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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
Interesting words played deemed worthy of note by the word adjudicators: IJTIHAD, DULOTIC, ERGOTIC, IXORA, BOLLEN (BOLLENS is not good), FARRENS THEORBO, VORLAGE, BOHEAN, FIKERIES, YARR, MANOAO, POLARON, PODEXES
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 6 +746 2 David Boys Canada 5 +505 3 Joel Wapnick Canada 5 +467 4 Mark Nyman England 5 +438 5 Ronald Credo Philippines 5 +370 6 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 5 +330 7 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 5 +273 8 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 5 +253 9 Phil Appleby England 5 +233 10 Helen Gipson England 5 +166 11 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 5 +148 12 Andrew Fisher England 4 +559 13 Roland Filio Bahrain 4 +403 14 Leslie Charles Trinidad 4 +340 15 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 4 +317 16 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 4 +261 17 Gareth Williams Wales 4 +223 17 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 4 +223 19 James Cherry Canada 4 +199 20 Femi Awowade Nigeria 4 +195 21 Michael Gongolo Kenya 4 +187 22 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 4 +181 23 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 4 +158 24 Robert Felt U.S.A. 4 +129 25 Adam Logan Canada 4 +121 25 Dylan Early South Africa 4 +121 27 Rashid Khan Pakistan 4 +94 28 Russell Byers England 4 +85 29 Wilma Warwick Scotland 4 +84 30 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 4 +81 31 Peter Sinton New Zealand 4 -15 32 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 4 -55 33 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 4 -66 34 John Holgate Australia 4 -93 35 Brett Smitheram England 3 +346 36 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 3 +245 37 Roger Blom Australia 3 +235 38 Andrew Cook England 3 +185 39 David Wiegand U.S.A. 3 +165 40 Dixon Assessa Kenya 3 +160 41 Howard Warner New Zealand 3 +152 42 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 3 +126 43 Joe Edley U.S.A. 3 +111 43 Owen Bondin Malta 3 +111 45 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 3 +110 46 John Luebkmann U.S.A. 3 +109 47 A Ganesh Malaysia 3 +80 48 Shafique Thobani Kenya 3 +71 49 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 3 +61 50 Jim Geary U.S.A. 3 +44 51 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 3 +13 52 Mohan Chunkath India 3 -10 53 Rodney Judd Pakistan 3 -50 54 Albert Hahn Canada 3 -54 55 Paul Cleary Australia 3 -64 56 Jim Nanavati Canada 3 -68 57 Bob Jackman Australia 3 -69 58 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 3 -87 59 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 3 -122 60 Steven Gruzd South Africa 3 -153 61 Gold Eburu Nigeria 3 -160 62 Jeff Grant New Zealand 3 -247 63 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 3 -422 64 Keiichiro Hirai Japan 2.5 +113 65 Tony Sim Singapore 2 +144 66 David Webb England 2 +81 67 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 2 +50 68 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 2 +30 69 Alec Webb England 2 +4 70 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 2 -20 71 Barbara Berlin Australia 2 -43 72 Odette Rio Philippines 2 -44 73 Edward Metivier Trinidad 2 -69 74 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 2 -104 75 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 2 -153 76 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 2 -180 77 Akshay Bhandarkar Gulf 2 -189 78 Alistair Kane Australia 2 -227 79 Michael Tang Singapore 2 -236 80 Joan Rosenthal Australia 2 -237 81 Eugene Goh Singapore 2 -291 82 Peter Elbourne Malta 2 -295 83 Michael Pray Oman 2 -303 84 Linda Pray Oman 2 -312 85 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 2 -339 86 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 2 -440 87 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 2 -636 88 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 1.5 -206 89 Catherine Costello Ireland 1 -301 90 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 1 -305 91 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 1 -309 92 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 1 -343 93 Matayo Bwire Kenya 1 -400 94 Antonin Michel France 1 -443 95 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 1 -451 96 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 1 -455 97 Mario Saliba Malta 1 -572 98 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 0 -998
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
1 Nigel Richards NZ 6 746 453 457 538 449 540 455
418 355 324 330 334 385 0
>MAOB>TREM>MYPC>NZKB>ZADE>PHRC CADB
2 David Boys CA 5 505 488 417 450 482 379 451
286 432 348 340 367 389 0
>SCDS NZKB>NZPS>WAGW>UKAF>UKHG NZNR
3 Joel Wapnick CA 5 467 521 477 395 531 393 427
367 353 442 387 341 387 0
>USBL>USJS USLS>USJL>AURB>USLO UKMN
4 Mark Nyman UK 5 438 442 390 487 455 341 471
396 326 306 413 394 313 0
>BARF>IEBM>NZJG>USJE PHRC>NISJ CAJW
5 Ronald Credo PH 5 370 402 592 420 487 394 385
390 339 370 415 341 455 0
>NZHW>THPN>USRH>USLS>UKMN NZNR AEAA
6 Randy Hersom US 5 330 479 457 370 408 445 472
285 416 420 380 410 390 0
>IECC>UKBS PHRC>BARF>NZKB>USLS ZATH
7 Arvind Abraham AE 5 273 464 408 419 371 366 432
345 375 380 370 373 344 0
>USDW>UKAC>CAAH>KEMG UKHG>ZADE PHRC
8 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 5 253 408 373 513 436 445 488
393 446 401 390 389 391 0
>SGMT UKHG>PKRJ>TRLC>PKRK>LKSC USRH
9 Phil Appleby UK 5 233 430 415 441 452 438 396
364 398 495 426 283 373 0
>USLO>PKRK USRF>CAJC>NZPS>KEMG UKHG
10 Helen Gipson UK 5 166 371 446 462 407 373 389
353 373 410 329 366 451 0
>MAPE>ZATH>THTS>USRF>AEAA CADB UKPA
11 Joel Sherman US 5 148 497 353 433 372 434 391
320 477 405 350 394 386 0
>CAJN CAJW>USSP>KEST>INMC>USRF UKAF
12 Andrew Fisher UK 4 559 513 436 509 430 367 436
317 312 352 453 379 319 0
>USBC>THJK>MYAG ZADE CADB>MYPC USJS
13 Roland Filio BA 4 403 396 466 481 380 572 477
442 431 322 408 404 362 0
UKMN>SLNF>AUBJ USRH>USJL>USRT TRLC
14 Leslie Charles TR 4 340 289 462 406 390 485 479
406 423 261 436 378 267 0
KEST>SCJF>OMLP ZATH>THTS>USBL BARF
15 Lisa Odom US 4 317 364 448 451 582 466 387
430 388 450 315 371 427 0
UKPA>USPE>USRT>ZASG>USJE CAJW THJK
16 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 4 261 542 312 403 442 373 401
346 436 344 319 387 380 0
>AUJH UKAF>SGTS>BHVP USLS>AURB USLO
17 Gareth Williams WA 4 223 438 351 422 340 399 438
326 361 246 482 358 392 0
>SCJF KEST>UKAC CADB>NZHW>USDW NZKB
18 Kendall Boyd NZ 4 223 539 432 400 330 410 425
328 417 301 449 445 373 0
>FRAM>CADB>CAAL NZNR USRH>USJE WAGW
19 James Cherry CA 4 199 355 472 377 426 437 374
424 372 370 452 295 329 0
ZASG>AESL>UKDW UKPA>IEBM>MAOB NIFA
20 Femi Awowade NI 4 195 482 397 396 444 343 442
377 420 351 323 445 393 0
>KEMB KEMG>BHVP>UKAW NISJ>MYAG CAJC
21 Michael Gongolo KE 4 187 405 420 440 370 390 373
299 397 392 371 356 396 0
>NISJ>NIFA>KEST AEAA>USBL UKPA USLS
22 Lester Schonbrun US 4 181 532 423 442 415 387 390
287 394 395 487 373 472 0
>ROCC>USJL>CAJW PHRC>THJK USRH KEMG
23 Saheed Jimoh NI 4 158 299 381 424 435 445 313
405 369 244 307 343 471 0
KEMG>KEMB>MTMS>CAAH>NIFA UKMN USRF
24 Robert Felt US 4 129 436 348 495 329 417 386
408 296 441 407 339 391 0
>AUJR>AUAK>UKPA UKHG>THAP USJS NISJ
25 Adam Logan CA 4 121 513 503 301 372 371 432
459 343 400 341 417 411 0
>UKRB>AUPC NZKB>USDW LKSC>KEST ZADE
26 Dylan Early ZA 4 121 471 446 522 453 334 344
338 391 318 430 540 432 0
>AUBJ>SGTS>SGCS>UKAF NZNR AEAA CAAL
27 Rashid Khan PK 4 94 361 398 330 387 389 456
297 415 327 368 445 375 0
>USPE UKPA>UKAW>THTS ZATH>INMC UKRB
28 Russell Byers UK 4 85 459 407 442 334 452 410
513 384 383 429 346 364 0
CAAL>KEDA>AUAK INMC>SGEG>CAAH PKRK
29 Wilma Warwick SC 4 84 361 352 445 421 434 457
366 487 421 350 413 349 0
THPN MYPC>USPE>FRAM>USJG>THAP LKSC
30 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 4 81 452 460 357 423 417 391
374 347 445 394 371 488 0
>AESL>AURB USJE>GUAB>CAAL ZATH SCWW
31 Peter Sinton NZ 4 -15 344 370 348 480 283 436
311 355 450 373 438 349 0
>USRT>MYKC CADB>SGCS UKPA>NIGE THPN
32 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 4 -55 366 339 355 463 444 404
361 592 402 325 353 393 0
>SCWW PHRC PHVQ>POWU>NZJG>AUPC NZPS
33 Pui Cheng Wui MY 4 -66 444 487 324 511 408 319
443 352 538 389 401 436 0
>USSP>SCWW NZNR>NZJG>UKBS UKAF AUJH
34 John Holgate AU 4 -93 346 428 375 428 413 362
542 415 418 342 370 358 0
THJK>USBC NIGE>OMLP>SGCS>ZASG MYPC
35 Brett Smitheram UK 3 346 528 416 351 468 401 366
346 457 442 209 408 322 0
>ROLS USRH USJL>MAPE MYPC>SGTS USRT
36 Ron Tiekert US 3 245 311 426 450 577 462 362
344 402 451 323 346 477 0
NZPS>LKLW USLO>OMMP>MYKC BARF UKBS
37 Roger Blom AU 3 235 463 347 523 363 341 380
394 460 265 269 393 401 0
>GUAB LKSC>POWU>PHOR CAJW THJK UKAC
38 Andrew Cook UK 3 185 422 375 246 387 471 427
296 408 422 399 302 316 0
>USJG AEAA WAGW SGEG>KEMB>PHOR AURB
39 David Wiegand US 3 165 345 515 482 341 403 392
464 368 388 372 283 438 0
AEAA>USJG>MYKC CAAL>GUAB WAGW KEDA
40 Dixon Assessa KE 3 160 406 384 335 489 386 372
468 407 337 321 357 322 0
AUPC UKRB KESN>AUBB>JPKH>MYKC USDW
41 Howard Warner NZ 3 152 390 377 542 419 358 403
402 435 357 376 399 368 0
PHRC USSP>LKLW>NIGE WAGW>UKDW USBC
42 Brian Cappelletto US 3 126 317 415 404 502 513 392
513 428 557 249 355 315 0
UKAF AUJH AESL>ROCC>SARG>SLNF NZHW
43 Joe Edley US 3 111 391 466 445 413 371 373
353 292 357 455 466 425 0
>PHVQ>NIGE>LKSC UKMN USLO NZKB MAOB
44 Owen Bondin MA 3 111 418 335 440 424 461 329
453 456 274 378 361 374 0
NZNR BHVP>JPKK>SGTS>PHVQ CAJC USJE
45 Steve Polatnick US 3 110 443 435 405 423 373 385
444 377 433 383 408 309 0
MYPC>NZHW USJS>UKDW KEST>AESL USJL
46 John Luebkmann US 3 109 436 394 442 387 404 434
225 423 351 531 572 286 0
>UKAW USLS>UKBS CAJW BARF>GUAB USSP
47 A Ganesh MY 3 80 403 482 352 407 388 393
308 295 509 436 355 442 0
>MTMS>OMLP UKAF USBL>PHOR NIFA KEST
48 Shafique Thobani KE 3 71 406 361 392 350 408 411
289 351 440 372 373 432 0
>TRLC>WAGW KEMG USJS>USSP CAAL MYAG
49 Virgilio Quiballo PH 3 61 353 413 402 385 361 490
391 416 355 336 461 384 0
USJE POWU>THPN>AUJR MAOB>KESN USJG
50 Jim Geary US 3 44 296 368 402 573 413 460
422 515 376 366 434 355 0
UKAC USDW>SARG>MTMS SCWW>THTS PHVQ
51 Brendan McDonnell IE 3 13 428 326 407 430 295 433
384 390 422 393 437 280 0
>SLNF UKMN THAP>AESL CAJC>MAPE INMC
52 Mohan Chunkath IN 3 -10 430 355 409 429 394 375
388 472 318 334 434 456 0
>AUBB SGCS>TREM>UKRB USJS PKRK IEBM
53 Rodney Judd PK 3 -50 336 435 401 298 474 452
418 411 513 391 374 339 0
SAIC>KESN ZATH AUBJ>FRAM>SGEG CAAH
54 Albert Hahn CA 3 -54 398 416 380 307 351 364
330 347 419 435 329 410 0
>SGEG>ZASG AEAA NISJ>KESN UKRB PKRJ
55 Paul Cleary AU 3 -64 468 343 407 289 386 393
406 503 359 368 310 404 0
>KEDA CAAL>FRAM THAP>AUBJ THPN CAJN
56 Jim Nanavati CA 3 -68 320 370 387 443 339 476
497 405 339 424 403 335 0
USJS USBL>IECC>TREM NIGE>SGCS AUPC
57 Bob Jackman AU 3 -69 338 434 322 391 310 410
471 311 481 298 386 327 0
ZADE>SARG BARF>PKRJ AUPC>AUAK USBL
58 Bob Lipton US 3 -87 367 405 533 436 356 267
521 370 284 407 390 479 0
CAJW>CAJN>ROLS>MYAG KEMG TRLC AUBJ
59 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 3 -122 409 389 422 368 339 349
448 380 407 289 417 457 0
SGCS>AUBB>IEBM>AUPC USRF SCWW ZASG
60 Steven Gruzd ZA 3 -153 424 347 415 315 421 358
355 416 401 582 317 362 0
>CAJC CAAH>OMMP USLO>ROLS AUJH THAP
61 Gold Eburu NI 3 -160 396 292 418 376 403 349
359 466 375 419 339 436 0
>POWU USJE>AUJH NZHW>CAJN NZPS NZJG
62 Jeff Grant NZ 3 -247 441 422 306 389 353 399
350 407 487 511 444 358 0
>JPKK>PHOR UKMN MYPC THPN>OMMP NIGE
63 Laurentiu Sandu RO 3 -422 346 401 284 390 317 304
528 346 533 343 421 293 0
UKBS>IECC USBL>SCDS ZASG>POWU JPKH
64 Keiichiro Hirai JP 2.5 113 333 405 379 377 357 465
436 409 312 377 386 283 0
OMLP MTMS>KEMB=SAIC KEDA>SCDS ROLS
65 Tony Sim SG 2 144 431 391 344 378 534 322
298 446 403 424 319 366 0
>SARG ZADE THJK MAOB>AUJR UKBS UKDW
66 David Webb UK 2 81 421 492 370 383 390 368
441 439 377 423 260 403 0
AUAK>AUJR CAJC USSP>SAIC NZHW SGTS
67 Paul Epstein US 2 50 297 388 421 372 492 391
361 448 445 440 237 380 0
PKRK USLO SCWW SLNF>SCJF>SAIC MYKC
68 Kong Chock Heng MY 2 30 404 355 388 536 346 322
370 370 482 265 462 372 0
>LKLW NZPS USDW>SGMT USRT KEDA USPE
69 Alec Webb UK 2 4 225 528 327 323 338 391
436 279 330 444 393 246 0
USJL>SCDS PKRK NIFA SLNF>LKLW AESL
70 Selwyn Lobo AE 2 -20 374 372 557 393 452 309
452 472 404 430 334 385 0
LKSC CAJC>USBC IEBM>BHVP USSP UKAW
71 Barbara Berlin AU 2 -43 388 380 351 321 447 439
430 389 445 489 321 295 0
INMC THAP MAPE KEDA>JPKK>BHVP PHOR
72 Odette Rio PH 2 -44 415 407 482 269 355 316
331 422 357 363 388 427 0
>OMMP NZJG>SAIC AURB MYAG UKAC AUBB
73 Edward Metivier TR 2 -69 411 355 318 424 402 476
377 457 409 443 427 342 0
>BHVP NZNR INMC CAJN AUAK>KEMB SLNF
74 Naween Fernando SL 2 -104 384 431 361 440 393 315
428 466 432 372 338 392 0
IEBM BARF AUJR>USPE>UKAW USBC TREM
75 Stanley Ndungu KE 2 -153 335 411 337 408 329 384
416 435 335 330 351 490 0
THTS PKRJ>KEDA>AUAK CAAH PHVQ GUAB
76 Taewan Sutthasin TH 2 -180 416 331 410 368 378 355
335 309 462 387 485 460 0
>KESN>SAIC UKHG PKRK TRLC USJG AUAK
77 Akshay Bhandarkar GU 2 -189 394 452 436 394 283 286
463 368 343 423 403 434 0
AURB>SGEG>SGMT LKSC USDW USJL KESN
78 Alistair Kane AU 2 -227 441 296 383 330 427 327
421 348 442 408 402 410 0
>UKDW USRF UKRB KESN>TREM AUBJ THTS
79 Michael Tang SG 2 -236 393 350 343 265 387 403
408 323 436 536 388 286 0
ZATH>MAPE GUAB MYKC POWU>FRAM AUJR
80 Joan Rosenthal AU 2 -237 408 439 432 336 319 399
436 492 361 385 534 362 0
USRF UKDW>SLNF PHVQ SGTS>SARG SGMT
81 Eugene Goh SG 2 -291 330 368 396 399 346 339
398 452 328 387 452 452 0
CAAH GUAB>SCJF>UKAC UKRB PKRJ MAPE
82 Peter Elbourne MA 2 -295 353 323 445 209 343 280
371 350 351 468 275 433 0
UKHG SGMT>AUBB UKBS>IECC IEBM SGEG
83 Michael Pray OM 2 -303 331 388 401 323 362 358
415 303 415 577 357 399 0
PHOR>JPKK ZASG USRT>OMLP NZJG SGCS
84 Linda Pray OM 2 -312 436 295 261 342 357 366
333 482 406 428 362 358 0
>JPKH MYAG TRLC AUJH OMMP>IECC POWU
85 Cher Siong Gan SG 2 -339 448 472 318 373 370 335
409 355 522 480 413 476 0
>THAP>INMC ZADE NZPS AUJH CAJN OMMP
86 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 2 -440 359 416 265 325 388 293
396 413 523 463 387 304 0
NIGE>PHVQ AURB THPN>SGMT ROLS OMLP
87 Dhanapala Silva SC 2 -636 286 279 370 343 393 283
488 528 331 390 388 465 0
CADB UKAW>ROCC ROLS>MTMS JPKH SAIC
88 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 1.5 -206 418 309 357 377 260 380
336 331 482 377 390 391 0
>PKRJ THTS PHOR=JPKH UKDW USPE SCDS
89 Catherine Costello IE 1 -301 285 346 339 405 275 358
479 401 387 333 343 366 0
USRH ROLS CAJN>JPKK MAPE OMLP SARG
90 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 1 -305 298 311 376 461 355 362
431 434 402 289 513 399 0
SGTS AUBJ USJG>LKLW USBC AUJR IECC
91 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 1 -309 370 402 357 289 510 246
404 426 542 461 259 391 0
MYKC USRT NZHW SARG>ROCC UKAW BHVP
92 Vivian Penaflor BH 1 -343 377 456 351 319 334 295
411 335 396 442 452 439 0
TREM>MAOB NIFA THJK AESL AUBB LKLW
93 Matayo Bwire KE 1 -400 377 369 312 423 302 342
482 381 379 336 471 476 0
NIFA NISJ JPKH>SCJF UKAC TREM FRAM
94 Antonin Michel FR 1 -443 328 404 359 350 374 286
539 300 407 421 474 403 0
NZKB>ROCC AUPC SCWW PKRJ SGMT KEMB
95 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 1 -451 350 303 274 333 321 462
441 388 440 405 447 373 0
NZJG OMMP MAOB IECC AUBB>MTMS SCJF
96 Johnson Fasuba SC 1 -455 326 423 328 336 237 436
438 462 396 423 492 330 0
WAGW TRLC SGEG KEMB USPE>ROCC JPKK
97 Mario Saliba MT 1 -572 308 409 244 366 388 373
403 405 424 573 393 462 0
MYAG>JPKH NISJ USJG SCDS JPKK ROCC
98 Catalin-Eugen Caba RO 0 -998 287 300 331 249 259 330
532 404 370 502 510 436 0
USLS FRAM SCDS USBC LKLW SCJF MTMS
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