October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Debbie Stegman [#14]

On this page, you will find information about Debbie Stegman, 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, +434, and is ranked #9 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

[photo of Debbie Stegman]

Given name(s): Debbie
Surname(s): Stegman
Home: Kew Gardens, NY, United States
Occupation: Vp Human Resources
NSC 2000 Division: 4
NSC 2000 Rank: 17/118, 18.5-12.5 +1320
NSC 2002 Division: 2
NSC 2002 Rank: 81/103, 13-18 -77
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 89/172, 15-15 -442
NSC 2005 Division: 2
NSC 2005 Rank: 50/108, 14-14 +676
USSO 2006 Division: 2
USSO 2006 Rank: 5/102, 19- 9 +732

Round by Round
High score: 464 Average for: 397 Average against: 368
Round 1		Stegman played #23 Ben Dweck (Brooklyn, NY) and won 367 to 349 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 1-0, +18.
Round 2		Stegman played #35 Steve Oliger (Holtwood, PA) and lost 358 to 381 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 1-1, -5.
Round 3		Stegman played #6 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and lost 350 to 366 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 1-2, -21.
Round 4		Stegman played #36 Diane Firstman (Forest Hills, NY) and won 464 to 293 (a spread of 171). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-2, +150. Stegman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Stegman played #30 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and lost 342 to 409 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 2-3, +83.
Round 6		Stegman played #24 Jason Idalski (Warren, MI) and lost 373 to 424 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-4, +32.
Round 7		Stegman played #20 Cecilia Le (Boston, MA) and lost 332 to 451 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 2-5, -87.
Round 8		Stegman played #22 Jeremy Frank (New York, NY) and won 433 to 344 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 3-5, +2.
Round 9		Stegman played #42 Joe Bihlmeyer (Durham, CT) and won 437 to 317 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 4-5, +122.
Round 10		Stegman played #29 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 442 to 336 (a spread of 106). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5-5, +228.
Round 11		Stegman played #15 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and won 449 to 328 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-5, +349. Stegman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Stegman played #17 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 447 to 327 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-5, +469.
Round 13		Stegman played #32 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and lost 326 to 378 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 7-6, +417.
Round 14		Stegman played #7 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and won 450 to 434 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 8-6, +433. Stegman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Stegman played #33 Steve Tier (New York, NY) and won 390 to 389 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-6, +434. Stegman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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