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World
SCRABBLE®
Championship
Melbourne, Australia
November 3 - 7
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Back to WSC 1999 Round by Round
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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...
No photos from Round 9.Our teams are doing beautifully after Round 9.
David Boys (8-1 +647) is seated at Table One with Joel Sherman also 8 wins (+309).
Lester Schonbrun 7 wins (+534) is playing Nigel Richards 7 wins (+869) at Table 2.
Adam Logan 7 wins (+458) v Mark Nyman 7 wins (+380).
Canadian Standing
1-David Boys
5-Logan
13-Wapnick
20-Cherry
45-Hahn
56-NanavatiAmericans
2-Sherman
4-Schonbrun
7-Hersom
11-Wiegand
19-Felt
26-Edley
30-Tiekert
31-Cappelletto
40-Luebkemann
41-Geary
53-Polatnick
55-Odom
58-Epstein
59-Lipton
A local reporter writes:
Bob Jackman (Australia) has just extended PRIZED to SURPRIZED, to the triple word score for 66. His surprized opponent was Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand), who challenged unsuccessfully.
Phil Appleby sets a new high word record for the event: FROTHING for 167.
Rk Player Country W Spread 1 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 9 +422 2 Nigel Richards New Zealand 8 +1197 3 Adam Logan Canada 8 +604 4 David Boys Canada 8 +534 5 Phil Appleby England 8 +310 6 Roland Filio Bahrain 7 +651 7 David Wiegand U.S.A. 7 +569 8 Michael Gongolo Kenya 7 +439 9 Joel Wapnick Canada 7 +427 10 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 7 +419 11 Mark Nyman England 7 +234 12 James Cherry Canada 7 +231 13 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 7 +217 14 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 7 +206 15 John Holgate Australia 7 +180 16 Rodney Judd Pakistan 7 +123 17 Helen Gipson England 7 +84 18 Brett Smitheram England 6 +611 19 Joe Edley U.S.A. 6 +550 20 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 6 +424 21 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 6 +367 22 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 6 +277 23 Ronald Credo Philippines 6 +270 24 John Luebkemann U.S.A. 6 +263 25 Leslie Charles Trinidad 6 +260 26 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 6 +248 27 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 6 +226 28 Femi Awowade Nigeria 6 +213 29 Jim Geary U.S.A. 6 +182 30 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 6 +135 31 Robert Felt U.S.A. 6 +131 32 Steven Gruzd South Africa 6 +66 33 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 6 +45 34 Peter Sinton New Zealand 6 -20 35 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 6 -68 36 Jeff Grant New Zealand 6 -96 37 Andrew Fisher England 5 +398 38 Tony Sim Singapore 5 +397 39 Andrew Cook England 5 +231 40 Odette Rio Philippines 5 +224 41 David Webb England 5 +180 42 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 5 +172 43 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 5 +93 44 Shafique Thobani Kenya 5 +80 45 Alec Webb England 5 +75 45 Gareth Williams Wales 5 +75 47 Dylan Early South Africa 5 +54 48 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 5 +38 49 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 5 +9 50 Mohan Chunkath India 5 -48 51 Dixon Assesa Kenya 5 -80 52 Rashid Khan Pakistan 5 -123 53 A Ganesh Malaysia 5 -131 54 Russell Byers England 5 -149 55 Albert Hahn Canada 5 -163 56 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 5 -166 57 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 5 -200 58 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 5 -206 59 Gold Eburu Nigeria 5 -231 60 Michael Pray Oman 5 -239 61 Keiichiro Hirai Japan 4.5 +124 62 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 4.5 +50 63 Howard Warner New Zealand 4 +188 64 Roger Blom Australia 4 +138 65 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 4 +25 66 Jim Nanavati Canada 4 +9 67 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 4 -26 68 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 4 -36 69 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 4 -47 70 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 4 -71 71 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 4 -143 72 Joan Rosenthal Australia 4 -221 73 Paul Cleary Australia 4 -246 74 Owen Bondin Malta 4 -275 75 Peter Elbourne Malta 4 -278 76 Matayo Bwire Kenya 4 -296 77 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 4 -341 78 Wilma Warwick Scotland 4 -350 79 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 4 -398 80 Bob Jackman Australia 4 -478 81 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 4 -754 82 Edward Metivier Trinidad 3 -86 83 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 3 -152 84 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 3 -160 85 Barbara Berlin Australia 3 -227 86 Catherine Costello Ireland 3 -234 87 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 3 -312 88 Alistair Kane Australia 3 -313 89 Michael Tang Singapore 3 -389 90 Eugene Goh Singapore 3 -407 91 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 3 -428 92 Linda Pray Oman 3 -484 93 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 3 -680 94 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 3 -756 95 Akshay Bhandarkar Bahrain 2 -511 96 Antonin Michel France 2 -640 97 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 2 -1226 98 Mario Saliba Malta 1 -790
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
1 Joel Sherman US 9 422 497 395
424 282 0
>USRH>CADB NZNR
2 Nigel Richards NZ 8 1197 456 587
484 259 0
CADB>USLS USJS
3 Adam Logan CA 8 604 449 463
320 317 0
>AEAA>UKMN CADB
4 David Boys CA 8 534 484 282
456 395 0
>NZNR USJS CAAL
5 Phil Appleby UK 8 310 451 544
448 450 0
>USRF>USRH BHRF
6 Roland Filio BH 7 651 415 434
355 417 0
>USJE>AUJH UKPA
7 David Wiegand US 7 569 431 504
394 372 0
>UKAC>NZKB KEMG
8 Michael Gongolo KE 7 439 470 510
314 346 0
>ZATH>ZASG USDW
9 Joel Wapnick CA 7 427 478 381
368 321 0
>NISJ>PHRC UKMN
10 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 7 419 390 496
430 424 0
USLS>NIFA CAJC
11 Mark Nyman UK 7 234 419 317
405 463 0
>PHRC CAAL CAJW
12 James Cherry CA 7 231 409 439
395 386 0
>ZADE>USRF THJK
13 Randy Hersom US 7 217 424 450
497 544 0
USJS UKPA USLS
14 Lester Schonbrun US 7 206 430 259
390 587 0
>THJK NZNR USRH
15 John Holgate AU 7 180 461 417
289 434 0
>UKHG BHRF PKRJ
16 Rodney Judd PK 7 123 345 399
313 396 0
>LKSC>AEAA AUJH
17 Helen Gipson UK 7 84 289 398
461 316 0
AUJH>THPN UKBS
18 Brett Smitheram UK 6 611 382 507
320 277 0
>UKAF>KEST UKHG
19 Joe Edley US 6 550 355 544
415 436 0
BHRF>SGTS USBC
20 Brian Cappelletto US 6 424 479 441
493 301 0
NIFA>UKAW USJE
21 Ron Tiekert US 6 367 496 427
379 349 0
>USPE>UKAC NZKB
22 Kendall Boyd NZ 6 277 479 372
322 504 0
>USJG USDW USRT
23 Ronald Credo PH 6 270 405 321
419 381 0
UKMN CAJW USJL
24 John Luebkemann US 6 263 454 532
425 320 0
>USBL>MYAG PHRC
25 Leslie Charles TT 6 260 462 436
375 372 0
>WAGW>NISJ LKSC
26 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 6 248 313 453
345 287 0
PKRJ>INMC TTLC
27 Stanley Ndungu KE 6 226 444 426
240 355 0
>SLWW>ZADE NIFA
28 Femi Awowade NI 6 213 493 424
479 496 0
>USBC THJK KESN
29 Jim Geary US 6 182 322 512
479 368 0
NZKB>UKRB AEAA
30 Arvind Abraham AE 6 135 320 396
449 399 0
CAAL PKRJ USJG
31 Robert Felt US 6 131 448 386
451 439 0
UKPA CAJC ZASG
32 Steven Gruzd ZA 6 66 462 346
414 510 0
>INMC KEMG USRF
33 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 6 45 314 411
470 343 0
KEMG>PKRK NZPS
34 Peter Sinton NZ 6 -20 394 464
324 388 0
>MYPC>CAAH ZATH
35 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 6 -68 422 316
311 398 0
>PKRK UKHG NZJG
36 Jeff Grant NZ 6 -96 435 490
331 410 0
>THAP>NIGE THPN
37 Andrew Fisher UK 5 398 320 395
382 339 0
UKBS>JPKH SGTS
38 Tony Sim SG 5 397 423 436
370 544 0
>NIGE USJE UKAF
39 Andrew Cook UK 5 231 394 349
431 427 0
USDW USRT PHOR
40 Odette Rio PH 5 224 474 474
398 345 0
>MYKC>USSP UKAC
41 David Webb UK 5 180 448 473
384 441 0
>NZHW>AURB USLO
42 Lisa Odom US 5 172 341 494
399 415 0
UKAW>CAJN UKDW
43 Saheed Jimoh NI 5 93 368 372
478 436 0
CAJW TTLC KEST
44 Shafique Thobani KE 5 80 533 277
294 507 0
>KEDA UKBS NISJ
45 Alec Webb UK 5 75 399 301
341 441 0
>USLO USBC WAGW
46 Gareth Williams WA 5 75 375 420
462 399 0
TTLC>USPE UKAW
47 Dylan Early ZA 5 54 395 355
409 426 0
CAJC KESN PHVQ
48 Virgilio Quiballo PH 5 38 365 401
408 333 0
UKRB>USBL ZADE
49 Naween Fernando LK 5 9 437 420
436 320 0
>IEBM>SARG INMC
50 Mohan Chunkath IN 5 -48 414 287
462 453 0
ZASG LKSC LKNF
51 Dixon Assesa KE 5 -80 294 430
533 351 0
KEST>AUPC PKRK
52 Rashid Khan PK 5 -123 311 343
422 411 0
THPN ZATH KEDA
53 A Ganesh MY 5 -131 380 320
379 532 0
>CAJN USJL UKRB
54 Russell Byers UK 5 -149 408 368
365 512 0
>PHVQ USJG MYAG
55 Albert Hahn CA 5 -163 413 388
393 464 0
>AUPC NZPS MYPC
56 Pui Cheng Wui MY 5 -166 324 407
394 346 0
NZPS>MTPE CAAH
57 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 5 -200 331 526
435 371 0
NZJG>AUBJ SGCS
58 Cher Siong Gan SG 5 -206 398 434
383 373 0
>AUJR>SCJF THAP
59 Gold Eburu NI 5 -231 370 410
423 490 0
SGTS NZJG OMMP
60 Michael Pray OM 5 -239 385 413
345 364 0
>SGEG>SLWW NIGE
61 Keiichiro Hirai JP 4.5 124 389 339
364 395 0
>AUBJ UKAF SAIC
62 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 4.5 50 397 474
399 399 0
AURB>TTEM JPKH
63 Howard Warner NZ 4 188 384 497
448 345 0
UKDW>ROLS AURB
64 Roger Blom AU 4 138 399 441
397 473 0
>SAIC UKDW NZHW
65 Paul Epstein US 4 25 379 399
496 420 0
USRT WAGW CAJN
66 Jim Nanavati CA 4 9 379 415
380 494 0
MYAG USLO USPE
67 Steve Polatnick US 4 -26 471 345
346 474 0
>AUAK PHOR MYKC
68 Kong Chock Heng MY 4 -36 398 395
474 392 0
PHOR>IEBM USSP
69 Bob Lipton US 4 -47 425 333
454 401 0
USJL PHVQ JPKK
70 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 4 -71 408 411
355 315 0
>LKLW>AUAK USBL
71 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 4 -143 471 320
323 420 0
>SGMT LKNF AUJR
72 Joan Rosenthal AU 4 -221 383 389
398 312 0
SGCS>SGMT SARG
73 Paul Cleary AU 4 -246 393 351
413 430 0
CAAH KEDA MTOB
74 Owen Bondin MT 4 -275 328 402
371 396 0
MTPE>AUBB AUPC
75 Peter Elbourne MT 4 -278 371 346
328 407 0
>MTOB MYPC KEMB
76 Matayo Bwire KE 4 -296 373 385
292 337 0
>FRAM>SGEG MTPE
77 Johnson Fasuba SC 4 -341 419 373
361 434 0
>THTS SGCS SLWW
78 Wilma Warwick SL 4 -350 240 364
444 413 0
KESN OMMP SCJF
79 Taewan Sutthasin TH 4 -398 361 423
419 393 0
SCJF>OMLP AUBJ
80 Bob Jackman AU 4 -478 364 371
389 526 0
JPKH THAP THTS
81 Laurentiu Sandu RO 4 -754 351 345
290 497 0
>POWU NZHW TTEM
82 Edward Metivier TT 3 -86 401 399
281 474 0
>AESL SAIC ROLS
83 Brendan McDonnell IE 3 -152 436 392
437 395 0
LKNF MYKC AESL
84 Selwyn Lobo AE 3 -160 281 438
401 279 0
TTEM>POWU IEBM
85 Barbara Berlin AU 3 -227 459 396
297 402 0
>BHVP MTOB IECC
86 Catherine Costello IE 3 -234 450 514
400 377 0
>SCDS>FRAM AUBB
87 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 3 -312 355 447
408 406 0
JPKK>BHAB AUAK
88 Alistair Kane AU 3 -313 346 315
471 411 0
USSP JPKK LKLW
89 Michael Tang SG 3 -389 323 312
471 389 0
SARG AUJR SGEG
90 Eugene Goh SG 3 -407 345 337
385 385 0
OMMP KEMB SGMT
91 Vivian Penaflor BH 3 -428 297 387
459 298 0
AUBB>ROCC OMLP
92 Linda Pray OM 3 -484 425 393
390 423 0
>BHAB THTS BHVP
93 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 3 -680 290 279
351 438 0
ROLS AESL SCDS
94 Dhanapala Silva SC 3 -756 400 404
450 320 0
IECC>MTMS POWU
95 Akshay Bhandarkar BH 2 -511 390 406
425 447 0
OMLP LKLW ROCC
96 Antonin Michel FR 2 -640 292 377
373 514 0
KEMB IECC MTMS
97 Catalin-Eugen Caba RO 2 -1226 420 298
392 387 0
>MTMS BHVP BHAB
98 Mario Saliba MT 1 -790 392 320
420 404 0
ROCC SCDS FRAM
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