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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
Reporting from WSC 1999, Jane Williams of the NSA...
Both Nyman and Wapnick are calm and collected. David Boys is sporting a migraine, and Brian is kind of low-spirited. This Nigel Richards is an amazing player and EVER SO QUIET.
Rk Player Country W Spread 1 Joel Wapnick Canada 17 +985 2 Mark Nyman England 17 +939 3 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 15 +775 4 David Boys Canada 15 +627 5 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 15 +384 6 Nigel Richards New Zealand 14 +1610 7 Andrew Fisher England 14 +770 8 Adam Logan Canada 14 +761 9 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 14 +693 10 John Holgate Australia 14 +628 11 Russell Byers England 14 +459 12 Femi Awowade Nigeria 14 +377 13 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 14 +327 14 Phil Appleby England 14 +178 15 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 13 +915 16 David Wiegand U.S.A. 13 +811 17 Andrew Cook England 13 +802 18 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 13 +541 19 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 13 +521 20 John Luebkemann U.S.A. 13 +337 21 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 13 +200 22 James Cherry Canada 13 +115 23 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 13 +34 24 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 13 -26 25 Jeff Grant New Zealand 13 -523 26 Bob Jackman Australia 12.5 +169 27 Odette Rio Philippines 12 +643 28 Joe Edley U.S.A. 12 +466 29 Robert Felt U.S.A. 12 +436 30 Michael Gongolo Kenya 12 +352 31 Steven Gruzd South Africa 12 +301 32 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 12 +206 33 Gareth Williams Wales 12 +192 34 Mohan Chunkath India 12 +101 35 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 12 +46 36 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 12 +39 37 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 12 -82 38 Owen Bondin Malta 12 -185 39 Michael Pray Oman 12 -280 40 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 12 -397 41 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 11.5 +404 42 David Webb England 11 +494 43 Brett Smitheram England 11 +427 44 Ronald Credo Philippines 11 +342 45 Jim Geary U.S.A. 11 +316 46 Joan Rosenthal Australia 11 +162 47 Roland Filio Bahrain 11 +161 48 Howard Warner New Zealand 11 +28 49 Helen Gipson England 11 +6 50 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 11 +2 51 Shafique Thobani Kenya 11 -87 52 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 11 -164 53 Peter Elbourne Malta 11 -167 54 A Ganesh Malaysia 11 -191 55 Matayo Bwire Kenya 11 -197 56 Wilma Warwick Scotland 11 -445 57 Keiichiro Hirai Japan 10.5 +573 58 Akshay Bhandarkar Bahrain 10.5 +171 59 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 10.5 -603 60 Tony Sim Singapore 10 +221 61 Dylan Early South Africa 10 +168 62 Alec Webb England 10 +12 63 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 10 -8 64 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 10 -60 65 Michael Tang Singapore 10 -67 66 Rodney Judd Pakistan 10 -96 67 Albert Hahn Canada 10 -273 68 Gold Eburu Nigeria 10 -299 69 Peter Sinton New Zealand 10 -374 70 Rashid Khan Pakistan 10 -380 71 Barbara Berlin Australia 10 -511 72 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 10 -685 73 Paul Cleary Australia 9.5 -242 74 Leslie Charles Trinidad 9.5 -515 75 Roger Blom Australia 9 +341 76 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 9 +51 77 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 9 +38 78 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 9 -132 79 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 9 -219 80 Eugene Goh Singapore 9 -373 81 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 9 -385 82 Dixon Assesa Kenya 9 -429 83 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 9 -701 84 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 9 -772 85 Catherine Costello Ireland 8.5 -81 86 Jim Nanavati Canada 8 +98 87 Edward Metivier Trinidad 8 -167 88 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 8 -291 89 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 8 -353 90 Alistair Kane Australia 8 -415 91 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 8 -432 92 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 8 -616 93 Linda Pray Oman 8 -702 94 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 8 -1917 95 Antonin Michel France 7 -887 96 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 7 -1119 97 Mario Saliba Malta 5 -1013 98 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 3 -2894
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
1 Joel Wapnick CA 17 985 446 367 444 474 457 425
386 421 391 379 440 291 0
>USJL UKMN>USJS>USBC>NIFA>UKAF CADB
2 Mark Nyman UK 17 939 466 421 403 524 372 455
327 367 456 413 360 418 0
>UKBS>CAJW USBC>CAAL>AUJH>NZNR USRT
3 Brian Cappelletto US 15 775 415 438 456 379 344 492
353 345 403 474 441 379 0
>CAAL>USJL>UKMN CAJW NZNR>AUJH UKAF
4 David Boys CA 15 627 453 387 414 503 401 465
471 424 388 308 373 369 0
USJS USRT>USLS>CAJC>PHVQ>NIFA CAJW
5 Ron Tiekert US 15 384 494 424 341 432 370 360
448 387 455 403 367 349 0
>USLS>CADB AUJH>USJL>USJS>UKPA UKMN
6 Nigel Richards NZ 14 1610 461 513 435 474 441 418
392 389 488 433 344 455 0
>UKHG>UKAF CAAL>USDW>USBC UKMN THJK
7 Andrew Fisher UK 14 770 396 389 424 493 405 291
346 513 334 406 396 425 0
>USDW NZNR>UKBS>UKRB>CAAL CAJW USBC
8 Adam Logan CA 14 761 353 465 488 413 396 425
415 327 435 524 405 420 0
USBC>UKBS>NZNR UKMN UKAF>USDW AUJH
9 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 14 693 327 352 393 532 451 430
412 463 521 280 328 348 0
AUJH PHVQ UKRB>USPE>USJL>CAJC NZNR
10 John Holgate AU 14 628 412 362 455 432 360 379
327 439 341 300 372 492 0
>THJK USJS>USRT>PHVQ UKMN USBC CAAL
11 Russell Byers UK 14 459 453 465 521 406 402 387
318 397 393 493 358 330 0
>TTLC>WAGW>THJK UKAF>USLS>PHVQ NIFA
12 Femi Awowade NI 14 377 396 421 533 474 440 369
390 387 325 407 457 465 0
>CAJC>UKHG>UKPA>USJS CAJW CADB UKRB
13 Naween Fernando LK 14 327 399 355 437 392 432 494
362 421 364 304 418 278 0
>ZASG CAJC>MYAG>NZJG>WAGW>USJS UKPA
14 Phil Appleby UK 14 178 493 554 325 500 467 349
413 318 533 324 443 360 0
>LKSC>NZJG NIFA>THPN>PHOR USRT LKNF
15 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 13 915 413 402 413 458 418 466
493 387 461 323 386 398 0
UKPA>AUBJ THPN>THTS>UKBS>PHOR USDW
16 David Wiegand US 13 811 346 463 501 433 489 420
396 333 364 474 388 425 0
UKAF>BHRF>USPE NZNR>NZKB CAAL LKSC
17 Andrew Cook UK 13 802 407 480 535 510 473 502
362 343 380 399 431 378 0
>UKDW>ZATH>USJE>BHRF>AUBJ>KEMG PHVQ
18 Virgilio Quiballo PH 13 541 461 463 438 300 373 330
414 352 329 432 401 387 0
>BHRF>THJK>USJL AUJH CADB UKRB UKAC
19 Kendall Boyd NZ 13 521 449 438 436 436 388 412
476 364 396 287 489 346 0
USPE>USBL>BHRF>ZASG USDW>USLS USJL
20 John Luebkemann US 13 337 386 345 329 403 328 455
446 438 438 432 451 387 0
CAJW USBC PHVQ USRT THJK>ZASG NZKB
21 Stanley Ndungu KE 13 200 440 397 384 407 345 406
460 364 423 405 337 333 0
MYAG>USRH WAGW>PKRJ>UKHG>THAP CAJC
22 James Cherry CA 13 115 390 421 415 308 523 348
396 355 401 503 345 430 0
NIFA>LKNF>UKHG CADB>THPN THJK KESN
23 Paul Epstein US 13 34 476 388 364 280 429 415
449 356 501 532 385 404 0
>NZKB>PHOR USDW THJK>MTPE>WAGW USJS
24 Joel Sherman US 13 -26 471 439 391 407 367 278
453 362 444 474 370 494 0
>CADB>AUJH CAJW NIFA USRT LKNF USPE
25 Jeff Grant NZ 13 -523 441 318 364 304 383 401
309 554 623 392 352 386 0
>THPN UKPA PHOR LKNF>SAIC>UKDW AUBJ
26 Bob Jackman AU 12.5 169 482 387 555 362 431 486
305 402 304 345 473 471 0
>THTS LKSC>TTLC>SAIC UKAC>THPN NZJG
27 Odette Rio PH 12 643 384 356 623 468 443 398
297 388 364 402 467 466 0
>NZHW USPE>NZJG>UKBS UKPA LKSC USJE
28 Joe Edley US 12 466 496 427 380 510 480 389
360 454 535 353 330 322 0
>USJG NZHW UKAC>UKAW>USBL>BHRF PHOR
29 Robert Felt US 12 436 428 386 412 419 465 416
375 411 322 450 320 394 0
>ZATH PHRC>USBL KEMG>USJG>UKBS ZASG
30 Michael Gongolo KE 12 352 368 435 426 450 461 378
343 347 329 419 261 502 0
>AUJR>MYKC>NISJ>USRF>NZHW UKAC USLS
31 Steven Gruzd ZA 12 301 362 459 525 287 531 387
399 349 284 436 349 455 0
LKNF>USSP>AUBB NZKB>USRH USJL USRF
32 Lester Schonbrun US 12 206 448 468 388 396 358 346
494 329 414 366 402 412 0
USRT>MYAG CADB>NZHW UKRB NZKB KEMG
33 Gareth Williams WA 12 192 356 397 423 403 418 404
329 465 384 400 432 415 0
>PHRC UKRB>KESN>UKHG LKNF USPE INMC
34 Mohan Chunkath IN 12 101 316 304 472 424 461 358
383 416 279 374 383 333 0
AUBB USLO>PKRK>NISJ>PKRJ>NZHW WAGW
35 Lisa Odom US 12 46 464 416 400 435 476 380
330 304 515 411 379 379 0
>AUAK>INMC USRH>USSP>MYAG>UKHG THAP
36 Randy Hersom US 12 39 413 364 515 368 349 393
410 397 400 356 531 376 0
>NISJ KESN>USLO>PHRC ZASG>KEST MTOB
37 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 12 -82 456 357 370 458 371 333
430 457 408 326 308 406 0
>AUPC THPN SAIC>MTOB>OMMP KESN USLO
38 Owen Bondin MT 12 -185 462 336 352 326 371 495
369 444 309 458 364 422 0
>KEST AUBB>USSP THAP>AUPC>MTPE USRH
39 Michael Pray OM 12 -280 395 400 417 366 308 390
422 383 404 285 371 389 0
SAIC>PKRK>CAAH>AUBB THAP>JPKH THPN
40 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 12 -397 309 457 461 324 345 471
441 357 413 500 523 486 0
NZJG>THAP>LKSC UKPA CAJC AUBJ OMMP
41 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 11.5 404 422 411 408 345 352 429
395 340 370 362 383 307 0
>OMMP>CAAH>THAP AUBJ NZJG>THTS UKDW
42 David Webb UK 11 494 362 384 459 395 407 386
407 368 359 375 302 401 0
UKAC>CAJN>AURB>AUPC>THTS NZJG SAIC
43 Brett Smitheram UK 11 427 327 327 334 402 386 394
466 465 424 468 418 416 0
UKMN CAAL UKAF PHOR LKSC USRF PHRC
44 Ronald Credo PH 11 342 329 411 363 356 362 496
356 386 378 368 384 312 0
WAGW>USRF NZHW USRH BHRF>PKRJ UKBS
45 Jim Geary US 11 316 360 502 481 535 320 467
496 525 406 283 465 347 0
USJE PKRJ>ZATH>SGEG USRF>SGTS AUJR
46 Joan Rosenthal AU 11 162 343 416 360 413 397 457
368 352 434 381 365 378 0
KEMG>SARG UKAW>IEBM>ZATH>USBL USJG
47 Roland Filio BH 11 161 414 333 396 399 384 322
461 463 436 510 362 389 0
PHVQ USDW NZKB UKAC>PHRC USJE NZHW
48 Howard Warner NZ 11 28 297 454 378 366 261 333
384 427 363 396 461 358 0
PHOR>USJE>PHRC USLS KEMG INMC BHRF
49 Helen Gipson UK 11 6 392 387 401 400 337 379
461 421 415 403 345 380 0
NZNR NIFA CAJC WAGW KESN USLO NISJ
50 Saheed Jimoh NI 11 2 410 385 329 374 385 381
413 373 426 424 378 317 0
USRH>UKAW KEMG INMC>SGMT>CAAH UKHG
51 Shafique Thobani KE 11 -87 369 401 297 499 466 376
462 331 456 333 382 393 0
MTOB>MYPC PKRJ>SGCS>CAAH USRH MTPE
52 Pui Cheng Wui MY 11 -164 494 331 406 359 370 394
336 401 297 457 329 381 0
>AEAA KEST>SGMT CAAH>SGEG>UKAW MYAG
53 Peter Elbourne MT 11 -167 360 450 538 452 385 422
345 337 298 385 429 495 0
>JPKK>NZPS>SGTS>MYAG USPE MTOB KEST
54 A Ganesh MY 11 -191 460 329 364 385 379 434
440 468 437 452 476 412 0
>KESN USLS LKNF MTPE USLO>NIGE MYPC
55 Matayo Bwire KE 11 -197 323 372 326 391 457 436
391 328 435 312 283 352 0
NZPS>SCJF SLWW>JPKK>SGCS>AUBB JPKH
56 Wilma Warwick SL 11 -445 447 324 435 347 404 468
363 414 326 370 397 434 0
>BHAB AURB>KEMB JPKH>NZPS>AUPC THTS
57 Keiichiro Hirai JP 10.5 573 554 348 443 370 422 389
281 297 309 347 259 390 0
>ROLS>BHAB>NZPS>SLWW>AUBB OMMP KEMB
58 Akshay Bhandarkar BH 10.5 171 363 297 381 467 453 398
447 348 374 386 434 355 0
SLWW JPKH>IECC>CAJN>AURB>TTLC SGTS
59 Taewan Sutthasin TH 10.5 -603 305 456 486 323 302 307
482 342 393 458 407 429 0
AUBJ>SGTS>AUPC LKSC UKDW SAIC SLWW
60 Tony Sim SG 10 221 364 342 298 431 391 347
424 456 538 393 322 467 0
USBL THTS MTPE>AURB>TTLC USJG BHAB
61 Dylan Early ZA 10 168 492 292 418 500 498 397
284 384 374 296 325 322 0
>FRAM KEDA>TTEM>SARG>IEBM>ZATH UKAW
62 Alec Webb UK 10 12 405 373 434 353 390 381
301 385 360 510 345 394 0
>SGEG NISJ>AUJR USJE>USSP MYPC ZADE
63 Bob Lipton US 10 -8 424 364 322 376 330 378
364 438 412 302 480 457 0
>SGTS NZKB USRF>TTLC USJE AUJR USSP
64 Steve Polatnick US 10 -60 421 349 309 411 345 430
361 459 352 435 390 358 0
>PKRJ ZASG MTOB USLO UKAW>MYKC USBL
65 Michael Tang SG 10 -67 321 422 297 453 378 406
418 315 406 364 385 303 0
MYKC>NIGE MYPC>AEAA NISJ>SGEG PKRJ
66 Rodney Judd PK 10 -96 361 525 456 405 383 312
421 502 297 407 461 496 0
USSP>USJG>KEST KESN INMC PHRC SGMT
67 Albert Hahn CA 10 -273 340 340 404 457 382 317
304 411 417 359 466 381 0
>PKRK SAIC OMMP>MYPC KEST NISJ NIGE
68 Gold Eburu NI 10 -299 470 315 438 371 416 412
363 422 387 346 357 434 0
>OMLP SGMT>AUAK>PKRK>KEDA MYAG CAAH
69 Peter Sinton NZ 10 -374 391 337 309 403 397 497
323 450 443 325 404 362 0
>KEMB MTPE JPKH>POWU SLWW>JPKK PKRK
70 Rashid Khan PK 10 -380 304 383 279 346 385 396
340 400 472 371 371 314 0
CAAH OMMP INMC NIGE>LKLW>KEDA NZPS
71 Barbara Berlin AU 10 -511 383 444 284 285 259 352
316 336 525 366 422 436 0
>INMC>MTOB ZASG OMMP JPKH KEMB SGCS
72 Cher Siong Gan SG 10 -685 418 420 331 333 283 379
384 367 326 499 457 339 0
>POWU>JPKK>AEAA KEST KEMB>IECC AUBB
73 Paul Cleary AU 9.5 -242 430 363 393 375 364 434
456 363 486 395 371 468 0
THAP=TTLC THTS UKDW MTOB SLWW AURB
74 Leslie Charles TT 9.5 -515 318 363 304 302 322 355
453 363 555 376 391 398 0
UKRB=AUPC AUBJ USBL SGTS BHAB IEBM
75 Roger Blom AU 9 341 459 414 359 393 434 408
393 324 459 431 453 323 0
>IECC>SLWW UKDW SGTS BHAB>CAJN AUPC
76 Brendan McDonnell IE 9 51 338 394 434 381 325 418
393 306 352 413 498 294 0
CAJN>IECC>AESL AUJR ZADE>LKLW TTLC
77 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 9 38 375 343 406 423 365 322
428 480 481 258 397 397 0
USRF UKAC USJG>LKLW AUJR ZADE SARG
78 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 9 -132 378 352 352 296 401 490
374 416 380 500 366 297 0
>AESL AUJR KEDA ZADE>AUAK>OMLP ZATH
79 Kong Chock Heng MY 9 -219 418 347 321 396 372 358
321 435 441 415 337 430 0
>SGMT KEMG SGEG KEDA>AESL USSP AEAA
80 Eugene Goh SG 9 -373 301 383 441 283 329 303
405 375 321 535 370 406 0
UKAW>LKLW>MYKC USJG MYPC SGMT KEDA
81 Arvind Abraham AE 9 -385 336 387 326 364 394 419
494 381 331 453 404 296 0
MYPC>AUAK SGCS SGMT JPKK>AESL MYKC
82 Dixon Assesa KE 9 -429 372 384 380 415 357 314
384 292 352 396 416 396 0
SCJF>ZADE>SARG>MYKC NIGE PKRK SGEG
83 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 9 -701 345 367 362 312 404 362
360 420 351 391 394 497 0
MTPE SGCS>SCJF KEMB>AEAA NZPS POWU
84 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 9 -772 384 384 367 325 346 453
418 298 291 403 384 391 0
SGCS>OMLP>ROLS NZPS IECC>BHVP JPKK
85 Catherine Costello IE 8.5 -81 393 306 374 410 384 339
459 394 381 358 346 379 0
AURB IEBM BHAB>TTEM>POWU SGCS CAJN
86 Jim Nanavati CA 8 98 393 368 367 386 609 323
338 384 439 467 304 408 0
>IEBM UKDW LKLW BHAB>ROLS AURB IECC
87 Edward Metivier TT 8 -167 441 387 374 358 420 476
495 410 418 410 330 423 0
LKLW AESL ZADE IECC>ROCC>FRAM AUAK
88 Selwyn Lobo AE 8 -291 374 410 352 454 337 296
378 387 434 415 372 419 0
SARG>TTEM IEBM>AUAK MYKC AEAA LKLW
89 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 8 -353 495 375 439 258 371 294
441 383 367 423 385 418 0
>TTEM SGEG>CAJN ZATH PKRK IEBM AESL
90 Alistair Kane AU 8 -415 330 381 387 415 366 420
464 387 438 454 401 357 0
USLO AEAA NIGE AESL SARG>MTMS TTEM
91 Johnson Fasuba SC 8 -432 384 328 351 326 355 496
372 372 362 441 401 252 0
>KEDA KEMB JPKK ROLS BHVP>ROCC SCDS
92 Vivian Penaflor BH 8 -616 437 439 403 430 401 391
375 390 346 371 355 453 0
>SCDS>MTMS>OMLP>ROCC>SCJF POWU FRAM
93 Linda Pray OM 8 -702 363 298 346 439 381 297
470 384 403 337 358 490 0
NIGE POWU BHVP>MTMS>SCDS SARG ROCC
94 Laurentiu Sandu RO 8 -1917 281 424 291 441 304 333
554 412 367 326 609 426 0
JPKH>FRAM POWU>SCJF CAJN SCDS MTMS
95 Antonin Michel FR 7 -887 284 412 461 366 416 423
492 424 255 383 390 476 0
ZADE ROLS>ROCC SCDS>MTMS TTEM BHVP
96 Dhanapala Silva SC 7 -1119 375 378 383 383 358 426
437 300 402 366 381 333 0
BHVP>ROCC MTMS>FRAM OMLP>ROLS SCJF
97 Mario Saliba MT 5 -1013 429 390 402 337 390 357
357 439 383 439 416 420 0
>ROCC BHVP>SCDS OMLP FRAM AUAK ROLS
98 Catalin-Eugen Caba RO 3 -2894 357 300 255 371 330 252
429 378 461 430 420 496 0
MTMS SCDS FRAM BHVP TTEM SCJF OMLP
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