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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
Rk Player Country W Spread 1 Mark Nyman England 14 +832 2 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 13 +801 3 Joel Wapnick Canada 13 +686 4 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 13 +313 5 Nigel Richards New Zealand 12 +1562 6 Adam Logan Canada 12 +823 7 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 12 +649 8 John Luebkemann U.S.A. 12 +530 9 John Holgate Australia 12 +507 10 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 12 +455 11 Femi Awowade Nigeria 12 +215 12 Phil Appleby England 12 +197 13 Andrew Fisher England 11 +718 14 Brett Smitheram England 11 +637 15 David Wiegand U.S.A. 11 +619 16 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 11 +368 17 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 11 +364 18 Russell Byers England 11 +317 19 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 11 +312 20 David Boys Canada 11 +282 21 James Cherry Canada 11 +200 22 Helen Gipson England 11 +32 23 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 11 -76 24 Jeff Grant New Zealand 11 -222 25 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 10 +728 26 Odette Rio Philippines 10 +410 27 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 10 +367 28 Roland Filio Bahrain 10 +357 29 Howard Warner New Zealand 10 +268 30 Ronald Credo Philippines 10 +207 31 Gareth Williams Wales 10 +175 32 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 10 +156 33 Steven Gruzd South Africa 10 +95 34 Barbara Berlin Australia 10 +58 35 A Ganesh Malaysia 10 +24 36 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 10 -64 37 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 10 -166 38 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 9.5 +292 39 Bob Jackman Australia 9.5 -72 40 Leslie Charles Trinidad 9.5 -78 41 Paul Cleary Australia 9.5 -88 42 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 9.5 -334 43 Andrew Cook England 9 +370 44 Joe Edley U.S.A. 9 +247 45 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 9 +237 46 Robert Felt U.S.A. 9 +210 47 Michael Gongolo Kenya 9 +148 48 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 9 +78 49 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 9 +77 50 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 9 +39 51 Rodney Judd Pakistan 9 +9 52 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 9 -20 53 Shafique Thobani Kenya 9 -161 54 Owen Bondin Malta 9 -176 55 Albert Hahn Canada 9 -210 56 Michael Pray Oman 9 -312 57 Peter Elbourne Malta 9 -357 58 Tony Sim Singapore 8 +474 59 Roger Blom Australia 8 +413 60 David Webb England 8 +284 61 Joan Rosenthal Australia 8 +93 62 Alec Webb England 8 +63 63 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 8 +55 64 Jim Geary U.S.A. 8 +14 65 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 8 -43 66 Eugene Goh Singapore 8 -97 67 Michael Tang Singapore 8 -143 68 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 8 -229 69 Mohan Chunkath India 8 -245 70 Rashid Khan Pakistan 8 -258 71 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 8 -390 72 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 8 -404 73 Matayo Bwire Kenya 8 -425 74 Peter Sinton New Zealand 8 -446 75 Wilma Warwick Scotland 8 -572 76 Keiichiro Hirai Japan 7.5 +254 77 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 7 +50 78 Jim Nanavati Canada 7 +31 79 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 7 -90 80 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 7 -122 81 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 7 -128 82 Dixon Assesa Kenya 7 -335 83 Alistair Kane Australia 7 -353 84 Gold Eburu Nigeria 7 -412 85 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 7 -504 86 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 7 -508 87 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 7 -794 88 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 7 -1558 89 Akshay Bhandarkar Bahrain 6.5 +21 90 Catherine Costello Ireland 6.5 -124 91 Edward Metivier Trinidad 6 -214 92 Dylan Early South Africa 6 -328 93 Linda Pray Oman 6 -577 94 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 5 -716 95 Antonin Michel France 5 -1049 96 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 5 -1187 97 Mario Saliba Malta 4 -841 98 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 3 -2295
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
   1 Mark Nyman           UK 14     832   466  421
                                          327  367    0
                                        >UKBS>CAJW USBC
   2 Brian Cappelletto    US 13     801   415  438
                                          353  345    0
                                        >CAAL>USJL UKMN
   3 Joel Wapnick         CA 13     686   446  367
                                          386  421    0
                                        >USJL UKMN USJS
   4 Joel Sherman         US 13     313   471  439
                                          453  362    0
                                        >CADB>AUJH CAJW
   5 Nigel Richards       NZ 12    1562   461  513
                                          392  389    0
                                        >UKHG>UKAF CAAL
   6 Adam Logan           CA 12     823   353  465
                                          415  327    0
                                         USBC>UKBS NZNR
   7 Virgilio Quiballo    PH 12     649   461  463
                                          414  352    0
                                        >BHRF>THJK USJL
   8 John Luebkemann      US 12     530   386  345
                                          446  438    0
                                         CAJW USBC PHVQ
   9 John Holgate         AU 12     507   412  362
                                          327  439    0
                                        >THJK USJS USRT
  10 Ron Tiekert          US 12     455   494  424
                                          448  387    0
                                        >USLS>CADB AUJH
  11 Femi Awowade         NI 12     215   396  421
                                          390  387    0
                                        >CAJC>UKHG UKPA
  12 Phil Appleby         UK 12     197   493  554
                                          413  318    0
                                        >LKSC>NZJG NIFA
  13 Andrew Fisher        UK 11     718   396  389
                                          346  513    0
                                        >USDW NZNR UKBS
  14 Brett Smitheram      UK 11     637   327  327
                                          466  465    0
                                         UKMN CAAL UKAF
  15 David Wiegand        US 11     619   346  463
                                          396  333    0
                                         UKAF>BHRF USPE
  16 Paul Epstein         US 11     368   476  388
                                          449  356    0
                                        >NZKB>PHOR USDW
  17 Jakkrit Klaphajone   TH 11     364   327  352
                                          412  463    0
                                         AUJH PHVQ UKRB
  18 Russell Byers        UK 11     317   453  465
                                          318  397    0
                                        >TTLC>WAGW THJK
  19 Lester Schonbrun     US 11     312   448  468
                                          494  329    0
                                         USRT>MYAG CADB
  20 David Boys           CA 11     282   453  387
                                          471  424    0
                                         USJS USRT USLS
  21 James Cherry         CA 11     200   390  421
                                          396  355    0
                                         NIFA>LKNF UKHG
  22 Helen Gipson         UK 11      32   392  387
                                          461  421    0
                                         NZNR NIFA CAJC
  23 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk  TH 11     -76   309  457
                                          441  357    0
                                         NZJG>THAP LKSC
  24 Jeff Grant           NZ 11    -222   441  318
                                          309  554    0
                                        >THPN UKPA PHOR
  25 Suresh Chinnaiyah    LK 10     728   413  402
                                          493  387    0
                                         UKPA>AUBJ THPN
  26 Odette Rio           PH 10     410   384  356
                                          297  388    0
                                        >NZHW USPE NZJG
  27 Kendall Boyd         NZ 10     367   449  438
                                          476  364    0
                                         USPE>USBL BHRF
  28 Roland Filio         BH 10     357   414  333
                                          461  463    0
                                         PHVQ USDW NZKB
  29 Howard Warner        NZ 10     268   297  454
                                          384  427    0
                                         PHOR>USJE PHRC
  30 Ronald Credo         PH 10     207   329  411
                                          356  386    0
                                         WAGW>USRF NZHW
  31 Gareth Williams      WA 10     175   356  397
                                          329  465    0
                                        >PHRC UKRB KESN
  32 Stanley Ndungu       KE 10     156   440  397
                                          460  364    0
                                         MYAG>USRH WAGW
  33 Steven Gruzd         ZA 10      95   362  459
                                          399  349    0
                                         LKNF>USSP AUBB
  34 Barbara Berlin       AU 10      58   383  444
                                          316  336    0
                                        >INMC>MTOB ZASG
  35 A Ganesh             MY 10      24   460  329
                                          440  468    0
                                        >KESN USLS LKNF
  36 Naween Fernando      LK 10     -64   399  355
                                          362  421    0
                                        >ZASG CAJC MYAG
  37 Amnuay Ploysangngam  TH 10    -166   456  357
                                          430  457    0
                                        >AUPC THPN SAIC
  38 Ishtiaq Chishty      SA  9.5   292   422  411
                                          395  340    0
                                        >OMMP>CAAH THAP
  39 Bob Jackman          AU  9.5   -72   482  387
                                          305  402    0
                                        >THTS LKSC TTLC
  40 Leslie Charles       TT  9.5   -78   318  363
                                          453  363    0
                                         UKRB=AUPC AUBJ
  41 Paul Cleary          AU  9.5   -88   430  363
                                          456  363    0
                                         THAP=TTLC THTS
  42 Taewan Sutthasin     TH  9.5  -334   305  456
                                          482  342    0
                                         AUBJ>SGTS AUPC
  43 Andrew Cook          UK  9     370   407  480
                                          362  343    0
                                        >UKDW>ZATH USJE
  44 Joe Edley            US  9     247   496  427
                                          360  454    0
                                        >USJG NZHW UKAC
  45 Bob Lipton           US  9     237   424  364
                                          364  438    0
                                        >SGTS NZKB USRF
  46 Robert Felt          US  9     210   428  386
                                          375  411    0
                                        >ZATH PHRC USBL
  47 Michael Gongolo      KE  9     148   368  435
                                          343  347    0
                                        >AUJR>MYKC NISJ
  48 Saheed Jimoh         NI  9      78   410  385
                                          413  373    0
                                         USRH>UKAW KEMG
  49 Randy Hersom         US  9      77   413  364
                                          410  397    0
                                        >NISJ KESN USLO
  50 Lisa Odom            US  9      39   464  416
                                          330  304    0
                                        >AUAK>INMC USRH
  51 Rodney Judd          PK  9       9   361  525
                                          421  502    0
                                         USSP>USJG KEST
  52 Steve Polatnick      US  9     -20   421  349
                                          361  459    0
                                        >PKRJ ZASG MTOB
  53 Shafique Thobani     KE  9    -161   369  401
                                          462  331    0
                                         MTOB>MYPC PKRJ
  54 Owen Bondin          MT  9    -176   462  336
                                          369  444    0
                                        >KEST AUBB USSP
  55 Albert Hahn          CA  9    -210   340  340
                                          304  411    0
                                        >PKRK SAIC OMMP
  56 Michael Pray         OM  9    -312   395  400
                                          422  383    0
                                         SAIC>PKRK CAAH
  57 Peter Elbourne       MT  9    -357   360  450
                                          345  337    0
                                        >JPKK>NZPS SGTS
  58 Tony Sim             SG  8     474   364  342
                                          424  456    0
                                         USBL THTS MTPE
  59 Roger Blom           AU  8     413   459  414
                                          393  324    0
                                        >IECC>SLWW UKDW
  60 David Webb           UK  8     284   362  384
                                          407  368    0
                                         UKAC>CAJN AURB
  61 Joan Rosenthal       AU  8      93   343  416
                                          368  352    0
                                         KEMG>SARG UKAW
  62 Alec Webb            UK  8      63   405  373
                                          301  385    0
                                        >SGEG NISJ AUJR
  63 Trevor Hovelmeier    ZA  8      55   375  343
                                          428  480    0
                                         USRF UKAC USJG
  64 Jim Geary            US  8      14   360  502
                                          496  525    0
                                         USJE PKRJ ZATH
  65 Kong Chock Heng      MY  8     -43   418  347
                                          321  435    0
                                        >SGMT KEMG SGEG
  66 Eugene Goh           SG  8     -97   301  383
                                          405  375    0
                                         UKAW>LKLW MYKC
  67 Michael Tang         SG  8    -143   321  422
                                          418  315    0
                                         MYKC>NIGE MYPC
  68 Pui Cheng Wui        MY  8    -229   494  331
                                          336  401    0
                                        >AEAA KEST SGMT
  69 Mohan Chunkath       IN  8    -245   316  304
                                          383  416    0
                                         AUBB USLO PKRK
  70 Rashid Khan          PK  8    -258   304  383
                                          340  400    0
                                         CAAH OMMP INMC
  71 Cher Siong Gan       SG  8    -390   418  420
                                          384  367    0
                                        >POWU>JPKK AEAA
  72 Arvind Abraham       AE  8    -404   336  387
                                          494  381    0
                                         MYPC>AUAK SGCS
  73 Matayo Bwire         KE  8    -425   323  372
                                          391  328    0
                                         NZPS>SCJF SLWW
  74 Peter Sinton         NZ  8    -446   391  337
                                          323  450    0
                                        >KEMB MTPE JPKH
  75 Wilma Warwick        SL  8    -572   447  324
                                          363  414    0
                                        >BHAB AURB KEMB
  76 Keiichiro Hirai      JP  7.5   254   554  348
                                          281  297    0
                                        >ROLS>BHAB NZPS
  77 Brendan McDonnell    IE  7      50   338  394
                                          393  306    0
                                         CAJN>IECC AESL
  78 Jim Nanavati         CA  7      31   393  368
                                          338  384    0
                                        >IEBM UKDW LKLW
  79 Selwyn Lobo          AE  7     -90   374  410
                                          378  387    0
                                         SARG>TTEM IEBM
  80 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK  7    -122   495  375
                                          441  383    0
                                        >TTEM SGEG CAJN
  81 Ricardo Gonzalez     SA  7    -128   378  352
                                          374  416    0
                                        >AESL AUJR KEDA
  82 Dixon Assesa         KE  7    -335   372  384
                                          384  292    0
                                         SCJF>ZADE SARG
  83 Alistair Kane        AU  7    -353   330  381
                                          464  387    0
                                         USLO AEAA NIGE
  84 Gold Eburu           NI  7    -412   470  315
                                          363  422    0
                                        >OMLP SGMT AUAK
  85 Johnson Fasuba       SC  7    -504   384  328
                                          372  372    0
                                        >KEDA KEMB JPKK
  86 Kunihiko Kuroda      JP  7    -508   345  367
                                          360  420    0
                                         MTPE SGCS SCJF
  87 Wojciech Usakiewicz  PO  7    -794   384  384
                                          418  298    0
                                         SGCS>OMLP ROLS
  88 Laurentiu Sandu      RO  7   -1558   281  424
                                          554  412    0
                                         JPKH>FRAM POWU
  89 Akshay Bhandarkar    BH  6.5    21   363  297
                                          447  348    0
                                         SLWW JPKH IECC
  90 Catherine Costello   IE  6.5  -124   393  306
                                          459  394    0
                                         AURB IEBM BHAB
  91 Edward Metivier      TT  6    -214   441  387
                                          495  410    0
                                         LKLW AESL ZADE
  92 Dylan Early          ZA  6    -328   492  292
                                          284  384    0
                                        >FRAM KEDA TTEM
  93 Linda Pray           OM  6    -577   363  298
                                          470  384    0
                                         NIGE POWU BHVP
  94 Vivian Penaflor      BH  5    -716   437  439
                                          375  390    0
                                        >SCDS>MTMS OMLP
  95 Antonin Michel       FR  5   -1049   284  412
                                          492  424    0
                                         ZADE ROLS ROCC
  96 Dhanapala Silva      SC  5   -1187   375  378
                                          437  300    0
                                         BHVP>ROCC MTMS
  97 Mario Saliba         MT  4    -841   429  390
                                          357  439    0
                                        >ROCC BHVP SCDS
  98 Catalin-Eugen Caba   RO  3   -2295   357  300
                                          429  378    0
                                         MTMS SCDS FRAM
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