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World
SCRABBLE®
Championship
Melbourne, Australia
November 3 - 7
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1999 World SCRABBLE® Championship
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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...
From Jim Nanavati: " After 2 games I'm perfect (0-2). I have followed the same script twice. Get an early lead, play tons of tiles, fail to pick up a blank and then watch as my foes play bingo after bingo between snickers. Not that I am complaining.And here are the results as reported by the official web site.Some anagramming challenges by way of a hello to those back home: Hi to NIDI, MARINA, MICA, SLY, LARK, HEP, JUDY (perfectly good OSW word), ANT, KIN, ALAR, HAET AND HASTA. All acceptable words by the way!"
These are family members, Jim says.
High Game: Ronald Credo (592) Rk Player Country W Spread 1 Andrew Fisher England 2 +320 2 A Ganesh Malaysia 2 +282 3 Joel Wapnick Canada 2 +278 4 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 2 +274 5 Ronald Credo Philippines 2 +265 6 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 2 +235 7 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 2 +226 8 Adam Logan Canada 2 +214 9 Joe Edley U.S.A. 2 +212 10 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 2 +191 11 Dylan Early South Africa 2 +188 12 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 2 +156 13 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 2 +152 14 Albert Hahn Canada 2 +137 14 Nigel Richards New Zealand 2 +137 16 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 2 +136 17 Michael Gongolo Kenya 2 +129 18 Shafique Thobani Kenya 2 +127 19 Mark Nyman England 2 +110 20 Jeff Grant New Zealand 2 +106 21 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 2 +103 22 Helen Gipson England 2 +91 23 Phil Appleby England 2 +83 24 Robert Felt U.S.A. 2 +80 25 Peter Sinton New Zealand 2 +48 26 David Boys Canada 1 +187 27 John Luebkmann U.S.A. 1 +182 28 Brett Smitheram England 1 +141 29 Gareth Williams Wales 1 +102 30 Andrew Cook England 1 +93 31 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 1 +87 32 Femi Awawade Nigeria 1 +82 33 Tony Sim Singapore 1 +78 34 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 1 +72 35 Odette Rio Philippines 1 +69 36 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 1 +60 37 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 1 +57 38 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 1 +53 39 Rashid Khan Pakistan 1 +47 40 Alec Webb England 1 +38 41 David Webb England 1 +33 42 James Cherry Canada 1 +31 43 David Wiegand U.S.A. 1 +28 44 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 1 +19 45 Akshay Bhandarkar Gulf 1 +15 46 Michael Tang Singapore 1 +12 47 Michael Pray Oman 1 +1 48 Steven Gruzd South Africa 1 +0 49 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 1 -6 50 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 1 -9 51 Bob Jackman Australia 1 -10 52 Roland Filio Bahrain 1 -11 53 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 1 -20 54 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 1 -30 55 Russell Byers England 1 -31 56 Alistair Kane Australia 1 -32 57 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 1 -34 58 Roger Blom Australia 1 -44 59 Rodney Judd Pakistan 1 -58 59 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 1 -58 61 Edward Metivier Trinidad 1 -68 62 Mohan Chunkath India 1 -75 63 Leslie Charles Trinidad 1 -78 64 Linda Pray Oman 1 -84 65 Mario Saliba Malta 1 -91 66 Sayeed Jimoh Nigeria 1 -94 67 Paul Cleary Australia 1 -98 68 Antonin Michel France 1 -107 69 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 1 -119 70 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 1 -127 71 Gold Eburu Nigeria 1 -137 72 John Holgate Australia 1 -183 73 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 1 -248 74 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 0 -41 75 Peter Elbourne Malta 0 -45 76 Barbara Berlin Australia 0 -51 77 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 0 -58 78 Howard Warner New Zealand 0 -70 79 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 0 -79 80 Joan Rosenthal Australia 0 -81 81 Dixon Assessa Kenya 0 -85 82 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 0 -105 83 Keichiro Hirai Japan 0 -107 84 Matayo Bwire Kenya 0 -117 85 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 0 -124 86 Wilma Warwick Scotland 0 -140 87 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 0 -151 88 Eugene Goh Singapore 0 -152 89 Owen Bondin Malta 0 -156 90 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 0 -176 91 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 0 -178 92 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 0 -209 93 Jim Nanavati Canada 0 -212 94 Catherine Costello Ireland 0 -249 95 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 0 -256 96 Jim Geary U.S.A. 0 -273 97 Caitlin-Eugen Caba Romania 0 -349 98 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 0 -451
Here are game scores, as officially reported:
1 Andrew Fisher UK 2 320 513 436
317 312 0
>USBC>THJK MYAG
2 A Ganesh MY 2 282 403 482
308 295 0
>MTMS>OMLP UKAF
3 Joel Wapnick CA 2 278 521 477
367 353 0
>USBL>USJS USLS
4 Lester Schonbrun US 2 274 532 423
287 394 0
>ROCC>USJL CAJW
5 Ronald Credo PH 2 265 402 592
390 339 0
>NZHW>THPN USRH
6 Randy Hersom US 2 235 479 457
285 416 0
>IECC>UKBS PHRC
7 Kendall Boyd NZ 2 226 539 432
328 417 0
>FRAM>CADB CAAL
8 Adam Logan CA 2 214 513 503
459 343 0
>UKRB>AUPC NZKB
9 Joe Edley US 2 212 391 466
353 292 0
>PHVQ>NIGE LKSC
10 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 2 191 452 460
374 347 0
>AESL>AURB USJE
11 Dylan Early ZA 2 188 471 446
338 391 0
>AUBJ>SGTS SGCS
12 Cher Siong Gan SG 2 156 448 472
409 355 0
>THAP>INMC ZADE
13 Arvind Abraham AE 2 152 464 408
345 375 0
>USDW>UKAC CAAH
14 Albert Hahn CA 2 137 398 416
330 347 0
>SGEG>ZASG AEAA
15 Nigel Richards NZ 2 137 453 457
418 355 0
>MAOB>TREM MYPC
16 Pui Cheng Wui MY 2 136 444 487
443 352 0
>USSP>SCWW NZNR
17 Michael Gongolo KE 2 129 405 420
299 397 0
>NISJ>NIFA KEST
18 Shafique Thobani KE 2 127 406 361
289 351 0
>TRLC>WAGW KEMG
19 Mark Nyman UK 2 110 442 390
396 326 0
>BARF>IEBM NZJG
20 Jeff Grant NZ 2 106 441 422
350 407 0
>JPKK>PHOR UKMN
21 Taewan Sutthasin TH 2 103 416 331
335 309 0
>KESN>SAIC UKHG
22 Helen Gipson UK 2 91 371 446
353 373 0
>MAPE>ZATH THTS
23 Phil Appleby UK 2 83 430 415
364 398 0
>USLO>PKRK USRF
24 Robert Felt US 2 80 436 348
408 296 0
>AUJR>AUAK UKPA
25 Peter Sinton NZ 2 48 344 370
311 355 0
>USRT>MYKC CADB
26 David Boys CA 1 187 488 417
286 432 0
>SCDS NZKB NZPS
27 John Luebkmann US 1 182 436 394
225 423 0
>UKAW USLS UKBS
28 Brett Smitheram UK 1 141 528 416
346 457 0
>ROLS USRH USJL
29 Gareth Williams WA 1 102 438 351
326 361 0
>SCJF KEST UKAC
30 Andrew Cook UK 1 93 422 375
296 408 0
>USJG AEAA WAGW
31 Vivian Penaflor BH 1 87 377 456
411 335 0
TREM>MAOB NIFA
32 Femi Awawade NI 1 82 482 397
377 420 0
>KEMB KEMG BHVP
33 Tony Sim SG 1 78 431 391
298 446 0
>SARG ZADE THJK
34 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 1 72 542 312
346 436 0
>AUJH UKAF SGTS
35 Odette Rio PH 1 69 415 407
331 422 0
>OMMP NZJG SAIC
36 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 1 60 418 309
336 331 0
>PKRJ THTS PHOR
37 Steve Polatnick US 1 57 443 435
444 377 0
MYPC>NZHW USJS
38 Joel Sherman US 1 53 497 353
320 477 0
>CAJN CAJW USSP
39 Rashid Khan PK 1 47 361 398
297 415 0
>USPE UKPA UKAW
40 Alec Webb UK 1 38 225 528
436 279 0
USJL>SCDS PKRK
41 David Webb UK 1 33 421 492
441 439 0
AUAK>AUJR CAJC
42 James Cherry CA 1 31 355 472
424 372 0
ZASG>AESL UKDW
43 David Wiegand US 1 28 345 515
464 368 0
AEAA>USJG MYKC
44 Kong Chock Heng MY 1 19 404 355
370 370 0
>LKLW NZPS USDW
45 Akshay Bhandarkar GU 1 15 394 452
463 368 0
AURB>SGEG SGMT
46 Michael Tang SG 1 12 393 350
408 323 0
ZATH>MAPE GUAB
47 Michael Pray OM 1 1 331 388
415 303 0
PHOR>JPKK ZASG
48 Steven Gruzd ZA 1 0 424 347
355 416 0
>CAJC CAAH OMMP
49 Lisa Odom US 1 -6 364 448
430 388 0
UKPA>USPE USRT
50 Ron Tiekert US 1 -9 311 426
344 402 0
NZPS>LKLW USLO
51 Bob Jackman AU 1 -10 338 434
471 311 0
ZADE>SARG BARF
52 Roland Filio BA 1 -11 396 466
442 431 0
UKMN>SLNF AUBJ
53 Brendan McDonnell IE 1 -20 428 326
384 390 0
>SLNF UKMN THAP
54 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 1 -30 409 389
448 380 0
SGCS>AUBB IEBM
55 Russell Byers UK 1 -31 459 407
513 384 0
CAAL>KEDA AUAK
56 Alistair Kane AU 1 -32 441 296
421 348 0
>UKDW USRF UKRB
57 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 1 -34 359 416
396 413 0
NIGE>PHVQ AURB
58 Roger Blom AU 1 -44 463 347
394 460 0
>GUAB LKSC POWU
59 Rodney Judd PK 1 -58 336 435
418 411 0
SAIC>KESN ZATH
60 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 1 -58 408 373
393 446 0
>SGMT UKHG PKRJ
61 Edward Metivier TR 1 -68 411 355
377 457 0
>BHVP NZNR INMC
62 Mohan Chunkath IN 1 -75 430 355
388 472 0
>AUBB SGCS TREM
63 Leslie Charles TR 1 -78 289 462
406 423 0
KEST>SCJF OMLP
64 Linda Pray OM 1 -84 436 295
333 482 0
>JPKH MYAG TRLC
65 Mario Saliba MT 1 -91 308 409
403 405 0
MYAG>JPKH NISJ
66 Sayeed Jimoh NI 1 -94 299 381
405 369 0
KEMG>KEMB MTMS
67 Paul Cleary AU 1 -98 468 343
406 503 0
>KEDA CAAL FRAM
68 Antonin Michel FR 1 -107 328 404
539 300 0
NZKB>ROCC AUPC
69 Bob Lipton US 1 -119 367 405
521 370 0
CAJW>CAJN ROLS
70 Laurentiu Sandu RO 1 -127 346 401
528 346 0
UKBS>IECC USBL
71 Gold Eburu NI 1 -137 396 292
359 466 0
>POWU USJE AUJH
72 John Holgate AU 1 -183 346 428
542 415 0
THJK>USBC NIGE
73 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 1 -248 366 339
361 592 0
>SCWW PHRC PHVQ
74 Virgilio Quiballo PH 0 -41 353 413
391 416 0
USJE POWU THPN
75 Peter Elbourne MA 0 -45 353 323
371 350 0
UKHG SGMT AUBB
76 Barbara Berlin AU 0 -51 388 380
430 389 0
INMC THAP MAPE
77 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 0 -58 370 402
404 426 0
MYKC USRT NZHW
78 Howard Warner NZ 0 -70 390 377
402 435 0
PHRC USSP LKLW
79 Naween Fernando SL 0 -79 384 431
428 466 0
IEBM BARF AUJR
80 Joan Rosenthal AU 0 -81 408 439
436 492 0
USRF UKDW SLNF
81 Dixon Assessa KE 0 -85 406 384
468 407 0
AUPC UKRB KESN
82 Stanley Ndungu KE 0 -105 335 411
416 435 0
THTS PKRJ KEDA
83 Keichiro Hirai JP 0 -107 333 405
436 409 0
OMLP MTMS KEMB
84 Matayo Bwire KE 0 -117 377 369
482 381 0
NIFA NISJ JPKH
85 Paul Epstein US 0 -124 297 388
361 448 0
PKRK USLO SCWW
86 Wilma Warwick SC 0 -140 361 352
366 487 0
THPN MYPC USPE
87 Johnson Fasuba SC 0 -151 326 423
438 462 0
WAGW TRLC SGEG
88 Eugene Goh SG 0 -152 330 368
398 452 0
CAAH GUAB SCJF
89 Owen Bondin MA 0 -156 418 335
453 456 0
NZNR BHVP JPKK
90 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 0 -176 350 303
441 388 0
NZJG OMMP MAOB
91 Selwyn Lobo AE 0 -178 374 372
452 472 0
LKSC CAJC USBC
92 Brian Cappelletto US 0 -209 317 415
513 428 0
UKAF AUJH AESL
93 Jim Nanavati CA 0 -212 320 370
497 405 0
USJS USBL IECC
94 Catherine Costello IE 0 -249 285 346
479 401 0
USRH ROLS CAJN
95 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 0 -256 298 311
431 434 0
SGTS AUBJ USJG
96 Jim Geary US 0 -273 296 368
422 515 0
UKAC USDW SARG
97 Caitlin-Eugen Caba RO 0 -349 287 300
532 404 0
USLS FRAM SCDS
98 Dhanapala Silva SC 0 -451 286 279
488 528 0
CADB UKAW ROCC
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