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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 16 +902 2 Joel Wapnick Canada 16 +851 3 Nigel Richards New Zealand 14 +1647 4 Andrew Fisher England 14 +904 5 John Holgate Australia 14 +741 6 Brian Cappelletto U.S.A. 14 +662 7 David Boys Canada 14 +531 8 Femi Awowade Nigeria 14 +473 9 Ron Tiekert U.S.A. 14 +373 10 Phil Appleby England 14 +189 11 David Wiegand U.S.A. 13 +816 12 Adam Logan Canada 13 +756 13 Jakkrit Klaphajone Thailand 13 +611 14 Virgilio Quiballo Philippines 13 +598 15 Russell Byers England 13 +402 16 James Cherry Canada 13 +197 17 Joel Sherman U.S.A. 13 +190 18 Naween Fernando Sri Lanka 13 +111 19 Suresh Chinnaiyah Sri Lanka 12 +847 20 Odette Rio Philippines 12 +711 21 Andrew Cook England 12 +678 22 Michael Gongolo Kenya 12 +476 23 Kendall Boyd New Zealand 12 +455 24 Steven Gruzd South Africa 12 +369 25 Lester Schonbrun U.S.A. 12 +272 26 John Luebkemann U.S.A. 12 +269 27 Gareth Williams Wales 12 +203 28 Stanley Ndungu Kenya 12 +127 29 Paul Epstein U.S.A. 12 +23 30 Amnuay Ploysangngam Thailand 12 -9 31 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Thailand 12 -382 32 Jeff Grant New Zealand 12 -538 33 Bob Jackman Australia 11.5 +154 34 David Webb England 11 +509 35 Brett Smitheram England 11 +449 36 Robert Felt U.S.A. 11 +414 37 Joe Edley U.S.A. 11 +399 38 Roland Filio Bahrain 11 +228 39 Mohan Chunkath India 11 +76 40 Howard Warner New Zealand 11 +53 41 Lisa Odom U.S.A. 11 +45 42 Randy Hersom U.S.A. 11 +22 43 Helen Gipson England 11 +7 44 Shafique Thobani Kenya 11 -70 45 Peter Elbourne Malta 11 -94 46 Owen Bondin Malta 11 -258 47 Michael Pray Oman 11 -281 48 Keiichiro Hirai Japan 10.5 +574 49 Ishtiaq Chishty Saudi Arabia 10.5 +282 50 Taewan Sutthasin Thailand 10.5 -481 51 Tony Sim Singapore 10 +341 52 Jim Geary U.S.A. 10 +196 53 Ronald Credo Philippines 10 +158 54 Rodney Judd Pakistan 10 +88 55 Joan Rosenthal Australia 10 +83 56 Bob Lipton U.S.A. 10 +71 57 Alec Webb England 10 +25 58 Saheed Jimoh Nigeria 10 -62 59 Pui Cheng Wui Malaysia 10 -177 60 Albert Hahn Canada 10 -209 61 A Ganesh Malaysia 10 -213 62 Gold Eburu Nigeria 10 -277 63 Matayo Bwire Kenya 10 -281 64 Barbara Berlin Australia 10 -427 65 Wilma Warwick Scotland 10 -479 66 Akshay Bhandarkar Bahrain 9.5 +128 67 Paul Cleary Australia 9.5 -208 68 Leslie Charles Trinidad 9.5 -472 69 Trevor Hovelmeier South Africa 9 +113 70 Dylan Early South Africa 9 +93 71 Steve Polatnick U.S.A. 9 -132 72 Kong Chock Heng Malaysia 9 -147 73 Michael Tang Singapore 9 -170 74 Eugene Goh Singapore 9 -270 75 Dixon Assesa Kenya 9 -347 76 Rashid Khan Pakistan 9 -462 77 Peter Sinton New Zealand 9 -509 78 Kunihiko Kuroda Japan 9 -566 79 Cher Siong Gan Singapore 9 -725 80 Catherine Costello Ireland 8.5 -41 81 Roger Blom Australia 8 +256 82 Jim Nanavati Canada 8 +183 83 Brendan McDonnell Ireland 8 -73 84 Selwyn Lobo U.A.E. 8 -168 85 Lakshan Wanniarachch Sri Lanka 8 -229 86 Ricardo Gonzalez Saudi Arabia 8 -325 87 Arvind Abraham U.A.E. 8 -508 88 Linda Pray Oman 8 -509 89 Vivian Penaflor Bahrain 8 -554 90 Wojciech Usakiewicz Poland 8 -834 91 Laurentiu Sandu Romania 8 -1824 92 Edward Metivier Trinidad 7 -220 93 Alistair Kane Australia 7 -478 94 Johnson Fasuba Seychelles 7 -676 95 Antonin Michel France 7 -834 96 Dhanapala Silva Seychelles 6 -1212 97 Mario Saliba Malta 5 -950 98 Catalin-Eugen Caba Romania 3 -2650
Here are game scores, as officially reported.
1 Mark Nyman UK 16 902 466 421 403 524 372
327 367 456 413 360 0
>UKBS>CAJW USBC>CAAL>AUJH NZNR
2 Joel Wapnick CA 16 851 446 367 444 474 457
386 421 391 379 440 0
>USJL UKMN>USJS>USBC>NIFA UKAF
3 Nigel Richards NZ 14 1647 461 513 435 474 441
392 389 488 433 344 0
>UKHG>UKAF CAAL>USDW>USBC UKMN
4 Andrew Fisher UK 14 904 396 389 424 493 405
346 513 334 406 396 0
>USDW NZNR>UKBS>UKRB>CAAL CAJW
5 John Holgate AU 14 741 412 362 455 432 360
327 439 341 300 372 0
>THJK USJS>USRT>PHVQ UKMN USBC
6 Brian Cappelletto US 14 662 415 438 456 379 344
353 345 403 474 441 0
>CAAL>USJL>UKMN CAJW NZNR AUJH
7 David Boys CA 14 531 453 387 414 503 401
471 424 388 308 373 0
USJS USRT>USLS>CAJC>PHVQ NIFA
8 Femi Awowade NI 14 473 396 421 533 474 440
390 387 325 407 457 0
>CAJC>UKHG>UKPA>USJS CAJW CADB
9 Ron Tiekert US 14 373 494 424 341 432 370
448 387 455 403 367 0
>USLS>CADB AUJH>USJL>USJS UKPA
10 Phil Appleby UK 14 189 493 554 325 500 467
413 318 533 324 443 0
>LKSC>NZJG NIFA>THPN>PHOR USRT
11 David Wiegand US 13 816 346 463 501 433 489
396 333 364 474 388 0
UKAF>BHRF>USPE NZNR>NZKB CAAL
12 Adam Logan CA 13 756 353 465 488 413 396
415 327 435 524 405 0
USBC>UKBS>NZNR UKMN UKAF USDW
13 Jakkrit Klaphajone TH 13 611 327 352 393 532 451
412 463 521 280 328 0
AUJH PHVQ UKRB>USPE>USJL CAJC
14 Virgilio Quiballo PH 13 598 461 463 438 300 373
414 352 329 432 401 0
>BHRF>THJK>USJL AUJH CADB UKRB
15 Russell Byers UK 13 402 453 465 521 406 402
318 397 393 493 358 0
>TTLC>WAGW>THJK UKAF>USLS PHVQ
16 James Cherry CA 13 197 390 421 415 308 523
396 355 401 503 345 0
NIFA>LKNF>UKHG CADB>THPN THJK
17 Joel Sherman US 13 190 471 439 391 407 367
453 362 444 474 370 0
>CADB>AUJH CAJW NIFA USRT LKNF
18 Naween Fernando LK 13 111 399 355 437 392 432
362 421 364 304 418 0
>ZASG CAJC>MYAG>NZJG>WAGW USJS
19 Suresh Chinnaiyah LK 12 847 413 402 413 458 418
493 387 461 323 386 0
UKPA>AUBJ THPN>THTS>UKBS PHOR
20 Odette Rio PH 12 711 384 356 623 468 443
297 388 364 402 467 0
>NZHW USPE>NZJG>UKBS UKPA LKSC
21 Andrew Cook UK 12 678 407 480 535 510 473
362 343 380 399 431 0
>UKDW>ZATH>USJE>BHRF>AUBJ KEMG
22 Michael Gongolo KE 12 476 368 435 426 450 461
343 347 329 419 261 0
>AUJR>MYKC>NISJ>USRF>NZHW UKAC
23 Kendall Boyd NZ 12 455 449 438 436 436 388
476 364 396 287 489 0
USPE>USBL>BHRF>ZASG USDW USLS
24 Steven Gruzd ZA 12 369 362 459 525 287 531
399 349 284 436 349 0
LKNF>USSP>AUBB NZKB>USRH USJL
25 Lester Schonbrun US 12 272 448 468 388 396 358
494 329 414 366 402 0
USRT>MYAG CADB>NZHW UKRB NZKB
26 John Luebkemann US 12 269 386 345 329 403 328
446 438 438 432 451 0
CAJW USBC PHVQ USRT THJK ZASG
27 Gareth Williams WA 12 203 356 397 423 403 418
329 465 384 400 432 0
>PHRC UKRB>KESN>UKHG LKNF USPE
28 Stanley Ndungu KE 12 127 440 397 384 407 345
460 364 423 405 337 0
MYAG>USRH WAGW>PKRJ>UKHG THAP
29 Paul Epstein US 12 23 476 388 364 280 429
449 356 501 532 385 0
>NZKB>PHOR USDW THJK>MTPE WAGW
30 Amnuay Ploysangngam TH 12 -9 456 357 370 458 371
430 457 408 326 308 0
>AUPC THPN SAIC>MTOB>OMMP KESN
31 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk TH 12 -382 309 457 461 324 345
441 357 413 500 523 0
NZJG>THAP>LKSC UKPA CAJC AUBJ
32 Jeff Grant NZ 12 -538 441 318 364 304 383
309 554 623 392 352 0
>THPN UKPA PHOR LKNF>SAIC UKDW
33 Bob Jackman AU 11.5 154 482 387 555 362 431
305 402 304 345 473 0
>THTS LKSC>TTLC>SAIC UKAC THPN
34 David Webb UK 11 509 362 384 459 395 407
407 368 359 375 302 0
UKAC>CAJN>AURB>AUPC>THTS NZJG
35 Brett Smitheram UK 11 449 327 327 334 402 386
466 465 424 468 418 0
UKMN CAAL UKAF PHOR LKSC USRF
36 Robert Felt US 11 414 428 386 412 419 465
375 411 322 450 320 0
>ZATH PHRC>USBL KEMG>USJG UKBS
37 Joe Edley US 11 399 496 427 380 510 480
360 454 535 353 330 0
>USJG NZHW UKAC>UKAW>USBL BHRF
38 Roland Filio BH 11 228 414 333 396 399 384
461 463 436 510 362 0
PHVQ USDW NZKB UKAC>PHRC USJE
39 Mohan Chunkath IN 11 76 316 304 472 424 461
383 416 279 374 383 0
AUBB USLO>PKRK>NISJ>PKRJ NZHW
40 Howard Warner NZ 11 53 297 454 378 366 261
384 427 363 396 461 0
PHOR>USJE>PHRC USLS KEMG INMC
41 Lisa Odom US 11 45 464 416 400 435 476
330 304 515 411 379 0
>AUAK>INMC USRH>USSP>MYAG UKHG
42 Randy Hersom US 11 22 413 364 515 368 349
410 397 400 356 531 0
>NISJ KESN>USLO>PHRC ZASG KEST
43 Helen Gipson UK 11 7 392 387 401 400 337
461 421 415 403 345 0
NZNR NIFA CAJC WAGW KESN USLO
44 Shafique Thobani KE 11 -70 369 401 297 499 466
462 331 456 333 382 0
MTOB>MYPC PKRJ>SGCS>CAAH USRH
45 Peter Elbourne MT 11 -94 360 450 538 452 385
345 337 298 385 429 0
>JPKK>NZPS>SGTS>MYAG USPE MTOB
46 Owen Bondin MT 11 -258 462 336 352 326 371
369 444 309 458 364 0
>KEST AUBB>USSP THAP>AUPC MTPE
47 Michael Pray OM 11 -281 395 400 417 366 308
422 383 404 285 371 0
SAIC>PKRK>CAAH>AUBB THAP JPKH
48 Keiichiro Hirai JP 10.5 574 554 348 443 370 422
281 297 309 347 259 0
>ROLS>BHAB>NZPS>SLWW>AUBB OMMP
49 Ishtiaq Chishty SA 10.5 282 422 411 408 345 352
395 340 370 362 383 0
>OMMP>CAAH>THAP AUBJ NZJG THTS
50 Taewan Sutthasin TH 10.5 -481 305 456 486 323 302
482 342 393 458 407 0
AUBJ>SGTS>AUPC LKSC UKDW SAIC
51 Tony Sim SG 10 341 364 342 298 431 391
424 456 538 393 322 0
USBL THTS MTPE>AURB>TTLC USJG
52 Jim Geary US 10 196 360 502 481 535 320
496 525 406 283 465 0
USJE PKRJ>ZATH>SGEG USRF SGTS
53 Ronald Credo PH 10 158 329 411 363 356 362
356 386 378 368 384 0
WAGW>USRF NZHW USRH BHRF PKRJ
54 Rodney Judd PK 10 88 361 525 456 405 383
421 502 297 407 461 0
USSP>USJG>KEST KESN INMC PHRC
55 Joan Rosenthal AU 10 83 343 416 360 413 397
368 352 434 381 365 0
KEMG>SARG UKAW>IEBM>ZATH USBL
56 Bob Lipton US 10 71 424 364 322 376 330
364 438 412 302 480 0
>SGTS NZKB USRF>TTLC USJE AUJR
57 Alec Webb UK 10 25 405 373 434 353 390
301 385 360 510 345 0
>SGEG NISJ>AUJR USJE>USSP MYPC
58 Saheed Jimoh NI 10 -62 410 385 329 374 385
413 373 426 424 378 0
USRH>UKAW KEMG INMC>SGMT CAAH
59 Pui Cheng Wui MY 10 -177 494 331 406 359 370
336 401 297 457 329 0
>AEAA KEST>SGMT CAAH>SGEG UKAW
60 Albert Hahn CA 10 -209 340 340 404 457 382
304 411 417 359 466 0
>PKRK SAIC OMMP>MYPC KEST NISJ
61 A Ganesh MY 10 -213 460 329 364 385 379
440 468 437 452 476 0
>KESN USLS LKNF MTPE USLO NIGE
62 Gold Eburu NI 10 -277 470 315 438 371 416
363 422 387 346 357 0
>OMLP SGMT>AUAK>PKRK>KEDA MYAG
63 Matayo Bwire KE 10 -281 323 372 326 391 457
391 328 435 312 283 0
NZPS>SCJF SLWW>JPKK>SGCS AUBB
64 Barbara Berlin AU 10 -427 383 444 284 285 259
316 336 525 366 422 0
>INMC>MTOB ZASG OMMP JPKH KEMB
65 Wilma Warwick SL 10 -479 447 324 435 347 404
363 414 326 370 397 0
>BHAB AURB>KEMB JPKH>NZPS AUPC
66 Akshay Bhandarkar BH 9.5 128 363 297 381 467 453
447 348 374 386 434 0
SLWW JPKH>IECC>CAJN>AURB TTLC
67 Paul Cleary AU 9.5 -208 430 363 393 375 364
456 363 486 395 371 0
THAP=TTLC THTS UKDW MTOB SLWW
68 Leslie Charles TT 9.5 -472 318 363 304 302 322
453 363 555 376 391 0
UKRB=AUPC AUBJ USBL SGTS BHAB
69 Trevor Hovelmeier ZA 9 113 375 343 406 423 365
428 480 481 258 397 0
USRF UKAC USJG>LKLW AUJR ZADE
70 Dylan Early ZA 9 93 492 292 418 500 498
284 384 374 296 325 0
>FRAM KEDA>TTEM>SARG>IEBM ZATH
71 Steve Polatnick US 9 -132 421 349 309 411 345
361 459 352 435 390 0
>PKRJ ZASG MTOB USLO UKAW MYKC
72 Kong Chock Heng MY 9 -147 418 347 321 396 372
321 435 441 415 337 0
>SGMT KEMG SGEG KEDA>AESL USSP
73 Michael Tang SG 9 -170 321 422 297 453 378
418 315 406 364 385 0
MYKC>NIGE MYPC>AEAA NISJ SGEG
74 Eugene Goh SG 9 -270 301 383 441 283 329
405 375 321 535 370 0
UKAW>LKLW>MYKC USJG MYPC SGMT
75 Dixon Assesa KE 9 -347 372 384 380 415 357
384 292 352 396 416 0
SCJF>ZADE>SARG>MYKC NIGE PKRK
76 Rashid Khan PK 9 -462 304 383 279 346 385
340 400 472 371 371 0
CAAH OMMP INMC NIGE>LKLW KEDA
77 Peter Sinton NZ 9 -509 391 337 309 403 397
323 450 443 325 404 0
>KEMB MTPE JPKH>POWU SLWW JPKK
78 Kunihiko Kuroda JP 9 -566 345 367 362 312 404
360 420 351 391 394 0
MTPE SGCS>SCJF KEMB>AEAA NZPS
79 Cher Siong Gan SG 9 -725 418 420 331 333 283
384 367 326 499 457 0
>POWU>JPKK>AEAA KEST KEMB IECC
80 Catherine Costello IE 8.5 -41 393 306 374 410 384
459 394 381 358 346 0
AURB IEBM BHAB>TTEM>POWU SGCS
81 Roger Blom AU 8 256 459 414 359 393 434
393 324 459 431 453 0
>IECC>SLWW UKDW SGTS BHAB CAJN
82 Jim Nanavati CA 8 183 393 368 367 386 609
338 384 439 467 304 0
>IEBM UKDW LKLW BHAB>ROLS AURB
83 Brendan McDonnell IE 8 -73 338 394 434 381 325
393 306 352 413 498 0
CAJN>IECC>AESL AUJR ZADE LKLW
84 Selwyn Lobo AE 8 -168 374 410 352 454 337
378 387 434 415 372 0
SARG>TTEM IEBM>AUAK MYKC AEAA
85 Lakshan Wanniarachch LK 8 -229 495 375 439 258 371
441 383 367 423 385 0
>TTEM SGEG>CAJN ZATH PKRK IEBM
86 Ricardo Gonzalez SA 8 -325 378 352 352 296 401
374 416 380 500 366 0
>AESL AUJR KEDA ZADE>AUAK OMLP
87 Arvind Abraham AE 8 -508 336 387 326 364 394
494 381 331 453 404 0
MYPC>AUAK SGCS SGMT JPKK AESL
88 Linda Pray OM 8 -509 363 298 346 439 381
470 384 403 337 358 0
NIGE POWU BHVP>MTMS>SCDS SARG
89 Vivian Penaflor BH 8 -554 437 439 403 430 401
375 390 346 371 355 0
>SCDS>MTMS>OMLP>ROCC>SCJF POWU
90 Wojciech Usakiewicz PO 8 -834 384 384 367 325 346
418 298 291 403 384 0
SGCS>OMLP>ROLS NZPS IECC BHVP
91 Laurentiu Sandu RO 8 -1824 281 424 291 441 304
554 412 367 326 609 0
JPKH>FRAM POWU>SCJF CAJN SCDS
92 Edward Metivier TT 7 -220 441 387 374 358 420
495 410 418 410 330 0
LKLW AESL ZADE IECC>ROCC FRAM
93 Alistair Kane AU 7 -478 330 381 387 415 366
464 387 438 454 401 0
USLO AEAA NIGE AESL SARG MTMS
94 Johnson Fasuba SC 7 -676 384 328 351 326 355
372 372 362 441 401 0
>KEDA KEMB JPKK ROLS BHVP ROCC
95 Antonin Michel FR 7 -834 284 412 461 366 416
492 424 255 383 390 0
ZADE ROLS>ROCC SCDS>MTMS TTEM
96 Dhanapala Silva SC 6 -1212 375 378 383 383 358
437 300 402 366 381 0
BHVP>ROCC MTMS>FRAM OMLP ROLS
97 Mario Saliba MT 5 -950 429 390 402 337 390
357 439 383 439 416 0
>ROCC BHVP>SCDS OMLP FRAM AUAK
98 Catalin-Eugen Caba RO 3 -2650 357 300 255 371 330
429 378 461 430 420 0
MTMS SCDS FRAM BHVP TTEM SCJF
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