October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Stefan Rau [#8]

On this page, you will find information about Stefan Rau, 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 11-4, +806, and is ranked #2 in Division 1.

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): Stefan Surname(s): Rau Home: New Britain, CT, United States Hobbies: Fantasy baseball Occupation: Radiologist NSC 2004 Division: 1 NSC 2004 Rank: 159/172, 11-19 -883 USSO 2006 Division: 1 USSO 2006 Rank: 8/76, 17.5-10.5 +254

Round by Round
High score: 545 Average for: 440 Average against: 386
Round 1		Rau played #36 Diane Firstman (Forest Hills, NY) and won 447 to 346 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 1-0, +101.
Round 2		Rau played #25 Mitchell Brook (Philadelphia, PA) and won 499 to 290 (a spread of 209). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +310.
Round 3		Rau played #16 John Viloria (New York, NY) and won 433 to 324 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 3-0, +419.
Round 4		Rau played #7 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and won 446 to 360 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 4-0, +505. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Rau played #10 David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) and won 499 to 467 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 5-0, +537.
Round 6		Rau played #28 Joseph Gaspard (Minneapolis, MN) and won 456 to 364 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 6-0, +629. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Rau played #4 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and lost 363 to 421 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 6-1, +571. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Rau played #20 Cecilia Le (Boston, MA) and won 545 to 260 (a spread of 285). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 7-1, +856. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 9		Rau played #17 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 408 to 397 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 8-1, +867. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 10		Rau played #9 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and won 426 to 388 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 9-1, +905. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Rau played #11 Jesse Day (New Haven, CT) and lost 430 to 434 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 9-2, +901. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Rau played #13 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Waltham, MA) and lost 415 to 484 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 9-3, +832.
Round 13		Rau played #33 Steve Tier (New York, NY) and lost 330 to 487 (a spread of -157). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9-4, +675. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Rau played #10 David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) again and won 449 to 419 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 10-4, +705. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 15		Rau played #11 Jesse Day (New Haven, CT) again and won 449 to 348 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 11-4, +806. Rau is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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