World Scrabble Championship 2011

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World Scrabble Championship 2011
12 October 2011 — 16 October 2011
Winner Nigel Richards (Scrabble)
Number of players106
LocationWarsaw, Poland
SponsorMattel

The World Scrabble Championship 2011 was held in the Hilton Hotel, Warsaw, Poland, from 12 October to 16 October 2011. [1] The format was a 34-round preliminary tournament and a best-of-five final. The top two players after the preliminary tournament, Nigel Richards and Andrew Fisher, played a best-of-five final for the top prize and the title of World Scrabble Champion 2011. There were 114 places allocated to competitors from around the world, [2] with 106 players eventually competing. [2]

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Results

The winner was Nigel Richards of New Zealand who defeated Andrew Fisher of Australia with three games to two in the best-of-five finals. Richards set the record for being the first two-time World Champion. He repeated this success, winning for a third time in 2013.

Richards won the first game 489–422. [3] Bingos from Fisher included BINGERS and INTERWAR. Bingos from Richards were zENAIDAS, ACEROLA and MOLTERs.

Fisher won the second game with 520–406. [4] Fisher bingoed GONDELAY while Richards struggled with a rack AAAEIIS. Richards had the bingo SOSATIE but there was no available spot. Later in the game, he played RETARDS, which was then replied by Fisher's OUTSPAN. Towards the end of the game, Richards played INSULAR for 83 points, which was again replied, with NEEDIER for 81 points.

At the end of Game 2 of the best-of five finals, both players had 1 win.

Richards pulled one back in the third game, 464–359. [5] He had 4 bingos: DAROGHAS (63), UNFANNEd (64), TOLARJEV (90) and PAROdIES (72) compared to Fisher's only bingo of BOUGHTEN for 67 points.

Game 4 went to Fisher with 562–420 despite him having racks such as AAAABEE and AAAEEIO. Richards' ANGRIeST (70) was replied with JEEZ (81) and his EQUID (75) was immediately replied with TALLIED (79)

At the end of Game 4 of the finals, both players had 2 wins. It was an intense competition between the two.

The fifth game saw Richards take the title of World Champion, winning clearly with 476–333. [6] It was a close game until Richards got OMNIFIED for 95 points, giving him a 100-point lead over Fisher. He then sealed the win with URAnITEs across four hooks for 88 points.

Final standings

PositionNameCountryWin–lossSpreadPrize (USD)
1Richards, NigelWSC Runner-Up25–9+200820,000
2Fisher, AndrewAustralia23–11+152110,000
3Nemitrmansuk, PakornWorld Champion22–12+16955,000
4Wiegand, DavidUnited States22–12+15554,000
5May, ChristopherAustralia22–12+10223,000
6Smitheram, BrettEngland22–12+9492,500
7Panyasophonlert, KomolThailand22–12+9391,750
8Gallen, PaulNorthern Ireland21½–12½+6381,500
9 Adam Logan Canada21–13+9391,250
10Richards, AlastairAustralia21–13+8711,000
11Beevers, CraigEngland21–13+696
12Lipe, ChrisUnited States21–13+331
13Boys, DavidCanada21–13+38
14Nicholson, MikkiEngland20–14+1480
15Nyman, MarkEngland20–14+1321
16Thevenot, GeoffUnited States20–14+842
17Wee, Ming Hui HubertSingapore20–14+773
18Gipson, HelenScotland20–14+533
19Scott, NeilScotland20–14+448
20Allan, PaulEngland20–14+311
21Rio, Odette CarminaPhilippines20–14+39
22Siriwangso, MarutThailand20–14+24
23Sulaiman, MohammadUnited Arab Emirates19½–14½+569
24Chong, AaronMalaysia19–15+1097
25Mackay, LewisEngland19–15+845
26Warner, HowardNew Zealand19–15+619
27Hovelmeier, Trevor MarkSouth Africa19–15+546
28Holden, StewartNorthern Ireland19–15+514
29 Joel Sherman United States19–15+380
30Simmons, AllanScotland19–15+267
31Kougi, PeterAustralia19–15+237
32Okulicz, EdwardAustralia19–15-105
33Toh, WeibinSingapore19–15-156
34Craig, JoanneNew Zealand18½–15½+765
35Wapnick, JoelCanada18½–15½+635
36Delicata, DavidMalta18½–15½-144
37Kenas, MarkUnited States18½–15½-346
38Whitmarsh, BradleyUnited States18–16+573
39Fernando, Naween TharangaAustralia18–16+545
40Grover, UdayanIndia18–16+384
41Rosin, SamUnited States18–16+350
42Leah, TonyCanada18–16+182
43Kramer, JimUnited States18–16+69
44Rodrigues, SherwinIndia18–16+40
45Yeo, Kien HungMalaysia18–16-206
46Saldanha, DeanCanada18–16-421
47Thorogood, BlueNew Zealand18–16-465
48Benedict, NathanUnited States17½–16½+764
49Sim, TonySingapore17½–16½+32
50O'Laughlin, JohnUnited States17–17+785
51Martin, EdwardEngland17–17+496
52Saldanha, DielleCanada17–17+448
53Nderitu, Patrick GitongaKenya17–17+390
54Placca, ChrysGhana17–17+313
55Dominiczak, RafalPoland17–17+308
56Halsall, TrevorAustralia17–17+279
57Weatherhead, FeargalIreland17–17+248
58Gillam, SimonScotland17–17+22
59Romany, RodneyTrinidad and Tobago17–17-75
60Edwards, CalumEngland17–17-300
60Litunya, PatrickKenya17–17-300
62Koenig, DavidUnited States17–17-383
63Bowman, BrianUnited States16½–17½+724
64Cree, ChrisUnited States16½–17½+47
65Carter, GeraldThailand16½–17½-280
66Robertshaw, PhilEngland16–18+1268
67Brousson, TheresaMalta16–18+785
68Itthi-Aree, ChollapatThailand16–18+444
69Purnomo, RickySingapore16–18+414
70Ker, Jen HoWorld Youth Champion16–18+407
71Cohen, EvanIsrael16–18+234
72Ball, NickCanada16–18+190
73Cohen, LaurieUnited States16–18+133
74Hirai, KeiichiroJapan16–18+85
75Webb, DavidEngland16–18+7
76Gabriel, MartyUnited States16–18+3
77Koowirat, ThachaThailand16–18-14
78Wanniarachchi, LakshanSri Lanka16–18-39
79Early, DylanSouth Africa16–18-110
80Green, NeilWales16–18-143
81Bullock, OrletBarbados16–18-447
82Iqbal, WajidPakistan16–18-585
83Gruzd, StevenSouth Africa16–18-606
84Usakiewicz, WojciechPoland16–18-656
85Williams, GarethWales16–18-666
86Khongthanarat, CharnritThailand16–18-738
87Srichawla, DanielThailand16–18-1156
88Butler, LynneNew Zealand15½–18½-798
89Wieckowski, ZbigniewPoland15–19+233
90Landau, NaomiIsrael15–19+148
91Manase, Joshua OtienoKenya15–19-213
92Golding, AndrewCanada15–19-248
93Pieta, BartoszPoland15–19-318
94Anthonius, FerdyIndonesia15–19-501
95Siddiqui, IrfanBahrain14–20+135
96Andersson, GunnarSweden13–21-1194
97Pantis, MihaiRomania12–22-391
98Fernandes, MarieOman12–22-506
99Reshamwala, ShakirKuwait12–22-528
100Bohbot, HerveFrance11–23-1925
101Sosseh, Abraham EbiGambia10–24-1332
102Dundas, SuzanneNetherlands10–24-1876
103Berger, BenGermany, Federal Republic of8–26-3620
104Frydenlund, AnlaugNorway5–29-4457
105Rodr, TomasCzech Republic3–31-4584
106Pastucha, IvanSlovakia1–33-6100

Missing tile incident

In a round seven game between Edward Martin and Chollapat Itthi-Aree, Martin discovered a tile (G) missing at the end of play. (Since players typically bag the letters from a laid-out 10-by-10 grid from which a missing letter would be obvious, it is not normally possible to start a game with an incorrect number of letters, [7] although using a 9-by-11 grid by mistake could mask a missing tile). The tournament director ruled that the letter be replaced, and Martin won the game 402–401. This caused some embarrassment to Martin and hard feelings among the Thai contingent, [7] and it was widely reported that Chollapat Itthi-Aree had suggested that Martin be strip searched, [8] [9] but another reporter states that Chollapat did not make such a suggestion. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Schedule". 2011 World Scrabble Championship website. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "How to Register for the 2011 WSC". 2011 World Scrabble Championship website. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Unknown Game". 2011 World Scrabble Championship website. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Unknown Game". 2011 World Scrabble Championship website. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Unknown Game". 2011 World Scrabble Championship website. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Unknown Game". 2011 World Scrabble Championship website. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 Stefan Fatsis (October 21, 2011). "A G Thing". Slate. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Demand for strip-search at World Scrabble Championship". The Telegraph. October 17, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  9. ↑ Rob Hastings (October 17, 2011). "G for 'guilty'? Lost letter spells trouble at world Scrabble contest". The Independent. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
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