2008 - A Retrospective (summary)

Since I have now finished playing in tournaments for this year, I thought it might be worthwhile to cast a glance back at the events of 2008. A more complete look will follow in several parts; for now though, here is a brief summary, along with some of the more interesting bonuses I played over the course of the year.

A few stats:

- Games played: 156 (W104, T1, L51)
- Average score for: 439
- Average score against: 401
- Number of bonuses: 336
- Best winning streak: 13 (part of the 25 game streak that began in late 2007)
- Worst losing streak: 3 (this occurred three times in the year: at the Masters, end of Nomads/beginning of English Open, and at the Four Nations)
- Best score (self): 613 (vs. Robert Richland at Warrington)
- Best score (opp): 586 (vs. Harshan Lambadasuriya at Masters)
- Highest spread: +330 (in the 613 game above)
- Lowest spread: -228 (vs. Nick Deller at Nomads)

Some of the nicer words I played this year (in puzzle form):

- ACIOOR? + G
- ABLPSU?
- AILMOPS + E
- AIORRWY + T
- AACROTT + U
- ADLOPV? + O
- AAEGPRT + EN
- CDLUNS? + I_E
- BEGLTY?
- AFILNU? + N
- DOPTW?? + I
- CEHOOT? + E
- AAHORT?
- ACESTX?
- AAEFNR?

There are more, but those will appear in a later post :)