October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Mark Rosenberg [#19]

On this page, you will find information about Mark Rosenberg, 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 8.5-6.5, -18, and is ranked #10 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
	Given name(s): Mark Surname(s): Rosenberg Home: Brooklyn, NY, United States

Round by Round
High score: 487 Average for: 390 Average against: 391
Round 1		Rosenberg played #14 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 353 to 423 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 0-1, -70.
Round 2		Rosenberg played #1 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and lost 306 to 372 (a spread of -66). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 0-2, -136.
Round 3		Rosenberg played #29 Jackie Wong (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 361 to 364 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 0-3, -139.
Round 4		Rosenberg played #27 Kendrick Lo (Toronto ON) and won 487 to 250 (a spread of 237). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 1-3, +98.
Round 5		Rosenberg played #2 Jill Turney (North Vancouver BC) and won 455 to 418 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 2-3, +135.
Round 6		Rosenberg played #15 Seth Mandel (Morristown, NJ) and won 380 to 363 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 3-3, +152.
Round 7		Rosenberg played #16 Froilan Mendoza (East Elmhurst, NY) and won 425 to 306 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-3, +271.
Round 8		Rosenberg played #3 Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) and won 445 to 423 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-3, +293.
Round 9		Rosenberg played #5 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and tied at 366. Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5.5-3.5, +293.
Round 10		Rosenberg played #17 Judy Newhouse (Houston, TX) and won 380 to 340 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6.5-3.5, +333.
Round 11		Rosenberg played #12 Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY) and won 396 to 338 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 7.5-3.5, +391.
Round 12		Rosenberg played #18 Ben Schoenbrun (Ardsley, NY) and lost 412 to 424 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7.5-4.5, +379.
Round 13		Rosenberg played #8 Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) and lost 362 to 586 (a spread of -224). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 7.5-5.5, +155.
Round 14		Rosenberg played #7 Robert Kerr (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 338 to 555 (a spread of -217). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 7.5-6.5, -62.
Round 15		Rosenberg played #28 KC Frodyma (Silver Spring, MD) and won 383 to 339 (a spread of 44). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 8.5-6.5, -18.

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