY) and won 513 to 456 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 6-2, +446.
Round 9		Seales played #10 Rebecca Lambert (Columbia, MD) and lost 313 to 450 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-3, +309.
Round 10		Seales played #12 Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY) and lost 270 to 365 (a spread of -95). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-4, +214.
Round 11		Seales played #8 Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) and won 484 to 378 (a spread of 106). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7-4, +320.
Round 12		Seales played #11 Terry Kang Rau (New Britain, CT) and lost 348 to 407 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 7-5, +261.
Round 13		Seales played #12 Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY) again and lost 298 to 351 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-6, +208.
Round 14		Seales played #28 KC Frodyma (Silver Spring, MD) and won 361 to 341 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-6, +228.
Round 15		Seales played #7 Robert Kerr (Brooklyn, NY) again and lost 416 to 468 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 8-7, +176.

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