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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 Mark Nyman England 15 +890 2 Joel Wapnick Canada 15 +834 3 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 14 +759 4 John Holgate Australia 14 +753 5 Femi Awowade Nigeria 14 +490 6 Nigel Richards New Zealand 13 +1550 7 Andrew Fisher England 13 +895 8 Adam Logan Canada 13 +765 9 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 13 +626 10 David Boys Canada 13 +503 11 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 13 +370 12 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 13 +193 13 Phil Appleby England 13 +165 14 Odette Rio Philippines 12 +735 15 David Wiegand U.S.A. 12 +715 16 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 12 +556 17 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 12 +488 18 John Luebkemann U.S.A. 12 +392 19 Russell Byers England 12 +358 20 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 12 +316 21 Gareth Williams Wales 12 +217 22 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 12 +97 23 James Cherry Canada 12 +19 24 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 12 -204 25 Bob Jackman Australia 11.5 +196 26 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 11 +815 27 Andrew Cook England 11 +636 28 Brett Smitheram England 11 +481 29 Michael Gongolo Kenya 11 +276 30 Howard Warner New Zealand 11 +253 31 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 11 +204 32 Steven Gruzd South Africa 11 +187 33 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 11 +119 34 Helen Gipson England 11 +15 35 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 11 -21 36 Peter Elbourne Malta 11 -50 37 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 11 -72 38 Michael Pray Oman 11 -218 39 Jeff Grant New Zealand 11 -569 40 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 10.5 +313 41 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 10.5 -376 42 David Webb England 10 +404 43 Jim Geary U.S.A. 10 +341 44 Robert Felt U.S.A. 10 +269 45 Joe Edley U.S.A. 10 +249 46 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 10 +221 47 Roland Filio Bahrain 10 +206 48 Ronald Credo Philippines 10 +180 49 Rodney Judd Pakistan 10 +166 50 Mohan Chunkath India 10 -2 51 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 10 -52 52 A Ganesh Malaysia 10 -116 53 Albert Hahn Canada 10 -125 54 Shafique Thobani Kenya 10 -154 55 Barbara Berlin Australia 10 -264 56 Owen Bondin Malta 10 -265 57 Keiichiro Hirai Japan 9.5 +411 58 Paul Cleary Australia 9.5 -201 59 Leslie Charles Trinidad 9.5 -403 60 Tony Sim Singapore 9 +272 61 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 9 +145 62 Joan Rosenthal Australia 9 +51 63 Alec Webb England 9 -20 64 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 9 -69 65 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 9 -87 66 Michael Tang Singapore 9 -163 67 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 9 -218 68 Eugene Goh Singapore 9 -229 69 Dixon Assesa Kenya 9 -288 70 Gold Eburu Nigeria 9 -336 71 Matayo Bwire Kenya 9 -455 72 Wilma Warwick Scotland 9 -486 73 Peter Sinton New Zealand 9 -502 74 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 9 -551 75 Akshay Bhandarkar Bahrain 8.5 +109 76 Roger Blom Australia 8 +275 77 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 8 +100 78 Dylan Early South Africa 8 -80 79 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 8 -133 80 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 8 -182 81 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 8 -215 82 Rashid Khan Pakistan 8 -476 83 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 8 -498 84 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 8 -576 85 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 8 -796 86 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 8 -1519 87 Catherine Costello Ireland 7.5 -79 88 Jim Nanavati Canada 7 -122 89 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 7 -360 90 Alistair Kane Australia 7 -443 91 Linda Pray Oman 7 -532 92 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 7 -630 93 Edward Metivier Trinidad 6 -310 94 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 6 -718 95 Antonin Michel France 6 -860 96 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 6 -1189 97 Mario Saliba Malta 5 -924 98 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 4 -2442
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
   1 Mark Nyman           UK 15     890   466  421  403  524
                                          327  367  456  413    0
                                        >UKBS>CAJW USBC>CAAL AUJH
   2 Joel Wapnick         CA 15     834   446  367  444  474
                                          386  421  391  379    0
                                        >USJL UKMN>USJS>USBC NIFA
   3 Brian Cappelletto    US 14     759   415  438  456  379
                                          353  345  403  474    0
                                        >CAAL>USJL>UKMN CAJW NZNR
   4 John Holgate         AU 14     753   412  362  455  432
                                          327  439  341  300    0
                                        >THJK USJS>USRT>PHVQ UKMN
   5 Femi Awowade         NI 14     490   396  421  533  474
                                          390  387  325  407    0
                                        >CAJC>UKHG>UKPA>USJS CAJW
   6 Nigel Richards       NZ 13    1550   461  513  435  474
                                          392  389  488  433    0
                                        >UKHG>UKAF CAAL>USDW USBC
   7 Andrew Fisher        UK 13     895   396  389  424  493
                                          346  513  334  406    0
                                        >USDW NZNR>UKBS>UKRB CAAL
   8 Adam Logan           CA 13     765   353  465  488  413
                                          415  327  435  524    0
                                         USBC>UKBS>NZNR UKMN UKAF
   9 Virgilio Quiballo    PH 13     626   461  463  438  300
                                          414  352  329  432    0
                                        >BHRF>THJK>USJL AUJH CADB
  10 David Boys           CA 13     503   453  387  414  503
                                          471  424  388  308    0
                                         USJS USRT>USLS>CAJC PHVQ
  11 Ron Tiekert          US 13     370   494  424  341  432
                                          448  387  455  403    0
                                        >USLS>CADB AUJH>USJL USJS
  12 Joel Sherman         US 13     193   471  439  391  407
                                          453  362  444  474    0
                                        >CADB>AUJH CAJW NIFA USRT
  13 Phil Appleby         UK 13     165   493  554  325  500
                                          413  318  533  324    0
                                        >LKSC>NZJG NIFA>THPN PHOR
  14 Odette Rio           PH 12     735   384  356  623  468
                                          297  388  364  402    0
                                        >NZHW USPE>NZJG>UKBS UKPA
  15 David Wiegand        US 12     715   346  463  501  433
                                          396  333  364  474    0
                                         UKAF>BHRF>USPE NZNR NZKB
  16 Kendall Boyd         NZ 12     556   449  438  436  436
                                          476  364  396  287    0
                                         USPE>USBL>BHRF>ZASG USDW
  17 Jakkrit Klaphajone   TH 12     488   327  352  393  532
                                          412  463  521  280    0
                                         AUJH PHVQ UKRB>USPE USJL
  18 John Luebkemann      US 12     392   386  345  329  403
                                          446  438  438  432    0
                                         CAJW USBC PHVQ USRT THJK
  19 Russell Byers        UK 12     358   453  465  521  406
                                          318  397  393  493    0
                                        >TTLC>WAGW>THJK UKAF USLS
  20 Lester Schonbrun     US 12     316   448  468  388  396
                                          494  329  414  366    0
                                         USRT>MYAG CADB>NZHW UKRB
  21 Gareth Williams      WA 12     217   356  397  423  403
                                          329  465  384  400    0
                                        >PHRC UKRB>KESN>UKHG LKNF
  22 Naween Fernando      LK 12      97   399  355  437  392
                                          362  421  364  304    0
                                        >ZASG CAJC>MYAG>NZJG WAGW
  23 James Cherry         CA 12      19   390  421  415  308
                                          396  355  401  503    0
                                         NIFA>LKNF>UKHG CADB THPN
  24 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk  TH 12    -204   309  457  461  324
                                          441  357  413  500    0
                                         NZJG>THAP>LKSC UKPA CAJC
  25 Bob Jackman          AU 11.5   196   482  387  555  362
                                          305  402  304  345    0
                                        >THTS LKSC>TTLC>SAIC UKAC
  26 Suresh Chinnaiyah    LK 11     815   413  402  413  458
                                          493  387  461  323    0
                                         UKPA>AUBJ THPN>THTS UKBS
  27 Andrew Cook          UK 11     636   407  480  535  510
                                          362  343  380  399    0
                                        >UKDW>ZATH>USJE>BHRF AUBJ
  28 Brett Smitheram      UK 11     481   327  327  334  402
                                          466  465  424  468    0
                                         UKMN CAAL UKAF PHOR LKSC
  29 Michael Gongolo      KE 11     276   368  435  426  450
                                          343  347  329  419    0
                                        >AUJR>MYKC>NISJ>USRF NZHW
  30 Howard Warner        NZ 11     253   297  454  378  366
                                          384  427  363  396    0
                                         PHOR>USJE>PHRC USLS KEMG
  31 Randy Hersom         US 11     204   413  364  515  368
                                          410  397  400  356    0
                                        >NISJ KESN>USLO>PHRC ZASG
  32 Steven Gruzd         ZA 11     187   362  459  525  287
                                          399  349  284  436    0
                                         LKNF>USSP>AUBB NZKB USRH
  33 Stanley Ndungu       KE 11     119   440  397  384  407
                                          460  364  423  405    0
                                         MYAG>USRH WAGW>PKRJ UKHG
  34 Helen Gipson         UK 11      15   392  387  401  400
                                          461  421  415  403    0
                                         NZNR NIFA CAJC WAGW KESN
  35 Paul Epstein         US 11     -21   476  388  364  280
                                          449  356  501  532    0
                                        >NZKB>PHOR USDW THJK MTPE
  36 Peter Elbourne       MT 11     -50   360  450  538  452
                                          345  337  298  385    0
                                        >JPKK>NZPS>SGTS>MYAG USPE
  37 Amnuay Ploysangngam  TH 11     -72   456  357  370  458
                                          430  457  408  326    0
                                        >AUPC THPN SAIC>MTOB OMMP
  38 Michael Pray         OM 11    -218   395  400  417  366
                                          422  383  404  285    0
                                         SAIC>PKRK>CAAH>AUBB THAP
  39 Jeff Grant           NZ 11    -569   441  318  364  304
                                          309  554  623  392    0
                                        >THPN UKPA PHOR LKNF SAIC
  40 Ishtiaq Chishty      SA 10.5   313   422  411  408  345
                                          395  340  370  362    0
                                        >OMMP>CAAH>THAP AUBJ NZJG
  41 Taewan Sutthasin     TH 10.5  -376   305  456  486  323
                                          482  342  393  458    0
                                         AUBJ>SGTS>AUPC LKSC UKDW
  42 David Webb           UK 10     404   362  384  459  395
                                          407  368  359  375    0
                                         UKAC>CAJN>AURB>AUPC THTS
  43 Jim Geary            US 10     341   360  502  481  535
                                          496  525  406  283    0
                                         USJE PKRJ>ZATH>SGEG USRF
  44 Robert Felt          US 10     269   428  386  412  419
                                          375  411  322  450    0
                                        >ZATH PHRC>USBL KEMG USJG
  45 Joe Edley            US 10     249   496  427  380  510
                                          360  454  535  353    0
                                        >USJG NZHW UKAC>UKAW USBL
  46 Bob Lipton           US 10     221   424  364  322  376
                                          364  438  412  302    0
                                        >SGTS NZKB USRF>TTLC USJE
  47 Roland Filio         BH 10     206   414  333  396  399
                                          461  463  436  510    0
                                         PHVQ USDW NZKB UKAC PHRC
  48 Ronald Credo         PH 10     180   329  411  363  356
                                          356  386  378  368    0
                                         WAGW>USRF NZHW USRH BHRF
  49 Rodney Judd          PK 10     166   361  525  456  405
                                          421  502  297  407    0
                                         USSP>USJG>KEST KESN INMC
  50 Mohan Chunkath       IN 10      -2   316  304  472  424
                                          383  416  279  374    0
                                         AUBB USLO>PKRK>NISJ PKRJ
  51 Lisa Odom            US 10     -52   464  416  400  435
                                          330  304  515  411    0
                                        >AUAK>INMC USRH>USSP MYAG
  52 A Ganesh             MY 10    -116   460  329  364  385
                                          440  468  437  452    0
                                        >KESN USLS LKNF MTPE USLO
  53 Albert Hahn          CA 10    -125   340  340  404  457
                                          304  411  417  359    0
                                        >PKRK SAIC OMMP>MYPC KEST
  54 Shafique Thobani     KE 10    -154   369  401  297  499
                                          462  331  456  333    0
                                         MTOB>MYPC PKRJ>SGCS CAAH
  55 Barbara Berlin       AU 10    -264   383  444  284  285
                                          316  336  525  366    0
                                        >INMC>MTOB ZASG OMMP JPKH
  56 Owen Bondin          MT 10    -265   462  336  352  326
                                          369  444  309  458    0
                                        >KEST AUBB>USSP THAP AUPC
  57 Keiichiro Hirai      JP  9.5   411   554  348  443  370
                                          281  297  309  347    0
                                        >ROLS>BHAB>NZPS>SLWW AUBB
  58 Paul Cleary          AU  9.5  -201   430  363  393  375
                                          456  363  486  395    0
                                         THAP=TTLC THTS UKDW MTOB
  59 Leslie Charles       TT  9.5  -403   318  363  304  302
                                          453  363  555  376    0
                                         UKRB=AUPC AUBJ USBL SGTS
  60 Tony Sim             SG  9     272   364  342  298  431
                                          424  456  538  393    0
                                         USBL THTS MTPE>AURB TTLC
  61 Trevor Hovelmeier    ZA  9     145   375  343  406  423
                                          428  480  481  258    0
                                         USRF UKAC USJG>LKLW AUJR
  62 Joan Rosenthal       AU  9      51   343  416  360  413
                                          368  352  434  381    0
                                         KEMG>SARG UKAW>IEBM ZATH
  63 Alec Webb            UK  9     -20   405  373  434  353
                                          301  385  360  510    0
                                        >SGEG NISJ>AUJR USJE USSP
  64 Saheed Jimoh         NI  9     -69   410  385  329  374
                                          413  373  426  424    0
                                         USRH>UKAW KEMG INMC SGMT
  65 Steve Polatnick      US  9     -87   421  349  309  411
                                          361  459  352  435    0
                                        >PKRJ ZASG MTOB USLO UKAW
  66 Michael Tang         SG  9    -163   321  422  297  453
                                          418  315  406  364    0
                                         MYKC>NIGE MYPC>AEAA NISJ
  67 Pui Cheng Wui        MY  9    -218   494  331  406  359
                                          336  401  297  457    0
                                        >AEAA KEST>SGMT CAAH SGEG
  68 Eugene Goh           SG  9    -229   301  383  441  283
                                          405  375  321  535    0
                                         UKAW>LKLW>MYKC USJG MYPC
  69 Dixon Assesa         KE  9    -288   372  384  380  415
                                          384  292  352  396    0
                                         SCJF>ZADE>SARG>MYKC NIGE
  70 Gold Eburu           NI  9    -336   470  315  438  371
                                          363  422  387  346    0
                                        >OMLP SGMT>AUAK>PKRK KEDA
  71 Matayo Bwire         KE  9    -455   323  372  326  391
                                          391  328  435  312    0
                                         NZPS>SCJF SLWW>JPKK SGCS
  72 Wilma Warwick        SL  9    -486   447  324  435  347
                                          363  414  326  370    0
                                        >BHAB AURB>KEMB JPKH NZPS
  73 Peter Sinton         NZ  9    -502   391  337  309  403
                                          323  450  443  325    0
                                        >KEMB MTPE JPKH>POWU SLWW
  74 Cher Siong Gan       SG  9    -551   418  420  331  333
                                          384  367  326  499    0
                                        >POWU>JPKK>AEAA KEST KEMB
  75 Akshay Bhandarkar    BH  8.5   109   363  297  381  467
                                          447  348  374  386    0
                                         SLWW JPKH>IECC>CAJN AURB
  76 Roger Blom           AU  8     275   459  414  359  393
                                          393  324  459  431    0
                                        >IECC>SLWW UKDW SGTS BHAB
  77 Brendan McDonnell    IE  8     100   338  394  434  381
                                          393  306  352  413    0
                                         CAJN>IECC>AESL AUJR ZADE
  78 Dylan Early          ZA  8     -80   492  292  418  500
                                          284  384  374  296    0
                                        >FRAM KEDA>TTEM>SARG IEBM
  79 Selwyn Lobo          AE  8    -133   374  410  352  454
                                          378  387  434  415    0
                                         SARG>TTEM IEBM>AUAK MYKC
  80 Kong Chock Heng      MY  8    -182   418  347  321  396
                                          321  435  441  415    0
                                        >SGMT KEMG SGEG KEDA AESL
  81 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK  8    -215   495  375  439  258
                                          441  383  367  423    0
                                        >TTEM SGEG>CAJN ZATH PKRK
  82 Rashid Khan          PK  8    -476   304  383  279  346
                                          340  400  472  371    0
                                         CAAH OMMP INMC NIGE LKLW
  83 Arvind Abraham       AE  8    -498   336  387  326  364
                                          494  381  331  453    0
                                         MYPC>AUAK SGCS SGMT JPKK
  84 Kunihiko Kuroda      JP  8    -576   345  367  362  312
                                          360  420  351  391    0
                                         MTPE SGCS>SCJF KEMB AEAA
  85 Wojciech Usakiewicz  PO  8    -796   384  384  367  325
                                          418  298  291  403    0
                                         SGCS>OMLP>ROLS NZPS IECC
  86 Laurentiu Sandu      RO  8   -1519   281  424  291  441
                                          554  412  367  326    0
                                         JPKH>FRAM POWU>SCJF CAJN
  87 Catherine Costello   IE  7.5   -79   393  306  374  410
                                          459  394  381  358    0
                                         AURB IEBM BHAB>TTEM POWU
  88 Jim Nanavati         CA  7    -122   393  368  367  386
                                          338  384  439  467    0
                                        >IEBM UKDW LKLW BHAB ROLS
  89 Ricardo Gonzalez     SA  7    -360   378  352  352  296
                                          374  416  380  500    0
                                        >AESL AUJR KEDA ZADE AUAK
  90 Alistair Kane        AU  7    -443   330  381  387  415
                                          464  387  438  454    0
                                         USLO AEAA NIGE AESL SARG
  91 Linda Pray           OM  7    -532   363  298  346  439
                                          470  384  403  337    0
                                         NIGE POWU BHVP>MTMS SCDS
  92 Johnson Fasuba       SC  7    -630   384  328  351  326
                                          372  372  362  441    0
                                        >KEDA KEMB JPKK ROLS BHVP
  93 Edward Metivier      TT  6    -310   441  387  374  358
                                          495  410  418  410    0
                                         LKLW AESL ZADE IECC ROCC
  94 Vivian Penaflor      BH  6    -718   437  439  403  371
                                          375  390  346  430    0
                                        >SCDS>MTMS>OMLP ROCC SCJF
  95 Antonin Michel       FR  6    -860   284  412  461  366
                                          492  424  255  383    0
                                         ZADE ROLS>ROCC SCDS MTMS
  96 Dhanapala Silva      SC  6   -1189   375  378  383  383
                                          437  300  402  366    0
                                         BHVP>ROCC MTMS>FRAM OMLP
  97 Mario Saliba         MT  5    -924   429  390  402  337
                                          357  439  383  439    0
                                        >ROCC BHVP>SCDS OMLP FRAM
  98 Catalin-Eugen Caba   RO  4   -2442   357  300  255  430
                                          429  378  461  371    0
                                         MTMS SCDS FRAM>BHVP TTEM
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