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1999 World SCRABBLE® Championship
Melbourne, Australia |
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Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5
Rk Player Country W Spread 1 David Boys Canada 10 +580 2 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 10 +376 3 Nigel Richards New Zealand 9 +1244 4 David Wiegand U.S.A. 9 +744 5 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 9 +634 6 Joel Wapnick Canada 9 +573 7 Roland Filio Bahrain 8 +674 8 Brett Smitheram England 8 +652 9 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 8 +549 10 Adam Logan Canada 8 +502 11 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 8 +498 12 John Luebkemann U.S.A. 8 +337 13 Femi Awowade Nigeria 8 +283 14 John Holgate Australia 8 +262 15 Mark Nyman England 8 +250 16 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 8 +202 17 Phil Appleby England 8 +132 18 Rodney Judd Pakistan 8 +130 19 Helen Gipson England 8 +79 20 Andrew Fisher England 7 +596 21 Joe Edley U.S.A. 7 +469 22 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 7 +400 23 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 7 +332 24 Michael Gongolo Kenya 7 +330 25 Odette Rio Philippines 7 +266 26 Jim Geary U.S.A. 7 +238 27 Ronald Credo Philippines 7 +236 28 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 7 +227 29 Robert Felt U.S.A. 7 +189 30 Russell Byers England 7 +109 31 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 7 +61 32 Steven Gruzd South Africa 7 +58 33 Leslie Charles Trinidad 7 +53 34 James Cherry Canada 7 +24 35 Rashid Khan Pakistan 7 -30 36 Jeff Grant New Zealand 7 -101 37 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 7 -131 38 Michael Pray Oman 7 -185 39 Tony Sim Singapore 6 +416 40 Howard Warner New Zealand 6 +327 41 David Webb England 6 +314 42 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 6 +228 43 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 6 +225 44 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 6 +162 45 Joan Rosenthal Australia 6 +68 46 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 6 +67 47 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 6 +39 48 Gareth Williams Wales 6 +38 49 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 6 +35 50 Mohan Chunkath India 6 -27 51 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 6 -65 52 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 6 -72 53 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 6 -97 54 A Ganesh Malaysia 6 -123 55 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 6 -181 56 Paul Cleary Australia 6 -192 57 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 6 -258 58 Peter Sinton New Zealand 6 -271 59 Wilma Warwick Scotland 6 -320 60 Keiichiro Hirai Japan 5.5 +80 61 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 5.5 -354 62 Bob Jackman Australia 5.5 -435 63 Andrew Cook England 5 +142 64 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 5 +132 65 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 5 +16 66 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 5 -34 67 Alec Webb England 5 -42 68 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 5 -57 69 Dylan Early South Africa 5 -90 70 Shafique Thobani Kenya 5 -117 71 Peter Elbourne Malta 5 -279 72 Gold Eburu Nigeria 5 -283 73 Owen Bondin Malta 5 -299 74 Matayo Bwire Kenya 5 -308 75 Dixon Assesa Kenya 5 -355 76 Albert Hahn Canada 5 -366 77 Linda Pray Oman 5 -426 78 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 4.5 -82 79 Edward Metivier Trinidad 4 +63 80 Roger Blom Australia 4 +43 81 Catherine Costello Ireland 4 -99 82 Jim Nanavati Canada 4 -121 83 Akshay Bhandarkar Bahrain 4 -140 84 Michael Tang Singapore 4 -242 85 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 4 -245 86 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 4 -262 87 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 4 -326 88 Barbara Berlin Australia 4 -354 89 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 4 -374 90 Eugene Goh Singapore 4 -396 91 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 4 -791 92 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 4 -1004 93 Alistair Kane Australia 3 -434 94 Mario Saliba Malta 3 -483 95 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 3 -612 96 Antonin Michel France 3 -652 97 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 3 -958 98 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 2 -1611
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
1 David Boys CA 10 580 484 282 443 404
456 395 438 363 0
>NZNR USJS>CAAL>BHRF USDW
2 Joel Sherman US 10 376 497 395 491 452
424 282 441 548 0
>USRH>CADB>NZNR USDW THJK
3 Nigel Richards NZ 9 1244 456 587 441 451
484 259 491 354 0
CADB>USLS USJS>CAAL CAJW
4 David Wiegand US 9 744 431 504 443 548
394 372 364 452 0
>UKAC>NZKB>KEMG>USJS CADB
5 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 9 634 390 496 432 470
430 424 331 356 0
USLS>NIFA>CAJC>UKPA USJS
6 Joel Wapnick CA 9 573 478 381 423 393
368 321 333 337 0
>NISJ>PHRC>UKMN>USLS NZNR
7 Roland Filio BH 8 674 415 434 500 363
355 417 436 404 0
>USJE>AUJH>UKPA CADB UKBS
8 Brett Smitheram UK 8 652 382 507 467 450
320 277 441 435 0
>UKAF>KEST>UKHG>PKRJ BHRF
9 Brian Cappelletto US 8 549 479 441 417 449
493 301 319 422 0
NIFA>UKAW>USJE>USRT CAAL
10 Adam Logan CA 8 502 449 463 438 354
320 317 443 451 0
>AEAA>UKMN CADB NZNR USBC
11 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 8 498 314 411 504 494
470 343 268 277 0
KEMG>PKRK>NZPS>TTLC USJL
12 John Luebkemann US 8 337 454 532 387 417
425 320 343 387 0
>USBL>MYAG>PHRC>KEMG ZATH
13 Femi Awowade NI 8 283 493 424 424 421
479 496 380 395 0
>USBC THJK>KESN>USJG AUJH
14 John Holgate AU 8 262 461 417 372 456
289 434 394 352 0
>UKHG BHRF PKRJ>USRH NIFA
15 Mark Nyman UK 8 250 419 317 333 448
405 463 423 342 0
>PHRC CAAL CAJW>CAJC USLS
16 Lester Schonbrun US 8 202 430 259 463 337
390 587 411 393 0
>THJK NZNR>USRH CAJW UKMN
17 Phil Appleby UK 8 132 451 544 436 356
448 450 500 470 0
>USRF>USRH BHRF THJK PKRJ
18 Rodney Judd PK 8 130 345 399 394 435
313 396 372 450 0
>LKSC>AEAA>AUJH UKBS UKPA
19 Helen Gipson UK 8 79 289 398 441 371
461 316 467 350 0
AUJH>THPN UKBS>ZASG UKAF
20 Andrew Fisher UK 7 596 320 395 456 499
382 339 401 356 0
UKBS>JPKH>SGTS>THPN UKHG
21 Joe Edley US 7 469 355 544 319 388
415 436 417 371 0
BHRF>SGTS USBC>UKDW USRT
22 Ron Tiekert US 7 400 496 427 487 422
379 349 427 449 0
>USPE>UKAC>NZKB USBC USJE
23 Stanley Ndungu KE 7 332 444 426 380 472
240 355 424 322 0
>SLWW>ZADE NIFA>NZKB KEMG
24 Michael Gongolo KE 7 330 470 510 364 387
314 346 443 417 0
>ZATH>ZASG USDW USJL KESN
25 Odette Rio PH 7 266 474 474 362 412
398 345 347 385 0
>MYKC>USSP>UKAC>NISJ USJG
26 Jim Geary US 7 238 322 512 414 395
479 368 332 421 0
NZKB>UKRB>AEAA NIFA PHOR
27 Ronald Credo PH 7 236 405 321 343 391
419 381 387 381 0
UKMN CAJW USJL>LKSC PHVQ
28 Virgilio Quiballo PH 7 227 365 401 484 439
408 333 420 314 0
UKRB>USBL>ZADE>AEAA PHRC
29 Robert Felt US 7 189 448 386 380 406
451 439 393 335 0
UKPA CAJC ZASG>WAGW UKRB
30 Russell Byers UK 7 109 408 368 496 475
365 512 361 352 0
>PHVQ USJG>MYAG>LKNF USRF
31 Randy Hersom US 7 61 424 450 411 352
497 544 463 456 0
USJS UKPA USLS AUJH ZASG
32 Steven Gruzd ZA 7 58 462 346 393 350
414 510 380 371 0
>INMC KEMG>USRF UKHG USRH
33 Leslie Charles TT 7 53 462 436 452 277
375 372 442 494 0
>WAGW>NISJ>LKSC ZATH CAJC
34 James Cherry CA 7 24 409 439 331 342
395 386 432 448 0
>ZADE>USRF THJK UKMN TTLC
35 Rashid Khan PK 7 -30 311 343 451 380
422 411 364 374 0
THPN ZATH>KEDA>SGCS NZJG
36 Jeff Grant NZ 7 -101 435 490 348 467
331 410 428 392 0
>THAP>NIGE THPN>MYPC PKRK
37 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 7 -131 422 316 428 356
311 398 348 499 0
>PKRK UKHG>NZJG UKAF OMMP
38 Michael Pray OM 7 -185 385 413 367 369
345 364 328 354 0
>SGEG>SLWW>NIGE>NZPS THPN
39 Tony Sim SG 6 416 423 436 401 436
370 544 456 362 0
>NIGE USJE UKAF>UKAC NZHW
40 Howard Warner NZ 6 327 384 497 461 391
448 345 409 304 0
UKDW>ROLS>AURB>JPKH SGTS
41 David Webb UK 6 314 448 473 506 371
384 441 355 388 0
>NZHW>AURB>USLO USJE LKSC
42 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 6 228 313 453 442 381
345 287 452 391 0
PKRJ>INMC TTLC PHRC UKDW
43 Saheed Jimoh NI 6 225 368 372 486 385
478 436 327 412 0
CAJW TTLC>KEST PHOR USSP
44 Steve Polatnick US 6 162 471 345 427 436
346 474 322 353 0
>AUAK PHOR>MYKC>UKAW NISJ
45 Joan Rosenthal AU 6 68 383 389 430 493
398 312 329 305 0
SGCS>SGMT>SARG>KEDA NZKB
46 Kendall Boyd NZ 6 67 479 372 427 322
322 504 487 472 0
>USJG USDW USRT KESN AUJR
47 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 6 39 408 411 420 447
355 315 390 367 0
>LKLW>AUAK>USBL>ZADE WAGW
48 Gareth Williams WA 6 38 375 420 384 335
462 399 350 406 0
TTLC>USPE>UKAW USRF JPKK
49 Lisa Odom US 6 35 341 494 355 414
399 415 506 400 0
UKAW>CAJN UKDW>USPE INMC
50 Mohan Chunkath IN 6 -27 414 287 406 438
462 453 423 400 0
ZASG LKSC LKNF>KEST USLO
51 Cher Siong Gan SG 6 -65 398 434 433 374
383 373 286 380 0
>AUJR>SCJF>THAP PKRK AEAA
52 Arvind Abraham AE 6 -72 320 396 332 314
449 399 414 439 0
CAAL PKRJ USJG PHVQ SGCS
53 Naween Fernando LK 6 -97 437 420 423 352
436 320 406 475 0
>IEBM>SARG>INMC UKRB MYAG
54 A Ganesh MY 6 -123 380 320 361 425
379 532 496 282 0
>CAJN USJL UKRB>CAAH LKNF
55 Pui Cheng Wui MY 6 -181 324 407 402 392
394 346 342 467 0
NZPS>MTPE>CAAH NZJG AUPC
56 Paul Cleary AU 6 -192 393 351 428 394
413 430 388 380 0
CAAH KEDA>MTOB>MTPE MYPC
57 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 6 -258 331 526 286 460
435 371 433 371 0
NZJG>AUBJ SGCS>SAIC NZPS
58 Peter Sinton NZ 6 -271 394 464 268 354
324 388 504 369 0
>MYPC>CAAH ZATH OMMP THAP
59 Wilma Warwick SL 6 -320 240 364 371 439
444 413 354 426 0
KESN OMMP>SCJF>NIGE JPKH
60 Keiichiro Hirai JP 5.5 80 389 339 367 304
364 395 324 391 0
>AUBJ UKAF>SAIC NZHW SLWW
61 Taewan Sutthasin TH 5.5 -354 361 423 335 440
419 393 335 396 0
SCJF>OMLP=AUBJ>TTEM UKAC
62 Bob Jackman AU 5.5 -435 364 371 335 409
389 526 335 366 0
JPKH THAP=THTS>AURB AESL
63 Andrew Cook UK 5 142 394 349 347 362
431 427 362 436 0
USDW USRT PHOR SGTS THTS
64 Selwyn Lobo AE 5 132 281 438 461 492
401 279 294 367 0
TTEM>POWU>IEBM>CAJN AUBJ
65 Paul Epstein US 5 16 379 399 394 400
496 420 389 414 0
USRT WAGW>CAJN USLO USBL
66 Bob Lipton US 5 -34 425 333 390 407
454 401 420 364 0
USJL PHVQ JPKK>IECC USPE
67 Alec Webb UK 5 -42 399 301 350 353
341 441 384 436 0
>USLO USBC WAGW USSP MYKC
68 Kong Chock Heng MY 5 -57 398 395 322 458
474 392 427 374 0
PHOR>IEBM USSP>LKLW UKAW
69 Dylan Early ZA 5 -90 395 355 420 367
409 426 484 447 0
CAJC KESN PHVQ JPKK KEST
70 Shafique Thobani KE 5 -117 533 277 327 400
294 507 486 438 0
>KEDA UKBS NISJ INMC ZADE
71 Peter Elbourne MT 5 -279 371 346 347 380
328 407 334 394 0
>MTOB MYPC>KEMB AUPC NIGE
72 Gold Eburu NI 5 -283 370 410 328 426
423 490 367 439 0
SGTS NZJG OMMP SLWW MTPE
73 Owen Bondin MT 5 -299 328 402 388 400
371 396 428 384 0
MTPE>AUBB AUPC>SCJF KEMB
74 Matayo Bwire KE 5 -308 373 385 334 421
292 337 347 420 0
>FRAM>SGEG MTPE>SARG MTOB
75 Dixon Assesa KE 5 -355 294 430 364 305
533 351 451 493 0
KEST>AUPC PKRK AUJR CAAH
76 Albert Hahn CA 5 -366 413 388 342 282
393 464 402 425 0
>AUPC NZPS MYPC MYAG KEDA
77 Linda Pray OM 5 -426 425 393 391 336
390 423 367 302 0
>BHAB THTS>BHVP>SGEG SAIC
78 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 4.5 -82 397 474 324 371
399 399 367 460 0
AURB>TTEM JPKH THAP OMLP
79 Edward Metivier TT 4 63 401 399 464 396
281 474 271 440 0
>AESL SAIC>ROLS THTS AURB
80 Roger Blom AU 4 43 399 441 409 366
397 473 461 409 0
>SAIC UKDW NZHW AUBJ TTEM
81 Catherine Costello IE 4 -99 450 514 511 364
400 377 333 407 0
>SCDS>FRAM>AUBB USBL CAJN
82 Jim Nanavati CA 4 -121 379 415 389 367
380 494 394 492 0
MYAG USLO USPE AESL IECC
83 Akshay Bhandarkar BH 4 -140 390 406 521 428
425 447 271 307 0
OMLP LKLW>ROCC>POWU SGMT
84 Michael Tang SG 4 -242 323 312 325 433
471 389 370 241 0
SARG AUJR SGEG>SCDS BHAB
85 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 4 -245 471 320 329 420
323 420 430 421 0
>SGMT LKNF AUJR KEMB IEBM
86 Brendan McDonnell IE 4 -262 436 392 294 398
437 395 461 341 0
LKNF MYKC AESL>ROLS SARG
87 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 4 -326 355 447 461 374
408 406 391 458 0
JPKK>BHAB>AUAK MYKC AUBB
88 Barbara Berlin AU 4 -354 459 396 333 423
297 402 511 372 0
>BHVP MTOB IECC>AUAK LKLW
89 Johnson Fasuba SC 4 -374 419 373 354 384
361 434 371 400 0
>THTS SGCS SLWW MTOB SGEG
90 Eugene Goh SG 4 -396 345 337 370 302
385 385 325 336 0
OMMP KEMB>SGMT OMLP SCJF
91 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 4 -791 290 279 368 307
351 438 358 428 0
ROLS AESL>SCDS BHAB AUAK
92 Laurentiu Sandu RO 4 -1004 351 345 271 341
290 497 464 398 0
>POWU NZHW TTEM IEBM MTMS
93 Alistair Kane AU 3 -434 346 315 391 372
471 411 461 423 0
USSP JPKK LKLW AUBB POWU
94 Mario Saliba MT 3 -483 392 320 491 461
420 404 344 301 0
ROCC SCDS>FRAM>BHVP ROLS
95 Vivian Penaflor BH 3 -612 297 387 367 301
459 298 391 461 0
AUBB>ROCC OMLP MTMS FRAM
96 Antonin Michel FR 3 -652 292 377 344 424
373 514 491 289 0
KEMB IECC MTMS>ROCC BHVP
97 Dhanapala Silva SC 3 -958 400 404 358 241
450 320 368 433 0
IECC>MTMS POWU SGMT ROCC
98 Catalin-Eugen Caba RO 2 -1611 420 298 271 289
392 387 521 424 0
>MTMS BHVP BHAB FRAM SCDS
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