World Scrabble Championship 2007

The World Scrabble Championship 2007 was held in the Taj President Hotel, Mumbai, India between 9 November and 12 November. The winner was Nigel Richards of New Zealand.[1]

World Scrabble Championship 2007
9 November 2007 — 12 November 2007
WinnerNigel Richards (Scrabble)|Nigel Richards
Number of players104
LocationMumbai, India
SponsorMattel

The tournament began with a 24-round Swiss tournament, whose top two players contested a best-of-five final.

Results

The preliminary stage involved 104 players, the largest number of players in WSC history, over 24 rounds, using the "Chew Pairing" system to select the draw for each round.

Nigel Richards beat Ganesh Asirvatham of Malaysia 3-0 in the final. This was the first time either of them had reached the final. Ganesh was the number 1 rated player in the world at the time, and Nigel the form player had always been knocking on the door in majors and was a multiple winner of the Brand's Crossword Game King's Cup including 2007.

Nigel won the first game 412-316.[2] He bingoed VARSITy; Ganesh bingoed sERINGA. Nigel's opening play was GAVOT with the V on the centre star. During the game Ganesh missed the bingo OUTCRAWL.

Nigel won the second game 400-371.[3] Ganesh took an early lead with AETHERS but had to exchange tiles twice, and although he caught up again with ANTIENTS and a late-game bingo DUPLiED, and Nigel only bingoed once with ODONAtE, Nigel won on the strength of the value he got out of the J, Q and X with JERBIL, QUOHOG and FAX.

Nigel wins the third game 499-470[4] and becomes New Zealand's first world champion. This game was a bingo-fest with Nigel's RECOPIES, EQuINIAS and OVERAPT to Ganesh's TRECKING, ADNATION, DIrTIEST and a triple-triple TAILLEUR. However, once again, Nigel's luck with drawing the high scoring letters saw him have the edge in a fitting finale.

Complete Results
Position Name Country Win-Loss Spread Prize (USD)[1]
1 Richards, NigelNew Zealand19-5+159415,000
2 Asirvatham, GaneshMalaysia18-6+25016,000
3 Jighere, WellingtonNigeria18-6+16353,000
4 Wapnick, JoelCanada17-7+10752,000
5 Bhandarkar, AkshayUnited Arab Emirates16-8+10561,000
6 Litunya, PatrickKenya16-8+845900
7 Wee, Ming Hui HubertSingapore16-8+824800
8 Adamson, TimUnited States16-8-363700
9 Umujose, EmmanuelNigeria15-9+983600
10 Oyekunle, LanreSouth Africa15-9+907500
11 David EldarWorld Youth Champion15-9+578
12 Ong, SuanneMalaysia15-9+503
13 Okulicz, EdwardAustralia15-9+263
14 Sukhumrattanaporn, CharnwitThailand15-9-103
15 Helen GipsonEngland14½-9½+376
16 Fisher, AndrewAustralia14-10+1154
17 Boys, DavidCanada14-10+682
18 Panyasophonlert, KomolThailand14-10+542
19 Williams, GarethWales14-10+419
20 Sulaiman, MohammadPakistan14-10+414
21 Thevenot, GeoffUnited States14-10+407
22 Warner, HowardNew Zealand14-10+365
23 Webb, DavidEngland14-10+266
24 Kramer, JimUnited States14-10+198
25 Adam LoganWorld Champion14-10+140
26 Brousson, TheresaMalta14-10-124
27 Rio, Odette CarminaPhilippines13½-10½+506
28 O'Laughlin, JohnUnited States13-11+1050
29 Kantimathi, SamUnited States13-11+850
30 Gongolo, MichaelKenya13-11+516
31 Fernando, Naween TharangaAustralia13-11+371
32 Benedict, NathanUnited States13-11+333
33 Cheah, Siu HeanSingapore13-11+322
34 Hovelmeier, Trevor MarkSouth Africa13-11+272
35 Chakrabarti, AmitUnited States13-11+207
36 Tamas, AdrianRomania13-11+96
37 Hoekstra, RonCanada13-11+76
38 Carter, GeraldThailand13-11+75
39 Robertshaw, PhilEngland13-11+5
40 Simmons, AllanScotland13-11-4
41 Lobo, RalphOman13-11-80
42 Allan, PaulScotland13-11-363
43 Appleby, PhilEngland13-11-538
44 Katz-Brown, JasonUnited States12-12+692
45 Dennis, DiEngland12-12+534
46 Kirk, TerryEngland12-12+251
47 Saldanha, DeanCanada12-12+248
48 Hingorani, VarishtIndia12-12+214
49 Baker, MichaelUnited States12-12+167
50 Sujjayakorn, PanupolThailand12-12+165
51 Philpotts, AdamEngland12-12+164
52 Berofsky, EvanCanada12-12+158
53 Schellenberg, MarkCanada12-12+100
54 Martin, EdwardEngland12-12-91
55 Lamabadusuriya, HarshanEngland12-12-148
56 Saengsit, WeeraThailand12-12-177
57 May, ChristopherAustralia12-12-214
58 Iqbal, WajidPakistan12-12-285
59 Martus, TeodoroPhilippines12-12-337
60 Ali, Mohammed ZafarBahrain12-12-580
61 Pratt, DanielUnited States11½-12½+69
62 Manase, Joshua OtienoKenya11-13+507
63 Grant, JeffNew Zealand11-13+348
64 Gabriel, MartyUnited States11-13+211
65 Kelly, WayneEngland11-13-66
66 Ikekeregor, DennisNigeria11-13-149
67 Linn, RobertUnited States11-13-258
68 Kenas, MarkUnited States11-13-315
69 Credo, RonaldPhilippines11-13-319
70 Chow, Jie Ming BenjaminSingapore11-13-346
71 Jackman, BobAustralia11-13-356
72 Polatnick, SteveUnited States11-13-452
73 Matsuda, ManabuJapan11-13-975
74 Buddhdev, AnandNetherlands11-13-1035
75 MacNeil, RodUnited States11-13-1090
76 Wachira, FrancisKenya10½-13½-417
77 Charles, LeslieBarbados10-14+102
78 Rodrigues, SherwinIndia10-14+11
79 Anthonius, FerdyIndonesia10-14-260
80 Chunkath, Mohan VergheseIndia10-14-270
81 Wanniarachchi, LakshanSri Lanka10-14-286
82 Delicata, DavidMalta10-14-306
83 Butler, LynneNew Zealand10-14-322
84 Delia, JojoMalta10-14-406
85 Kalumba, Paul YandishaZambia10-14-443
86 Hemachandra, SanathOman10-14-576
87 O'Neill, ShaneWales10-14-950
88 Chakravarthy, RanganathanIndia9-15-8
89 Leah, TonyCanada9-15-376
90 Craig, JoanneNew Zealand9-15-445
91 Amarasinghe, AsankaSri Lanka9-15-468
92 Amarasinghe, IndunilSri Lanka9-15-531
93 Ajayi, Olajide AdemolaIreland9-15-533
94 Bohbot, HerveFrance9-15-542
95 Esmail, MushtakTanzania9-15-551
96 Jegels, LlewellinGermany, Federal Republic of9-15-686
97 Collins, FrederickGuyana9-15-786
98 Usakiewicz, WojciechPoland8-16-844
99 Reshamwala, ShakirKuwait8-16-883
100 Ntege, ChrisUganda8-16-984
101 Kuroda, KunihikoJapan8-16-1003
102 Modeste, AnthonyTrinidad and Tobago8-16-1011
103 Nässén, GregerSweden6½-17½-2347
104 Alban, LoretaQatar5½-18½-1345
  • FINALS:
  • Game 1: Nigel 412 - Ganesh 316
  • Game 2: Nigel 400 - Ganesh 371
  • Game 3: Nigel 499 - Ganesh 470

References
  1. http://www.wscgames.com/2007/prizes.html
  2. http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f1;turn=0
  3. http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f2;turn=0
  4. http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f3;turn=0
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