World Scrabble Championship 2009

World Scrabble Championship 2009
Won by Pakorn Nemitrmansuk from 108 players
26 November 2009 — 29 November 2009
Held in Johor Bahru
Sponsored by Mattel


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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]

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

Position Name Country Win-Loss Spread Prize (USD)
1 Nemitrmansuk, PakornThailand18-6+138815,000
2 Richards, NigelWorld Champion18-6+18546,000
3 Wiegand, DavidUnited States17-7+8953,000
4 Siriwangso, MarutThailand16-8+12072,000
5 Panyasophonlert, KomolThailand16-8+10951,000
6 Boys, DavidCanada16-8+876900
7 Fernando, Naween TharangaAustralia16-8+842800
8 Beevers, CraigEngland16-8+777700
9 Wapnick, JoelCanada15½-8½+748600
10 Gipson, HelenScotland15-9+883500
11 Jighere, WellingtonNigeria15-9+658
12 Benedict, NathanUnited States15-9+634
13 Rodrigues, SherwinIndia15-9+624
14 Katz-Brown, JasonUnited States15-9+608
15 Fisher, AndrewAustralia15-9+533
16 Ikekeregor, DennisNigeria15-9+301
17 Kennedy, RikNorthern Ireland15-9-68
18 Nicholson, MikkiEngland14-10+880
19 Nyman, MarkEngland14-10+620
20 Mackay, LewisEngland14-10+585
21 Thevenot, GeoffUnited States14-10+561
22 Kramer, JimUnited States14-10+473
23 Bowman, BrianUnited States14-10+441
24 Saidu, AyorindeNigeria14-10+398
25 Sujjayakorn, PanupolThailand14-10+364
26 Scott, NeilScotland14-10+200
27 Ball, NickUnited States14-10+160
28 Okulicz, EdwardAustralia14-10+33
29 Kenas, MarkUnited States14-10+8
30 Brousson, TheresaMalta13½-10½+188
31 Limprasert, PichaiThailand13½-10½+72
32 O'Laughlin, JohnUnited States13-11+783
33 Robertshaw, PhilEngland13-11+644
34 Lamabadusuriya, HarshanEngland13-11+476
35 Grant, JeffNew Zealand13-11+383
36 Placca, ChrysGhana13-11+376
37 Leah, TonyCanada13-11+361
38 Schellenberg, MarkCanada13-11+191
39 Rosin, SamUnited States13-11+167
40 Wee, Ming Hui HubertSingapore13-11+127
41 Litunya, PatrickKenya13-11+73
42 Appleby, PhilEngland13-11-37
43 Cheah, Siu HeanSingapore13-11-38
44 Khatri, WaseemPakistan13-11-53
45 Harrison, MartinEngland13-11-431
46 Eldar, DavidAustralia12½-11½+315
47 Warner, HowardNew Zealand12½-11½+191
48 Bhandarkar, AkshayUnited Arab Emirates12-12+783
49 Green, NeilWales12-12+551
50 Gongolo, MichaelKenya12-12+384
51 Allan, PaulEngland12-12+291
52 Balasingam, VannithaMalaysia12-12+268
53 Wanniarachchi, LakshanSri Lanka12-12+210
54 Panitch, MaxCanada12-12+170
55 Mwangi, WillyKenya12-12+93
56 Sukhumrattanaporn, CharnwitThailand12-12+51
57 Halsall, TrevorAustralia12-12+22
58 Early, DylanSouth Africa12-12-54
59 Tamas, AdrianRomania12-12-86
60 Akonor, MichaelGhana12-12-169
61 Siddiqui, IrfanBahrain12-12-171
62 Simmons, AllanScotland12-12-473
63 Amalean, ShailaSri Lanka11½-12½+170
64 Purnomo, RickySingapore11½-12½-237
65 McMahon, KevinIreland11-13+626
66 Hoekstra, RonCanada11-13+377
67 Hovelmeier, Trevor MarkSouth Africa11-13+207
68 Okwelogu, Chinedu NosikeNigeria11-13+36
69 Kougi, PeterAustralia11-13-148
70 Yeo, Kien HungMalaysia11-13-262
71 Prudencio, MarlonSingapore11-13-282
72 Delicata, DavidMalta11-13-366
73 Golding, AndrewCanada11-13-445
74 Gabriel, MartyUnited States11-13-446
75 Thorogood, BlueNew Zealand11-13-509
76 Parchamento, RogerPhilippines11-13-617
77 Pantis, MihaiRomania11-13-667
78 Linn, RobertUnited States11-13-740
79 Khan, Rashid AteeqPakistan11-13-830
80 Ikawa, VictorBahrain11-13-836
81 Oyende, AllanKenya10-14+307
82 Buddhdev, AnandNetherlands10-14-206
83 Charles, LeslieTrinidad and Tobago10-14-276
84 Saldanha, DielleCanada10-14-371
85 Bohbot, HerveFrance10-14-404
86 Kantimathi, SamUnited States10-14-419
87 Craig, JoanneNew Zealand10-14-440
88 Abordo, ChrisPhilippines10-14-451
89 Anthonius, FerdyIndonesia10-14-637
90 Kang, WilliamMalaysia10-14-951
91 Roddis, MarcSweden10-14-1506
92 Mpundu, Patrick MulemenaZambia9½-14½-215
93 Khongthanarat, CharnritWorld Youth Champion9½-14½-435
94 Idalski, JasonUnited States9½-14½-544
95 Judd, RodneyPakistan9½-14½-557
96 McDonald, AbigailGuyana9½-14½-1640
97 Lobo, RalphUnited Arab Emirates9-15-54
98 Ong, SuanneMalaysia9-15-63
99 Tang, MichaelMalaysia9-15-489
100 Quao, Michael ArthurGhana8-16-304
101 Edwin-Mugisha, PhillipUganda8-16-385
102 Esmail, MushtakTanzania8-16-829
103 Gonzalez, Ricardo VSaudi Arabia8-16-964
104 Tanveer, RohainaKuwait7-17-1006
105 Pieta, BartoszPoland7-17-1233
106 Geamsakul, WarodomJapan7-17-1611
107 Fernandes, CecilOman5-19-1384
108 Gomes, AnthonyQatar4-20-2200

References

  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
  6. ↑ http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2009/f2;turn=22
  7. ↑ http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f1;turn=0
  8. ↑ http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2009/f2;turn=0
  9. ↑ http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2009/f3;turn=0
  10. ↑ http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2009/f4;turn=0

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