World Scrabble Championship 2007
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World Scrabble Championship 2007
Won by Nigel Richards (Scrabble) from 104 players
9 November 2007 - 12th November 2007
Held in Mumbai, India
Sponsored by Mattel
The World Scrabble Championship 2007 was held in the Taj President Hotel, Mumbai, India between 9 November and 12 November. The tournament began with a 24-round Swiss tournament, whose top two players contested a best-of-five final.
[edit] Results
The preliminary stage involved 104 players, the largest number of players in WSC history, over 24 rounds, using the "Chew Pairing" system to select the draw for each round.
The winner was Nigel Richards of New Zealand, who beat Ganesh Asirvatham of Malaysia 3-0 in the final. This was the first time either of them had reached the final. Ganesh was the number 1 rated player in the world at the time, and Nigel the form player had always been knocking on the door in majors and was a multiple winner of the Thailand International including 2007.
Nigel won the first game 412-316. He bingoed VARSITy; Ganesh bingoed sERINGA. Nigel's opening placement was GAVOT, and Ganesh missed a bingo OUTCRAWL.
Nigel won the second game 400-371. Ganesh took an early lead with AETHERS but had to exchange tiles twice, and although he caught up again with ANTIENTS and a late-game bingo DUPLiED, and Nigel only bingoed once with ODONAtE, Nigel won on the strength of the value he got out of the J, Q and X with JERBIL, QUOHOG and FAX.
Nigel wins 499-470 and becomes New Zealand's first world champion. This game was a bingo-fest with Nigel's RECOPIES, EQuINIAS and OVERAPT to Ganesh's TRECKING, ADNATION, DIrTIEST and brilliant triple-triple TAILLEUR. However, once again, Nigel's luck with drawing the high scoring letters saw him have the edge in a fitting finale.
[edit] Complete Results
| Position | Name | Country | Win-Loss | Spread | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richards, Nigel | New Zealand | 19-5 | +1594 | 15,000 |
| 2 | Asirvatham, Ganesh | Malaysia | 18-6 | +2501 | 6,000 |
| 3 | Jighere, Wellington | Nigeria | 18-6 | +1635 | 3,000 |
| 4 | Wapnick, Joel | Canada | 17-7 | +1075 | 2,000 |
| 5 | Bhandarkar, Akshay | United Arab Emirates | 16-8 | +1056 | 1,000 |
| 6 | Litunya, Patrick | Kenya | 16-8 | +845 | 900 |
| 7 | Wee, Hubert | Singapore | 16-8 | +824 | 800 |
| 8 | Adamson, Tim | United States | 16-8 | -363 | 700 |
| 9 | Umujose, Emmanuel | Nigeria | 15-9 | +983 | 600 |
| 10 | Oyekunle, Lanre | South Africa | 15-9 | +907 | 500 |
| 11 | Eldar, David | World Youth Champion | 15-9 | +578 | |
| 12 | Ong, Suanne | Malaysia | 15-9 | +503 | |
| 13 | Okulicz, Edward | Australia | 15-9 | +263 | |
| 14 | Sukhumrattanaporn, Charnwit | Thailand | 15-9 | -103 | |
| 15 | Gipson, Helen | England | 14½-9½ | +376 | |
| 16 | Fisher, Andrew | Australia | 14-10 | +1154 | |
| 17 | Boys, David | Canada | 14-10 | +682 | |
| 18 | Panyasophonlert, Komol | Thailand | 14-10 | +542 | |
| 19 | Williams, Gareth | Wales | 14-10 | +419 | |
| 20 | Sulaiman, Mohammad | Pakistan | 14-10 | +414 | |
| 21 | Thevenot, Geoff | United States | 14-10 | +407 | |
| 22 | Warner, Howard | New Zealand | 14-10 | +365 | |
| 23 | Webb, David | England | 14-10 | +266 | |
| 24 | Kramer, Jim | United States | 14-10 | +198 | |
| 25 | Logan, Adam | World Champion | 14-10 | +140 | |
| 26 | Camilleri, Theresa | Malta | 14-10 | -124 | |
| 27 | Rio, Odette Carmina | Philippines | 13½-10½ | +506 | |
| 28 | O'Laughlin, John | United States | 13-11 | +1050 | |
| 29 | Kantimathi, Sam | United States | 13-11 | +850 | |
| 30 | Gongolo, Michael | Kenya | 13-11 | +516 | |
| 31 | Fernando, Naween Tharanga | Australia | 13-11 | +371 | |
| 32 | Benedict, Nathan | United States | 13-11 | +333 | |
| 33 | Cheah, Siu Hean | Singapore | 13-11 | +322 | |
| 34 | Hovelmeier, Trevor Mark | South Africa | 13-11 | +272 | |
| 35 | Chakrabarti, Amit | United States | 13-11 | +207 | |
| 36 | Tamas, Adrian | Romania | 13-11 | +96 | |
| 37 | Hoekstra, Ron | Canada | 13-11 | +76 | |
| 38 | Carter, Gerald | Thailand | 13-11 | +75 | |
| 39 | Robertshaw, Phil | England | 13-11 | +5 | |
| 40 | Simmons, Allan | Scotland | 13-11 | -4 | |
| 41 | Lobo, Ralph | Oman | 13-11 | -80 | |
| 42 | Allan, Paul | Scotland | 13-11 | -363 | |
| 43 | Appleby, Phil | England | 13-11 | -538 | |
| 44 | Katz-Brown, Jason | United States | 12-12 | +692 | |
| 45 | Dennis, Di | England | 12-12 | +534 | |
| 46 | Kirk, Terry | England | 12-12 | +251 | |
| 47 | Saldanha, Dean | Canada | 12-12 | +248 | |
| 48 | Hingorani, Varisht | India | 12-12 | +214 | |
| 49 | Baker, Michael | United States | 12-12 | +167 | |
| 50 | Sujjayakorn, Panupol | Thailand | 12-12 | +165 | |
| 51 | Philpotts, Adam | England | 12-12 | +164 | |
| 52 | Berofsky, Evan | Canada | 12-12 | +158 | |
| 53 | Schellenberg, Mark | Canada | 12-12 | +100 | |
| 54 | Martin, Edward | England | 12-12 | -91 | |
| 55 | Lamabadusuriya, Harshan | England | 12-12 | -148 | |
| 56 | Saengsit, Weera | Thailand | 12-12 | -177 | |
| 57 | May, Christopher | Australia | 12-12 | -214 | |
| 58 | Iqbal, Wajid | Pakistan | 12-12 | -285 | |
| 59 | Martus, Teodoro | Philippines | 12-12 | -337 | |
| 60 | Ali, Mohammed Zafar | Bahrain | 12-12 | -580 | |
| 61 | Pratt, Daniel | United States | 11½-12½ | +69 | |
| 62 | Manase, Joshua Otieno | Kenya | 11-13 | +507 | |
| 63 | Grant, Jeff | New Zealand | 11-13 | +348 | |
| 64 | Gabriel, Marty | United States | 11-13 | +211 | |
| 65 | Kelly, Wayne | England | 11-13 | -66 | |
| 66 | Ikekeregor, Dennis | Nigeria | 11-13 | -149 | |
| 67 | Linn, Robert | United States | 11-13 | -258 | |
| 68 | Kenas, Mark | United States | 11-13 | -315 | |
| 69 | Credo, Ronald | Philippines | 11-13 | -319 | |
| 70 | Chow, Jie Ming Benjamin | Singapore | 11-13 | -346 | |
| 71 | Jackman, Bob | Australia | 11-13 | -356 | |
| 72 | Polatnick, Steve | United States | 11-13 | -452 | |
| 73 | Matsuda, Manabu | Japan | 11-13 | -975 | |
| 74 | Buddhdev, Anand | Netherlands | 11-13 | -1035 | |
| 75 | MacNeil, Rod | United States | 11-13 | -1090 | |
| 76 | Wachira, Francis | Kenya | 10½-13½ | -417 | |
| 77 | Charles, Leslie | Barbados | 10-14 | +102 | |
| 78 | Rodrigues, Sherwin | India | 10-14 | +11 | |
| 79 | Anthonius, Ferdy | Indonesia | 10-14 | -260 | |
| 80 | Chunkath, Mohan Verghese | India | 10-14 | -270 | |
| 81 | Wanniarachchi, Lakshan | Sri Lanka | 10-14 | -286 | |
| 82 | Delicata, David | Malta | 10-14 | -306 | |
| 83 | Butler, Lynne | New Zealand | 10-14 | -322 | |
| 84 | Delia, Jojo | Malta | 10-14 | -406 | |
| 85 | Kalumba, Paul Yandisha | Zambia | 10-14 | -443 | |
| 86 | Hemachandra, Sanath | Oman | 10-14 | -576 | |
| 87 | O'Neill, Shane | Wales | 10-14 | -950 | |
| 88 | Chakravarthy, Ranganathan | India | 9-15 | -8 | |
| 89 | Leah, Tony | Canada | 9-15 | -376 | |
| 90 | Craig, Joanne | New Zealand | 9-15 | -445 | |
| 91 | Amarasinghe, Asanka | Sri Lanka | 9-15 | -468 | |
| 92 | Amarasinghe, Indunil | Sri Lanka | 9-15 | -531 | |
| 93 | Ajayi, Olajide Ademola | Ireland | 9-15 | -533 | |
| 94 | Bohbot, Herve | France | 9-15 | -542 | |
| 95 | Esmail, Mushtak | Tanzania | 9-15 | -551 | |
| 96 | Jegels, Llewellin | Germany, Federal Republic of | 9-15 | -686 | |
| 97 | Collins, Frederick | Guyana | 9-15 | -786 | |
| 98 | Usakiewicz, Wojciech | Poland | 8-16 | -844 | |
| 99 | Reshamwala, Shakir | Kuwait | 8-16 | -883 | |
| 100 | Ntege, Chris | Uganda | 8-16 | -984 | |
| 101 | Kuroda, Kunihiko | Japan | 8-16 | -1003 | |
| 102 | Modeste, Anthony | Trinidad and Tobago | 8-16 | -1011 | |
| 103 | Nassen, Greger | Sweden | 6½-17½ | -2347 | |
| 104 | Alban, Loreta | Qatar | 5½-18½ | -1345 |
- FINALS:
- Game 1: Nigel 412 - Ganesh 316
- Game 2: Nigel 400 - Ganesh 371
- Game 3: Nigel 499 - Ganesh 470
