October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Christine Economos [#25]

On this page, you will find information about Christine Economos, 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 5-10, -813, and is ranked #27 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 Christine Economos]

Given name(s): Christine
Surname(s): Economos
Home: New York, NY, United States
Awards: too numerous to mention
Hobbies: Scrabble, cooking, bicycling
Occupation: Writer / Curriculum Developer
NSC 1998 Division: 4
NSC 1998 Rank: 66/125, 15-16 +202
NSC 2000 Division: 4
NSC 2000 Rank: 44/118, 17-14 -546
NSC 2002 Division: 3
NSC 2002 Rank: 18/136, 19-12 -64
NSC 2004 Division: 2
NSC 2004 Rank: 137/139, 9-21 -741

Round by Round
High score: 489 Average for: 344 Average against: 398
Round 1		Economos played #7 Robert Kerr (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 253 to 425 (a spread of -172). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 0-1, -172.
Round 2		Economos played #12 Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY) and lost 298 to 459 (a spread of -161). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 0-2, -333.
Round 3		Economos played #20 Jeremy Hall (Stamford, CT) and lost 319 to 401 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 0-3, -415.
Round 4		Economos played #2 Jill Turney (North Vancouver BC) and lost 352 to 397 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 0-4, -460.
Round 5		Economos played #29 Jackie Wong (Philadelphia, PA) and won 376 to 329 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 1-4, -413.
Round 6		Economos played #23 Jason Keller (Piscataway, NJ) and lost 316 to 481 (a spread of -165). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 1-5, -578.
Round 7		Economos played #27 Kendrick Lo (Toronto ON) and lost 309 to 372 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1-6, -641.
Round 8		Economos played #26 Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) and lost 312 to 471 (a spread of -159). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1-7, -800.
Round 9		Economos played #21 Sally Ricketts (New York, NY) and won 354 to 342 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-7, -788.
Round 10		Economos played #24 Mary Ellen Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 372 to 367 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-7, -783.
Round 11		Economos played #15 Seth Mandel (Morristown, NJ) and lost 369 to 439 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-8, -853.
Round 12		Economos played #30 Jeremy Jeffers (Milford, CT) and won 410 to 310 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 4-8, -753.
Round 13		Economos played #4 Phil Polsky (New York, NY) and lost 288 to 530 (a spread of -242). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 4-9, -995.
Round 14		Economos played #13 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and lost 340 to 358 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 4-10, -1013.
Round 15		Economos played #26 Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) again and won 489 to 289 (a spread of 200). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-10, -813.

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