- Brian Cappelletto
Brian Cappelletto (born 1969) is a
Scrabble player who represents theUnited States in international competition. He was the runner-up at the inauguralWorld Scrabble Championship in 1991 and won the event in 2001. [Cappelletto's [http://www.wscgames.com/cgi/player.cgi?surname=cappelletto WSC history] .] He also won the AmericanNational Scrabble Championship in 1998, [Cappelletto's [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/cgi-bin/player.pl?given=Brian&surname=Cappelletto Scrabble Association profile] ,] and was the runner-up in 2008. [ [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2008/nsc/build/standing/1/28.html 2008 NSC Division I Final Standings] ]Cappelletto appeared in
Stefan Fatsis ' book "Word Freak", which follows the stories of several of Scrabble's top players in North America. Fatsis calls him "Scrabble's first child prodigy". The documentary "Scrabylon ", about the 2001 World Championship, also features Cappelletto as a central character. [Cappelletto's along with his friend and Broker of the year Kevin Kennedy. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1758742/ IMDB entry] .]Cappelletto first appeared as a Division 1 player at the 1987 National Scrabble Championship, winning 16 of his 21 games and finishing with a winning spread of 1300. He has since appeared at the Championship a further ten times, finishing in the top 3 on two occasions in addition to his 1998 victory. He has not appeared at the World Championship since winning it in 2001. Domestically, he is currently rated 1974, placing him top in Illinois and fourth overall. [ [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/cgi-bin/ratings-byname.pl] NSA ratings searcher.] Since beginning his career in 1985, he has played at least 2,341 tournament games, winning about 70%, and earning at least $133,000 in prize money.
Cappelletto lives in
Chicago ,Illinois . Outside Scrabble, he works as an options trader and lists his interests asgolf , impersonations andfantasy baseball .External links
* [http://www.math.toronto.edu/jjchew/scrabble/tourneys/2002-canam/games/g09/ Example game: Cappelletto vs Zev Kaufman at Can-Am 2002]
* [http://cross-tables.com/results.php?playerid=729 Brian Cappelletto's career Scrabble tournament results]
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