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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.
Rk Player Country W Spread 1 Nigel Richards New Zealand 5 +676 2 Ronald Credo Philippines 5 +440 3 Helen Gipson England 5 +228 4 David Boys Canada 4 +443 5 Joel Wapnick Canada 4 +427 6 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 4 +357 7 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 4 +316 8 Mark Nyman England 4 +280 9 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 4 +263 10 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 4 +248 11 Michael Gongolo Kenya 4 +210 11 Phil Appleby England 4 +210 13 Dylan Early South Africa 4 +209 14 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 4 +185 15 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 4 +178 16 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 4 +156 17 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 4 +143 18 Robert Felt U.S.A. 4 +134 19 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 4 +51 20 Andrew Fisher England 3 +442 21 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 3 +360 22 Roland Filio Bahrain 3 +288 23 Roger Blom Australia 3 +256 24 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 3 +240 25 David Wiegand U.S.A. 3 +211 26 Gareth Williams Wales 3 +177 27 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 3 +171 28 Joe Edley U.S.A. 3 +163 29 Owen Bondin Malta 3 +156 30 James Cherry Canada 3 +154 31 Femi Awowade Nigeria 3 +146 32 A Ganesh Malaysia 3 +129 33 Leslie Charles Trinidad 3 +128 34 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 3 +125 35 Adam Logan Canada 3 +100 36 Shafique Thobani Kenya 3 +92 37 Mohan Chunkath India 3 +71 38 Russell Byers England 3 +39 39 Rashid Khan Pakistan 3 +13 40 Albert Hahn Canada 3 -8 41 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 3 -14 42 Wilma Warwick Scotland 3 -24 43 Paul Cleary Australia 3 -53 44 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 3 -66 45 Gold Eburu Nigeria 3 -73 46 John Holgate Australia 3 -97 47 Peter Sinton New Zealand 3 -102 48 Steven Gruzd South Africa 3 -149 49 Brett Smitheram England 2 +302 50 Tony Sim Singapore 2 +188 51 Howard Warner New Zealand 2 +117 52 David Webb England 2 +116 53 Dixon Assessa Kenya 2 +110 54 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 2 +80 55 Andrew Cook England 2 +74 56 Odette Rio Philippines 2 +67 57 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 2 +56 58 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 2 +49 59 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 2 +34 60 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 2 -27 61 John Luebkmann U.S.A. 2 -39 62 Akshay Bhandarkar Gulf 2 -41 63 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 2 -45 64 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 2 -47 65 Jim Geary U.S.A. 2 -61 66 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 2 -75 67 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 2 -140 68 Peter Elbourne Malta 2 -142 69 Alistair Kane Australia 2 -144 70 Bob Jackman Australia 2 -152 71 Rodney Judd Pakistan 2 -163 72 Eugene Goh Singapore 2 -178 73 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 2 -198 74 Jim Nanavati Canada 2 -209 75 Michael Pray Oman 2 -262 76 Jeff Grant New Zealand 2 -288 77 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 2 -429 78 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 2 -433 79 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 2 -454 80 Keichiro Hirai Japan 1.5 -69 81 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 1.5 -195 82 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 1 +39 83 Alec Webb England 1 -141 84 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 1 -164 85 Barbara Berlin Australia 1 -187 86 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 1 -199 87 Edward Metivier Trinidad 1 -203 88 Matayo Bwire Kenya 1 -266 89 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 1 -268 90 Joan Rosenthal Australia 1 -274 91 Catherine Costello Ireland 1 -293 92 Linda Pray Oman 1 -320 93 Antonin Michel France 1 -326 94 Michael Tang Singapore 1 -353 95 Mario Saliba Malta 1 -483 96 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 0 -540 97 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 0 -561 98 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 0 -892
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
1 Nigel Richards NZ 5 676 453 457 538 449 540
418 355 324 330 334 0
>MAOB>TREM>MYPC>NZKB>ZADE PHRC
2 Ronald Credo PH 5 440 402 592 420 487 394
390 339 370 415 341 0
>NZHW>THPN>USRH>USLS>UKMN NZNR
3 Helen Gipson UK 5 228 371 446 462 407 373
353 373 410 329 366 0
>MAPE>ZATH>THTS>USRF>AEAA CADB
4 David Boys CA 4 443 488 417 450 482 379
286 432 348 340 367 0
>SCDS NZKB>NZPS>WAGW>UKAF UKHG
5 Joel Wapnick CA 4 427 521 477 395 531 393
367 353 442 387 341 0
>USBL>USJS USLS>USJL>AURB USLO
6 Lisa Odom US 4 357 364 448 451 582 466
430 388 450 315 371 0
UKPA>USPE>USRT>ZASG>USJE CAJW
7 Saheed Jimoh NI 4 316 299 381 424 435 445
405 369 244 307 343 0
KEMG>KEMB>MTMS>CAAH>NIFA UKMN
8 Mark Nyman UK 4 280 442 390 487 455 341
396 326 306 413 394 0
>BARF>IEBM>NZJG>USJE PHRC NISJ
9 Lester Schonbrun US 4 263 532 423 442 415 387
287 394 395 487 373 0
>ROCC>USJL>CAJW PHRC>THJK USRH
10 Randy Hersom US 4 248 479 457 370 408 445
285 416 420 380 410 0
>IECC>UKBS PHRC>BARF>NZKB USLS
11 Michael Gongolo KE 4 210 405 420 440 370 390
299 397 392 371 356 0
>NISJ>NIFA>KEST AEAA>USBL UKPA
12 Phil Appleby UK 4 210 430 415 441 452 438
364 398 495 426 283 0
>USLO>PKRK USRF>CAJC>NZPS KEMG
13 Dylan Early ZA 4 209 471 446 522 453 334
338 391 318 430 540 0
>AUBJ>SGTS>SGCS>UKAF NZNR AEAA
14 Arvind Abraham AE 4 185 464 408 419 371 366
345 375 380 370 373 0
>USDW>UKAC>CAAH>KEMG UKHG ZADE
15 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 4 178 452 460 357 423 417
374 347 445 394 371 0
>AESL>AURB USJE>GUAB>CAAL ZATH
16 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 4 156 408 373 513 436 445
393 446 401 390 389 0
>SGMT UKHG>PKRJ>TRLC>PKRK LKSC
17 Joel Sherman US 4 143 497 353 433 372 434
320 477 405 350 394 0
>CAJN CAJW>USSP>KEST>INMC USRF
18 Robert Felt US 4 134 436 348 495 329 417
408 296 441 407 339 0
>AUJR>AUAK>UKPA UKHG>THAP USJS
19 Pui Cheng Wui MY 4 51 444 487 324 511 408
443 352 538 389 401 0
>USSP>SCWW NZNR>NZJG>UKBS UKAF
20 Andrew Fisher UK 3 442 513 436 509 430 367
317 312 352 453 379 0
>USBC>THJK>MYAG ZADE CADB MYPC
21 Ron Tiekert US 3 360 311 426 450 577 462
344 402 451 323 346 0
NZPS>LKLW USLO>OMMP>MYKC BARF
22 Roland Filio BA 3 288 396 466 481 380 572
442 431 322 408 404 0
UKMN>SLNF>AUBJ USRH>USJL USRT
23 Roger Blom AU 3 256 463 347 523 363 341
394 460 265 269 393 0
>GUAB LKSC>POWU>PHOR CAJW THJK
24 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 3 240 542 312 403 442 373
346 436 344 319 387 0
>AUJH UKAF>SGTS>BHVP USLS AURB
25 David Wiegand US 3 211 345 515 482 341 403
464 368 388 372 283 0
AEAA>USJG>MYKC CAAL>GUAB WAGW
26 Gareth Williams WA 3 177 438 351 422 340 399
326 361 246 482 358 0
>SCJF KEST>UKAC CADB>NZHW USDW
27 Kendall Boyd NZ 3 171 539 432 400 330 410
328 417 301 449 445 0
>FRAM>CADB>CAAL NZNR USRH USJE
28 Joe Edley US 3 163 391 466 445 413 371
353 292 357 455 466 0
>PHVQ>NIGE>LKSC UKMN USLO NZKB
29 Owen Bondin MA 3 156 418 335 440 424 461
453 456 274 378 361 0
NZNR BHVP>JPKK>SGTS>PHVQ CAJC
30 James Cherry CA 3 154 355 472 377 426 437
424 372 370 452 295 0
ZASG>AESL>UKDW UKPA>IEBM MAOB
31 Femi Awowade NI 3 146 482 397 396 444 343
377 420 351 323 445 0
>KEMB KEMG>BHVP>UKAW NISJ MYAG
32 A Ganesh MY 3 129 403 482 352 407 388
308 295 509 436 355 0
>MTMS>OMLP UKAF USBL>PHOR NIFA
33 Leslie Charles TR 3 128 289 462 406 390 485
406 423 261 436 378 0
KEST>SCJF>OMLP ZATH>THTS USBL
34 Bob Lipton US 3 125 367 405 533 436 356
521 370 284 407 390 0
CAJW>CAJN>ROLS>MYAG KEMG TRLC
35 Adam Logan CA 3 100 513 503 301 372 371
459 343 400 341 417 0
>UKRB>AUPC NZKB>USDW LKSC KEST
36 Shafique Thobani KE 3 92 406 361 392 350 408
289 351 440 372 373 0
>TRLC>WAGW KEMG USJS>USSP CAAL
37 Mohan Chunkath IN 3 71 430 355 409 429 394
388 472 318 334 434 0
>AUBB SGCS>TREM>UKRB USJS PKRK
38 Russell Byers UK 3 39 459 407 442 334 452
513 384 383 429 346 0
CAAL>KEDA>AUAK INMC>SGEG CAAH
39 Rashid Khan PK 3 13 361 398 330 387 389
297 415 327 368 445 0
>USPE UKPA>UKAW>THTS ZATH INMC
40 Albert Hahn CA 3 -8 398 416 380 307 351
330 347 419 435 329 0
>SGEG>ZASG AEAA NISJ>KESN UKRB
41 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 3 -14 409 389 422 368 339
448 380 407 289 417 0
SGCS>AUBB>IEBM>AUPC USRF SCWW
42 Wilma Warwick SC 3 -24 361 352 445 421 434
366 487 421 350 413 0
THPN MYPC>USPE>FRAM>USJG THAP
43 Paul Cleary AU 3 -53 468 343 407 289 386
406 503 359 368 310 0
>KEDA CAAL>FRAM THAP>AUBJ THPN
44 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 3 -66 366 339 355 463 444
361 592 402 325 353 0
>SCWW PHRC PHVQ>POWU>NZJG AUPC
45 Gold Eburu NI 3 -73 396 292 418 376 403
359 466 375 419 339 0
>POWU USJE>AUJH NZHW>CAJN NZPS
46 John Holgate AU 3 -97 346 428 375 428 413
542 415 418 342 370 0
THJK>USBC NIGE>OMLP>SGCS ZASG
47 Peter Sinton NZ 3 -102 344 370 348 480 283
311 355 450 373 438 0
>USRT>MYKC CADB>SGCS UKPA NIGE
48 Steven Gruzd ZA 3 -149 424 347 415 315 421
355 416 401 582 317 0
>CAJC CAAH>OMMP USLO>ROLS AUJH
49 Brett Smitheram UK 2 302 528 416 351 468 401
346 457 442 209 408 0
>ROLS USRH USJL>MAPE MYPC SGTS
50 Tony Sim SG 2 188 431 391 344 378 534
298 446 403 424 319 0
>SARG ZADE THJK MAOB>AUJR UKBS
51 Howard Warner NZ 2 117 390 377 542 419 358
402 435 357 376 399 0
PHRC USSP>LKLW>NIGE WAGW UKDW
52 David Webb UK 2 116 421 492 370 383 390
441 439 377 423 260 0
AUAK>AUJR CAJC USSP>SAIC NZHW
53 Dixon Assessa KE 2 110 406 384 335 489 386
468 407 337 321 357 0
AUPC UKRB KESN>AUBB>JPKH MYKC
54 Kong Chock Heng MY 2 80 404 355 388 536 346
370 370 482 265 462 0
>LKLW NZPS USDW>SGMT USRT KEDA
55 Andrew Cook UK 2 74 422 375 246 387 471
296 408 422 399 302 0
>USJG AEAA WAGW SGEG>KEMB PHOR
56 Odette Rio PH 2 67 415 407 482 269 355
331 422 357 363 388 0
>OMMP NZJG>SAIC AURB MYAG UKAC
57 Selwyn Lobo AE 2 56 374 372 557 393 452
452 472 404 430 334 0
LKSC CAJC>USBC IEBM>BHVP USSP
58 Brian Cappelletto US 2 49 317 415 404 502 513
513 428 557 249 355 0
UKAF AUJH AESL>ROCC>SARG SLNF
59 Steve Polatnick US 2 34 443 435 405 423 373
444 377 433 383 408 0
MYPC>NZHW USJS>UKDW KEST AESL
60 Naween Fernando SL 2 -27 384 431 361 440 393
428 466 432 372 338 0
IEBM BARF AUJR>USPE>UKAW USBC
61 John Luebkmann US 2 -39 436 394 442 387 404
225 423 351 531 572 0
>UKAW USLS>UKBS CAJW BARF GUAB
62 Akshay Bhandarkar GU 2 -41 394 452 436 394 283
463 368 343 423 403 0
AURB>SGEG>SGMT LKSC USDW USJL
63 Virgilio Quiballo PH 2 -45 353 413 402 385 361
391 416 355 336 461 0
USJE POWU>THPN>AUJR MAOB KESN
64 Stanley Ndungu KE 2 -47 335 411 337 408 329
416 435 335 330 351 0
THTS PKRJ>KEDA>AUAK CAAH PHVQ
65 Jim Geary US 2 -61 296 368 402 573 413
422 515 376 366 434 0
UKAC USDW>SARG>MTMS SCWW THTS
66 Taewan Sutthasin TH 2 -75 416 331 410 368 378
335 309 462 387 485 0
>KESN>SAIC UKHG PKRK TRLC USJG
67 Brendan McDonnell IE 2 -140 428 326 407 430 295
384 390 422 393 437 0
>SLNF UKMN THAP>AESL CAJC MAPE
68 Peter Elbourne MA 2 -142 353 323 445 209 343
371 350 351 468 275 0
UKHG SGMT>AUBB UKBS>IECC IEBM
69 Alistair Kane AU 2 -144 441 296 383 330 427
421 348 442 408 402 0
>UKDW USRF UKRB KESN>TREM AUBJ
70 Bob Jackman AU 2 -152 338 434 322 391 310
471 311 481 298 386 0
ZADE>SARG BARF>PKRJ AUPC AUAK
71 Rodney Judd PK 2 -163 336 435 401 298 474
418 411 513 391 374 0
SAIC>KESN ZATH AUBJ>FRAM SGEG
72 Eugene Goh SG 2 -178 330 368 396 399 346
398 452 328 387 452 0
CAAH GUAB>SCJF>UKAC UKRB PKRJ
73 Cher Siong Gan SG 2 -198 448 472 318 373 370
409 355 522 480 413 0
>THAP>INMC ZADE NZPS AUJH CAJN
74 Jim Nanavati CA 2 -209 320 370 387 443 339
497 405 339 424 403 0
USJS USBL>IECC>TREM NIGE SGCS
75 Michael Pray OM 2 -262 331 388 401 323 362
415 303 415 577 357 0
PHOR>JPKK ZASG USRT>OMLP NZJG
76 Jeff Grant NZ 2 -288 441 422 306 389 353
350 407 487 511 444 0
>JPKK>PHOR UKMN MYPC THPN OMMP
77 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 2 -429 359 416 265 325 388
396 413 523 463 387 0
NIGE>PHVQ AURB THPN>SGMT ROLS
78 Laurentiu Sandu RO 2 -433 346 401 284 390 317
528 346 533 343 421 0
UKBS>IECC USBL>SCDS ZASG POWU
79 Dhanapala Silva SC 2 -454 286 279 370 343 393
488 528 331 390 388 0
CADB UKAW>ROCC ROLS>MTMS JPKH
80 Keichiro Hirai JP 1.5 -69 333 405 379 377 357
436 409 312 377 386 0
OMLP MTMS>KEMB=SAIC KEDA SCDS
81 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 1.5 -195 418 309 357 377 260
336 331 482 377 390 0
>PKRJ THTS PHOR=JPKH UKDW USPE
82 Paul Epstein US 1 39 297 388 421 372 492
361 448 445 440 237 0
PKRK USLO SCWW SLNF>SCJF SAIC
83 Alec Webb UK 1 -141 225 528 327 323 338
436 279 330 444 393 0
USJL>SCDS PKRK NIFA SLNF LKLW
84 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 1 -164 370 402 357 289 510
404 426 542 461 259 0
MYKC USRT NZHW SARG>ROCC UKAW
85 Barbara Berlin AU 1 -187 388 380 351 321 447
430 389 445 489 321 0
INMC THAP MAPE KEDA>JPKK BHVP
86 Vivian Penaflor BH 1 -199 377 456 351 319 334
411 335 396 442 452 0
TREM>MAOB NIFA THJK AESL AUBB
87 Edward Metivier TR 1 -203 411 355 318 424 402
377 457 409 443 427 0
>BHVP NZNR INMC CAJN AUAK KEMB
88 Matayo Bwire KE 1 -266 377 369 312 423 302
482 381 379 336 471 0
NIFA NISJ JPKH>SCJF UKAC TREM
89 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 1 -268 298 311 376 461 355
431 434 402 289 513 0
SGTS AUBJ USJG>LKLW USBC AUJR
90 Joan Rosenthal AU 1 -274 408 439 432 336 319
436 492 361 385 534 0
USRF UKDW>SLNF PHVQ SGTS SARG
91 Catherine Costello IE 1 -293 285 346 339 405 275
479 401 387 333 343 0
USRH ROLS CAJN>JPKK MAPE OMLP
92 Linda Pray OM 1 -320 436 295 261 342 357
333 482 406 428 362 0
>JPKH MYAG TRLC AUJH OMMP IECC
93 Antonin Michel FR 1 -326 328 404 359 350 374
539 300 407 421 474 0
NZKB>ROCC AUPC SCWW PKRJ SGMT
94 Michael Tang SG 1 -353 393 350 343 265 387
408 323 436 536 388 0
ZATH>MAPE GUAB MYKC POWU FRAM
95 Mario Saliba MT 1 -483 308 409 244 366 388
403 405 424 573 393 0
MYAG>JPKH NISJ USJG SCDS JPKK
96 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 0 -540 350 303 274 333 321
441 388 440 405 447 0
NZJG OMMP MAOB IECC AUBB MTMS
97 Johnson Fasuba SC 0 -561 326 423 328 336 237
438 462 396 423 492 0
WAGW TRLC SGEG KEMB USPE ROCC
98 Catalin-Eugen Caba RO 0 -892 287 300 331 249 259
532 404 370 502 510 0
USLS FRAM SCDS USBC LKLW SCJF
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