October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Peter Barkman [#6]

On this page, you will find information about Peter Barkman, 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, +249, and is ranked #7 in Division 2.

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): Peter Surname(s): Barkman Home: Croton, NY, United States

Round by Round
High score: 553 Average for: 397 Average against: 381
Round 1		Barkman played #30 Jeremy Jeffers (Milford, CT) and won 461 to 329 (a spread of 132). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +132.
Round 2		Barkman played #21 Sally Ricketts (New York, NY) and lost 397 to 410 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-1, +119.
Round 3		Barkman played #8 Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) and won 396 to 363 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 2-1, +152.
Round 4		Barkman played #1 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and lost 331 to 458 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 2-2, +25.
Round 5		Barkman played #17 Judy Newhouse (Houston, TX) and lost 318 to 462 (a spread of -144). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 2-3, -119.
Round 6		Barkman played #22 Sharon Swerdloff (New York, NY) and won 417 to 297 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 3-3, +1.
Round 7		Barkman played #29 Jackie Wong (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 330 to 409 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-4, -78.
Round 8		Barkman played #13 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and won 489 to 380 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-4, +31.
Round 9		Barkman played #23 Jason Keller (Piscataway, NJ) and won 403 to 292 (a spread of 111). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 5-4, +142. Barkman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Barkman played #28 KC Frodyma (Silver Spring, MD) and won 372 to 336 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-4, +178.
Round 11		Barkman played #3 Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) and lost 252 to 454 (a spread of -202). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-5, -24.
Round 12		Barkman played #7 Robert Kerr (Brooklyn, NY) and won 553 to 389 (a spread of 164). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-5, +140.
Round 13		Barkman played #5 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and won 420 to 356 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-5, +204.
Round 14		Barkman played #12 Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY) and won 433 to 288 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 9-5, +349.
Round 15		Barkman played #5 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) again and lost 389 to 489 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 9-6, +249.

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