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World
SCRABBLE®
Championship
Melbourne, Australia
November 3 - 7
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1999 World SCRABBLE® Championship
Melbourne, Australia |
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Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5
Reporting from WSC 1999, Jane Williams of the NSA...
At 8am a few short announcements were made by Tournament Director Wilma Vialle. She directed the Australian National Championship as well as Singapore. Everyone has pretty well adjusted to his or her various time changes and are anxious to begin play.Seated at Table One Round 1 were Jim Nanavati (CAN) and Joel Sherman (USA). Jim at the very last minute filled in for Zev Kaufman . Zev sadly is suffering from a severely pinched nerve and couldn't travel the long distance. As you can imagine JN is thrilled to be part of the Canadian Team and be here.
Adam Logan scored the Highest word GRAVEST 101 pt in Round One with Nigel Richards matching it with COINHERE also 101 pts. High game was Ronald Credo (Philippines) 592
Now here are the results as reported by the official web site.
High Game: Jakkrit Klaphajone (542) High Word: Adam Logan (101) Rk Player Country W Spread 1 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 1 245 2 John Luebkmann U.S.A. 1 211 2 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 1 211 4 David Boys Canada 1 202 5 Andrew Fisher England 1 196 5 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 1 196 7 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 1 194 8 Brett Smitheram England 1 182 9 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 1 177 10 Joel Wapnick Canada 1 154 11 Dylan Early South Africa 1 133 11 Tony Sim Singapore 1 133 13 Andrew Cook England 1 126 14 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 1 119 15 Shafique Thobani Kenya 1 117 16 Gareth Williams Wales 1 112 17 Michael Gongolo Kenya 1 106 18 Femi Awawade Nigeria 1 105 19 Linda Pray Oman 1 103 20 Ganesh Asirvatham Malaysia 1 95 21 Jeff Grant New Zealand 1 91 22 Odette Rio Philippines 1 84 23 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 1 82 24 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 1 81 25 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 1 78 26 Roger Blom Australia 1 69 26 Steven Gruzd South Africa 1 69 28 Albert Hahn Canada 1 68 29 Phil Appleby England 1 66 30 Rashid Khan Pakistan 1 64 31 Paul Cleary Australia 1 62 32 Adam Logan Canada 1 54 33 Mark Nyman England 1 46 34 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 1 44 35 Mohan Chunkath India 1 42 36 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 1 39 37 Joe Edley U.S.A. 1 38 38 Gold Eburu Nigeria 1 37 39 Nigel Richards New Zealand 1 35 40 Edward Metivier Trinidad 1 34 40 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 1 34 42 Peter Sinton New Zealand 1 33 43 Robert Felt U.S.A. 1 28 44 Alistair Kane Australia 1 20 45 Helen Gipson England 1 18 46 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 1 15 47 Ronald Credo Philippines 1 12 48 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 1 5 49 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 1 1 50 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 0 -1 51 Wilma Warwick Scotland 0 -5 52 Howard Warner New Zealand 0 -12 53 Michael Tang Singapore 0 -15 54 Peter Elbourne Malta 0 -18 55 David Webb England 0 -20 56 Joan Rosenthal Australia 0 -28 57 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 0 -33 58 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 0 -34 58 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 0 -34 60 Owen Bondin Malta 0 -35 61 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 0 -37 62 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 0 -38 63 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 0 -39 64 Barbara Berlin Australia 0 -42 65 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 0 -44 66 Roland Filio Bahrain 0 -46 67 Russell Byers England 0 -54 68 Dixon Assessa Kenya 0 -62 69 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 0 -64 70 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 0 -66 71 Eugene Goh Singapore 0 -68 72 Akshay Bhandarkar Gulf 0 -69 72 James Cherry Canada 0 -69 74 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 0 -78 75 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 0 -81 76 Rodney Judd Pakistan 0 -82 77 Michael Pray Oman 0 -84 78 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 0 -91 79 Mario Saliba Malta 0 -95 80 Keichiro Hirai Japan 0 -103 81 Matayo Bwire Kenya 0 -105 82 Sayeed Jimoh Nigeria 0 -106 83 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 0 -112 84 Leslie Charles Trinidad 0 -117 85 David Wiegand U.S.A. 0 -119 86 Jim Geary U.S.A. 0 -126 87 Bob Jackman Australia 0 -133 87 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 0 -133 89 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 0 -154 90 Jim Nanavati Canada 0 -177 91 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 0 -182 92 Catherine Costello Ireland 0 -194 93 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 0 -196 93 John Holgate Australia 0 -196 95 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 0 -202 96 Alec Webb England 0 -211 96 Antonin Michel France 0 -211 98 Caitlin-Eugen Caba Romania 0 -245
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
1 Lester Schonbrun US 1 245 532
287 0
>ROCC USJL
2 John Luebkemann US 1 211 436
225 0
>UKAW USLS
3 Kendall Boyd NZ 1 211 539
328 0
>FRAM CADB
4 David Boys CA 1 202 488
286 0
>SCDS NZKB
5 Andrew Fisher UK 1 196 513
317 0
>USBC THJK
6 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 1 196 542
346 0
>AUJH UKAF
7 Randy Hersom US 1 194 479
285 0
>IECC UKBS
8 Brett Smitheram UK 1 182 528
346 0
>ROLS USRH
9 Joel Sherman US 1 177 497
320 0
>CAJN CAJW
10 Joel Wapnick CA 1 154 521
367 0
>USBL USJS
11 Dylan Early ZA 1 133 471
338 0
>AUBJ SGTS
12 Tony Sim SG 1 133 431
298 0
>SARG ZADE
13 Andrew Cook UK 1 126 422
296 0
>USJG AEAA
14 Arvind Abraham AE 1 119 464
345 0
>USDW UKAC
15 Shafique Thobani KE 1 117 406
289 0
>TRLC WAGW
16 Gareth Williams WA 1 112 438
326 0
>SCJF KEST
17 Michael Gongolo KE 1 106 405
299 0
>NISJ NIFA
18 Femi Awawade NI 1 105 482
377 0
>KEMB KEMG
19 Linda Pray OM 1 103 436
333 0
>JPKH MYGA
20 Ganesh Asirvatham MY 1 95 403
308 0
>MTMS OMLP
21 Jeff Grant NZ 1 91 441
350 0
>JPKK PHOR
22 Odette Rio PH 1 84 415
331 0
>OMMP NZJG
23 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 1 82 418
336 0
>PKRJ THTS
24 Taewan Sutthasin TH 1 81 416
335 0
>KESN SAIC
25 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 1 78 452
374 0
>AESL AURB
26 Roger Blom AU 1 69 463
394 0
>GUAB LKSC
27 Steven Gruzd ZA 1 69 424
355 0
>CAJC CAAH
28 Albert Hahn CA 1 68 398
330 0
>SGEG ZASG
29 Phil Appleby UK 1 66 430
364 0
>USLO PKRK
30 Rashid Khan PK 1 64 361
297 0
>USPE UKPA
31 Paul Cleary AU 1 62 468
406 0
>KEDA CAAL
32 Adam Logan CA 1 54 513
459 0
>UKRB AUPC
33 Mark Nyman UK 1 46 442
396 0
>BARF IEBM
34 Brendan McDonnell IE 1 44 428
384 0
>SLNF UKMN
35 Mohan Chunkath IN 1 42 430
388 0
>AUBB SGCS
36 Cher Siong Gan SG 1 39 448
409 0
>THAP INMC
37 Joe Edley US 1 38 391
353 0
>PHVQ NIGE
38 Gold Eburu NI 1 37 396
359 0
>POWU USJE
39 Nigel Richards NZ 1 35 453
418 0
>MAOB TREM
40 Edward Metivier TR 1 34 411
377 0
>BHVP NZNR
41 Kong Chock Heng MY 1 34 404
370 0
>LKLW NZPS
42 Peter Sinton NZ 1 33 344
311 0
>USRT MYKC
43 Robert Felt US 1 28 436
408 0
>AUJR AUAK
44 Alistair Kane AU 1 20 441
421 0
>UKDW USRF
45 Helen Gipson UK 1 18 371
353 0
>MAPE ZATH
46 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 1 15 408
393 0
>SGMT UKHG
47 Ronald Credo PH 1 12 402
390 0
>NZHW THPN
48 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 1 5 366
361 0
>SCWW PHRC
49 Pui Cheng Wui MY 1 1 444
443 0
>USSP SCWW
50 Steve Polatnick US 0 -1 443
444 0
MYPC NZHW
51 Wilma Warwick SC 0 -5 361
366 0
THPN MYPC
52 Howard Warner NZ 0 -12 390
402 0
PHRC USSP
53 Michael Tang SG 0 -15 393
408 0
ZATH MAPE
54 Peter Elbourne MA 0 -18 353
371 0
UKHG SGMT
55 David Webb UK 0 -20 421
441 0
AUAK AUJR
56 Joan Rosenthal AU 0 -28 408
436 0
USRF UKDW
57 Ron Tiekert US 0 -33 311
344 0
NZPS LKLW
58 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 0 -34 370
404 0
MYKC USRT
59 Vivian Penaflor BH 0 -34 377
411 0
TREM MAOB
60 Owen Bondin MA 0 -35 418
453 0
NZNR BHVP
61 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 0 -37 359
396 0
NIGE PHVQ
62 Virgilio Quiballo PH 0 -38 353
391 0
USJE POWU
63 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 0 -39 409
448 0
SGCS AUBB
64 Barbara Berlin AU 0 -42 388
430 0
INMC THAP
65 Naween Fernando SL 0 -44 384
428 0
IEBM BARF
66 Roland Filio BA 0 -46 396
442 0
UKMN SLNF
67 Russell Byers UK 0 -54 459
513 0
CAAL KEDA
68 Dixon Assessa KE 0 -62 406
468 0
AUPC UKRB
69 Paul Epstein US 0 -64 297
361 0
PKRK USLO
70 Lisa Odom US 0 -66 364
430 0
UKPA USPE
71 Eugene Goh SG 0 -68 330
398 0
CAAH GUAB
72 Akshay Bhandarkar GU 0 -69 394
463 0
AURB SGEG
73 James Cherry CA 0 -69 355
424 0
ZASG AESL
74 Selwyn Lobo AE 0 -78 374
452 0
LKSC CAJC
75 Stanley Ndungu KE 0 -81 335
416 0
THTS PKRJ
76 Rodney Judd PK 0 -82 336
418 0
SAIC KESN
77 Michael Pray OM 0 -84 331
415 0
PHOR JPKK
78 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 0 -91 350
441 0
NZJG OMMP
79 Mario Saliba MT 0 -95 308
403 0
MYGA JPKH
80 Keichiro Hirai JP 0 -103 333
436 0
OMLP MTMS
81 Matayo Bwire KE 0 -105 377
482 0
NIFA NISJ
82 Sayeed Jimoh NI 0 -106 299
405 0
KEMG KEMB
83 Johnson Fasuba SC 0 -112 326
438 0
WAGW TRLC
84 Leslie Charles TR 0 -117 289
406 0
KEST SCJF
85 David Wiegand US 0 -119 345
464 0
AEAA USJG
86 Jim Geary US 0 -126 296
422 0
UKAC USDW
87 Bob Jackman AU 0 -133 338
471 0
ZADE SARG
88 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 0 -133 298
431 0
SGTS AUBJ
89 Bob Lipton US 0 -154 367
521 0
CAJW CAJN
90 Jim Nanavati CA 0 -177 320
497 0
USJS USBL
91 Laurentiu Sandu RO 0 -182 346
528 0
UKBS IECC
92 Catherine Costello IE 0 -194 285
479 0
USRH ROLS
93 Brian Cappelletto US 0 -196 317
513 0
UKAF AUJH
94 John Holgate AU 0 -196 346
542 0
THJK USBC
95 Dhanapala Silva SC 0 -202 286
488 0
CADB UKAW
96 Alec Webb UK 0 -211 225
436 0
USJL SCDS
97 Antonin Michel FR 0 -211 328
539 0
NZKB ROCC
98 Caitlin-Eugen Caba RO 0 -245 287
532 0
USLS FRAM
Here are the pairings as initially reported. In each pairing, the player on the left will play first. American and Canadian players are listed at the top of the table.
| Player 1 | Player 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Fisher | England | Brian Cappelletto | U.S.A. |
| Virgilio Quiballo | Philippines | Joe Edley | U.S.A. |
| Rashid Khan | Pakistan | Paul Epstein | U.S.A. |
| Joan Rosenthal | Australia | Robert Felt | U.S.A. |
| Randy Hersom | U.S.A. | Catherine Costello | Ireland |
| Phil Appleby | England | Lisa Odom | U.S.A. |
| Pui Cheng Wui | Malaysia | Steve Polatnick | U.S.A. |
| Caitlin-Eugen Caba | Romania | Lester Schonbrun | U.S.A. |
| Peter Sinton | New Zealand | Ron Tiekert | U.S.A. |
| Arvind Abraham | U.A.E. | David Wiegand | U.S.A. |
| Andrew Cook | England | Jim Geary | U.S.A. |
| Alec Webb | England | John Luebkmann | U.S.A. |
| Bob Lipton | U.S.A. | Joel Wapnick | Canada |
| Jim Nanavati | Canada | Joel Sherman | U.S.A. |
| Dhanapala Silva | Seychelles | David Boys | Canada |
| James Cherry | Canada | Steven Gruzd | South Africa |
| Albert Hahn | Canada | Eugene Goh | Singapore |
| Adam Logan | Canada | Russell Byers | England |
| Alistair Kane | Australia | David Webb | England |
| Amnuay Ploysangngam | Thailand | Cher Siong Gan | Singapore |
| Antonin Michel | France | Kendall Boyd | New Zealand |
| Brendan McDonald | Ireland | Naween Fernando | Sri Lanka |
| Brett Smitheram | England | Laurentiu Sandu | Romania |
| Chrys Placca | Ghana | Selwyn Lobo | U.A.E. |
| Dixon Assessa | Kenya | Paul Cleary | Australia |
| Femi Awawade | Nigeria | Matayo Bwire | Kenya |
| Ganesh Asirvatham | Malaysia | Mario Saliba | Malta |
| Helen Gipson | England | Peter Elbourne | Malta |
| Howard Warner | New Zealand | Ronald Credo | Philippines |
| Jeff Grant | New Zealand | Wone Mamadou | Kuwait |
| John Holgate | Australia | Jakkrit Klaphajone | Thailand |
| Johnson Fasuba | Seychelles | Gareth Williams | Wales |
| Keichiro Hirai | Japan | Linda Pray | Oman |
| Kong Chock Heng | Malaysia | Lakshan Wanniarachch | Sri Lanka |
| Mark Nyman | England | Roland Filio | Bahrain |
| Michael Carter | Guyana | Bob Jackman | Australia |
| Michael Gongolo | Kenya | Sayeed Jimoh | Nigeria |
| Michael Pray | Oman | Odette Rio | Philippines |
| Michael Quao | Ghana | Kunihiko Kuroda | Japan |
| Michael Tang | Singapore | Trevor Holmeier | South Africa |
| Mohan Chunkath | India | Barbara Berlin | Australia |
| Nigel Richards | New Zealand | Owen Bondin | Malta |
| Rodney Judd | Pakistan | Ishtiaq Chishty | Saudi Arabia |
| Roger Blom | Australia | Akshay Bhandarkar | Gulf |
| Shafique Thobani | Kenya | Leslie Charles | Trinidad |
| Stanley Ndungu | Kenya | Taewan Sutthasin | Thailand |
| Tony Sim | Singapore | Ricardo Gonzalez | Saudi Arabia |
| Victor Amartey | Ghana | Suresh Chinnaiyah | Sri Lanka |
| Vivian Penaflor | Bahrain | Edward Metivier | Trinidad |
| Wilma Warwick | Scotland | Pakorn Nemitrmansuk | Thailand |
| Wojciech Usakiewicz | Poland | Gold Eburu | Nigeria |
| Yawo Taki Angana | Ghana | Dylan Early | South Africa |
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