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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
Rk Player Country W Spread 1 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 14 +854 2 Mark Nyman England 14 +779 3 Joel Wapnick Canada 14 +739 4 Adam Logan Canada 13 +876 5 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 13 +758 6 John Holgate Australia 13 +621 7 Femi Awowade Nigeria 13 +423 8 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 13 +260 9 Nigel Richards New Zealand 12 +1509 10 Andrew Fisher England 12 +808 11 David Wiegand U.S.A. 12 +756 12 Russell Byers England 12 +445 13 John Luebkemann U.S.A. 12 +421 14 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 12 +341 15 David Boys Canada 12 +308 16 James Cherry Canada 12 +214 17 Phil Appleby England 12 -11 18 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 12 -28 19 Odette Rio Philippines 11 +669 20 Brett Smitheram England 11 +547 21 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 11 +407 22 Steven Gruzd South Africa 11 +336 23 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 11 +286 24 Howard Warner New Zealand 11 +283 25 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 11 +236 26 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 11 +231 27 Gareth Williams Wales 11 +214 28 Helen Gipson England 11 +18 29 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 11 +9 30 Jeff Grant New Zealand 11 -481 31 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 10.5 +330 32 Bob Jackman Australia 10.5 +179 33 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 10.5 -241 34 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 10 +680 35 Andrew Cook England 10 +525 36 Roland Filio Bahrain 10 +317 37 Robert Felt U.S.A. 10 +300 38 Michael Gongolo Kenya 10 +245 39 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 10 +192 39 Ronald Credo Philippines 10 +192 41 Rodney Judd Pakistan 10 +168 42 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 10 +117 43 A Ganesh Malaysia 10 -49 44 Peter Elbourne Malta 10 -117 45 Owen Bondin Malta 10 -133 46 Barbara Berlin Australia 10 -183 47 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 10 -204 48 Michael Pray Oman 10 -299 49 Paul Cleary Australia 9.5 -181 50 Leslie Charles Trinidad 9.5 -329 51 David Webb England 9 +384 52 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 9 +147 53 Alec Webb England 9 +137 54 Joe Edley U.S.A. 9 +92 55 Jim Geary U.S.A. 9 +89 56 Eugene Goh Singapore 9 +23 57 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 9 -19 58 Mohan Chunkath India 9 -52 59 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 9 -63 60 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 9 -76 61 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 9 -120 62 Albert Hahn Canada 9 -223 63 Shafique Thobani Kenya 9 -320 64 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 9 -385 65 Wilma Warwick Scotland 9 -463 66 Keiichiro Hirai Japan 8.5 +388 67 Roger Blom Australia 8 +313 68 Tony Sim Singapore 8 +234 69 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 8 +132 70 Joan Rosenthal Australia 8 +19 71 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 8 -20 72 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 8 -50 73 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 8 -163 74 Michael Tang Singapore 8 -252 75 Dixon Assesa Kenya 8 -307 76 Gold Eburu Nigeria 8 -361 77 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 8 -409 78 Rashid Khan Pakistan 8 -451 79 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 8 -497 80 Matayo Bwire Kenya 8 -534 81 Peter Sinton New Zealand 8 -580 82 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 8 -718 83 Akshay Bhandarkar Bahrain 7.5 +28 84 Jim Nanavati Canada 7 -41 85 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 7 -156 86 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 7 -172 87 Dylan Early South Africa 7 -284 88 Alistair Kane Australia 7 -404 89 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 7 -515 90 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 7 -1634 91 Catherine Costello Ireland 6.5 -131 92 Edward Metivier Trinidad 6 -258 93 Linda Pray Oman 6 -634 94 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 6 -659 95 Antonin Michel France 6 -843 96 Mario Saliba Malta 5 -822 97 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 5 -1206 98 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 3 -2501
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
   1 Brian Cappelletto    US 14     854    415  438  456
                                           353  345  403    0
                                         >CAAL>USJL>UKMN CAJW
   2 Mark Nyman           UK 14     779    466  421  403
                                           327  367  456    0
                                        >>UKBS>CAJW USBC CAAL
   3 Joel Wapnick         CA 14     739    446  367  444
                                           386  421  391    0
                                        >>USJL UKMN>USJS USBC
   4 Adam Logan           CA 13     876    353  465  488
                                           415  327  435    0
                                        > USBC>UKBS>NZNR UKMN
   5 Virgilio Quiballo    PH 13     758    461  463  438
                                           414  352  329    0
                                         >BHRF>THJK>USJL AUJH
   6 John Holgate         AU 13     621    412  362  455
                                           327  439  341    0
                                         >THJK USJS>USRT PHVQ
   7 Femi Awowade         NI 13     423    396  421  533
                                           390  387  325    0
                                        >>CAJC>UKHG>UKPA USJS
   8 Joel Sherman         US 13     260    471  439  391
                                           453  362  444    0
                                        >>CADB>AUJH CAJW NIFA
   9 Nigel Richards       NZ 12    1509    461  513  435
                                           392  389  488    0
                                        >>UKHG>UKAF CAAL USDW
  10 Andrew Fisher        UK 12     808    396  389  424
                                           346  513  334    0
                                        >>USDW NZNR>UKBS UKRB
  11 David Wiegand        US 12     756    346  463  501
                                           396  333  364    0
                                          UKAF>BHRF>USPE NZNR
  12 Russell Byers        UK 12     445    453  465  521
                                           318  397  393    0
                                         >TTLC>WAGW>THJK UKAF
  13 John Luebkemann      US 12     421    386  345  329
                                           446  438  438    0
                                        > CAJW USBC PHVQ USRT
  14 Ron Tiekert          US 12     341    494  424  341
                                           448  387  455    0
                                         >USLS>CADB AUJH USJL
  15 David Boys           CA 12     308    453  387  414
                                           471  424  388    0
                                        > USJS USRT>USLS CAJC
  16 James Cherry         CA 12     214    390  421  415
                                           396  355  401    0
                                          NIFA>LKNF>UKHG CADB
  17 Phil Appleby         UK 12     -11    493  554  325
                                           413  318  533    0
                                        >>LKSC>NZJG NIFA THPN
  18 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk  TH 12     -28    309  457  461
                                           441  357  413    0
                                        > NZJG>THAP>LKSC UKPA
  19 Odette Rio           PH 11     669    384  356  623
                                           297  388  364    0
                                        >>NZHW USPE>NZJG UKBS
  20 Brett Smitheram      UK 11     547    327  327  334
                                           466  465  424    0
                                        > UKMN CAAL UKAF PHOR
  21 Kendall Boyd         NZ 11     407    449  438  436
                                           476  364  396    0
                                        > USPE>USBL>BHRF ZASG
  22 Steven Gruzd         ZA 11     336    362  459  525
                                           399  349  284    0
                                        > LKNF>USSP>AUBB NZKB
  23 Lester Schonbrun     US 11     286    448  468  388
                                           494  329  414    0
                                        > USRT>MYAG CADB NZHW
  24 Howard Warner        NZ 11     283    297  454  378
                                           384  427  363    0
                                          PHOR>USJE>PHRC USLS
  25 Jakkrit Klaphajone   TH 11     236    327  352  393
                                           412  463  521    0
                                        > AUJH PHVQ UKRB USPE
  26 Paul Epstein         US 11     231    476  388  364
                                           449  356  501    0
                                         >NZKB>PHOR USDW THJK
  27 Gareth Williams      WA 11     214    356  397  423
                                           329  465  384    0
                                        >>PHRC UKRB>KESN UKHG
  28 Helen Gipson         UK 11      18    392  387  401
                                           461  421  415    0
                                        > NZNR NIFA CAJC WAGW
  29 Naween Fernando      LK 11       9    399  355  437
                                           362  421  364    0
                                         >ZASG CAJC>MYAG NZJG
  30 Jeff Grant           NZ 11    -481    441  318  364
                                           309  554  623    0
                                        >>THPN UKPA PHOR LKNF
  31 Ishtiaq Chishty      SA 10.5   330    422  411  408
                                           395  340  370    0
                                        >>OMMP>CAAH>THAP AUBJ
  32 Bob Jackman          AU 10.5   179    482  387  555
                                           305  402  304    0
                                         >THTS LKSC>TTLC SAIC
  33 Taewan Sutthasin     TH 10.5  -241    305  456  486
                                           482  342  393    0
                                        > AUBJ>SGTS>AUPC LKSC
  34 Suresh Chinnaiyah    LK 10     680    413  402  413
                                           493  387  461    0
                                        > UKPA>AUBJ THPN THTS
  35 Andrew Cook          UK 10     525    407  480  535
                                           362  343  380    0
                                        >>UKDW>ZATH>USJE BHRF
  36 Roland Filio         BH 10     317    414  333  396
                                           461  463  436    0
                                          PHVQ USDW NZKB UKAC
  37 Robert Felt          US 10     300    428  386  412
                                           375  411  322    0
                                        >>ZATH PHRC>USBL KEMG
  38 Michael Gongolo      KE 10     245    368  435  426
                                           343  347  329    0
                                        >>AUJR>MYKC>NISJ USRF
  39 Randy Hersom         US 10     192    413  364  515
                                           410  397  400    0
                                        >>NISJ KESN>USLO PHRC
  40 Ronald Credo         PH 10     192    329  411  363
                                           356  386  378    0
                                        > WAGW>USRF NZHW USRH
  41 Rodney Judd          PK 10     168    361  525  456
                                           421  502  297    0
                                          USSP>USJG>KEST KESN
  42 Stanley Ndungu       KE 10     117    440  397  384
                                           460  364  423    0
                                          MYAG>USRH WAGW PKRJ
  43 A Ganesh             MY 10     -49    460  329  364
                                           440  468  437    0
                                        >>KESN USLS LKNF MTPE
  44 Peter Elbourne       MT 10    -117    360  450  538
                                           345  337  298    0
                                         >JPKK>NZPS>SGTS MYAG
  45 Owen Bondin          MT 10    -133    462  336  352
                                           369  444  309    0
                                         >KEST AUBB>USSP THAP
  46 Barbara Berlin       AU 10    -183    383  444  284
                                           316  336  525    0
                                         >INMC>MTOB ZASG OMMP
  47 Amnuay Ploysangngam  TH 10    -204    456  357  370
                                           430  457  408    0
                                         >AUPC THPN SAIC MTOB
  48 Michael Pray         OM 10    -299    395  400  417
                                           422  383  404    0
                                          SAIC>PKRK>CAAH AUBB
  49 Paul Cleary          AU  9.5  -181    430  363  393
                                           456  363  486    0
                                        > THAP=TTLC THTS UKDW
  50 Leslie Charles       TT  9.5  -329    318  363  304
                                           453  363  555    0
                                          UKRB=AUPC AUBJ USBL
  51 David Webb           UK  9     384    362  384  459
                                           407  368  359    0
                                          UKAC>CAJN>AURB AUPC
  52 Bob Lipton           US  9     147    424  364  322
                                           364  438  412    0
                                         >SGTS NZKB USRF TTLC
  53 Alec Webb            UK  9     137    405  373  434
                                           301  385  360    0
                                         >SGEG NISJ>AUJR USJE
  54 Joe Edley            US  9      92    496  427  380
                                           360  454  535    0
                                        >>USJG NZHW UKAC UKAW
  55 Jim Geary            US  9      89    360  502  481
                                           496  525  406    0
                                          USJE PKRJ>ZATH SGEG
  56 Eugene Goh           SG  9      23    301  383  441
                                           405  375  321    0
                                          UKAW>LKLW>MYKC USJG
  57 Saheed Jimoh         NI  9     -19    410  385  329
                                           413  373  426    0
                                          USRH>UKAW KEMG INMC
  58 Mohan Chunkath       IN  9     -52    316  304  472
                                           383  416  279    0
                                        > AUBB USLO>PKRK NISJ
  59 Steve Polatnick      US  9     -63    421  349  309
                                           361  459  352    0
                                         >PKRJ ZASG MTOB USLO
  60 Lisa Odom            US  9     -76    464  416  400
                                           330  304  515    0
                                         >AUAK>INMC USRH USSP
  61 Pui Cheng Wui        MY  9    -120    494  331  406
                                           336  401  297    0
                                        >>AEAA KEST>SGMT CAAH
  62 Albert Hahn          CA  9    -223    340  340  404
                                           304  411  417    0
                                        >>PKRK SAIC OMMP MYPC
  63 Shafique Thobani     KE  9    -320    369  401  297
                                           462  331  456    0
                                        > MTOB>MYPC PKRJ SGCS
  64 Cher Siong Gan       SG  9    -385    418  420  331
                                           384  367  326    0
                                        >>POWU>JPKK>AEAA KEST
  65 Wilma Warwick        SL  9    -463    447  324  435
                                           363  414  326    0
                                         >BHAB AURB>KEMB JPKH
  66 Keiichiro Hirai      JP  8.5   388    554  348  443
                                           281  297  309    0
                                         >ROLS>BHAB>NZPS SLWW
  67 Roger Blom           AU  8     313    459  414  359
                                           393  324  459    0
                                        >>IECC>SLWW UKDW SGTS
  68 Tony Sim             SG  8     234    364  342  298
                                           424  456  538    0
                                        > USBL THTS MTPE AURB
  69 Brendan McDonnell    IE  8     132    338  394  434
                                           393  306  352    0
                                        > CAJN>IECC>AESL AUJR
  70 Joan Rosenthal       AU  8      19    343  416  360
                                           368  352  434    0
                                          KEMG>SARG UKAW IEBM
  71 Trevor Hovelmeier    ZA  8     -20    375  343  406
                                           428  480  481    0
                                        > USRF UKAC USJG LKLW
  72 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK  8     -50    495  375  439
                                           441  383  367    0
                                         >TTEM SGEG>CAJN ZATH
  73 Kong Chock Heng      MY  8    -163    418  347  321
                                           321  435  441    0
                                        >>SGMT KEMG SGEG KEDA
  74 Michael Tang         SG  8    -252    321  422  297
                                           418  315  406    0
                                          MYKC>NIGE MYPC AEAA
  75 Dixon Assesa         KE  8    -307    372  384  380
                                           384  292  352    0
                                          SCJF>ZADE>SARG MYKC
  76 Gold Eburu           NI  8    -361    470  315  438
                                           363  422  387    0
                                        >>OMLP SGMT>AUAK PKRK
  77 Arvind Abraham       AE  8    -409    336  387  326
                                           494  381  331    0
                                        > MYPC>AUAK SGCS SGMT
  78 Rashid Khan          PK  8    -451    304  383  279
                                           340  400  472    0
                                        > CAAH OMMP INMC NIGE
  79 Kunihiko Kuroda      JP  8    -497    345  367  362
                                           360  420  351    0
                                          MTPE SGCS>SCJF KEMB
  80 Matayo Bwire         KE  8    -534    323  372  326
                                           391  328  435    0
                                          NZPS>SCJF SLWW JPKK
  81 Peter Sinton         NZ  8    -580    391  337  309
                                           323  450  443    0
                                        >>KEMB MTPE JPKH POWU
  82 Wojciech Usakiewicz  PO  8    -718    384  384  367
                                           418  298  291    0
                                          SGCS>OMLP>ROLS NZPS
  83 Akshay Bhandarkar    BH  7.5    28    363  297  381
                                           447  348  374    0
                                          SLWW JPKH>IECC CAJN
  84 Jim Nanavati         CA  7     -41    393  368  367
                                           338  384  439    0
                                         >IEBM UKDW LKLW BHAB
  85 Ricardo Gonzalez     SA  7    -156    378  352  352
                                           374  416  380    0
                                         >AESL AUJR KEDA ZADE
  86 Selwyn Lobo          AE  7    -172    374  410  352
                                           378  387  434    0
                                          SARG>TTEM IEBM AUAK
  87 Dylan Early          ZA  7    -284    492  292  418
                                           284  384  374    0
                                        >>FRAM KEDA>TTEM SARG
  88 Alistair Kane        AU  7    -404    330  381  387
                                           464  387  438    0
                                        > USLO AEAA NIGE AESL
  89 Johnson Fasuba       SC  7    -515    384  328  351
                                           372  372  362    0
                                         >KEDA KEMB JPKK ROLS
  90 Laurentiu Sandu      RO  7   -1634    281  424  291
                                           554  412  367    0
                                          JPKH>FRAM POWU SCJF
  91 Catherine Costello   IE  6.5  -131    393  306  374
                                           459  394  381    0
                                          AURB IEBM BHAB TTEM
  92 Edward Metivier      TT  6    -258    441  387  374
                                           495  410  418    0
                                        > LKLW AESL ZADE IECC
  93 Linda Pray           OM  6    -634    363  298  346
                                           470  384  403    0
                                        > NIGE POWU BHVP MTMS
  94 Vivian Penaflor      BH  6    -659    437  439  403
                                           375  390  346    0
                                         >SCDS>MTMS>OMLP ROCC
  95 Antonin Michel       FR  6    -843    284  412  461
                                           492  424  255    0
                                          ZADE ROLS>ROCC SCDS
  96 Mario Saliba         MT  5    -822    429  390  402
                                           357  439  383    0
                                         >ROCC BHVP>SCDS OMLP
  97 Dhanapala Silva      SC  5   -1206    375  378  383
                                           437  300  402    0
                                          BHVP>ROCC MTMS FRAM
  98 Catalin-Eugen Caba   RO  3   -2501    357  300  255
                                           429  378  461    0
                                          MTMS SCDS FRAM BHVP
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