World Scrabble Championship 2013
World Scrabble Championship 2013
Won by Nigel Richards
from 110 players
4 December 2013 — 8 December 2013
Held in Prague, Czech Republic
Sponsored by Mattel
The Scrabble Champions Tournament 2013 (formerly World Scrabble Championship) was held in the Andel's Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic, from 4 December to 8 December 2013. The format was a 31-round preliminary tournament, a best-of-five semi-final and a best-of-five final. The top four players after the preliminary tournament, Nigel Richards, Komol Panyasophonlert, Sammy Okosagah and Dave Wiegand played a best-of-five semi-final, with Richards and Panyasophonlert qualifying for the final. It was a closely fought final, with Richards eventually winning 3-2 and receiving the top prize and the title of World Scrabble Champion 2013. He is now the World Champion for the third time.
Results (before the semi-finals)
1 22.0 9.0 +2052 Sammy Okosagah LCQ 2 22.0 9.0 +1498 Nigel Richards Wsc 3 22.0 9.0 +791 Dave Wiegand USA 4 21.0 10.0 +1215 Komol Panyasophonlert THA 5 20.0 11.0 +983 Craig Beevers Eng 6 20.0 11.0 +953 Jim Kramer USA 7 20.0 11.0 +819 Paul Gallen NIr 8 20.0 11.0 +725 Brett Smitheram Eng 9 19.0 12.0 +1128 Sherwin Rodrigues IND 10 19.0 12.0 +994 Adam Logan CAN 11 19.0 12.0 +861 Lewis Mackay Eng 12 19.0 12.0 +714 Esther Perrins AUS 13 19.0 12.0 +660 Alastair Richards AUS 14 19.0 12.0 +495 Chris May AUS 15 19.0 12.0 -172 Evan Cohen ISR 16 18.5 12.5 +211 Edward Okulicz AUS 17 18.0 13.0 +1515 Andrew Fisher Wscru 18 18.0 13.0 +1090 Kevin McMahon IRL 19 18.0 13.0 +746 Ming Hui Hubert Wee SGP 20 18.0 13.0 +649 Vannitha Balasingam MYS 21 18.0 13.0 +505 Wayne Kelly Eng 22 18.0 13.0 +381 Matthew Tunnicliffe CAN 23 18.0 13.0 +190 Thacha Koowirat THA 24 18.0 13.0 +155 Conrad Bassett-Bouchard USA 25 18.0 13.0 -118 Paul Allan Eng 26 17.5 13.5 +738 Martin Harrison Eng 27 17.0 14.0 +1121 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk THA 28 17.0 14.0 +783 David Koenig USA 29 17.0 14.0 +582 David Eldar AUS 30 17.0 14.0 +476 Robin Pollock Daniel CAN 31 17.0 14.0 +466 Jesse Day USA 32 17.0 14.0 +454 Howard Warner NZL 33 17.0 14.0 +433 Evans Clinchy USA 34 17.0 14.0 +369 Naween Fernando AUS 35 17.0 14.0 +192 Orlet Bullock BRB 36 17.0 14.0 -34 Neil Scott Sco 37 17.0 14.0 -93 Kian Boon Liew SGP 38 17.0 14.0 -98 Cameron Farlow AUS 39 17.0 14.0 -130 Joanne Craig NZL 40 17.0 14.0 -348 Peter Armstrong USA 41 16.5 14.5 +561 Brian Bowman USA 42 16.5 14.5 +128 John OLaughlin USA 43 16.0 15.0 +993 Zhi Yuan Wong SGP 44 16.0 15.0 +734 Waseem Khatri PAK 45 16.0 15.0 +714 Marty Gabriel USA 46 16.0 15.0 +679 Chris Lipe USA 47 16.0 15.0 +549 Theresa Brousson MLT 48 16.0 15.0 +391 Phil Robertshaw Eng 49 16.0 15.0 +255 David Webb Eng 50 16.0 15.0 +159 Leslie Charles TTO 51 16.0 15.0 +128 Siu Hean Cheah SGP 52 16.0 15.0 +75 Piotr Andronowski LCQ 53 16.0 15.0 +71 Allan Simmons Sco 54 16.0 15.0 +21 Abigail McDonald GUY 55 16.0 15.0 -91 Rik Kennedy NIr 56 16.0 15.0 -144 Joel Wapnick CAN 57 16.0 15.0 -148 Trevor Hovelmeier ZAF 58 16.0 15.0 -274 Trevor Halsall AUS 59 16.0 15.0 -486 Peter Sinton NZL 60 15.5 15.5 +1081 Terry Kirk Eng 61 15.5 15.5 +113 Jin Chor Tan MYS 62 15.0 16.0 +932 Tony Leah CAN 63 15.0 16.0 +646 Max Panitch CAN 64 15.0 16.0 +449 Apirat Choomai THA 65 15.0 16.0 +217 Howard Wilde Eng 66 15.0 16.0 +146 Muhammad Shabaz LCQ 67 15.0 16.0 +93 William Kang MYS 68 15.0 16.0 -67 Taewan Sutthasin THA 69 15.0 16.0 -84 Selwyn Lobo ARE 70 15.0 16.0 -149 Lakshan Wanniarachchi LKA 71 15.0 16.0 -174 George Addo-Quaye GHA 72 15.0 16.0 -252 Odette Carmina Rio PHL 73 15.0 16.0 -268 Mohammad Sulaiman ARE 74 15.0 16.0 -364 Irfan Siddiqui BHR 75 15.0 16.0 -469 Fadlan Satria IDN 76 15.0 16.0 -536 Tim Adamson LCQ 77 15.0 16.0 -620 Nuala O'Rourke NIr 78 15.0 16.0 -624 Simon Gillam Sco 79 15.0 16.0 -713 Gunnar Andersson SWE 80 14.5 16.5 +613 Chris Cree USA 81 14.5 16.5 +607 Austin Shin Eng 82 14.5 16.5 -413 Lukeman Owolabi Sco 83 14.0 17.0 +801 Blue Thorogood NZL 84 14.0 17.0 +651 Dylan Early ZAF 85 14.0 17.0 +499 Steve Polatnick USA 86 14.0 17.0 +463 Chris Abordo PHL 87 14.0 17.0 +374 Michael McKenna Wysc 88 14.0 17.0 +173 Gerald Carter THA 89 14.0 17.0 +71 Elie Dangoor LCQ 90 14.0 17.0 +10 Anand Buddhdev NLD 91 14.0 17.0 -26 Nakul Prabhu IND 92 14.0 17.0 -133 Geoffrey Newman CAN 93 14.0 17.0 -147 Michael Akonor GHA 94 14.0 17.0 -196 Jason Keller USA 95 14.0 17.0 -272 Rafal Dominiczak POL 96 14.0 17.0 -365 Helen Gipson Sco 97 14.0 17.0 -415 Gareth Williams Wal 98 14.0 17.0 -645 Dan Sandu ROM 99 14.0 17.0 -913 Herve Bohbot FRA 100 13.0 18.0 +318 Nicholas Cavenagh NZL 101 12.5 18.5 -651 Sanjeev Sreejayan SAU 102 12.0 19.0 -171 Sanath Hemachandra OMN 103 12.0 19.0 -289 Mohammad Inayatullah PAK 104 11.0 20.0 -1592 Anlaug Frydenlund NOR 105 7.0 24.0 -2386 Kunihiko Kuroda JPN 106 5.0 26.0 -3643 Viliam Snabel SVK 107 4.0 27.0 -3919 Tomas Rodr CZE 108 3.0 28.0 -3153 Peggy Fehily DEU 109 2.0 29.0 -5976 H Hardiyanto IDN 110 0.0 31.0 -6898 Radana Williamsova CZE