World Scrabble Championship 2009

The World Scrabble Championship 2009 was held in the Zon Regency Hotel, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, between November 26 to November 29.[1] The tournament format was 24 rounds for all players, followed by best-of-five finals between the top two players. There were 116 places allocated to competitors from around the world,[2] with 108 players eventually competing.[3]

World Scrabble Championship 2009
26 November 2009 — 29 November 2009
WinnerPakorn Nemitrmansuk
Number of players108
LocationJohor Bahru
SponsorMattel

Results

The winner was Pakorn Nemitrmansuk of Thailand who defeated the reigning champion Nigel Richards of New Zealand with three games to one in the best-of-five finals.[4] The two finalists earned their spots by each winning 18 games in the first 24 rounds. Dave Wiegand of United States won 17 games and placed third.[3]

Pakorn set two additional WSC records at this event, by winning 14 consecutive games in the preliminaries[5] and by scoring 670 points in a final game,[4] which included a triple-triple of the word PALUDINE scoring 167 points.[6]

The first game was close, Pakorn winning 425-419.[7] Bingos from Pakorn included HOMEWARE, DELEtING and DRENCHING. Bingos from Nigel were STAMINAS and REDEPLOY.

The second game was a record 670-303[8] win for Pakorn, during which he had a personal best 5:04 remaining on the clock. Pakorn started with the bingo UNRuLES and continued with OORIEST, EBRIATE and the triple-triple PALUDINE. He also had luck with the Z and Q. Nigel chipped in with bingo REAcTOR.

Nigel pulled one back in the third game, 443-394.[9] He had two bingos JINKERS and LICHTED compared to Pakorn's three: REpTANT, STAINED and RAMPAUGE, but Nigel scored more with his (100+ per bingo).

The fourth game saw Pakorn take the title of World Champion at last, after two runner-up positions, in a high scoring and close game 499-480.[10] It was a bingo-bingo start, with Pakorn getting ADVENES and Nigel GRIFTERS. Nigel had a further FrEEHOLD and BOHEMIAN. Pakorn followed up with GENETRIX on the triple and a game winning BOTANICA and BOWATS.

Complete Results
Position Name Country Win-Loss Spread Prize (USD)
1 Nemitrmansuk, PakornThailand18-6+138815,000
2 Richards, NigelWorld Champion18-6+18546,000
3 Wiegand, DavidUnited States17-7+8953,000
4 Siriwangso, MarutThailand16-8+12072,000
5 Panyasophonlert, KomolThailand16-8+10951,000
6 Boys, DavidCanada16-8+876900
7 Fernando, Naween TharangaAustralia16-8+842800
8 Beevers, CraigEngland16-8+777700
9 Wapnick, JoelCanada15½-8½+748600
10 Gipson, HelenScotland15-9+883500
11 Wellington JighereNigeria15-9+658
12 Benedict, NathanUnited States15-9+634
13 Rodrigues, SherwinIndia15-9+624
14 Katz-Brown, JasonUnited States15-9+608
15 Fisher, AndrewAustralia15-9+533
16 Ikekeregor, DennisNigeria15-9+301
17 Kennedy, RikNorthern Ireland15-9-68
18 Nicholson, MikkiEngland14-10+880
19 Nyman, MarkEngland14-10+620
20 Mackay, LewisEngland14-10+585
21 Thevenot, GeoffUnited States14-10+561
22 Kramer, JimUnited States14-10+473
23 Bowman, BrianUnited States14-10+441
24 Saidu, AyorindeNigeria14-10+398
25 Sujjayakorn, PanupolThailand14-10+364
26 Scott, NeilScotland14-10+200
27 Ball, NickUnited States14-10+160
28 Okulicz, EdwardAustralia14-10+33
29 Kenas, MarkUnited States14-10+8
30 Brousson, TheresaMalta13½-10½+188
31 Limprasert, PichaiThailand13½-10½+72
32 O'Laughlin, JohnUnited States13-11+783
33 Robertshaw, PhilEngland13-11+644
34 Lamabadusuriya, HarshanEngland13-11+476
35 Grant, JeffNew Zealand13-11+383
36 Placca, ChrysGhana13-11+376
37 Leah, TonyCanada13-11+361
38 Schellenberg, MarkCanada13-11+191
39 Rosin, SamUnited States13-11+167
40 Wee, Ming Hui HubertSingapore13-11+127
41 Litunya, PatrickKenya13-11+73
42 Appleby, PhilEngland13-11-37
43 Cheah, Siu HeanSingapore13-11-38
44 Khatri, WaseemPakistan13-11-53
45 Harrison, MartinEngland13-11-431
46 David EldarAustralia12½-11½+315
47 Warner, HowardNew Zealand12½-11½+191
48 Bhandarkar, AkshayUnited Arab Emirates12-12+783
49 Green, NeilWales12-12+551
50 Gongolo, MichaelKenya12-12+384
51 Allan, PaulEngland12-12+291
52 Balasingam, VannithaMalaysia12-12+268
53 Wanniarachchi, LakshanSri Lanka12-12+210
54 Panitch, MaxCanada12-12+170
55 Mwangi, WillyKenya12-12+93
56 Sukhumrattanaporn, CharnwitThailand12-12+51
57 Halsall, TrevorAustralia12-12+22
58 Early, DylanSouth Africa12-12-54
59 Tamas, AdrianRomania12-12-86
60 Akonor, MichaelGhana12-12-169
61 Siddiqui, IrfanBahrain12-12-171
62 Simmons, AllanScotland12-12-473
63 Amalean, ShailaSri Lanka11½-12½+170
64 Purnomo, RickySingapore11½-12½-237
65 McMahon, KevinIreland11-13+626
66 Hoekstra, RonCanada11-13+377
67 Hovelmeier, Trevor MarkSouth Africa11-13+207
68 Okwelogu, Chinedu NosikeNigeria11-13+36
69 Kougi, PeterAustralia11-13-148
70 Yeo, Kien HungMalaysia11-13-262
71 Prudencio, MarlonSingapore11-13-282
72 Delicata, DavidMalta11-13-366
73 Golding, AndrewCanada11-13-445
74 Gabriel, MartyUnited States11-13-446
75 Thorogood, BlueNew Zealand11-13-509
76 Parchamento, RogerPhilippines11-13-617
77 Pantis, MihaiRomania11-13-667
78 Linn, RobertUnited States11-13-740
79 Khan, Rashid AteeqPakistan11-13-830
80 Ikawa, VictorBahrain11-13-836
81 Oyende, AllanKenya10-14+307
82 Buddhdev, AnandNetherlands10-14-206
83 Charles, LeslieTrinidad and Tobago10-14-276
84 Saldanha, DielleCanada10-14-371
85 Bohbot, HerveFrance10-14-404
86 Kantimathi, SamUnited States10-14-419
87 Craig, JoanneNew Zealand10-14-440
88 Abordo, ChrisPhilippines10-14-451
89 Anthonius, FerdyIndonesia10-14-637
90 Kang, WilliamMalaysia10-14-951
91 Roddis, MarcSweden10-14-1506
92 Mpundu, Patrick MulemenaZambia9½-14½-215
93 Khongthanarat, CharnritWorld Youth Champion9½-14½-435
94 Idalski, JasonUnited States9½-14½-544
95 Judd, RodneyPakistan9½-14½-557
96 McDonald, AbigailGuyana9½-14½-1640
97 Lobo, RalphUnited Arab Emirates9-15-54
98 Ong, SuanneMalaysia9-15-63
99 Tang, MichaelMalaysia9-15-489
100 Quao, Michael ArthurGhana8-16-304
101 Edwin-Mugisha, PhillipUganda8-16-385
102 Esmail, MushtakTanzania8-16-829
103 Gonzalez, Ricardo VSaudi Arabia8-16-964
104 Tanveer, RohainaKuwait7-17-1006
105 Pieta, BartoszPoland7-17-1233
106 Geamsakul, WarodomJapan7-17-1611
107 Fernandes, CecilOman5-19-1384
108 Gomes, AnthonyQatar4-20-2200
  • FINALS:
  • Game 1: Pakorn 425 - Nigel 419
  • Game 2: Pakorn 670 - Nigel 303
  • Game 3: Nigel 443 - Pakorn 394
  • Game 4: Pakorn 499 - Nigel 480

References
  1. http://www.wscgames.com/2009/ WSC 2009
  2. http://www.wscgames.com/2009/register.html WSC 2009 Registration
  3. http://live.wscgames.com/2009/standing/1/24.html WSC 2009 Standings: Round 24
  4. http://live.wscgames.com/2009/finals.html WSC 2009: Finals
  5. http://live.wscgames.com/2009/notes/21.html WSC 2009: Round 21
  6. http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2009/f2;turn=22
  7. http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f1;turn=0
  8. http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2009/f2;turn=0
  9. http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2009/f3;turn=0
  10. http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2009/f4;turn=0
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