Moiz Ullah Baig

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Moiz Ullah Baig

Moiz Ullah Baig (born April 1997 [1] in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistani Scrabble player [2] who won the World Youth Scrabble Championship 2013 [3] [4] [5] and the World Junior Scrabble Championship 2018, becoming the first player ever to win both. [6] [7] [8] He won the Pakistan Scrabble Championship in 2018 [9] [10] and is currently the number 1 player of the country. [11] [12] In December 2018, with a WESPA rating of 1921, he climbed up to the 71st place in the world rankings – his career highest. [13]

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Moiz was conferred with a gold medal by Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust in 2014 for his achievements in Scrabble. [14] He was mentioned alongside Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, Asma Jahangir, and several others in the Newsline Magazine, on being one of the Pakistanis who have made a prominent mark internationally. [15] He is referred to as the "giant of scrabble" in Pakistan. [16] Moiz was appointed as a coach of Pakistan Scrabble Team in 2016. [17]

Moiz studied at Technische Universität Darmstadt, NED University of Engineering and Technology, DJ Science College, and Falconhouse Grammar School. [5] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

Playing history

Moiz debuted the national circuit in 2012 at age 14 and beat several top-rated players in his first tournament. [23] [24] He joined the international scene in 2013. [25]

2012

Moiz won the All-Pakistan Inter-School Scrabble Championship. [19] [20] Later in the year, he was selected to represent Pakistan at the World Youth Scrabble Championship in the UK, [26] [27] but he couldn't get the visa. [5]

2013

Moiz won the World Youth Scrabble Championship held in Dubai, UAE, becoming the first Pakistani to do so. [3] [4] [5]

2014

Moiz finished 3rd at the Mind Sports International Youth Cup held in London, UK. [28] [29] He was unsuccessful in defending his title at the World Youth Scrabble Championship in Colombo, Sri Lanka. [30] [31]

2015

Moiz finished runner-up at the Pakistan Scrabble Championship. [32]

2016

Moiz missed the quarter-finals of the World Scrabble Championship 2016 in Lille, France, after losing his last match to the former World Champion Adam Logan by 1 point, finishing 15th. [33] [34] He was the runner-up at the Pakistan Scrabble Championship for the second time in a row. [35]

2017

Moiz finished runner-up at both, the World Junior Scrabble Championship held in Nottingham, UK, [36] [37] [38] and the Princess Youth Scrabble Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand. [39] [40] [41]

2018

Moiz won the World Junior Scrabble Championship held in Torquay, UK, [6] [7] [42] [43] [44] the Pakistan Scrabble Championship, [9] [10] and the Pakistan Scrabble Champions Trophy. [16] [45] [46] He rose to the number 1 spot in national rankings ending Waseem Khatri's decade-long supremacy. [11] He was selected to represent ‘Team Rest of Asia’ at the Alchemist Cup – World Team Challenge in Penang, Malaysia, [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] where he ended up 16th among the top 50 players of the world. [52]

2019

He was unsuccessful in defending his title at the Pakistan Scrabble Championship. [53] [54]

2022

Moiz won the 10th Continental Scrabble Championship in Berlin, Germany. [55]

References

  1. ↑ "Birthday boy Moiz secures scrabble title | ePaper | DAWN.COM". epaper.dawn.com. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Moiz Ullah Baig". www.wespa.org. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  3. 1 2 "Moiz Ullah Baig crowned WYSC Champion". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  4. 1 2 Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2013-12-15). "Moiz makes history with WYSC title". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Hasan, Shazia (2013-12-17). "Laurels, cheers galore as victorious Pakistan scrabble team". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  6. 1 2 Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2018-10-24). "Moiz crowned junior world scrabble champion". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  7. 1 2 "Pakistan's Moiz crowned world junior scrabble champion". The Nation. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  8. ↑ "Pakistan's Imaad youngest world jr scrabble champion". The Nation. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  9. 1 2 Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2018-07-18). "Moiz clinches National Scrabble title". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  10. 1 2 "HISTORY OF PAKISTAN SCRABBLE CHAMPIONS – Pakistan Scrabble Association" . Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  11. 1 2 Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2018-02-20). "Moiz ends Waseem's supremacy at the top". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  12. ↑ Khilari. "Pakistan to compete at World Scrabble Championship & Junior World Scrabble Championship, 2019 - Khilari". www.khilari.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  13. ↑ "Moiz Ullah Baig". www.wespa.org. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  14. ↑ "Moiz Ullah takes lesson from Islamabad defeat". The Express Tribune. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  15. ↑ "The Prized Ones". Newsline. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  16. 1 2 Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2018-10-09). "Moizullah Baig new giant of scrabble in Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  17. ↑ "Moiz to spell out win for Pakistan team". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  18. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2012-08-05). "Jahanzaib, Javeria excel in 'The Scrabble Battle'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  19. 1 2 "Mihajuddin wins scrabble event". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  20. 1 2 "Mihajuddin clinches Inter School Scrabble title". The Nation. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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  22. ↑ #studentsofTUdarmstadt. "The #studentsofTUdarmstadt". #studentsofTUdarmstadt – Technical University of Darmstadt. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
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  24. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2012-02-06). "Ranking scrabble". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  25. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2013-07-08). "Impressive Inayat clinches Penang scrabble event". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  26. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2012-10-02). "Moizullah wins scrabble tourney". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  27. ↑ "Scrabble team to compete in England". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  28. ↑ "Moiz secures third spot in scrabble championship". The News. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  29. ↑ "Pakistan's Moiz comes third in 1st Mind Scrabble C'ship". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  30. ↑ Agencies (2014-09-01). "Durand dethrones Moiz". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  31. ↑ "Losing world title wasn't easy". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  32. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2015-07-28). "Waseem seizes fourth successive Pakistan Scrabble title". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  33. ↑ Agencies (2016-09-04). "Daniyal makes quarters". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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  36. ↑ "Youngsters fetch accolades for Pakistan". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  37. ↑ "Pakistan colts shine in Junior World Scrabble". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  38. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2017-08-23). "Pakistanis shine at Junior World Scrabble". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  39. ↑ "Pakistani scrabble players Hammad, Moiz score one-two finish in Princess Cup". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  40. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2017-11-28). "Hammad grabs Princess Cup title". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  41. ↑ "Pakistan's Hammad and Moiz sparkle in Princess Cup Youth Scrabble Tournament". Daily Times. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  42. ↑ "Shangrila (Private) Limited | Pakistan rules the world of youth scrabble". www.shangrila.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  43. ↑ News, Allsportspk (2018-10-22). "Breaking - Junior World Scrabble Championship: Pakistan's 6 World Champions". AllSportsPK. Retrieved 2019-10-28.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  44. ↑ "Five Moments from Torquay". torquay18.shtml. Retrieved 2019-10-28.[ permanent dead link ]
  45. ↑ Khilari. "Moiz Ullah Baig stands first in Shangrila Scrabble Champion's Trophy - Khilari". www.khilari.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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  47. ↑ "Three Pak players in Rest of Asia for Alchemist Cup Scrabble". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  48. ↑ "Three Pakistan players in Rest of Asia scrabble team". Daily Times. 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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  50. ↑ Khilari. "Waseem, Moiz & Sohaib representing Pakistan in The Alchemist Cup Scrabble C'ship 2018 - Khilari". www.khilari.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  51. ↑ "Three Pakistani players represent "Rest of Asia" team in Alchemist Cup Scrabble Tournament". Cliff Pakistan. 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  52. ↑ "Individual standings". alchemistcup.causewaychallenge.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  53. ↑ Agencies (2019-07-24). "Hasham Hadi clinches scrabble title". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  54. ↑ Khilari. "Hasham Hadi becomes youngest Pakistani champion at 31st National Scrabble Championship - Khilari". www.khilari.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  55. ↑ News, Allsportspk (20 June 2022). "10th Continental 2022 Scrabble C'ship; Germany: Pak's Moizullah Baig Wins With Authority | Allsportspk" . Retrieved 2022-09-29.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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