October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: James Curley [#6]

On this page, you will find information about James Curley, 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, +1165, and is ranked #2 in Division 4.

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): James Surname(s): Curley Home: New York, NY, United States

Round by Round
High score: 522 Average for: 418 Average against: 341
Round 1		Curley played #13 Gerianne Abriano (Staten Island, NY) and won 498 to 322 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 1-0, +176.
Round 2		Curley played #21 Suzette Rodriguez (Flushing, NY) and won 479 to 293 (a spread of 186). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +362.
Round 3		Curley played #1 Jeff Goldstein (Plainview, NY) and won 378 to 313 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 3-0, +427.
Round 4		Curley played #2 Debbie Scholz (Houston, TX) and lost 360 to 382 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 3-1, +405.
Round 5		Curley played #16 Kathy Norman (Red Bay, AL) and lost 421 to 443 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 3-2, +383. Curley is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Curley played #11 Nancy Konipol (Astoria, NY) and won 461 to 330 (a spread of 131). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 4-2, +514.
Round 7		Curley played #17 Carolyn Boyd (Houston, TX) and lost 393 to 422 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-3, +485.
Round 8		Curley played #9 Charlie Panek (New York, NY) and won 427 to 301 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-3, +611.
Round 9		Curley played #4 Stephane Clare (Brooklyn, NY) and won 348 to 300 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 6-3, +659. Curley is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Curley played #14 Melissa Brown (Twin Cities, MN) and won 393 to 356 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-3, +696.
Round 11		Curley played #5 Scott Hawkins (Effingham, IL) and won 414 to 324 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-3, +786. Curley is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Curley played #7 Simon Snyder (Flushing, NY) and won 406 to 366 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 9-3, +826.
Round 13		Curley played #7 Simon Snyder (Flushing, NY) again and lost 349 to 381 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9-4, +794.
Round 14		Curley played #3 Adam Townsend (Astoria, NY) and won 522 to 289 (a spread of 233). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 10-4, +1027.
Round 15		Curley played #16 Kathy Norman (Red Bay, AL) again and won 427 to 289 (a spread of 138). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 11-4, +1165.

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