August 22–24, 2008
New York, NY

BASD 2008: Winter Zxqkj [#16]

On this page, you will find information about Winter Zxqkj, 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 6-10, -300, and is ranked #15.

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): Winter Surname(s): Zxqkj Home: Houston, TX, United States Awards: Not a thing. Hobbies: traveling Occupation: Computer Programmer NSC 2004 Division: 3 NSC 2004 Rank: 43/169, 17-13 +312 NSC 2005 Division: 1 NSC 2005 Rank: 86/87, 8-20 -1510 USSO 2006 Division: 1 USSO 2006 Rank: 64/76, 11.5-16.5 -1079

Round by Round
High score: 465 Average for: 386 Average against: 405
Round 1		Zxqkj played #10 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and lost 412 to 543 (a spread of -131). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 0-1, -131. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 2		Zxqkj played #4 Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA) and lost 377 to 438 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 0-2, -192.
Round 3		Zxqkj played #1 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) and lost 317 to 383 (a spread of -66). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 0-3, -258. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).
Round 4		Zxqkj played #8 Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY) and won 389 to 377 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 1-3, -246. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 5		Zxqkj played #5 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and lost 357 to 547 (a spread of -190). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 1-4, -436. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Zxqkj played #12 Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) and lost 384 to 398 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 1-5, -450. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 7		Zxqkj played #17 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 416 to 354 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-5, -388. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Zxqkj played #20 David Johnson (Decatur, IL) and won 415 to 340 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 3-5, -313.
Round 9		Zxqkj played #13 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 295 to 406 (a spread of -111). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 3-6, -424. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Zxqkj played #14 Lynn Cushman (New York, NY) and lost 364 to 420 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 3-7, -480. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Zxqkj played #19 Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) and won 465 to 326 (a spread of 139). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-7, -341.
Round 12		Zxqkj played #20 David Johnson (Decatur, IL) again and won 401 to 329 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-7, -269. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 13		Zxqkj played #6 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and won 393 to 330 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-7, -206. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Zxqkj played #8 Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY) again and lost 408 to 415 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-8, -213.
Round 15		Zxqkj played #7 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 352 to 399 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-9, -260. Zxqkj is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Zxqkj played #13 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) again and lost 437 to 477 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 6-10, -300.

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