October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Stephane Clare [#4]

On this page, you will find information about Stephane Clare, 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 9-6, -22, and is ranked #8 in Division 4.

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): Stephane Surname(s): Clare Home: Brooklyn, NY, United States

Round by Round
High score: 428 Average for: 354 Average against: 352
Round 1		Clare played #14 Melissa Brown (Twin Cities, MN) and won 409 to 374 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 1-0, +35.
Round 2		Clare played #17 Carolyn Boyd (Houston, TX) and won 369 to 319 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 2-0, +85.
Round 3		Clare played #11 Nancy Konipol (Astoria, NY) and lost 284 to 429 (a spread of -145). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 2-1, -60.
Round 4		Clare played #9 Charlie Panek (New York, NY) and won 428 to 229 (a spread of 199). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 3-1, +139.
Round 5		Clare played #10 Gaurav Bhargava (Somerset, NJ) and won 338 to 300 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-1, +177. Clare is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Clare played #8 Justin Kazmark (Philadelphia, PA) and won 382 to 378 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5-1, +181.
Round 7		Clare played #16 Kathy Norman (Red Bay, AL) and lost 277 to 458 (a spread of -181). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 5-2, +0.
Round 8		Clare played #1 Jeff Goldstein (Plainview, NY) and won 356 to 344 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-2, +12.
Round 9		Clare played #6 James Curley (New York, NY) and lost 300 to 348 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-3, -36.
Round 10		Clare played #2 Debbie Scholz (Houston, TX) and lost 314 to 368 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-4, -90.
Round 11		Clare played #3 Adam Townsend (Astoria, NY) and lost 311 to 464 (a spread of -153). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 6-5, -243.
Round 12		Clare recorded a forfeit with a spread of -50 points. Current ranking: #12. Current record: 6-6, -293.
Round 13		Clare played #12 Jason Gelman (Brooklyn, NY) and won 410 to 298 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-6, -181.
Round 14		Clare played #19 Gina Braden (Berkeley, CA) and won 401 to 328 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 8-6, -108.
Round 15		Clare played #9 Charlie Panek (New York, NY) again and won 382 to 296 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9-6, -22.

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