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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 15 +890 2 Joel Wapnick Canada 15 +834 3 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 14 +759 4 John Holgate Australia 14 +753 5 Femi Awowade Nigeria 14 +490 6 Nigel Richards New Zealand 13 +1550 7 Andrew Fisher England 13 +895 8 Adam Logan Canada 13 +765 9 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 13 +626 10 David Boys Canada 13 +503 11 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 13 +370 12 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 13 +193 13 Phil Appleby England 13 +165 14 Odette Rio Philippines 12 +735 15 David Wiegand U.S.A. 12 +715 16 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 12 +556 17 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 12 +488 18 John Luebkemann U.S.A. 12 +392 19 Russell Byers England 12 +358 20 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 12 +316 21 Gareth Williams Wales 12 +217 22 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 12 +97 23 James Cherry Canada 12 +19 24 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 12 -204 25 Bob Jackman Australia 11.5 +196 26 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 11 +815 27 Andrew Cook England 11 +636 28 Brett Smitheram England 11 +481 29 Michael Gongolo Kenya 11 +276 30 Howard Warner New Zealand 11 +253 31 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 11 +204 32 Steven Gruzd South Africa 11 +187 33 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 11 +119 34 Helen Gipson England 11 +15 35 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 11 -21 36 Peter Elbourne Malta 11 -50 37 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 11 -72 38 Michael Pray Oman 11 -218 39 Jeff Grant New Zealand 11 -569 40 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 10.5 +313 41 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 10.5 -376 42 David Webb England 10 +404 43 Jim Geary U.S.A. 10 +341 44 Robert Felt U.S.A. 10 +269 45 Joe Edley U.S.A. 10 +249 46 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 10 +221 47 Roland Filio Bahrain 10 +206 48 Ronald Credo Philippines 10 +180 49 Rodney Judd Pakistan 10 +166 50 Mohan Chunkath India 10 -2 51 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 10 -52 52 A Ganesh Malaysia 10 -116 53 Albert Hahn Canada 10 -125 54 Shafique Thobani Kenya 10 -154 55 Barbara Berlin Australia 10 -264 56 Owen Bondin Malta 10 -265 57 Keiichiro Hirai Japan 9.5 +411 58 Paul Cleary Australia 9.5 -201 59 Leslie Charles Trinidad 9.5 -403 60 Tony Sim Singapore 9 +272 61 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 9 +145 62 Joan Rosenthal Australia 9 +51 63 Alec Webb England 9 -20 64 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 9 -69 65 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 9 -87 66 Michael Tang Singapore 9 -163 67 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 9 -218 68 Eugene Goh Singapore 9 -229 69 Dixon Assesa Kenya 9 -288 70 Gold Eburu Nigeria 9 -336 71 Matayo Bwire Kenya 9 -455 72 Wilma Warwick Scotland 9 -486 73 Peter Sinton New Zealand 9 -502 74 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 9 -551 75 Akshay Bhandarkar Bahrain 8.5 +109 76 Roger Blom Australia 8 +275 77 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 8 +100 78 Dylan Early South Africa 8 -80 79 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 8 -133 80 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 8 -182 81 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 8 -215 82 Rashid Khan Pakistan 8 -476 83 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 8 -498 84 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 8 -576 85 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 8 -796 86 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 8 -1519 87 Catherine Costello Ireland 7.5 -79 88 Jim Nanavati Canada 7 -122 89 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 7 -360 90 Alistair Kane Australia 7 -443 91 Linda Pray Oman 7 -532 92 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 7 -630 93 Edward Metivier Trinidad 6 -310 94 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 6 -718 95 Antonin Michel France 6 -860 96 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 6 -1189 97 Mario Saliba Malta 5 -924 98 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 4 -2442
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
1 Mark Nyman UK 15 890 466 421 403 524
327 367 456 413 0
>UKBS>CAJW USBC>CAAL AUJH
2 Joel Wapnick CA 15 834 446 367 444 474
386 421 391 379 0
>USJL UKMN>USJS>USBC NIFA
3 Brian Cappelletto US 14 759 415 438 456 379
353 345 403 474 0
>CAAL>USJL>UKMN CAJW NZNR
4 John Holgate AU 14 753 412 362 455 432
327 439 341 300 0
>THJK USJS>USRT>PHVQ UKMN
5 Femi Awowade NI 14 490 396 421 533 474
390 387 325 407 0
>CAJC>UKHG>UKPA>USJS CAJW
6 Nigel Richards NZ 13 1550 461 513 435 474
392 389 488 433 0
>UKHG>UKAF CAAL>USDW USBC
7 Andrew Fisher UK 13 895 396 389 424 493
346 513 334 406 0
>USDW NZNR>UKBS>UKRB CAAL
8 Adam Logan CA 13 765 353 465 488 413
415 327 435 524 0
USBC>UKBS>NZNR UKMN UKAF
9 Virgilio Quiballo PH 13 626 461 463 438 300
414 352 329 432 0
>BHRF>THJK>USJL AUJH CADB
10 David Boys CA 13 503 453 387 414 503
471 424 388 308 0
USJS USRT>USLS>CAJC PHVQ
11 Ron Tiekert US 13 370 494 424 341 432
448 387 455 403 0
>USLS>CADB AUJH>USJL USJS
12 Joel Sherman US 13 193 471 439 391 407
453 362 444 474 0
>CADB>AUJH CAJW NIFA USRT
13 Phil Appleby UK 13 165 493 554 325 500
413 318 533 324 0
>LKSC>NZJG NIFA>THPN PHOR
14 Odette Rio PH 12 735 384 356 623 468
297 388 364 402 0
>NZHW USPE>NZJG>UKBS UKPA
15 David Wiegand US 12 715 346 463 501 433
396 333 364 474 0
UKAF>BHRF>USPE NZNR NZKB
16 Kendall Boyd NZ 12 556 449 438 436 436
476 364 396 287 0
USPE>USBL>BHRF>ZASG USDW
17 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 12 488 327 352 393 532
412 463 521 280 0
AUJH PHVQ UKRB>USPE USJL
18 John Luebkemann US 12 392 386 345 329 403
446 438 438 432 0
CAJW USBC PHVQ USRT THJK
19 Russell Byers UK 12 358 453 465 521 406
318 397 393 493 0
>TTLC>WAGW>THJK UKAF USLS
20 Lester Schonbrun US 12 316 448 468 388 396
494 329 414 366 0
USRT>MYAG CADB>NZHW UKRB
21 Gareth Williams WA 12 217 356 397 423 403
329 465 384 400 0
>PHRC UKRB>KESN>UKHG LKNF
22 Naween Fernando LK 12 97 399 355 437 392
362 421 364 304 0
>ZASG CAJC>MYAG>NZJG WAGW
23 James Cherry CA 12 19 390 421 415 308
396 355 401 503 0
NIFA>LKNF>UKHG CADB THPN
24 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 12 -204 309 457 461 324
441 357 413 500 0
NZJG>THAP>LKSC UKPA CAJC
25 Bob Jackman AU 11.5 196 482 387 555 362
305 402 304 345 0
>THTS LKSC>TTLC>SAIC UKAC
26 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 11 815 413 402 413 458
493 387 461 323 0
UKPA>AUBJ THPN>THTS UKBS
27 Andrew Cook UK 11 636 407 480 535 510
362 343 380 399 0
>UKDW>ZATH>USJE>BHRF AUBJ
28 Brett Smitheram UK 11 481 327 327 334 402
466 465 424 468 0
UKMN CAAL UKAF PHOR LKSC
29 Michael Gongolo KE 11 276 368 435 426 450
343 347 329 419 0
>AUJR>MYKC>NISJ>USRF NZHW
30 Howard Warner NZ 11 253 297 454 378 366
384 427 363 396 0
PHOR>USJE>PHRC USLS KEMG
31 Randy Hersom US 11 204 413 364 515 368
410 397 400 356 0
>NISJ KESN>USLO>PHRC ZASG
32 Steven Gruzd ZA 11 187 362 459 525 287
399 349 284 436 0
LKNF>USSP>AUBB NZKB USRH
33 Stanley Ndungu KE 11 119 440 397 384 407
460 364 423 405 0
MYAG>USRH WAGW>PKRJ UKHG
34 Helen Gipson UK 11 15 392 387 401 400
461 421 415 403 0
NZNR NIFA CAJC WAGW KESN
35 Paul Epstein US 11 -21 476 388 364 280
449 356 501 532 0
>NZKB>PHOR USDW THJK MTPE
36 Peter Elbourne MT 11 -50 360 450 538 452
345 337 298 385 0
>JPKK>NZPS>SGTS>MYAG USPE
37 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 11 -72 456 357 370 458
430 457 408 326 0
>AUPC THPN SAIC>MTOB OMMP
38 Michael Pray OM 11 -218 395 400 417 366
422 383 404 285 0
SAIC>PKRK>CAAH>AUBB THAP
39 Jeff Grant NZ 11 -569 441 318 364 304
309 554 623 392 0
>THPN UKPA PHOR LKNF SAIC
40 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 10.5 313 422 411 408 345
395 340 370 362 0
>OMMP>CAAH>THAP AUBJ NZJG
41 Taewan Sutthasin TH 10.5 -376 305 456 486 323
482 342 393 458 0
AUBJ>SGTS>AUPC LKSC UKDW
42 David Webb UK 10 404 362 384 459 395
407 368 359 375 0
UKAC>CAJN>AURB>AUPC THTS
43 Jim Geary US 10 341 360 502 481 535
496 525 406 283 0
USJE PKRJ>ZATH>SGEG USRF
44 Robert Felt US 10 269 428 386 412 419
375 411 322 450 0
>ZATH PHRC>USBL KEMG USJG
45 Joe Edley US 10 249 496 427 380 510
360 454 535 353 0
>USJG NZHW UKAC>UKAW USBL
46 Bob Lipton US 10 221 424 364 322 376
364 438 412 302 0
>SGTS NZKB USRF>TTLC USJE
47 Roland Filio BH 10 206 414 333 396 399
461 463 436 510 0
PHVQ USDW NZKB UKAC PHRC
48 Ronald Credo PH 10 180 329 411 363 356
356 386 378 368 0
WAGW>USRF NZHW USRH BHRF
49 Rodney Judd PK 10 166 361 525 456 405
421 502 297 407 0
USSP>USJG>KEST KESN INMC
50 Mohan Chunkath IN 10 -2 316 304 472 424
383 416 279 374 0
AUBB USLO>PKRK>NISJ PKRJ
51 Lisa Odom US 10 -52 464 416 400 435
330 304 515 411 0
>AUAK>INMC USRH>USSP MYAG
52 A Ganesh MY 10 -116 460 329 364 385
440 468 437 452 0
>KESN USLS LKNF MTPE USLO
53 Albert Hahn CA 10 -125 340 340 404 457
304 411 417 359 0
>PKRK SAIC OMMP>MYPC KEST
54 Shafique Thobani KE 10 -154 369 401 297 499
462 331 456 333 0
MTOB>MYPC PKRJ>SGCS CAAH
55 Barbara Berlin AU 10 -264 383 444 284 285
316 336 525 366 0
>INMC>MTOB ZASG OMMP JPKH
56 Owen Bondin MT 10 -265 462 336 352 326
369 444 309 458 0
>KEST AUBB>USSP THAP AUPC
57 Keiichiro Hirai JP 9.5 411 554 348 443 370
281 297 309 347 0
>ROLS>BHAB>NZPS>SLWW AUBB
58 Paul Cleary AU 9.5 -201 430 363 393 375
456 363 486 395 0
THAP=TTLC THTS UKDW MTOB
59 Leslie Charles TT 9.5 -403 318 363 304 302
453 363 555 376 0
UKRB=AUPC AUBJ USBL SGTS
60 Tony Sim SG 9 272 364 342 298 431
424 456 538 393 0
USBL THTS MTPE>AURB TTLC
61 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 9 145 375 343 406 423
428 480 481 258 0
USRF UKAC USJG>LKLW AUJR
62 Joan Rosenthal AU 9 51 343 416 360 413
368 352 434 381 0
KEMG>SARG UKAW>IEBM ZATH
63 Alec Webb UK 9 -20 405 373 434 353
301 385 360 510 0
>SGEG NISJ>AUJR USJE USSP
64 Saheed Jimoh NI 9 -69 410 385 329 374
413 373 426 424 0
USRH>UKAW KEMG INMC SGMT
65 Steve Polatnick US 9 -87 421 349 309 411
361 459 352 435 0
>PKRJ ZASG MTOB USLO UKAW
66 Michael Tang SG 9 -163 321 422 297 453
418 315 406 364 0
MYKC>NIGE MYPC>AEAA NISJ
67 Pui Cheng Wui MY 9 -218 494 331 406 359
336 401 297 457 0
>AEAA KEST>SGMT CAAH SGEG
68 Eugene Goh SG 9 -229 301 383 441 283
405 375 321 535 0
UKAW>LKLW>MYKC USJG MYPC
69 Dixon Assesa KE 9 -288 372 384 380 415
384 292 352 396 0
SCJF>ZADE>SARG>MYKC NIGE
70 Gold Eburu NI 9 -336 470 315 438 371
363 422 387 346 0
>OMLP SGMT>AUAK>PKRK KEDA
71 Matayo Bwire KE 9 -455 323 372 326 391
391 328 435 312 0
NZPS>SCJF SLWW>JPKK SGCS
72 Wilma Warwick SL 9 -486 447 324 435 347
363 414 326 370 0
>BHAB AURB>KEMB JPKH NZPS
73 Peter Sinton NZ 9 -502 391 337 309 403
323 450 443 325 0
>KEMB MTPE JPKH>POWU SLWW
74 Cher Siong Gan SG 9 -551 418 420 331 333
384 367 326 499 0
>POWU>JPKK>AEAA KEST KEMB
75 Akshay Bhandarkar BH 8.5 109 363 297 381 467
447 348 374 386 0
SLWW JPKH>IECC>CAJN AURB
76 Roger Blom AU 8 275 459 414 359 393
393 324 459 431 0
>IECC>SLWW UKDW SGTS BHAB
77 Brendan McDonnell IE 8 100 338 394 434 381
393 306 352 413 0
CAJN>IECC>AESL AUJR ZADE
78 Dylan Early ZA 8 -80 492 292 418 500
284 384 374 296 0
>FRAM KEDA>TTEM>SARG IEBM
79 Selwyn Lobo AE 8 -133 374 410 352 454
378 387 434 415 0
SARG>TTEM IEBM>AUAK MYKC
80 Kong Chock Heng MY 8 -182 418 347 321 396
321 435 441 415 0
>SGMT KEMG SGEG KEDA AESL
81 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 8 -215 495 375 439 258
441 383 367 423 0
>TTEM SGEG>CAJN ZATH PKRK
82 Rashid Khan PK 8 -476 304 383 279 346
340 400 472 371 0
CAAH OMMP INMC NIGE LKLW
83 Arvind Abraham AE 8 -498 336 387 326 364
494 381 331 453 0
MYPC>AUAK SGCS SGMT JPKK
84 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 8 -576 345 367 362 312
360 420 351 391 0
MTPE SGCS>SCJF KEMB AEAA
85 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 8 -796 384 384 367 325
418 298 291 403 0
SGCS>OMLP>ROLS NZPS IECC
86 Laurentiu Sandu RO 8 -1519 281 424 291 441
554 412 367 326 0
JPKH>FRAM POWU>SCJF CAJN
87 Catherine Costello IE 7.5 -79 393 306 374 410
459 394 381 358 0
AURB IEBM BHAB>TTEM POWU
88 Jim Nanavati CA 7 -122 393 368 367 386
338 384 439 467 0
>IEBM UKDW LKLW BHAB ROLS
89 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 7 -360 378 352 352 296
374 416 380 500 0
>AESL AUJR KEDA ZADE AUAK
90 Alistair Kane AU 7 -443 330 381 387 415
464 387 438 454 0
USLO AEAA NIGE AESL SARG
91 Linda Pray OM 7 -532 363 298 346 439
470 384 403 337 0
NIGE POWU BHVP>MTMS SCDS
92 Johnson Fasuba SC 7 -630 384 328 351 326
372 372 362 441 0
>KEDA KEMB JPKK ROLS BHVP
93 Edward Metivier TT 6 -310 441 387 374 358
495 410 418 410 0
LKLW AESL ZADE IECC ROCC
94 Vivian Penaflor BH 6 -718 437 439 403 371
375 390 346 430 0
>SCDS>MTMS>OMLP ROCC SCJF
95 Antonin Michel FR 6 -860 284 412 461 366
492 424 255 383 0
ZADE ROLS>ROCC SCDS MTMS
96 Dhanapala Silva SC 6 -1189 375 378 383 383
437 300 402 366 0
BHVP>ROCC MTMS>FRAM OMLP
97 Mario Saliba MT 5 -924 429 390 402 337
357 439 383 439 0
>ROCC BHVP>SCDS OMLP FRAM
98 Catalin-Eugen Caba RO 4 -2442 357 300 255 430
429 378 461 371 0
MTMS SCDS FRAM>BHVP TTEM
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