October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Daniel Tinkelman [#24]

On this page, you will find information about Daniel Tinkelman, 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, +955, and is ranked #1 in Division 3.

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): Daniel Surname(s): Tinkelman Home: Brooklyn, NY, United States

Round by Round
High score: 511 Average for: 407 Average against: 344
Round 1		Tinkelman played #20 Danny Kidd (New Boston, MI) and won 411 to 317 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 1-0, +94.
Round 2		Tinkelman played #2 Steve Sikorski (Shoreham, NY) and won 454 to 347 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 2-0, +201.
Round 3		Tinkelman played #35 Edward H Zurav (Roselle, NJ) and lost 384 to 398 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 2-1, +187.
Round 4		Tinkelman played #7 Linda Wancel (Flushing, NY) and won 364 to 323 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 3-1, +228.
Round 5		Tinkelman played #4 Varney Senii (Brooklyn, NY) and won 417 to 337 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 4-1, +308.
Round 6		Tinkelman played #10 Janet Matheson (New Westminster BC) and lost 313 to 361 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-2, +260.
Round 7		Tinkelman played #27 Margo Kuno (Philadelphia, PA) and won 474 to 305 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 5-2, +429.
Round 8		Tinkelman played #15 Derven Francis (Bridgewater, NJ) and won 428 to 369 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-2, +488.
Round 9		Tinkelman played #6 Cheryl Allen-Munley (Tewksbury, NJ) and won 393 to 390 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 7-2, +491.
Round 10		Tinkelman played #5 Wilma Pitzer (Englewood, OH) and lost 375 to 409 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 7-3, +457.
Round 11		Tinkelman played #36 Brett Constantine (Florence, MA) and won 448 to 298 (a spread of 150). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-3, +607.
Round 12		Tinkelman played #44 Eileen Johnson (Freeport, NY) and lost 381 to 382 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 8-4, +606. Tinkelman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Tinkelman played #44 Eileen Johnson (Freeport, NY) again and won 511 to 271 (a spread of 240). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 9-4, +846.
Round 14		Tinkelman played #11 Roberta Borenstein (Wilton, CT) and won 405 to 347 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 10-4, +904.
Round 15		Tinkelman played #20 Danny Kidd (New Boston, MI) again and won 352 to 301 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 11-4, +955. Tinkelman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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