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Brian Cappelletto (born 1969) is a Scrabble player who represents the United States in international competition. He was the runner-up at the inaugural World Scrabble Championship in 1991 and won the event in 2001.〔Cappelletto's (WSC history ).〕 He also won the American National Scrabble Championship in 1998,〔Cappelletto's (Scrabble Association profile ),〕 and was the runner-up in 2008〔 (2008 NSC Division I Final Standings ) 〕 and 2010.〔 (2010 NSC Division I Final Standings ) 〕 Cappelletto appeared in Stefan Fatsis's 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. (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 ten more times, finishing in the top 5 on seven occasions in addition to his 1998 victory. He has not appeared at the World Championship since winning it in 2001. As of June 2010, his NASPA (North American Scrabble Players' Association) rating was 2047, making him the top-rated player in Illinois and the second-highest rated player in the United States.〔() NSA ratings searcher.〕 Since beginning his career in 1985, he has played at least 2,700 tournament games, winning about 69%, and earning over $164,000 in prize money. Cappelletto lives in Chicago, Illinois. Outside Scrabble, he works as an options trader and lists his interests as golf, impersonations and fantasy baseball. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Cappelletto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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