October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Simon Snyder [#7]

On this page, you will find information about Simon Snyder, 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, +401, and is ranked #10 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): Simon Surname(s): Snyder Home: Flushing, NY, United States

Round by Round
High score: 476 Average for: 378 Average against: 351
Round 1		Snyder played #16 Kathy Norman (Red Bay, AL) and lost 289 to 347 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 0-1, -58.
Round 2		Snyder played #18 Fran Goldstein (Plainview, NY) and won 476 to 319 (a spread of 157). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-1, +99.
Round 3		Snyder played #5 Scott Hawkins (Effingham, IL) and won 467 to 239 (a spread of 228). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-1, +327. Snyder is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Snyder played #3 Adam Townsend (Astoria, NY) and lost 283 to 410 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 2-2, +200.
Round 5		Snyder played #1 Jeff Goldstein (Plainview, NY) and lost 377 to 381 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 2-3, +196.
Round 6		Snyder played #14 Melissa Brown (Twin Cities, MN) and lost 316 to 436 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 2-4, +76. Snyder is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Snyder played #8 Justin Kazmark (Philadelphia, PA) and won 371 to 360 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-4, +87.
Round 8		Snyder played #10 Gaurav Bhargava (Somerset, NJ) and won 373 to 303 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 4-4, +157.
Round 9		Snyder played #15 Peter Hempstead (New York, NY) and won 453 to 263 (a spread of 190). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-4, +347.
Round 10		Snyder played #11 Nancy Konipol (Astoria, NY) and won 376 to 346 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-4, +377.
Round 11		Snyder played #17 Carolyn Boyd (Houston, TX) and won 424 to 331 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7-4, +470.
Round 12		Snyder played #6 James Curley (New York, NY) and lost 366 to 406 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7-5, +430.
Round 13		Snyder played #6 James Curley (New York, NY) again and won 381 to 349 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8-5, +462.
Round 14		Snyder played #2 Debbie Scholz (Houston, TX) and lost 376 to 417 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-6, +421.
Round 15		Snyder played #10 Gaurav Bhargava (Somerset, NJ) again and lost 343 to 363 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 8-7, +401.

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