October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Gaurav Bhargava [#10]

On this page, you will find information about Gaurav Bhargava, 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, +332, and is ranked #6 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): Gaurav Surname(s): Bhargava Home: Somerset, NJ, United States Occupation: Software Developer

Round by Round
High score: 413 Average for: 350 Average against: 328
Round 1		Bhargava played #15 Peter Hempstead (New York, NY) and won 408 to 368 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 1-0, +40.
Round 2		Bhargava played #22 Angela Vella (Pleasantville, NY) and won 357 to 260 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-0, +137.
Round 3		Bhargava played #3 Adam Townsend (Astoria, NY) and lost 345 to 391 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-1, +91. Bhargava is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Bhargava played #14 Melissa Brown (Twin Cities, MN) and lost 311 to 368 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 2-2, +34.
Round 5		Bhargava played #4 Stephane Clare (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 300 to 338 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 2-3, -4. Bhargava is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Bhargava played #12 Jason Gelman (Brooklyn, NY) and won 351 to 311 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-3, +36. Bhargava is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Bhargava played #5 Scott Hawkins (Effingham, IL) and lost 313 to 401 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 3-4, -52. Bhargava is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Bhargava played #7 Simon Snyder (Flushing, NY) and lost 303 to 373 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 3-5, -122.
Round 9		Bhargava played #19 Gina Braden (Berkeley, CA) and won 404 to 341 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 4-5, -59.
Round 10		Bhargava played #20 Susie Rivers (Brooklyn, NY) and won 413 to 183 (a spread of 230). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5-5, +171.
Round 11		Bhargava played #21 Suzette Rodriguez (Flushing, NY) and won 367 to 297 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-5, +241.
Round 12		Bhargava played #18 Fran Goldstein (Plainview, NY) and won 365 to 302 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-5, +304.
Round 13		Bhargava played #9 Charlie Panek (New York, NY) and lost 242 to 362 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-6, +184.
Round 14		Bhargava played #17 Carolyn Boyd (Houston, TX) and won 409 to 281 (a spread of 128). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-6, +312.
Round 15		Bhargava played #7 Simon Snyder (Flushing, NY) again and won 363 to 343 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 9-6, +332.

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