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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...
(We're still waiting for Jane's report.)Here are the results from the official web site.
High Word: Selwyn Lobo: PRESIDER (158) Rk Player Country W Spread 1 Nigel Richards New Zealand 4 +470 2 Dylan Early South Africa 4 +415 3 Ronald Credo Philippines 4 +387 4 Mark Nyman England 4 +333 5 Helen Gipson England 4 +221 6 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 4 +192 7 Andrew Fisher England 3 +454 8 David Boys Canada 3 +431 9 Joel Wapnick Canada 3 +375 10 Roger Blom Australia 3 +308 11 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 3 +262 12 Joe Edley U.S.A. 3 +258 13 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 3 +254 14 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 3 +249 15 Femi Awowade Nigeria 3 +248 16 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 3 +214 17 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 3 +213 18 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 3 +206 19 Michael Gongolo Kenya 3 +176 20 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 3 +159 21 Adam Logan Canada 3 +146 22 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 3 +132 23 Mohan Chunkath India 3 +111 24 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 3 +103 25 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 3 +100 26 Rashid Khan Pakistan 3 +69 27 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 3 +64 28 Robert Felt U.S.A. 3 +56 29 Phil Appleby England 3 +55 30 Peter Sinton New Zealand 3 +53 31 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 3 +44 32 Brett Smitheram England 2 +309 33 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 2 +244 34 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 2 +196 35 Howard Warner New Zealand 2 +158 36 Gareth Williams Wales 2 +136 37 John Luebkmann U.S.A. 2 +129 38 Roland Filio Bahrain 2 +120 39 Odette Rio Philippines 2 +100 40 A Ganesh Malaysia 2 +96 41 David Wiegand U.S.A. 2 +91 42 Akshay Bhandarkar Gulf 2 +79 43 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 2 +69 44 Shafique Thobani Kenya 2 +57 45 Owen Bondin Malta 2 +56 46 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 2 +55 47 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 2 +32 48 Leslie Charles Trinidad 2 +21 49 James Cherry Canada 2 +12 50 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 2 +2 51 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 2 -25 52 Albert Hahn Canada 2 -30 53 Jim Geary U.S.A. 2 -40 54 Wilma Warwick Scotland 2 -45 55 Russell Byers England 2 -67 56 Eugene Goh Singapore 2 -72 57 Bob Jackman Australia 2 -76 58 Paul Cleary Australia 2 -129 59 Gold Eburu Nigeria 2 -137 60 John Holgate Australia 2 -140 61 Jim Nanavati Canada 2 -145 62 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 2 -155 63 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 2 -157 64 Jeff Grant New Zealand 2 -197 65 Steven Gruzd South Africa 2 -253 66 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 2 -329 67 Keichiro Hirai Japan 1.5 -40 68 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 1.5 -65 69 Dixon Assessa Kenya 1 +81 70 David Webb England 1 -14 71 Tony Sim Singapore 1 -27 72 Joan Rosenthal Australia 1 -59 73 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 1 -62 74 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 1 -81 75 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 1 -82 76 Alec Webb England 1 -86 77 Andrew Cook England 1 -95 78 Matayo Bwire Kenya 1 -97 79 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 1 -109 80 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 1 -110 81 Alistair Kane Australia 1 -169 82 Edward Metivier Trinidad 1 -178 83 Peter Elbourne Malta 1 -210 84 Catherine Costello Ireland 1 -225 85 Antonin Michel France 1 -226 86 Rodney Judd Pakistan 1 -263 87 Michael Pray Oman 1 -267 88 Linda Pray Oman 1 -315 89 Michael Tang Singapore 1 -352 90 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 1 -430 91 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 1 -459 92 Mario Saliba Malta 1 -478 93 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 0 -216 94 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 0 -306 95 Barbara Berlin Australia 0 -313 96 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 0 -414 97 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 0 -415 98 Caitlin-Eugen Caba Romania 0 -641
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
1 Nigel Richards NZ 4 470 453 457 538 449
418 355 324 330 0
>MAOB>TREM>MYPC>NZKB ZADE
2 Dylan Early ZA 4 415 471 446 522 453
338 391 318 430 0
>AUBJ>SGTS>SGCS>UKAF NZNR
3 Ronald Credo PH 4 387 402 592 420 487
390 339 370 415 0
>NZHW>THPN>USRH>USLS UKMN
4 Mark Nyman UK 4 333 442 390 487 455
396 326 306 413 0
>BARF>IEBM>NZJG>USJE PHRC
5 Helen Gipson UK 4 221 371 446 462 407
353 373 410 329 0
>MAPE>ZATH>THTS>USRF AEAA
6 Arvind Abraham AE 4 192 464 408 419 371
345 375 380 370 0
>USDW>UKAC>CAAH>KEMG UKHG
7 Andrew Fisher UK 3 454 513 436 509 430
317 312 352 453 0
>USBC>THJK>MYAG ZADE CADB
8 David Boys CA 3 431 488 417 450 482
286 432 348 340 0
>SCDS NZKB>NZPS>WAGW UKAF
9 Joel Wapnick CA 3 375 521 477 395 531
367 353 442 387 0
>USBL>USJS USLS>USJL AURB
10 Roger Blom AU 3 308 463 347 523 363
394 460 265 269 0
>GUAB LKSC>POWU>PHOR CAJW
11 Lisa Odom US 3 262 364 448 451 582
430 388 450 315 0
UKPA>USPE>USRT>ZASG USJE
12 Joe Edley US 3 258 391 466 445 413
353 292 357 455 0
>PHVQ>NIGE>LKSC UKMN USLO
13 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 3 254 542 312 403 442
346 436 344 319 0
>AUJH UKAF>SGTS>BHVP USLS
14 Lester Schonbrun US 3 249 532 423 442 415
287 394 395 487 0
>ROCC>USJL>CAJW PHRC THJK
15 Femi Awowade NI 3 248 482 397 396 444
377 420 351 323 0
>KEMB KEMG>BHVP>UKAW NISJ
16 Saheed Jimoh NI 3 214 299 381 424 435
405 369 244 307 0
KEMG>KEMB>MTMS>CAAH NIFA
17 Randy Hersom US 3 213 479 457 370 408
285 416 420 380 0
>IECC>UKBS PHRC>BARF NZKB
18 Kendall Boyd NZ 3 206 539 432 400 330
328 417 301 449 0
>FRAM>CADB>CAAL NZNR USRH
19 Michael Gongolo KE 3 176 405 420 440 370
299 397 392 371 0
>NISJ>NIFA>KEST AEAA USBL
20 Bob Lipton US 3 159 367 405 533 436
521 370 284 407 0
CAJW>CAJN>ROLS>MYAG KEMG
21 Adam Logan CA 3 146 513 503 301 372
459 343 400 341 0
>UKRB>AUPC NZKB>USDW LKSC
22 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 3 132 452 460 357 423
374 347 445 394 0
>AESL>AURB USJE>GUAB CAAL
23 Mohan Chunkath IN 3 111 430 355 409 429
388 472 318 334 0
>AUBB SGCS>TREM>UKRB USJS
24 Joel Sherman US 3 103 497 353 433 372
320 477 405 350 0
>CAJN CAJW>USSP>KEST INMC
25 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 3 100 408 373 513 436
393 446 401 390 0
>SGMT UKHG>PKRJ>TRLC PKRK
26 Rashid Khan PK 3 69 361 398 330 387
297 415 327 368 0
>USPE UKPA>UKAW>THTS ZATH
27 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 3 64 409 389 422 368
448 380 407 289 0
SGCS>AUBB>IEBM>AUPC USRF
28 Robert Felt US 3 56 436 348 495 329
408 296 441 407 0
>AUJR>AUAK>UKPA UKHG THAP
29 Phil Appleby UK 3 55 430 415 441 452
364 398 495 426 0
>USLO>PKRK USRF>CAJC NZPS
30 Peter Sinton NZ 3 53 344 370 348 480
311 355 450 373 0
>USRT>MYKC CADB>SGCS UKPA
31 Pui Cheng Wui MY 3 44 444 487 324 511
443 352 538 389 0
>USSP>SCWW NZNR>NZJG UKBS
32 Brett Smitheram UK 2 309 528 416 351 468
346 457 442 209 0
>ROLS USRH USJL>MAPE MYPC
33 Ron Tiekert US 2 244 311 426 450 577
344 402 451 323 0
NZPS>LKLW USLO>OMMP MYKC
34 Kong Chock Heng MY 2 196 404 355 388 536
370 370 482 265 0
>LKLW NZPS USDW>SGMT USRT
35 Howard Warner NZ 2 158 390 377 542 419
402 435 357 376 0
PHRC USSP>LKLW>NIGE WAGW
36 Gareth Williams WA 2 136 438 351 422 340
326 361 246 482 0
>SCJF KEST>UKAC CADB NZHW
37 John Luebkmann US 2 129 436 394 442 387
225 423 351 531 0
>UKAW USLS>UKBS CAJW BARF
38 Roland Filio BA 2 120 396 466 481 380
442 431 322 408 0
UKMN>SLNF>AUBJ USRH USJL
39 Odette Rio PH 2 100 415 407 482 269
331 422 357 363 0
>OMMP NZJG>SAIC AURB MYAG
40 A Ganesh MY 2 96 403 482 352 407
308 295 509 436 0
>MTMS>OMLP UKAF USBL PHOR
41 David Wiegand US 2 91 345 515 482 341
464 368 388 372 0
AEAA>USJG>MYKC CAAL GUAB
42 Akshay Bhandarkar GU 2 79 394 452 436 394
463 368 343 423 0
AURB>SGEG>SGMT LKSC USDW
43 Steve Polatnick US 2 69 443 435 405 423
444 377 433 383 0
MYPC>NZHW USJS>UKDW KEST
44 Shafique Thobani KE 2 57 406 361 392 350
289 351 440 372 0
>TRLC>WAGW KEMG USJS USSP
45 Owen Bondin MA 2 56 418 335 440 424
453 456 274 378 0
NZNR BHVP>JPKK>SGTS PHVQ
46 Virgilio Quiballo PH 2 55 353 413 402 385
391 416 355 336 0
USJE POWU>THPN>AUJR MAOB
47 Taewan Sutthasin TH 2 32 416 331 410 368
335 309 462 387 0
>KESN>SAIC UKHG PKRK TRLC
48 Leslie Charles TR 2 21 289 462 406 390
406 423 261 436 0
KEST>SCJF>OMLP ZATH THTS
49 James Cherry CA 2 12 355 472 377 426
424 372 370 452 0
ZASG>AESL>UKDW UKPA IEBM
50 Brendan McDonnell IE 2 2 428 326 407 430
384 390 422 393 0
>SLNF UKMN THAP>AESL CAJC
51 Stanley Ndungu KE 2 -25 335 411 337 408
416 435 335 330 0
THTS PKRJ>KEDA>AUAK CAAH
52 Albert Hahn CA 2 -30 398 416 380 307
330 347 419 435 0
>SGEG>ZASG AEAA NISJ KESN
53 Jim Geary US 2 -40 296 368 402 573
422 515 376 366 0
UKAC USDW>SARG>MTMS SCWW
54 Wilma Warwick SC 2 -45 361 352 445 421
366 487 421 350 0
THPN MYPC>USPE>FRAM USJG
55 Russell Byers UK 2 -67 459 407 442 334
513 384 383 429 0
CAAL>KEDA>AUAK INMC SGEG
56 Eugene Goh SG 2 -72 330 368 396 399
398 452 328 387 0
CAAH GUAB>SCJF>UKAC UKRB
57 Bob Jackman AU 2 -76 338 434 322 391
471 311 481 298 0
ZADE>SARG BARF>PKRJ AUPC
58 Paul Cleary AU 2 -129 468 343 407 289
406 503 359 368 0
>KEDA CAAL>FRAM THAP AUBJ
59 Gold Eburu NI 2 -137 396 292 418 376
359 466 375 419 0
>POWU USJE>AUJH NZHW CAJN
60 John Holgate AU 2 -140 346 428 375 428
542 415 418 342 0
THJK>USBC NIGE>OMLP SGCS
61 Jim Nanavati CA 2 -145 320 370 387 443
497 405 339 424 0
USJS USBL>IECC>TREM NIGE
62 Cher Siong Gan SG 2 -155 448 472 318 373
409 355 522 480 0
>THAP>INMC ZADE NZPS AUJH
63 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 2 -157 366 339 355 463
361 592 402 325 0
>SCWW PHRC PHVQ>POWU NZJG
64 Jeff Grant NZ 2 -197 441 422 306 389
350 407 487 511 0
>JPKK>PHOR UKMN MYPC THPN
65 Steven Gruzd ZA 2 -253 424 347 415 315
355 416 401 582 0
>CAJC CAAH>OMMP USLO ROLS
66 Laurentiu Sandu RO 2 -329 346 401 284 390
528 346 533 343 0
UKBS>IECC USBL>SCDS ZASG
67 Keichiro Hirai JP 1.5 -40 333 405 379 377
436 409 312 377 0
OMLP MTMS>KEMB=SAIC KEDA
68 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 1.5 -65 418 309 357 377
336 331 482 377 0
>PKRJ THTS PHOR=JPKH UKDW
69 Dixon Assessa KE 1 81 406 384 335 489
468 407 337 321 0
AUPC UKRB KESN>AUBB JPKH
70 David Webb UK 1 -14 421 492 370 383
441 439 377 423 0
AUAK>AUJR CAJC USSP SAIC
71 Tony Sim SG 1 -27 431 391 344 378
298 446 403 424 0
>SARG ZADE THJK MAOB AUJR
72 Joan Rosenthal AU 1 -59 408 439 432 336
436 492 361 385 0
USRF UKDW>SLNF PHVQ SGTS
73 Selwyn Lobo AE 1 -62 374 372 557 393
452 472 404 430 0
LKSC CAJC>USBC IEBM BHVP
74 Vivian Penaflor BH 1 -81 377 456 351 319
411 335 396 442 0
TREM>MAOB NIFA THJK AESL
75 Naween Fernando SL 1 -82 384 431 361 440
428 466 432 372 0
IEBM BARF AUJR>USPE UKAW
76 Alec Webb UK 1 -86 225 528 327 323
436 279 330 444 0
USJL>SCDS PKRK NIFA SLNF
77 Andrew Cook UK 1 -95 422 375 246 387
296 408 422 399 0
>USJG AEAA WAGW SGEG KEMB
78 Matayo Bwire KE 1 -97 377 369 312 423
482 381 379 336 0
NIFA NISJ JPKH>SCJF UKAC
79 Brian Cappelletto US 1 -109 317 415 404 502
513 428 557 249 0
UKAF AUJH AESL>ROCC SARG
80 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 1 -110 298 311 376 461
431 434 402 289 0
SGTS AUBJ USJG>LKLW USBC
81 Alistair Kane AU 1 -169 441 296 383 330
421 348 442 408 0
>UKDW USRF UKRB KESN TREM
82 Edward Metivier TR 1 -178 411 355 318 424
377 457 409 443 0
>BHVP NZNR INMC CAJN AUAK
83 Peter Elbourne MA 1 -210 353 323 445 209
371 350 351 468 0
UKHG SGMT>AUBB UKBS IECC
84 Catherine Costello IE 1 -225 285 346 339 405
479 401 387 333 0
USRH ROLS CAJN>JPKK MAPE
85 Antonin Michel FR 1 -226 328 404 359 350
539 300 407 421 0
NZKB>ROCC AUPC SCWW PKRJ
86 Rodney Judd PK 1 -263 336 435 401 298
418 411 513 391 0
SAIC>KESN ZATH AUBJ FRAM
87 Michael Pray OM 1 -267 331 388 401 323
415 303 415 577 0
PHOR>JPKK ZASG USRT OMLP
88 Linda Pray OM 1 -315 436 295 261 342
333 482 406 428 0
>JPKH MYAG TRLC AUJH OMMP
89 Michael Tang SG 1 -352 393 350 343 265
408 323 436 536 0
ZATH>MAPE GUAB MYKC POWU
90 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 1 -430 359 416 265 325
396 413 523 463 0
NIGE>PHVQ AURB THPN SGMT
91 Dhanapala Silva SC 1 -459 286 279 370 343
488 528 331 390 0
CADB UKAW>ROCC ROLS MTMS
92 Mario Saliba MT 1 -478 308 409 244 366
403 405 424 573 0
MYAG>JPKH NISJ USJG SCDS
93 Paul Epstein US 0 -216 297 388 421 372
361 448 445 440 0
PKRK USLO SCWW SLNF SCJF
94 Johnson Fasuba SC 0 -306 326 423 328 336
438 462 396 423 0
WAGW TRLC SGEG KEMB USPE
95 Barbara Berlin AU 0 -313 388 380 351 321
430 389 445 489 0
INMC THAP MAPE KEDA JPKK
96 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 0 -414 350 303 274 333
441 388 440 405 0
NZJG OMMP MAOB IECC AUBB
97 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 0 -415 370 402 357 289
404 426 542 461 0
MYKC USRT NZHW SARG ROCC
98 Caitlin-Eugen Caba RO 0 -641 287 300 331 249
532 404 370 502 0
USLS FRAM SCDS USBC LKLW
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