Singapore Open Scrabble Championship

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Singapore Open Scrabble Championship
Tournament information
Sport Scrabble
LocationSingapore
Established1998
Format15–17 rounds
Current champion
Toh Weibin

The Singapore Open Scrabble Championship is an international Scrabble tournament held each year in Singapore, established in 1998. The field of players is considerably large and it is not an invitational event. World Scrabble champion Nigel Richards has the most Singapore Open wins, with twelve between 2000 and 2017.

Champions

The winner of the championship's inaugural edition was Michael Tang in 1998. The player with the most Singapore Open victories is New Zealander Nigel Richards, who won eleven times between 2000 and 2014, [1] and once again in 2016. [2] No other person has won the tournament more than once. The Singapore Open was cancelled in 2013 and 2015 due to a lack of venue. [3]

YearChampionCountryVenueWins/Total number of gamesCumulative
spread		Runner(s)-up
2017Toh WeibinFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore YWCA Fort Canning Lodge14/161156 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nigel Richards
2016Nigel Richards (12)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Hwa Chong Institution 11/161071 Flag of Singapore.svg Hubert Wee
2014Nigel Richards (11)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand *SCAPE12/161272 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alastair Richards
2012Nigel Richards (10)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand West Coast Community Club14/161840 Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Chong
2011Aaron ChongFlag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Thomson Community Club11/161246 Flag of Singapore.svg Hubert Wee
2010Nigel Richards (9)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Thomson Community Club14/172190 Flag of Singapore.svg Cheah Siu Hean
2009Nigel Richards (8)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sengkang Community Club12/16978 Flag of Singapore.svg Hubert Wee
2008Nigel Richards (7)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Anchorvale Community Club14/161196 Flag of Singapore.svg Hubert Wee
2007Nigel Richards (6)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Teck Ghee Community Club11/16833 Flag of Singapore.svg Shim Yen Nee
2006Tony SimFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Teck Ghee Community Club12/16670 Flag of the Philippines.svg Marlon Prudencio
2005Andy KurniaFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Teck Ghee Community Club12/16749 Flag of Singapore.svg Hubert Wee
2004Nigel Richards (5)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Nanyang Community Club12/16962 Flag of Singapore.svg Cheah Siu Hean
2003Nigel Richards (4)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Jurong Green Community Club12.5/161181 Flag of Singapore.svg Ricky Purnomo
2002Nigel Richards (3)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Jurong Green Community Club12/16782 Flag of Singapore.svg Tony Sim
2001Nigel Richards (2)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Hong Kah East Community Club12/161021 Flag of Singapore.svg Quek Sim Ho
2000Nigel Richards (1)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Hong Kah East Community Club14/162118 Flag of Nigeria.svg Femi Awowade
1999 Ganesh Asirvatham Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Hong Kah East Community Club12/151053 Flag of Malaysia.svg Tengku Asri
1998Michael TangFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Hong Kah East Community Club12/16472 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ador Ruiz

References

  1. ↑ Damodaran, Akhila (16 January 2017). "Master of all words uses but few". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ "12.11.2016 Singapore Open: Nigel Richards". WESPA . Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Archives". Scrabble Association Singapore. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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