World Scrabble Championship 2007
The World Scrabble Championship 2007 was held in the Taj President Hotel, Mumbai , India between 9 November and 12 November. The winner was Nigel Richards of New Zealand .[ 1]
The tournament began with a 24-round Swiss tournament , whose top two players contested a best-of-five final.
Results
The preliminary stage involved 104 players, the largest number of players in WSC history, over 24 rounds, using the "Chew Pairing " system to select the draw for each round.
Nigel Richards beat Ganesh Asirvatham of Malaysia 3–0 in the final. This was the first time either of them had reached the final. Ganesh was the number 1 rated player in the world at the time, and Nigel the form player had always been knocking on the door in majors and was a multiple winner of the Brand's Crossword Game King's Cup including 2007.
Nigel won the first game 412–316.[ 2] bingoed VARSITy ; Ganesh bingoed sERINGA . Nigel's opening play was GAVOT with the V on the centre star. During the game Ganesh missed the bingo OUTCRAWL .
Nigel won the second game 400–371.[ 3] AETHERS but had to exchange tiles twice, and although he caught up again with ANTIENTS and a late-game bingo DUPLiED , and Nigel only bingoed once with ODONAtE , Nigel won on the strength of the value he got out of the J, Q and X with JERBIL , QUOHOG and FAX.
Nigel wins the third game 499-470[ 4] RECOPIES , EQuINIAS and OVERAPT to Ganesh's TRECKING , ADNATION , DIrTIEST and a triple-triple TAILLEUR . However, once again, Nigel's luck with drawing the high scoring letters saw him have the edge in a fitting finale.
Complete results
Position
Name
Country
Win–loss
Spread
Prize (USD )[ 1]
1
Richards, Nigel
New Zealand
19-5
+1594
15,000
2
Asirvatham, Ganesh
Malaysia
18-6
+2501
6,000
3
Jighere, Wellington
Nigeria
18-6
+1635
3,000
4
Wapnick, Joel
Canada
17-7
+1075
2,000
5
Bhandarkar, Akshay
United Arab Emirates
16-8
+1056
1,000
6
Litunya, Patrick
Kenya
16-8
+845
900
7
Wee, Ming Hui Hubert
Singapore
16-8
+824
800
8
Adamson, Tim
United States
16-8
-363
700
9
Umujose, Emmanuel
Nigeria
15-9
+983
600
10
Oyekunle, Lanre
South Africa
15-9
+907
500
11
David Eldar World Youth Champion
15-9
+578
12
Ong, Suanne
Malaysia
15-9
+503
13
Okulicz, Edward
Australia
15-9
+263
14
Sukhumrattanaporn, Charnwit
Thailand
15-9
-103
15
Helen Gipson England
14½-9½
+376
16
Fisher, Andrew
Australia
14-10
+1154
17
Boys, David
Canada
14-10
+682
18
Panyasophonlert, Komol
Thailand
14-10
+542
19
Williams, Gareth
Wales
14-10
+419
20
Sulaiman, Mohammad
Pakistan
14-10
+414
21
Thevenot, Geoff
United States
14-10
+407
22
Warner, Howard
New Zealand
14-10
+365
23
Webb, David
England
14-10
+266
24
Kramer, Jim
United States
14-10
+198
25
Adam Logan World Champion
14-10
+140
26
Brousson, Theresa
Malta
14-10
-124
27
Rio, Odette Carmina
Philippines
13½-10½
+506
28
O'Laughlin, John
United States
13-11
+1050
29
Kantimathi, Sam
United States
13-11
+850
30
Gongolo, Michael
Kenya
13-11
+516
31
Fernando, Naween Tharanga
Australia
13-11
+371
32
Benedict, Nathan
United States
13-11
+333
33
Cheah, Siu Hean
Singapore
13-11
+322
34
Hovelmeier, Trevor Mark
South Africa
13-11
+272
35
Chakrabarti, Amit
United States
13-11
+207
36
Tamas, Adrian
Romania
13-11
+96
37
Hoekstra, Ron
Canada
13-11
+76
38
Carter, Gerald
Thailand
13-11
+75
39
Robertshaw, Phil
England
13-11
+5
40
Simmons, Allan
Scotland
13-11
-4
41
Lobo, Ralph
Oman
13-11
-80
42
Allan, Paul
Scotland
13-11
-363
43
Appleby, Phil
England
13-11
-538
44
Katz-Brown, Jason
United States
12-12
+692
45
Dennis, Di
England
12-12
+534
46
Kirk, Terry
England
12-12
+251
47
Saldanha, Dean
Canada
12-12
+248
48
Hingorani, Varisht
India
12-12
+214
49
Baker, Michael
United States
12-12
+167
50
Sujjayakorn, Panupol
Thailand
12-12
+165
51
Philpotts, Adam
England
12-12
+164
52
Berofsky, Evan
Canada
12-12
+158
53
Schellenberg, Mark
Canada
12-12
+100
54
Martin, Edward
England
12-12
-91
55
Lamabadusuriya, Harshan
England
12-12
-148
56
Saengsit, Weera
Thailand
12-12
-177
57
May, Christopher
Australia
12-12
-214
58
Iqbal, Wajid
Pakistan
12-12
-285
59
Martus, Teodoro
Philippines
12-12
-337
60
Ali, Mohammed Zafar
Bahrain
12-12
-580
61
Pratt, Daniel
United States
11½-12½
+69
62
Manase, Joshua Otieno
Kenya
11-13
+507
63
Grant, Jeff
New Zealand
11-13
+348
64
Gabriel, Marty
United States
11-13
+211
65
Kelly, Wayne
England
11-13
-66
66
Ikekeregor, Dennis
Nigeria
11-13
-149
67
Linn, Robert
United States
11-13
-258
68
Kenas, Mark
United States
11-13
-315
69
Credo, Ronald
Philippines
11-13
-319
70
Chow, Jie Ming Benjamin
Singapore
11-13
-346
71
Jackman, Bob
Australia
11-13
-356
72
Polatnick, Steve
United States
11-13
-452
73
Matsuda, Manabu
Japan
11-13
-975
74
Buddhdev, Anand
Netherlands
11-13
-1035
75
MacNeil, Rod
United States
11-13
-1090
76
Wachira, Francis
Kenya
10½-13½
-417
77
Charles, Leslie
Barbados
10-14
+102
78
Rodrigues, Sherwin
India
10-14
+11
79
Anthonius, Ferdy
Indonesia
10-14
-260
80
Chunkath, Mohan Verghese
India
10-14
-270
81
Wanniarachchi, Lakshan
Sri Lanka
10-14
-286
82
Delicata, David
Malta
10-14
-306
83
Butler, Lynne
New Zealand
10-14
-322
84
Delia, Jojo
Malta
10-14
-406
85
Kalumba, Paul Yandisha
Zambia
10-14
-443
86
Hemachandra, Sanath
Oman
10-14
-576
87
O'Neill, Shane
Wales
10-14
-950
88
Chakravarthy, Ranganathan
India
9-15
-8
89
Leah, Tony
Canada
9-15
-376
90
Craig, Joanne
New Zealand
9-15
-445
91
Amarasinghe, Asanka
Sri Lanka
9-15
-468
92
Amarasinghe, Indunil
Sri Lanka
9-15
-531
93
Ajayi, Olajide Ademola
Ireland
9-15
-533
94
Bohbot, Herve
France
9-15
-542
95
Esmail, Mushtak
Tanzania
9-15
-551
96
Jegels, Llewellin
Germany, Federal Republic of
9-15
-686
97
Collins, Frederick
Guyana
9-15
-786
98
Usakiewicz, Wojciech
Poland
8-16
-844
99
Reshamwala, Shakir
Kuwait
8-16
-883
100
Ntege, Chris
Uganda
8-16
-984
101
Kuroda, Kunihiko
Japan
8-16
-1003
102
Modeste, Anthony
Trinidad and Tobago
8-16
-1011
103
Nässén, Greger
Sweden
6½-17½
-2347
104
Alban, Loreta
Qatar
5½-18½
-1345
FINALS :Game 1: Nigel 412 – Ganesh 316
Game 2: Nigel 400 – Ganesh 371
Game 3: Nigel 499 – Ganesh 470
References
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