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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
Joel Wapnick defeats Mark Nyman 623-308 in Round 1.
JoelW MarkN
CHAPLET 8c CHAPLET +86 86 NOOODRU d8 HONOUR +18 18
EIOHRRZ 10b ZONER +36 122 AAADEIO 9f AIA +14 32
EIIHKRT 10h TIKI +21 143 DOEAEUQ 13a QUARE +28 60
FILTHER k5 FILTHIER +106 249 SEAOMED 12g SEADROME +74 134
WAR?LE? o6 WARbLEs +85 334 WAYAINI l3 WAY +26 160
EEICRSV 14e SCRIEVE +78 412 NAINISO m8 INSOMNIA +72 232
OUBNTTV 15l VATU +33 445 DGPGAMB 2k GAMB +28 260
EOBFNTX 11c BOX +46 491 DDPGDNU -DDDGPN +0 260
EOJFNTY n5 JOY +27 518 EUIRLTE 3l WEIL +26 286
EOFGNTP o1 PELF +49 567 ERTUDIN h14 ID +9 295
NDGOGNT b12 DUNG +12 579 ERTUIND 5d DENTURIFY +82 377
ERTUIND -- -82 295
OOGNST n10 ONE +13 592 ERTUIND 5d RETUNDIFY +82 377
ERTUIND -- -82 295
OGST 6j GIS +19 611 ERTUIND i1 DUNITE +13 308
OT 1g TOD +12 623
(R) +1 624 (R) -1 307
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
----------------------------- Player Tiles Score
1|= ' T O D ' P|1
2| - " U " G A M B E|2 JoelW 624
3| - ' N W E I L|3 MarkN R 307
4|' - ' I A F|4
5| - T F Y J |5 The game is over.
6| " " E G I S O W|6
7| ' ' ' L ' Y A|7
8|= C H A P L E T T ' I R|8
9| ' O A I A ' H N b|9
10| Z O N E R T I K I S O L|10
11| B O X E O N E|11
12|' D U S E A D R O M E s|12
13|Q U A R E ' ' N |13
14| N S C R I E V E I - |14
15|= G ' D V A T U|15
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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
> JoelW: k5 FILTHIER +106 249
diane1 says "the tile gods are smiling on joelw so far"
panchax says "god yes"
ricky says "have you seen his latest rack?"
SOPH says "more like carrying him on their wings"
Rich says "seadrome"
Ann says "Hope that 200 point comeback by Nyman way back when doesn't creep into Joel's mind"
Ann says "this is NERVE UM RACKING"
plant laughs
SOPH says "wapnick has another bingo prone rack"
> MarkN: 12g SEADROME +74 134
> JoelW: o6 WARbLEs +85 334 SEADROMEs
diane1 says "ouch .... a body blow by joelw"
Rich says "good tiles, at joel's service."
panchax says "another bing yet"
Ann says "asthetically pleasing bingo"
plant says "gee"
krusty says "almost EVISCERATE 1h!"
> MarkN: l3 WAY +26 160 FY
Ann [to krusty]: "figuratively we hope"
SOPH says "markn has n8 INSOMNIA"
panchax kibitzes: "service"
> JoelW: 14e SCRIEVE +78 412 ES
ricky says "hope mark sees it"
Ann says "nice"
ricky says "it still can go down"
Rich says "why not 14d service?"
diane1 says "ouch ..... a huge uppercut to the chin"
panchax kibitzes: "very nice"
Steven [to Rich]: "less bingo chance this way -- blocks left and right"
Ann says "the v in scrieve more defensive"
SOPH says "hope qis doesn't clowd mark"
diane1 says "I don't think Joel has a bingo rack :P"
Ann great minds steven
Joey says "yep, if you throw uppercuts, you better be able to block left and right"
paulsid hopes Joel isn't using up all his luck in one shot!
leolard hopes he is!
SOPH says "he saw it too"
Rich says "Scrieve probably scores more too. Didn't see both the C and V on tls."
martin says "i sure hope he is"
ricky says "after 6 bingos, this kind of rack bound to come out"
> MarkN: m8 INSOMNIA +72 232
diane1 says "good boy Mark"
> JoelW: 15l VATU +33 445
martin says "anybody bring any beer?"
diane1 says "for Mark to cry in ???"
Rich has some in the refrigerator
krusty snickers
Ann says "ann has scrabble players beer DOS XX"
> MarkN: 2k GAMB +28 260 AWAY
SOPH is enjoying his Tuborgs now
martin says "joel will be sorry for this"
panchax kibitzes: "its only first game"
Rich says "no beer for krusty..."
Joey yeah, I need something sweet
krusty will have some milk, please. :)
Rich [to martin]: "Such a partisan"
Ann offers joey hersey bar
martin says "well I upset a few on CGP ;-P"
Joey declines, has dinner waiting in 5 minutes - wish I had a vertical scroll bar :(
plant says "fox 11c"
> JoelW: 11c BOX +46 491 OB, EX
diane1 says "Mark is now seeing the rack in 3-D :("
krusty's isn't either
Steven's Shockwave isn't being updated
diane1 says "steven ..... nobody's is"
p2's is.
martin says "my shockwave isnt"
diane1 says "it might be an IE thing"
Rich says "p has always been special though."
> MarkN: -DDDGPN +0 260
diane1 says "coequal"
Rich checks GAMBO in OSW3.
The word is acceptable.
panchax kibitzes: "only a or e"
krusty kibitzes: "gambe, no?"
martin checks GAMBE in TWL98+OSW3.
The word is acceptable.
Rich says "o1 joey is a killer"
Joey :)
panchax kibitzes: "oh ssowpods forgot already lol"
ricky says "joel missed it"
> JoelW: n5 JOY +27 518 OW, YA
plant says "hmm"
Rich says "pity, but spread doesn't matter."
zem says "yeah, but it'd have felt good"
plant says "oh- just win loss"
Ann says "who is watching with shockwave?"
zem is
ricky raises hand
Ann says "do you see the people or just the board?"
krusty is trying to...
SOPH is
hoover is
Joey says "wouldn't have scored as much this turn without the E he saved"
ricky says "just board"
Erica says "what is shockwave?"
zem says "just the board"
Rich says "reticule"
martin says "I am but not updating"
Ann says "ah -- I wanna know if Joel is wearing his lucky red shirt"
zem says "it's a program for live webcasting of images"
> MarkN: 3l WEIL +26 286 ME, BI
plant says "will there be pics, John?"
> JoelW: o1 PELF +49 567 GAMBE
You page plant: "yes, later tonight or tomorrow"
diane1 says "ouch"
panchax kibitzes: "how lopsided can it get"
Joey kibitzes: "even more lopsided than Joel's victory in the CNSC last year"
p2 believes DOS in bag
diane1 says "maybe mark wishes he WERE here instead"
Joey kibitzes: "exactly"
diane1 says "reunify .... (for what its worth ... get it over with)"
Ann [to Rich]: "i wa s wondering too"
> MarkN: h14 ID +9 295
MarkN draws one tile from the bag.
p2 says "Mark successfully fishes for the other D."
zem [to p2]: "point"
zem says "ob is osw if nothing else"
Joey don't think he'll break the 643 high, but close
> JoelW: b12 DUNG +12 579
paulsid says "Who had 643?"
> MarkN: 5d DENTURIFY +82 377
krusty says "!"
ricky says "suresh chinaiyah, sri lanka"
Ann says "whoa!"
martin says "brilliant"
ricky says "desperation move"
Ann says "oblig challenge"
paulsid says "That's not in lexpert..."
diane1 says "hmmmm"
panchax says "wowsers"
Rich says "phony"
plant says "that good?"
ricky says "if he were sure, he would have played it before, wouldn't he?"
paulsid says "Nice try though."
Ann says ""pretty classy tho"
zem says "i liked it :)"
zem says "perzackly"
Erica says "really nice try"
panchax says "rudentify"
plant says "well, doesnt matter anyways"
Rich says "undeify"
martin says "my shockwave does not update at all"
diane1 says "to gum one's food repeatedly while waitiong for dentures"
> MarkN: -- -82 295
> JoelW: n10 ONE +13 592 SOL, ONE
> MarkN: 5d RETUNDIFY +82 377
Ann says "oh comeon mark"
zem says "entrudify"
Steven says "Too bad spread doesn't count!"
plant says "really?"
zem could invent iffy words all day :)
leolard says "Give it up Mark, for heaven's sake!"
> MarkN: -- -82 295
diane1 says "swinging for the fences again"
Ann [to plant]: "right -- unequal number of games"
Ann says "what if they go 2-2 and tie though?"
Steven could invent iffy words, too
zem says "lol"
krusty smiles
diane1 says "they wrestle best 2-of-3 falls"
> JoelW: 6j GIS +19 611 AWAYS
plant says "guess that ends the iffy words"
p2 says "setting up retinudgis! :)"
Ann says "but seriously folks..."
diane1 says "LOL"
Ann says "if 2-2 tie doesnt spread count?"
paulsid wonders too
Ann says "right"
> MarkN: i1 DUNITE +13 308 EGIS
jlaite says "another as in a sixth???"
Ann says "does anyone KNOW for sure tho"
Ann says "well he got his 600 game"
zem says "maybe they get tossed into a ring with net and trident"
diane1 says "lets ask poslfit .... he knows everything! :)"
Ann says "is ot good in sowpods?"
JoelW says "John's computer crashed"
plant laughs
JoelW says "He'll be back soon."
ricky says "no"
Ann says "yikes"
> JoelW: 1g TOD +12 623
Ann says "yayayaayayayay!"
> JoelW: (R) +2 625
> Final scores: JoelW 625, MarkN 308
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