October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Ben Schoenbrun [#18]

On this page, you will find information about Ben Schoenbrun, 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, +273, and is ranked #3 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): Ben Surname(s): Schoenbrun Home: Ardsley, NY, United States

Round by Round
High score: 514 Average for: 415 Average against: 397
Round 1		Schoenbrun played #15 Seth Mandel (Morristown, NJ) and won 405 to 380 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 1-0, +25.
Round 2		Schoenbrun played #4 Phil Polsky (New York, NY) and won 412 to 340 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 2-0, +97.
Round 3		Schoenbrun played #28 KC Frodyma (Silver Spring, MD) and won 408 to 389 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 3-0, +116.
Round 4		Schoenbrun played #3 Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) and won 433 to 366 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-0, +183.
Round 5		Schoenbrun played #13 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and won 497 to 361 (a spread of 136). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 5-0, +319.
Round 6		Schoenbrun played #7 Robert Kerr (Brooklyn, NY) and won 437 to 366 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 6-0, +390.
Round 7		Schoenbrun played #9 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and lost 357 to 406 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 6-1, +341.
Round 8		Schoenbrun played #14 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 456 to 513 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-2, +284.
Round 9		Schoenbrun played #8 Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) and won 441 to 437 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 7-2, +288.
Round 10		Schoenbrun played #1 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and won 434 to 406 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 8-2, +316. Schoenbrun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Schoenbrun played #10 Rebecca Lambert (Columbia, MD) and won 398 to 323 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 9-2, +391.
Round 12		Schoenbrun played #19 Mark Rosenberg (Brooklyn, NY) and won 424 to 412 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 10-2, +403.
Round 13		Schoenbrun played #9 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) again and won 514 to 293 (a spread of 221). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 11-2, +624.
Round 14		Schoenbrun played #8 Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) again and lost 332 to 451 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 11-3, +505.
Round 15		Schoenbrun played #9 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) for the third time and lost 280 to 512 (a spread of -232). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 11-4, +273. Schoenbrun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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