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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 Mark Nyman England 14 +832 2 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 13 +801 3 Joel Wapnick Canada 13 +686 4 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 13 +313 5 Nigel Richards New Zealand 12 +1562 6 Adam Logan Canada 12 +823 7 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 12 +649 8 John Luebkemann U.S.A. 12 +530 9 John Holgate Australia 12 +507 10 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 12 +455 11 Femi Awowade Nigeria 12 +215 12 Phil Appleby England 12 +197 13 Andrew Fisher England 11 +718 14 Brett Smitheram England 11 +637 15 David Wiegand U.S.A. 11 +619 16 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 11 +368 17 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 11 +364 18 Russell Byers England 11 +317 19 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 11 +312 20 David Boys Canada 11 +282 21 James Cherry Canada 11 +200 22 Helen Gipson England 11 +32 23 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 11 -76 24 Jeff Grant New Zealand 11 -222 25 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 10 +728 26 Odette Rio Philippines 10 +410 27 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 10 +367 28 Roland Filio Bahrain 10 +357 29 Howard Warner New Zealand 10 +268 30 Ronald Credo Philippines 10 +207 31 Gareth Williams Wales 10 +175 32 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 10 +156 33 Steven Gruzd South Africa 10 +95 34 Barbara Berlin Australia 10 +58 35 A Ganesh Malaysia 10 +24 36 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 10 -64 37 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 10 -166 38 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 9.5 +292 39 Bob Jackman Australia 9.5 -72 40 Leslie Charles Trinidad 9.5 -78 41 Paul Cleary Australia 9.5 -88 42 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 9.5 -334 43 Andrew Cook England 9 +370 44 Joe Edley U.S.A. 9 +247 45 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 9 +237 46 Robert Felt U.S.A. 9 +210 47 Michael Gongolo Kenya 9 +148 48 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 9 +78 49 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 9 +77 50 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 9 +39 51 Rodney Judd Pakistan 9 +9 52 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 9 -20 53 Shafique Thobani Kenya 9 -161 54 Owen Bondin Malta 9 -176 55 Albert Hahn Canada 9 -210 56 Michael Pray Oman 9 -312 57 Peter Elbourne Malta 9 -357 58 Tony Sim Singapore 8 +474 59 Roger Blom Australia 8 +413 60 David Webb England 8 +284 61 Joan Rosenthal Australia 8 +93 62 Alec Webb England 8 +63 63 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 8 +55 64 Jim Geary U.S.A. 8 +14 65 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 8 -43 66 Eugene Goh Singapore 8 -97 67 Michael Tang Singapore 8 -143 68 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 8 -229 69 Mohan Chunkath India 8 -245 70 Rashid Khan Pakistan 8 -258 71 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 8 -390 72 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 8 -404 73 Matayo Bwire Kenya 8 -425 74 Peter Sinton New Zealand 8 -446 75 Wilma Warwick Scotland 8 -572 76 Keiichiro Hirai Japan 7.5 +254 77 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 7 +50 78 Jim Nanavati Canada 7 +31 79 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 7 -90 80 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 7 -122 81 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 7 -128 82 Dixon Assesa Kenya 7 -335 83 Alistair Kane Australia 7 -353 84 Gold Eburu Nigeria 7 -412 85 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 7 -504 86 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 7 -508 87 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 7 -794 88 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 7 -1558 89 Akshay Bhandarkar Bahrain 6.5 +21 90 Catherine Costello Ireland 6.5 -124 91 Edward Metivier Trinidad 6 -214 92 Dylan Early South Africa 6 -328 93 Linda Pray Oman 6 -577 94 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 5 -716 95 Antonin Michel France 5 -1049 96 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 5 -1187 97 Mario Saliba Malta 4 -841 98 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 3 -2295
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
1 Mark Nyman UK 14 832 466 421
327 367 0
>UKBS>CAJW USBC
2 Brian Cappelletto US 13 801 415 438
353 345 0
>CAAL>USJL UKMN
3 Joel Wapnick CA 13 686 446 367
386 421 0
>USJL UKMN USJS
4 Joel Sherman US 13 313 471 439
453 362 0
>CADB>AUJH CAJW
5 Nigel Richards NZ 12 1562 461 513
392 389 0
>UKHG>UKAF CAAL
6 Adam Logan CA 12 823 353 465
415 327 0
USBC>UKBS NZNR
7 Virgilio Quiballo PH 12 649 461 463
414 352 0
>BHRF>THJK USJL
8 John Luebkemann US 12 530 386 345
446 438 0
CAJW USBC PHVQ
9 John Holgate AU 12 507 412 362
327 439 0
>THJK USJS USRT
10 Ron Tiekert US 12 455 494 424
448 387 0
>USLS>CADB AUJH
11 Femi Awowade NI 12 215 396 421
390 387 0
>CAJC>UKHG UKPA
12 Phil Appleby UK 12 197 493 554
413 318 0
>LKSC>NZJG NIFA
13 Andrew Fisher UK 11 718 396 389
346 513 0
>USDW NZNR UKBS
14 Brett Smitheram UK 11 637 327 327
466 465 0
UKMN CAAL UKAF
15 David Wiegand US 11 619 346 463
396 333 0
UKAF>BHRF USPE
16 Paul Epstein US 11 368 476 388
449 356 0
>NZKB>PHOR USDW
17 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 11 364 327 352
412 463 0
AUJH PHVQ UKRB
18 Russell Byers UK 11 317 453 465
318 397 0
>TTLC>WAGW THJK
19 Lester Schonbrun US 11 312 448 468
494 329 0
USRT>MYAG CADB
20 David Boys CA 11 282 453 387
471 424 0
USJS USRT USLS
21 James Cherry CA 11 200 390 421
396 355 0
NIFA>LKNF UKHG
22 Helen Gipson UK 11 32 392 387
461 421 0
NZNR NIFA CAJC
23 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 11 -76 309 457
441 357 0
NZJG>THAP LKSC
24 Jeff Grant NZ 11 -222 441 318
309 554 0
>THPN UKPA PHOR
25 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 10 728 413 402
493 387 0
UKPA>AUBJ THPN
26 Odette Rio PH 10 410 384 356
297 388 0
>NZHW USPE NZJG
27 Kendall Boyd NZ 10 367 449 438
476 364 0
USPE>USBL BHRF
28 Roland Filio BH 10 357 414 333
461 463 0
PHVQ USDW NZKB
29 Howard Warner NZ 10 268 297 454
384 427 0
PHOR>USJE PHRC
30 Ronald Credo PH 10 207 329 411
356 386 0
WAGW>USRF NZHW
31 Gareth Williams WA 10 175 356 397
329 465 0
>PHRC UKRB KESN
32 Stanley Ndungu KE 10 156 440 397
460 364 0
MYAG>USRH WAGW
33 Steven Gruzd ZA 10 95 362 459
399 349 0
LKNF>USSP AUBB
34 Barbara Berlin AU 10 58 383 444
316 336 0
>INMC>MTOB ZASG
35 A Ganesh MY 10 24 460 329
440 468 0
>KESN USLS LKNF
36 Naween Fernando LK 10 -64 399 355
362 421 0
>ZASG CAJC MYAG
37 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 10 -166 456 357
430 457 0
>AUPC THPN SAIC
38 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 9.5 292 422 411
395 340 0
>OMMP>CAAH THAP
39 Bob Jackman AU 9.5 -72 482 387
305 402 0
>THTS LKSC TTLC
40 Leslie Charles TT 9.5 -78 318 363
453 363 0
UKRB=AUPC AUBJ
41 Paul Cleary AU 9.5 -88 430 363
456 363 0
THAP=TTLC THTS
42 Taewan Sutthasin TH 9.5 -334 305 456
482 342 0
AUBJ>SGTS AUPC
43 Andrew Cook UK 9 370 407 480
362 343 0
>UKDW>ZATH USJE
44 Joe Edley US 9 247 496 427
360 454 0
>USJG NZHW UKAC
45 Bob Lipton US 9 237 424 364
364 438 0
>SGTS NZKB USRF
46 Robert Felt US 9 210 428 386
375 411 0
>ZATH PHRC USBL
47 Michael Gongolo KE 9 148 368 435
343 347 0
>AUJR>MYKC NISJ
48 Saheed Jimoh NI 9 78 410 385
413 373 0
USRH>UKAW KEMG
49 Randy Hersom US 9 77 413 364
410 397 0
>NISJ KESN USLO
50 Lisa Odom US 9 39 464 416
330 304 0
>AUAK>INMC USRH
51 Rodney Judd PK 9 9 361 525
421 502 0
USSP>USJG KEST
52 Steve Polatnick US 9 -20 421 349
361 459 0
>PKRJ ZASG MTOB
53 Shafique Thobani KE 9 -161 369 401
462 331 0
MTOB>MYPC PKRJ
54 Owen Bondin MT 9 -176 462 336
369 444 0
>KEST AUBB USSP
55 Albert Hahn CA 9 -210 340 340
304 411 0
>PKRK SAIC OMMP
56 Michael Pray OM 9 -312 395 400
422 383 0
SAIC>PKRK CAAH
57 Peter Elbourne MT 9 -357 360 450
345 337 0
>JPKK>NZPS SGTS
58 Tony Sim SG 8 474 364 342
424 456 0
USBL THTS MTPE
59 Roger Blom AU 8 413 459 414
393 324 0
>IECC>SLWW UKDW
60 David Webb UK 8 284 362 384
407 368 0
UKAC>CAJN AURB
61 Joan Rosenthal AU 8 93 343 416
368 352 0
KEMG>SARG UKAW
62 Alec Webb UK 8 63 405 373
301 385 0
>SGEG NISJ AUJR
63 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 8 55 375 343
428 480 0
USRF UKAC USJG
64 Jim Geary US 8 14 360 502
496 525 0
USJE PKRJ ZATH
65 Kong Chock Heng MY 8 -43 418 347
321 435 0
>SGMT KEMG SGEG
66 Eugene Goh SG 8 -97 301 383
405 375 0
UKAW>LKLW MYKC
67 Michael Tang SG 8 -143 321 422
418 315 0
MYKC>NIGE MYPC
68 Pui Cheng Wui MY 8 -229 494 331
336 401 0
>AEAA KEST SGMT
69 Mohan Chunkath IN 8 -245 316 304
383 416 0
AUBB USLO PKRK
70 Rashid Khan PK 8 -258 304 383
340 400 0
CAAH OMMP INMC
71 Cher Siong Gan SG 8 -390 418 420
384 367 0
>POWU>JPKK AEAA
72 Arvind Abraham AE 8 -404 336 387
494 381 0
MYPC>AUAK SGCS
73 Matayo Bwire KE 8 -425 323 372
391 328 0
NZPS>SCJF SLWW
74 Peter Sinton NZ 8 -446 391 337
323 450 0
>KEMB MTPE JPKH
75 Wilma Warwick SL 8 -572 447 324
363 414 0
>BHAB AURB KEMB
76 Keiichiro Hirai JP 7.5 254 554 348
281 297 0
>ROLS>BHAB NZPS
77 Brendan McDonnell IE 7 50 338 394
393 306 0
CAJN>IECC AESL
78 Jim Nanavati CA 7 31 393 368
338 384 0
>IEBM UKDW LKLW
79 Selwyn Lobo AE 7 -90 374 410
378 387 0
SARG>TTEM IEBM
80 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 7 -122 495 375
441 383 0
>TTEM SGEG CAJN
81 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 7 -128 378 352
374 416 0
>AESL AUJR KEDA
82 Dixon Assesa KE 7 -335 372 384
384 292 0
SCJF>ZADE SARG
83 Alistair Kane AU 7 -353 330 381
464 387 0
USLO AEAA NIGE
84 Gold Eburu NI 7 -412 470 315
363 422 0
>OMLP SGMT AUAK
85 Johnson Fasuba SC 7 -504 384 328
372 372 0
>KEDA KEMB JPKK
86 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 7 -508 345 367
360 420 0
MTPE SGCS SCJF
87 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 7 -794 384 384
418 298 0
SGCS>OMLP ROLS
88 Laurentiu Sandu RO 7 -1558 281 424
554 412 0
JPKH>FRAM POWU
89 Akshay Bhandarkar BH 6.5 21 363 297
447 348 0
SLWW JPKH IECC
90 Catherine Costello IE 6.5 -124 393 306
459 394 0
AURB IEBM BHAB
91 Edward Metivier TT 6 -214 441 387
495 410 0
LKLW AESL ZADE
92 Dylan Early ZA 6 -328 492 292
284 384 0
>FRAM KEDA TTEM
93 Linda Pray OM 6 -577 363 298
470 384 0
NIGE POWU BHVP
94 Vivian Penaflor BH 5 -716 437 439
375 390 0
>SCDS>MTMS OMLP
95 Antonin Michel FR 5 -1049 284 412
492 424 0
ZADE ROLS ROCC
96 Dhanapala Silva SC 5 -1187 375 378
437 300 0
BHVP>ROCC MTMS
97 Mario Saliba MT 4 -841 429 390
357 439 0
>ROCC BHVP SCDS
98 Catalin-Eugen Caba RO 3 -2295 357 300
429 378 0
MTMS SCDS FRAM
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