October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Denise Mahnken [#26]

On this page, you will find information about Denise Mahnken, 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, -318, and is ranked #22 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

[photo of Denise Mahnken]

Given name(s): Denise
Surname(s): Mahnken
Home: Long Beach, NY, United States
Awards: Scrabble record holder, greatest difference between rating and performance ratin
Hobbies: Bowling, Cribbage
Occupation: Teacher Of Deaf And Hard Of Hearing
NSC 2004 Division: 4
NSC 2004 Rank: 84/150, 15-15 -436
NSC 2005 Division: 5
NSC 2005 Rank: 51/93, 14-14 -479
USSO 2006 Division: 5
USSO 2006 Rank: 40/88, 14-14 +139

Round by Round
High score: 448 Average for: 353 Average against: 375
Round 1		Mahnken played #21 Jo Anne Cohen (Montgomery, NY) and won 433 to 321 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +112.
Round 2		Mahnken played #8 Marie Puma (Shoreham, NY) and lost 321 to 345 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 1-1, +88.
Round 3		Mahnken played #38 Meg Wolitzer (New York, NY) and won 419 to 344 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 2-1, +163.
Round 4		Mahnken played #33 Sam Rothbart (Southampton, NY) and won 412 to 375 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 3-1, +200.
Round 5		Mahnken played #13 Cornelia Guest (Ridgefield, CT) and won 358 to 339 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-1, +219. Mahnken is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Mahnken played #44 Eileen Johnson (Freeport, NY) and lost 255 to 380 (a spread of -125). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 4-2, +94.
Round 7		Mahnken played #11 Roberta Borenstein (Wilton, CT) and lost 309 to 447 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 4-3, -44. Mahnken is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Mahnken played #12 Cheryl Melvin (Muskegon, MI) and won 448 to 365 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 5-3, +39.
Round 9		Mahnken played #29 Judith Stein Coleman (Croton-on-Hudson, NY) and won 369 to 336 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-3, +72.
Round 10		Mahnken played #27 Margo Kuno (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 330 to 393 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-4, +9.
Round 11		Mahnken played #3 Paul Olenick (High Bridge, NJ) and won 373 to 316 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 7-4, +66.
Round 12		Mahnken played #31 Cynthia Hughes (Houston, TX) and won 368 to 358 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 8-4, +76.
Round 13		Mahnken played #19 Mira Stulman (New York, NY) and lost 309 to 429 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 8-5, -44.
Round 14		Mahnken played #20 Danny Kidd (New Boston, MI) and lost 317 to 451 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 8-6, -178.
Round 15		Mahnken played #39 Janice Kaye (Saint Paul, MN) and lost 281 to 421 (a spread of -140). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8-7, -318.

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