World Scrabble Championship 2009

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World Scrabble Championship 2009
26 November 2009 – 29 November 2009
Winner Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
Number of players108
Location Johor Bahru
SponsorMattel

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]

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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

PositionNameCountryWin–lossSpreadPrize (USD)
1Nemitrmansuk, PakornThailand18-6+138815,000
2Richards, NigelWorld Champion18-6+18546,000
3Wiegand, DavidUnited States17-7+8953,000
4Siriwangso, MarutThailand16-8+12072,000
5Panyasophonlert, KomolThailand16-8+10951,000
6Boys, DavidCanada16-8+876900
7Fernando, Naween TharangaAustralia16-8+842800
8Beevers, CraigEngland16-8+777700
9Wapnick, JoelCanada15½-8½+748600
10Gipson, HelenScotland15-9+883500
11 Wellington Jighere Nigeria15-9+658
12Benedict, NathanUnited States15-9+634
13Rodrigues, SherwinIndia15-9+624
14Katz-Brown, JasonUnited States15-9+608
15Fisher, AndrewAustralia15-9+533
16Ikekeregor, DennisNigeria15-9+301
17Kennedy, RikNorthern Ireland15-9-68
18Nicholson, MikkiEngland14-10+880
19Nyman, MarkEngland14-10+620
20Mackay, LewisEngland14-10+585
21Thevenot, GeoffUnited States14-10+561
22Kramer, JimUnited States14-10+473
23Bowman, BrianUnited States14-10+441
24Saidu, AyorindeNigeria14-10+398
25Sujjayakorn, PanupolThailand14-10+364
26Scott, NeilScotland14-10+200
27Ball, NickUnited States14-10+160
28Okulicz, EdwardAustralia14-10+33
29Kenas, MarkUnited States14-10+8
30Brousson, TheresaMalta13½-10½+188
31Limprasert, PichaiThailand13½-10½+72
32O'Laughlin, JohnUnited States13-11+783
33Robertshaw, PhilEngland13-11+644
34Lamabadusuriya, HarshanEngland13-11+476
35Grant, JeffNew Zealand13-11+383
36Placca, ChrysGhana13-11+376
37Leah, TonyCanada13-11+361
38Schellenberg, MarkCanada13-11+191
39Rosin, SamUnited States13-11+167
40Wee, Ming Hui HubertSingapore13-11+127
41Litunya, PatrickKenya13-11+73
42Appleby, PhilEngland13-11-37
43Cheah, Siu HeanSingapore13-11-38
44Khatri, WaseemPakistan13-11-53
45Harrison, MartinEngland13-11-431
46 David Eldar Australia12½-11½+315
47Warner, HowardNew Zealand12½-11½+191
48Bhandarkar, AkshayUnited Arab Emirates12-12+783
49Green, NeilWales12-12+551
50Gongolo, MichaelKenya12-12+384
51Allan, PaulEngland12-12+291
52Balasingam, VannithaMalaysia12-12+268
53Wanniarachchi, LakshanSri Lanka12-12+210
54Panitch, MaxCanada12-12+170
55Mwangi, WillyKenya12-12+93
56Sukhumrattanaporn, CharnwitThailand12-12+51
57Halsall, TrevorAustralia12-12+22
58Early, DylanSouth Africa12-12-54
59Tamas, AdrianRomania12-12-86
60Akonor, MichaelGhana12-12-169
61Siddiqui, IrfanBahrain12-12-171
62Simmons, AllanScotland12-12-473
63Amalean, ShailaSri Lanka11½-12½+170
64Purnomo, RickySingapore11½-12½-237
65McMahon, KevinIreland11-13+626
66Hoekstra, RonCanada11-13+377
67Hovelmeier, Trevor MarkSouth Africa11-13+207
68Okwelogu, Chinedu NosikeNigeria11-13+36
69Kougi, PeterAustralia11-13-148
70Yeo, Kien HungMalaysia11-13-262
71Prudencio, MarlonSingapore11-13-282
72Delicata, DavidMalta11-13-366
73Golding, AndrewCanada11-13-445
74Gabriel, MartyUnited States11-13-446
75Thorogood, BlueNew Zealand11-13-509
76Parchamento, RogerPhilippines11-13-617
77Pantis, MihaiRomania11-13-667
78Linn, RobertUnited States11-13-740
79Khan, Rashid AteeqPakistan11-13-830
80Ikawa, VictorBahrain11-13-836
81Oyende, AllanKenya10-14+307
82Buddhdev, AnandNetherlands10-14-206
83Charles, LeslieTrinidad and Tobago10-14-276
84Saldanha, DielleCanada10-14-371
85Bohbot, HerveFrance10-14-404
86Kantimathi, SamUnited States10-14-419
87Craig, JoanneNew Zealand10-14-440
88Abordo, ChrisPhilippines10-14-451
89Anthonius, FerdyIndonesia10-14-637
90Kang, WilliamMalaysia10-14-951
91Roddis, MarcSweden10-14-1506
92Mpundu, Patrick MulemenaZambia9½-14½-215
93Khongthanarat, CharnritWorld Youth Champion9½-14½-435
94Idalski, JasonUnited States9½-14½-544
95Judd, RodneyPakistan9½-14½-557
96McDonald, AbigailGuyana9½-14½-1640
97Lobo, RalphUnited Arab Emirates9-15-54
98Ong, SuanneMalaysia9-15-63
99Tang, MichaelMalaysia9-15-489
100Quao, Michael ArthurGhana8-16-304
101Edwin-Mugisha, PhillipUganda8-16-385
102Esmail, MushtakTanzania8-16-829
103Gonzalez, Ricardo VSaudi Arabia8-16-964
104Tanveer, RohainaKuwait7-17-1006
105Pieta, BartoszPoland7-17-1233
106Geamsakul, WarodomJapan7-17-1611
107Fernandes, CecilOman5-19-1384
108Gomes, AnthonyQatar4-20-2200

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  1. ↑ http://www.wscgames.com/2009/ WSC 2009
  2. ↑ http://www.wscgames.com/2009/register.html WSC 2009 Registration
  3. 1 2 http://live.wscgames.com/2009/standing/1/24.html WSC 2009 Standings: Round 24
  4. 1 2 http://live.wscgames.com/2009/finals.html WSC 2009: Finals
  5. ↑ http://live.wscgames.com/2009/notes/21.html WSC 2009: Round 21
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