October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Jim Piazza [#14]

On this page, you will find information about Jim Piazza, 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, -40, and is ranked #20 in Division 3.

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): Jim Surname(s): Piazza Home: New York, NY, United States Hobbies: theater Occupation: writer NSC 1989 Division: 2 NSC 1989 Rank: 48/70, 12-15 +232 NSC 1989 Division: 2 NSC 1989 Rank: 48/70, 12-15 +232 NSC 2005 Division: 4 NSC 2005 Rank: 81/122, 13-15 -310

Round by Round
High score: 470 Average for: 363 Average against: 365
Round 1		Piazza played #31 Cynthia Hughes (Houston, TX) and lost 357 to 399 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 0-1, -42.
Round 2		Piazza played #42 Frank Jaslow (York, PA) and lost 284 to 412 (a spread of -128). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 0-2, -170.
Round 3		Piazza played #6 Cheryl Allen-Munley (Tewksbury, NJ) and won 443 to 391 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 1-2, -118.
Round 4		Piazza played #29 Judith Stein Coleman (Croton-on-Hudson, NY) and lost 327 to 467 (a spread of -140). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 1-3, -258.
Round 5		Piazza played #38 Meg Wolitzer (New York, NY) and lost 289 to 380 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 1-4, -349.
Round 6		Piazza played #28 Dianne Wittman (Pittsford, NY) and won 350 to 320 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 2-4, -319.
Round 7		Piazza played #37 Ida Ann Shapiro (New York, NY) and won 406 to 264 (a spread of 142). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 3-4, -177.
Round 8		Piazza played #25 David McCraw (Ossining, NY) and lost 340 to 394 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 3-5, -231.
Round 9		Piazza played #22 Lane Lynn (New York, NY) and won 470 to 358 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 4-5, -119.
Round 10		Piazza played #2 Steve Sikorski (Shoreham, NY) and won 379 to 357 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 5-5, -97.
Round 11		Piazza played #4 Varney Senii (Brooklyn, NY) and won 386 to 336 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-5, -47.
Round 12		Piazza played #17 Matt Gross (College Park, MD) and lost 345 to 398 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 6-6, -100.
Round 13		Piazza played #9 Lynda Kraar (Teaneck, NJ) and lost 284 to 363 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-7, -179.
Round 14		Piazza played #35 Edward H Zurav (Roselle, NJ) and won 387 to 297 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 7-7, -89.
Round 15		Piazza played #31 Cynthia Hughes (Houston, TX) again and won 391 to 342 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 8-7, -40.

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