Vince Castellano [#015] at NSC 2002

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Vince Castellano [#015] at NSC 2002

Congratulations to our new National Champion, Joel Sherman!

See also: video clip 1 (2 MB), video clip 2 (2 MB). (video courtesy Roger Cullman)

Background Information
	Given name(s): Vince Surname(s): Castellano Home: Fairfax, VA, United States Age: 42 Hobbies: Music, Physics Occupation: Software engineer

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
See Legend

Round-by-Round
High score: 489 Average for: 393 Average against: 403
Round 1	Larger photo available	Castellano played #044 Matt Graham (New York, NY) and lost 326 to 530 (a spread of -204) . Current ranking: #130. Current record: 0-1, -204.
Round 2		Castellano played #134 Gail Wolford (Portland, OR) and lost 298 to 493 (a spread of -195) . Current ranking: #132. Current record: 0-2, -399.
Round 3		Castellano played #013 Jean Carol (Cincinnati, OH) and lost 388 to 400 (a spread of -12) . Current ranking: #129. Current record: 0-3, -411.
Round 4		Castellano played #077 Rod MacNeil (Londonderry, NH) and won 406 to 365 (a spread of 41) . Current ranking: #121. Current record: 1-3, -370. Castellano is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Castellano is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 5		Castellano played #060 Noah Kanter (Berkeley, CA) and lost 395 to 421 (a spread of -26) . Current ranking: #125. Current record: 1-4, -396.
Round 6		Castellano played #069 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and lost 304 to 526 (a spread of -222) . Current ranking: #127. Current record: 1-5, -618.
Round 7		Castellano played #114 William D Shipe (La Jolla, CA) and won 362 to 354 (a spread of 8) . Current ranking: #119. Current record: 2-5, -610.
Round 8		Castellano played #131 Margaret Bauer Williams (Kearny, NJ) and won 463 to 393 (a spread of 70) . Current ranking: #109. Current record: 3-5, -540.
Round 9		Castellano played #120 John Terrell (Roseville, MI) and lost 430 to 446 (a spread of -16) . Current ranking: #116. Current record: 3-6, -556.
Round 10		Castellano played #076 Bob Lundegaard (Minneapolis, MN) and tied at 362 . Current ranking: #108. Current record: 3.5-6.5, -556.
Round 11		Castellano played #106 Ted Rosen (Rochester, NY) and won 461 to 351 (a spread of 110) . Current ranking: #95. Current record: 4.5-6.5, -446.
Round 12		Castellano played #103 Larry Rand (Chandler, AZ) and lost 345 to 381 (a spread of -36) . Current ranking: #108. Current record: 4.5-7.5, -482.
Round 13		Castellano played #020 Steve Cook (Columbus, OH) and won 439 to 340 (a spread of 99) . Current ranking: #96. Current record: 5.5-7.5, -383.
Round 14		Castellano played #104 Carol Ravichandran (Northville, MI) and won 448 to 352 (a spread of 96) . Current ranking: #88. Current record: 6.5-7.5, -287.
Round 15		Castellano played #119 Thavach T (Thailand) and won 409 to 363 (a spread of 46) . Current ranking: #70. Current record: 7.5-7.5, -241.
Round 16		Castellano played #006 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and lost 356 to 376 (a spread of -20) . Current ranking: #82. Current record: 7.5-8.5, -261.
Round 17		Castellano played #072 Judith Levitt (Los Angeles, CA) and won 392 to 356 (a spread of 36) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 8.5-8.5, -225.
Round 18		Castellano played #086 Rita Norr (Danbury, CT) and won 395 to 377 (a spread of 18) . Current ranking: #56. Current record: 9.5-8.5, -207.
Round 19		Castellano played #054 Ron Hoekstra (Kentwood, MI) and won 468 to 396 (a spread of 72) . Current ranking: #46. Current record: 10.5-8.5, -135.
Round 20		Castellano played #100 Jeff Potts (Woodland Hills, CA) and lost 318 to 471 (a spread of -153) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 10.5-9.5, -288.
Round 21		Castellano played #120 John Terrell (Roseville, MI) and won 454 to 401 (a spread of 53) . Current ranking: #48. Current record: 11.5-9.5, -235.
Round 22		Castellano played #098 David Poder (Huntington Beach, CA) and lost 391 to 447 (a spread of -56) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 11.5-10.5, -291.
Round 23		Castellano played #065 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 360 to 412 (a spread of -52) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 11.5-11.5, -343.
Round 24		Castellano played #038 Jim Geary (Glendale, AZ) and won 489 to 384 (a spread of 105) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 12.5-11.5, -238.
Round 25		Castellano played #086 Rita Norr (Danbury, CT) and lost 348 to 361 (a spread of -13) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 12.5-12.5, -251.
Round 26		Castellano played #027 Jan Dixon (Wilmington, DE) and lost 407 to 440 (a spread of -33) . Current ranking: #79. Current record: 12.5-13.5, -284. Castellano is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Castellano is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 27		Castellano played #093 Jim Pate (Birmingham, AL) and won 479 to 400 (a spread of 79) . Current ranking: #70. Current record: 13.5-13.5, -205.
Round 28		Castellano played #083 Mark Milan (San Juan Capistrano, CA) and lost 442 to 466 (a spread of -24) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 13.5-14.5, -229.
Round 29		Castellano played #133 Ben Withers (Lake Jackson, TX) and lost 367 to 377 (a spread of -10) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 13.5-15.5, -239.
Round 30		Castellano played #040 J Goard (Foresthill, CA) and lost 330 to 377 (a spread of -47) . Current ranking: #92. Current record: 13.5-16.5, -286.
Round 31		Castellano played #007 Michael Baker (Portland, OR) and lost 354 to 378 (a spread of -24) . Current ranking: #99. Current record: 13.5-17.5, -310.

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