August 22–24, 2008
New York, NY

BASD 2008: Scott Appel [#10]

On this page, you will find information about Scott Appel, who is competing at the 2008 Big Apple Showdown. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 10-6, +367, and is ranked #5.

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 Scott Appel]

Given name(s): Scott
Surname(s): Appel
Home: Trenton, NJ, United States
Awards: 2003-08 Parsippany, NJ
Hobbies: Resident of Red Sox Nation, Toddler Chaser
Occupation: Statistician
NSC 1998 Division: 2
NSC 1998 Rank: 6/151, 21-10 +624
NSC 2000 Division: 1
NSC 2000 Rank: 59/98, 15-16 -256
NSC 2002 Division: 1
NSC 2002 Rank: 39/132, 17-14 +472
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 33/172, 18-12 +91
NSC 2005 Division: 1
NSC 2005 Rank: 39/87, 14.5-13.5 +122
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 5/76, 18-10 +795

Round by Round
High score: 543 Average for: 432 Average against: 409
Round 1		Appel played #16 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 543 to 412 (a spread of 131). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 1-0, +131. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). Appel is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 2		Appel played #20 David Johnson (Decatur, IL) and lost 383 to 417 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 1-1, +97. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Appel is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).
Round 3		Appel played #13 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 509 to 428 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 2-1, +178. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Appel is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).
Round 4		Appel played #5 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and won 535 to 261 (a spread of 274). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 3-1, +452. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Appel played #17 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 430 to 350 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-1, +532. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Appel played #1 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) and won 473 to 346 (a spread of 127). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 5-1, +659. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Appel played #8 Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY) and lost 352 to 408 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 5-2, +603. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Appel played #4 Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA) and lost 350 to 490 (a spread of -140). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-3, +463. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Appel played #12 Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) and won 453 to 428 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 6-3, +488. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Appel played #7 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 385 to 429 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 6-4, +444.
Round 11		Appel played #15 David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) and lost 350 to 428 (a spread of -78). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-5, +366. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 12		Appel played #12 Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) again and won 496 to 400 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-5, +462. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 13		Appel played #9 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 361 to 520 (a spread of -159). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-6, +303.
Round 14		Appel played #7 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) again and won 498 to 466 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 8-6, +335. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Appel played #15 David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) again and won 381 to 360 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 9-6, +356. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Appel played #8 Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY) again and won 415 to 404 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 10-6, +367. Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
After the Tournament		Appel is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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