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World
SCRABBLE®
Championship
Melbourne, Australia
November 3 - 7
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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
Joel Sherman and David Wiegand cede the top two places to Joel Wapnick and David Boys.
Rk Player Country W Spread 1 Joel Wapnick Canada 11 +679 2 David Boys Canada 11 +518 3 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 11 +341 4 Nigel Richards New Zealand 10 +1401 5 David Wiegand U.S.A. 10 +659 6 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 10 +616 7 John Luebkemann U.S.A. 10 +523 8 Mark Nyman England 10 +480 9 Andrew Fisher England 9 +894 10 Brett Smitheram England 9 +755 11 Adam Logan Canada 9 +527 12 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 9 +526 13 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 9 +503 14 Odette Rio Philippines 9 +466 15 John Holgate Australia 9 +345 16 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 9 +299 17 James Cherry Canada 9 +128 18 Femi Awowade Nigeria 9 +122 19 Helen Gipson England 9 +10 20 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 9 -60 21 Phil Appleby England 9 -69 22 Joe Edley U.S.A. 8 +514 23 Roland Filio Bahrain 8 +436 24 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 8 +375 25 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 8 +337 26 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 8 +310 27 Robert Felt U.S.A. 8 +282 28 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 8 +243 29 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 8 +172 30 Ronald Credo Philippines 8 +159 31 Rodney Judd Pakistan 8 +102 32 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 8 +80 33 Leslie Charles Trinidad 8 +68 34 Mohan Chunkath India 8 +36 35 Steven Gruzd South Africa 8 +25 36 Russell Byers England 8 +19 37 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 8 -166 38 Jeff Grant New Zealand 8 -195 39 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 7.5 -292 40 Bob Jackman Australia 7.5 -345 41 Tony Sim Singapore 7 +597 42 Howard Warner New Zealand 7 +263 43 Michael Gongolo Kenya 7 +258 44 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 7 +240 45 Joan Rosenthal Australia 7 +186 46 Gareth Williams Wales 7 +96 47 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 7 +70 48 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 7 +52 49 Jim Geary U.S.A. 7 +3 50 Shafique Thobani Kenya 7 -19 51 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 7 -25 52 A Ganesh Malaysia 7 -42 53 Rashid Khan Pakistan 7 -69 54 Owen Bondin Malta 7 -161 55 Peter Sinton New Zealand 7 -217 56 Albert Hahn Canada 7 -252 57 Paul Cleary Australia 7 -261 58 Michael Pray Oman 7 -310 59 Wilma Warwick Scotland 7 -346 60 David Webb England 6 +288 61 Andrew Cook England 6 +171 62 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 6 +142 63 Jim Nanavati Canada 6 +64 64 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 6 +15 65 Alec Webb England 6 +11 66 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 6 -39 67 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 6 -66 68 Michael Tang Singapore 6 -103 69 Barbara Berlin Australia 6 -252 70 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 6 -340 71 Peter Elbourne Malta 6 -347 72 Matayo Bwire Kenya 6 -349 73 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 6 -363 74 Dixon Assesa Kenya 6 -367 75 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 6 -380 76 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 5.5 +32 77 Keiichiro Hirai Japan 5.5 +15 78 Roger Blom Australia 5 +267 79 Edward Metivier Trinidad 5 +8 80 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 5 -145 81 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 5 -188 82 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 5 -199 83 Eugene Goh Singapore 5 -229 84 Dylan Early South Africa 5 -234 85 Alistair Kane Australia 5 -346 86 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 5 -369 87 Gold Eburu Nigeria 5 -401 88 Linda Pray Oman 5 -642 89 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 5 -694 90 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 5 -1249 91 Akshay Bhandarkar Bahrain 4.5 -167 92 Catherine Costello Ireland 4.5 -197 93 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 4 -365 94 Antonin Michel France 4 -853 95 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 4 -976 96 Mario Saliba Malta 3 -667 97 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 3 -738 98 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 3 -1634
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
1 Joel Wapnick CA 11 679 478 381 423 393 404 456
368 321 333 337 397 357 0
>NISJ>PHRC>UKMN>USLS>NZNR>USJS CADB
2 David Boys CA 11 518 484 282 443 404 401 421
456 395 438 363 480 404 0
>NZNR USJS>CAAL>BHRF USDW>UKBS CAJW
3 Joel Sherman US 11 341 497 395 491 452 435 357
424 282 441 548 371 456 0
>USRH>CADB>NZNR USDW>THJK CAJW USJL
4 Nigel Richards NZ 10 1401 456 587 441 451 397 521
484 259 491 354 404 357 0
CADB>USLS USJS>CAAL CAJW>USDW THJK
5 David Wiegand US 10 659 431 504 443 548 480 357
394 372 364 452 401 521 0
>UKAC>NZKB>KEMG>USJS>CADB NZNR UKMN
6 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 10 616 390 496 432 470 371 411
430 424 331 356 435 365 0
USLS>NIFA>CAJC>UKPA USJS>CAAL NZNR
7 John Luebkemann US 10 523 454 532 387 417 446 480
425 320 343 387 348 392 0
>USBL>MYAG>PHRC>KEMG>ZATH>AUJH USJS
8 Mark Nyman UK 10 480 419 317 333 448 390 532
405 463 423 342 379 313 0
>PHRC CAAL CAJW>CAJC>USLS>UKPA USDW
9 Andrew Fisher UK 9 894 320 395 456 499 508 391
382 339 401 356 328 273 0
UKBS>JPKH>SGTS>THPN>UKHG>BHRF CAAL
10 Brett Smitheram UK 9 755 382 507 467 450 443 404
320 277 441 435 323 421 0
>UKAF>KEST>UKHG>PKRJ>BHRF CADB PHVQ
11 Adam Logan CA 9 527 449 463 438 354 460 365
320 317 443 451 389 411 0
>AEAA>UKMN CADB NZNR>USBC THJK UKAF
12 Virgilio Quiballo PH 9 526 365 401 484 439 488 500
408 333 420 314 363 326 0
UKRB>USBL>ZADE>AEAA>PHRC>KESN UKBS
13 Brian Cappelletto US 9 503 479 441 417 449 389 426
493 301 319 422 460 401 0
NIFA>UKAW>USJE>USRT CAAL>ZATH PHOR
14 Odette Rio PH 9 466 474 474 362 412 446 384
398 345 347 385 322 308 0
>MYKC>USSP>UKAC>NISJ>USJG>USRT USBC
15 John Holgate AU 9 345 461 417 372 456 521 392
289 434 394 352 350 480 0
>UKHG BHRF PKRJ>USRH>NIFA USJL USLS
16 Lester Schonbrun US 9 299 430 259 463 337 379 435
390 587 411 393 390 327 0
>THJK NZNR>USRH CAJW UKMN>UKRB AUJH
17 James Cherry CA 9 128 409 439 331 342 364 476
395 386 432 448 332 404 0
>ZADE>USRF THJK UKMN>TTLC>ZASG NIFA
18 Femi Awowade NI 9 122 493 424 424 421 350 439
479 496 380 395 521 429 0
>USBC THJK>KESN>USJG AUJH>PKRJ CAJC
19 Helen Gipson UK 9 10 289 398 441 371 328 504
461 316 467 350 508 393 0
AUJH>THPN UKBS>ZASG UKAF>NZJG UKPA
20 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 9 -60 422 316 428 356 467 414
311 398 348 499 414 396 0
>PKRK UKHG>NZJG UKAF>OMMP>SGTS USJE
21 Phil Appleby UK 9 -69 451 544 436 356 402 313
448 450 500 470 384 532 0
>USRF>USRH BHRF THJK>PKRJ UKMN UKHG
22 Joe Edley US 8 514 355 544 319 388 417 449
415 436 417 371 430 391 0
BHRF>SGTS USBC>UKDW USRT>KEMG THPN
23 Roland Filio BH 8 436 415 434 500 363 323 273
355 417 436 404 443 391 0
>USJE>AUJH>UKPA CADB UKBS UKAF ZATH
24 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 8 375 314 411 504 494 348 401
470 343 268 277 446 426 0
KEMG>PKRK>NZPS>TTLC USJL USBC BHRF
25 Ron Tiekert US 8 337 496 427 487 422 430 308
379 349 427 449 417 384 0
>USPE>UKAC>NZKB USBC>USJE PHOR USRF
26 Kendall Boyd NZ 8 310 479 372 427 322 556 448
322 504 487 472 398 363 0
>USJG USDW USRT KESN>AUJR>WAGW USSP
27 Robert Felt US 8 282 448 386 380 406 386 517
451 439 393 335 404 406 0
UKPA CAJC ZASG>WAGW UKRB>USJG USRT
28 Steve Polatnick US 8 243 471 345 427 436 475 392
346 474 322 353 400 386 0
>AUAK PHOR>MYKC>UKAW>NISJ>LKSC NZKB
29 Stanley Ndungu KE 8 172 444 426 380 472 433 326
240 355 424 322 419 500 0
>SLWW>ZADE NIFA>NZKB>KEMG PHVQ PHRC
30 Ronald Credo PH 8 159 405 321 343 391 363 396
419 381 387 381 488 348 0
UKMN CAJW USJL>LKSC PHVQ>AEAA KESN
31 Rodney Judd PK 8 102 345 399 394 435 384 429
313 396 372 450 402 439 0
>LKSC>AEAA>AUJH UKBS UKPA NIFA LKNF
32 Naween Fernando LK 8 80 437 420 423 352 417 487
436 320 406 475 395 332 0
>IEBM>SARG>INMC UKRB>MYAG>AUPC PKRJ
33 Leslie Charles TT 8 68 462 436 452 277 332 415
375 372 442 494 364 368 0
>WAGW>NISJ>LKSC ZATH CAJC>USRH INMC
34 Mohan Chunkath IN 8 36 414 287 406 438 415 444
462 453 423 400 374 422 0
ZASG LKSC LKNF>KEST>USLO>PKRK TTLC
35 Steven Gruzd ZA 8 25 462 346 393 350 349 404
414 510 380 371 310 476 0
>INMC KEMG>USRF UKHG>USRH CAJC THAP
36 Russell Byers UK 8 19 408 368 496 475 404 327
365 512 361 352 386 435 0
>PHVQ USJG>MYAG>LKNF>USRF USLS NZJG
37 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 8 -166 331 526 286 460 393 526
435 371 433 371 373 454 0
NZJG>AUBJ SGCS>SAIC>NZPS>OMMP ZASG
38 Jeff Grant NZ 8 -195 435 490 348 467 388 393
331 410 428 392 371 504 0
>THAP>NIGE THPN>MYPC>PKRK UKHG UKRB
39 Taewan Sutthasin TH 7.5 -292 361 423 335 440 417 418
419 393 335 396 407 366 0
SCJF>OMLP=AUBJ>TTEM>UKAC>SLWW SGTS
40 Bob Jackman AU 7.5 -345 364 371 335 409 485 408
389 526 335 366 403 400 0
JPKH THAP=THTS>AURB>AESL>UKDW NZHW
41 Tony Sim SG 7 597 423 436 401 436 594 396
370 544 456 362 395 414 0
>NIGE USJE UKAF>UKAC>NZHW THPN THTS
42 Howard Warner NZ 7 263 384 497 461 391 395 484
448 345 409 304 594 349 0
UKDW>ROLS>AURB>JPKH SGTS>NISJ AUBJ
43 Michael Gongolo KE 7 258 470 510 364 387 419 391
314 346 443 417 433 449 0
>ZATH>ZASG USDW USJL KESN USJE LKSC
44 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 7 240 313 453 442 381 340 386
345 287 452 391 322 392 0
PKRJ>INMC TTLC PHRC>UKDW USSP KEMG
45 Joan Rosenthal AU 7 186 383 389 430 493 398 527
398 312 329 305 556 251 0
SGCS>SGMT>SARG>KEDA NZKB>JPKK WAGW
46 Gareth Williams WA 7 96 375 420 384 335 416 363
462 399 350 406 273 448 0
TTLC>USPE>UKAW USRF>JPKK NZKB AUJR
47 Paul Epstein US 7 70 379 399 394 400 327 403
496 420 389 414 308 368 0
USRT WAGW>CAJN USLO>USBL>MYKC AEAA
48 Arvind Abraham AE 7 52 320 396 332 314 528 348
449 399 414 439 356 396 0
CAAL PKRJ USJG PHVQ>SGCS PHRC USPE
49 Jim Geary US 7 3 322 512 414 395 322 406
479 368 332 421 446 517 0
NZKB>UKRB>AEAA NIFA PHOR USRF KEST
50 Shafique Thobani KE 7 -19 533 277 327 400 410 435
294 507 486 438 372 375 0
>KEDA UKBS NISJ INMC>ZADE>USLO USJG
51 Randy Hersom US 7 -25 424 450 411 352 310 368
497 544 463 456 349 415 0
USJS UKPA USLS AUJH ZASG TTLC MYAG
52 A Ganesh MY 7 -42 380 320 361 425 395 475
379 532 496 282 417 372 0
>CAJN USJL UKRB>CAAH LKNF>SGCS USRH
53 Rashid Khan PK 7 -69 311 343 451 380 371 422
422 411 364 374 388 444 0
THPN ZATH>KEDA>SGCS NZJG INMC MTOB
54 Owen Bondin MT 7 -161 328 402 388 400 401 420
371 396 428 384 359 324 0
MTPE>AUBB AUPC>SCJF>KEMB>MYPC PKRK
55 Peter Sinton NZ 7 -217 394 464 268 354 373 394
324 388 504 369 393 320 0
>MYPC>CAAH ZATH OMMP THAP>MTPE AUPC
56 Albert Hahn CA 7 -252 413 388 342 282 415 465
393 464 402 425 366 400 0
>AUPC NZPS MYPC MYAG>KEDA>SAIC OMMP
57 Paul Cleary AU 7 -261 393 351 428 394 409 332
413 430 388 380 323 487 0
CAAH KEDA>MTOB>MTPE>MYPC LKNF NZPS
58 Michael Pray OM 7 -310 385 413 367 369 414 454
345 364 328 354 467 526 0
>SGEG>SLWW>NIGE>NZPS THPN THAP CAAH
59 Wilma Warwick SL 7 -346 240 364 371 439 359 366
444 413 354 426 333 418 0
KESN OMMP>SCJF>NIGE>JPKH THTS UKDW
60 David Webb UK 6 288 448 473 506 371 322 400
384 441 355 388 340 408 0
>NZHW>AURB>USLO USJE LKSC AUBJ SLWW
61 Andrew Cook UK 6 171 394 349 347 362 407 414
431 427 362 436 417 375 0
USDW USRT PHOR SGTS THTS>JPKH USBL
62 Bob Lipton US 6 142 425 333 390 407 308 508
454 401 420 364 327 313 0
USJL PHVQ JPKK>IECC USPE>AESL UKAC
63 Jim Nanavati CA 6 64 379 415 389 367 438 462
380 494 394 492 340 375 0
MYAG USLO USPE AESL>IECC>TTEM NISJ
64 Saheed Jimoh NI 6 15 368 372 486 385 400 349
478 436 327 412 475 484 0
CAJW TTLC>KEST PHOR USSP NZHW CAJN
65 Alec Webb UK 6 11 399 301 350 353 324 401
341 441 384 436 377 295 0
>USLO USBC WAGW USSP MYKC>ZADE SGMT
66 Kong Chock Heng MY 6 -39 398 395 322 458 377 368
474 392 427 374 324 403 0
PHOR>IEBM USSP>LKLW>UKAW USPE USLO
67 Lisa Odom US 6 -66 341 494 355 414 374 375
399 415 506 400 415 435 0
UKAW>CAJN UKDW>USPE INMC KEST MYKC
68 Michael Tang SG 6 -103 323 312 325 433 435 463
471 389 370 241 408 351 0
SARG AUJR SGEG>SCDS>BHAB>NIGE UKAW
69 Barbara Berlin AU 6 -252 459 396 333 423 381 428
297 402 511 372 306 401 0
>BHVP MTOB IECC>AUAK>LKLW>SARG SGCS
70 Cher Siong Gan SG 6 -340 398 434 433 374 356 372
383 373 286 380 528 475 0
>AUJR>SCJF>THAP PKRK AEAA MYAG AUBB
71 Peter Elbourne MT 6 -347 371 346 347 380 463 320
328 407 334 394 457 394 0
>MTOB MYPC>KEMB AUPC>NIGE NZPS KEDA
72 Matayo Bwire KE 6 -349 373 385 334 421 359 400
292 337 347 420 401 399 0
>FRAM>SGEG MTPE>SARG MTOB>SCJF MYPC
73 Pui Cheng Wui MY 6 -363 324 407 402 392 323 324
394 346 342 467 409 420 0
NZPS>MTPE>CAAH NZJG AUPC MTOB KEMB
74 Dixon Assesa KE 6 -367 294 430 364 305 366 387
533 351 451 493 415 350 0
KEST>AUPC PKRK AUJR CAAH>OMLP MTPE
75 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 6 -380 408 411 420 447 273 251
355 315 390 367 416 527 0
>LKLW>AUAK>USBL>ZADE WAGW AUJR SAIC
76 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 5.5 32 397 474 324 371 487 400
399 399 367 460 308 465 0
AURB>TTEM JPKH THAP>OMLP CAAH JPKK
77 Keiichiro Hirai JP 5.5 15 389 339 367 304 333 375
364 395 324 391 359 414 0
>AUBJ UKAF>SAIC NZHW SLWW UKAC AURB
78 Roger Blom AU 5 267 399 441 409 366 334 537
397 473 461 409 366 281 0
>SAIC UKDW NZHW AUBJ TTEM>ROLS JPKH
79 Edward Metivier TT 5 8 401 399 464 396 366 375
281 474 271 440 334 462 0
>AESL SAIC>ROLS THTS>AURB CAJN SARG
80 Selwyn Lobo AE 5 -145 281 438 461 492 403 313
401 279 294 367 485 508 0
TTEM>POWU>IEBM>CAJN AUBJ USBL LKLW
81 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 5 -188 471 320 329 420 471 401
323 420 430 421 387 428 0
>SGMT LKNF AUJR KEMB>IEBM AUBB TTEM
82 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 5 -199 355 447 461 374 306 551
408 406 391 458 381 349 0
JPKK>BHAB>AUAK MYKC AUBB>FRAM AESL
83 Eugene Goh SG 5 -229 345 337 370 302 399 508
385 385 325 336 405 335 0
OMMP KEMB>SGMT OMLP SCJF>MTMS ZADE
84 Dylan Early ZA 5 -234 395 355 420 367 372 295
409 426 484 447 410 401 0
CAJC KESN PHVQ JPKK KEST UKAW SGEG
85 Alistair Kane AU 5 -346 346 315 391 372 442 421
471 411 461 423 373 402 0
USSP JPKK LKLW AUBB>POWU>IEBM SCJF
86 Johnson Fasuba SC 5 -369 419 373 354 384 405 399
361 434 371 400 399 400 0
>THTS SGCS SLWW MTOB>SGEG KEMB AUAK
87 Gold Eburu NI 5 -401 370 410 328 426 457 351
423 490 367 439 463 463 0
SGTS NZJG OMMP SLWW MTPE SGMT OMLP
88 Linda Pray OM 5 -642 425 393 391 336 308 350
390 423 367 302 487 387 0
>BHAB THTS>BHVP>SGEG SAIC KEDA NIGE
89 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 5 -694 290 279 368 307 373 400
351 438 358 428 442 234 0
ROLS AESL>SCDS BHAB AUAK>ROCC IECC
90 Laurentiu Sandu RO 5 -1249 351 345 271 341 382 281
290 497 464 398 371 537 0
>POWU NZHW TTEM IEBM>MTMS AURB BHVP
91 Akshay Bhandarkar BH 4.5 -167 390 406 521 428 408 404
425 447 271 307 435 404 0
OMLP LKLW>ROCC>POWU SGMT=IECC MTMS
92 Catherine Costello IE 4.5 -197 450 514 511 364 340 404
400 377 333 407 438 404 0
>SCDS>FRAM>AUBB USBL CAJN=BHAB POWU
93 Brendan McDonnell IE 4 -365 436 392 294 398 387 402
437 395 461 341 471 421 0
LKNF MYKC AESL>ROLS SARG AUAK ROCC
94 Antonin Michel FR 4 -853 292 377 344 424 360 349
373 514 491 289 359 551 0
KEMB IECC MTMS>ROCC>BHVP LKLW SCDS
95 Dhanapala Silva SC 4 -976 400 404 358 241 324 459
450 320 368 433 467 334 0
IECC>MTMS POWU SGMT ROCC>BHVP FRAM
96 Mario Saliba MT 3 -667 392 320 491 461 371 335
420 404 344 301 382 508 0
ROCC SCDS>FRAM>BHVP ROLS SGEG BHAB
97 Vivian Penaflor BH 3 -738 297 387 367 301 359 334
459 298 391 461 360 459 0
AUBB>ROCC OMLP MTMS FRAM SCDS ROLS
98 Catalin-Eugen Caba RO 3 -1634 420 298 271 289 467 234
392 387 521 424 324 400 0
>MTMS BHVP BHAB FRAM>SCDS POWU IEBM
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