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World Scrabble Championship 2007

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{{World-Scrabble-Championship | year=2007 | date-from=9 November 2007| date-to=12 November 2007| location=Mumbai, India | winner=Nigel Richards | number-of-players=104 | sponsor=Mattel | previous=2005 | next=2009}}

The World Scrabble Championship 2007 was held in the Taj President Hotel, Mumbai, India between 9 November and 12 November. The winner was Nigel Richards of New Zealand.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wscgames.com/2007/prizes.html|title = 2007 WSC Prizes}}

The tournament began with a 24-round Swiss tournament, whose top two players contested a best-of-five final.

Results

The preliminary stage involved 104 players, the largest number of players in WSC history, over 24 rounds, using the "Chew Pairing" system to select the draw for each round.

Nigel Richards beat Ganesh Asirvatham of Malaysia 3–0 in the final. This was the first time either of them had reached the final. Ganesh was the number 1 rated player in the world at the time, and Nigel the form player had always been knocking on the door in majors and was a multiple winner of the Brand's Crossword Game King's Cup including 2007.

Nigel won the first game 412–316.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f1;turn=0|title = Untitled Document}} He bingoed VARSITy; Ganesh bingoed sERINGA. Nigel's [http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f1;turn=1 opening play] was GAVOT with the V on the centre star. During the game Ganesh [http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f1;turn=10 missed the bingo] OUTCRAWL.

Nigel won the second game 400–371.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f2;turn=0|title = Untitled Document}} Ganesh took an early lead with AETHERS but had to exchange tiles twice, and although he caught up again with ANTIENTS and a late-game bingo DUPLiED, and Nigel only bingoed once with ODONAtE, Nigel won on the strength of the value he got out of the J, Q and X with JERBIL, QUOHOG and FAX.

Nigel wins the third game 499-470{{Cite web|url=http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f3;turn=0|title = Untitled Document}} and becomes New Zealand's first world champion. This game was a bingo-fest with Nigel's RECOPIES, EQuINIAS and OVERAPT to Ganesh's TRECKING, ADNATION, DIrTIEST and a triple-triple TAILLEUR. However, once again, Nigel's luck with drawing the high scoring letters saw him have the edge in a fitting finale.

Complete results

class="wikitable"

!Position

!Name

!Country

!Win–loss

!Spread

!Prize (USD)

1

|Richards, Nigel||New Zealand||19-5||align="right"|+1594||align="right"|15,000

2

|Asirvatham, Ganesh||Malaysia||18-6||align="right"|+2501||align="right"|6,000

3

|Jighere, Wellington||Nigeria||18-6||align="right"|+1635||align="right"|3,000

4

|Wapnick, Joel||Canada||17-7||align="right"|+1075||align="right"|2,000

5

|Bhandarkar, Akshay||United Arab Emirates||16-8||align="right"|+1056||align="right"|1,000

6

|Litunya, Patrick||Kenya||16-8||align="right"|+845||align="right"|900

7

|Wee, Ming Hui Hubert||Singapore||16-8||align="right"|+824||align="right"|800

8

|Adamson, Tim||United States||16-8||align="right"

363align="right"|700
9

|Umujose, Emmanuel||Nigeria||15-9||align="right"|+983||align="right"|600

10

|Oyekunle, Lanre||South Africa||15-9||align="right"|+907||align="right"|500

11

|David Eldar||World Youth Champion||15-9||align="right"|+578||

12

|Ong, Suanne||Malaysia||15-9||align="right"|+503||

13

|Okulicz, Edward||Australia||15-9||align="right"|+263||

14

|Sukhumrattanaporn, Charnwit||Thailand||15-9||align="right"

103
15

|Helen Gipson||England||14½-9½||align="right"|+376||

16

|Fisher, Andrew||Australia||14-10||align="right"|+1154||

17

|Boys, David||Canada||14-10||align="right"|+682||

18

|Panyasophonlert, Komol||Thailand||14-10||align="right"|+542||

19

|Williams, Gareth||Wales||14-10||align="right"|+419||

20

|Sulaiman, Mohammad||Pakistan||14-10||align="right"|+414||

21

|Thevenot, Geoff||United States||14-10||align="right"|+407||

22

|Warner, Howard||New Zealand||14-10||align="right"|+365||

23

|Webb, David||England||14-10||align="right"|+266||

24

|Kramer, Jim||United States||14-10||align="right"|+198||

25

|Adam Logan||World Champion||14-10||align="right"|+140||

26

|Brousson, Theresa||Malta||14-10||align="right"

124
27

|Rio, Odette Carmina||Philippines||13½-10½||align="right"|+506||

28

|O'Laughlin, John||United States||13-11||align="right"|+1050||

29

|Kantimathi, Sam||United States||13-11||align="right"|+850||

30

|Gongolo, Michael||Kenya||13-11||align="right"|+516||

31

|Fernando, Naween Tharanga||Australia||13-11||align="right"|+371||

32

|Benedict, Nathan||United States||13-11||align="right"|+333||

33

|Cheah, Siu Hean||Singapore||13-11||align="right"|+322||

34

|Hovelmeier, Trevor Mark||South Africa||13-11||align="right"|+272||

35

|Chakrabarti, Amit||United States||13-11||align="right"|+207||

36

|Tamas, Adrian||Romania||13-11||align="right"|+96||

37

|Hoekstra, Ron||Canada||13-11||align="right"|+76||

38

|Carter, Gerald||Thailand||13-11||align="right"|+75||

39

|Robertshaw, Phil||England||13-11||align="right"|+5||

40

|Simmons, Allan||Scotland||13-11||align="right"

4
41

|Lobo, Ralph||Oman||13-11||align="right"

80
42

|Allan, Paul||Scotland||13-11||align="right"

363
43

|Appleby, Phil||England||13-11||align="right"

538
44

|Katz-Brown, Jason||United States||12-12||align="right"|+692||

45

|Dennis, Di||England||12-12||align="right"|+534||

46

|Kirk, Terry||England||12-12||align="right"|+251||

47

|Saldanha, Dean||Canada||12-12||align="right"|+248||

48

|Hingorani, Varisht||India||12-12||align="right"|+214||

49

|Baker, Michael||United States||12-12||align="right"|+167||

50

|Sujjayakorn, Panupol||Thailand||12-12||align="right"|+165||

51

|Philpotts, Adam||England||12-12||align="right"|+164||

52

|Berofsky, Evan||Canada||12-12||align="right"|+158||

53

|Schellenberg, Mark||Canada||12-12||align="right"|+100||

54

|Martin, Edward||England||12-12||align="right"

91
55

|Lamabadusuriya, Harshan||England||12-12||align="right"

148
56

|Saengsit, Weera||Thailand||12-12||align="right"

177
57

|May, Christopher||Australia||12-12||align="right"

214
58

|Iqbal, Wajid||Pakistan||12-12||align="right"

285
59

|Martus, Teodoro||Philippines||12-12||align="right"

337
60

|Ali, Mohammed Zafar||Bahrain||12-12||align="right"

580
61

|Pratt, Daniel||United States||11½-12½||align="right"|+69||

62

|Manase, Joshua Otieno||Kenya||11-13||align="right"|+507||

63

|Grant, Jeff||New Zealand||11-13||align="right"|+348||

64

|Gabriel, Marty||United States||11-13||align="right"|+211||

65

|Kelly, Wayne||England||11-13||align="right"

66
66

|Ikekeregor, Dennis||Nigeria||11-13||align="right"

149
67

|Linn, Robert||United States||11-13||align="right"

258
68

|Kenas, Mark||United States||11-13||align="right"

315
69

|Credo, Ronald||Philippines||11-13||align="right"

319
70

|Chow, Jie Ming Benjamin||Singapore||11-13||align="right"

346
71

|Jackman, Bob||Australia||11-13||align="right"

356
72

|Polatnick, Steve||United States||11-13||align="right"

452
73

|Matsuda, Manabu||Japan||11-13||align="right"

975
74

|Buddhdev, Anand||Netherlands||11-13||align="right"

1035
75

|MacNeil, Rod||United States||11-13||align="right"

1090
76

|Wachira, Francis||Kenya||10½-13½||align="right"

417
77

|Charles, Leslie||Barbados||10-14||align="right"|+102||

78

|Rodrigues, Sherwin||India||10-14||align="right"|+11||

79

|Anthonius, Ferdy||Indonesia||10-14||align="right"

260
80

|Chunkath, Mohan Verghese||India||10-14||align="right"

270
81

|Wanniarachchi, Lakshan||Sri Lanka||10-14||align="right"

286
82

|Delicata, David||Malta||10-14||align="right"

306
83

|Butler, Lynne||New Zealand||10-14||align="right"

322
84

|Delia, Jojo||Malta||10-14||align="right"

406
85

|Kalumba, Paul Yandisha||Zambia||10-14||align="right"

443
86

|Hemachandra, Sanath||Oman||10-14||align="right"

576
87

|O'Neill, Shane||Wales||10-14||align="right"

950
88

|Chakravarthy, Ranganathan||India||9-15||align="right"

8
89

|Leah, Tony||Canada||9-15||align="right"

376
90

|Craig, Joanne||New Zealand||9-15||align="right"

445
91

|Amarasinghe, Asanka||Sri Lanka||9-15||align="right"

468
92

|Amarasinghe, Indunil||Sri Lanka||9-15||align="right"

531
93

|Ajayi, Olajide Ademola||Ireland||9-15||align="right"

533
94

|Bohbot, Herve||France||9-15||align="right"

542
95

|Esmail, Mushtak||Tanzania||9-15||align="right"

551
96

|Jegels, Llewellin||Germany, Federal Republic of||9-15||align="right"

686
97

|Collins, Frederick||Guyana||9-15||align="right"

786
98

|Usakiewicz, Wojciech||Poland||8-16||align="right"

844
99

|Reshamwala, Shakir||Kuwait||8-16||align="right"

883
100

|Ntege, Chris||Uganda||8-16||align="right"

984
101

|Kuroda, Kunihiko||Japan||8-16||align="right"

1003
102

|Modeste, Anthony||Trinidad and Tobago||8-16||align="right"

1011
103

|Nässén, Greger||Sweden||6½-17½||align="right"

2347
104

|Alban, Loreta||Qatar||5½-18½||align="right"

1345

  • FINALS:
  • Game 1: Nigel 412 – Ganesh 316
  • Game 2: Nigel 400 – Ganesh 371
  • Game 3: Nigel 499 – Ganesh 470

References

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External links

  • [http://www.wscgames.com/2007/ Official site]

{{WSC}}

2007

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