2015 World Scrabble Championships ... Perth

Did Nigel Richards play?  He's virtually unbeatable in the matches I've seen.

is that perth Australia or scotland

Perth in Australia.  By sheer coincidence, however, Perth in Scotland was hosting the World Rabble Championships at the same time.

I can remember Nigeria Vs Germany a few years ago. You can guess how that was abbreviated on TV!

Nigel Richards played.

got off to a slow tart losing his first two games but finished fairly well to finish 8th.

Top 10 after 32 games

1 Wellington Jighere (NGA) 25 +1347   
2 Lewis Mackay (ENG) 23.5 +1054   
3 Esther Perrins (AUS) 22 +1125   
4 Komol Panyasoponlert (THA) 21.5 +1031   
5 David Wiegand (USA) 21 +1200   
6 Marlon Prudencio (SGP) 21 +640   
7 Evans Clinchy (USA) 20.5 +1326   
8 Nigel Richards (NZL) 20 +1287   
9 Craig Beevers (ENG) 20 +913   
10 Austin Shin (ENG) 20 +910

The top 2 players played a best of 7 final which was won 4-0 by the Nigerian.

I believe 3rd is the best ever finishing position by a female.

before the tournament started ratings were as below -

1 2233  NZL1 Nigel Richards 2013 WSC Winner
2 2192  USA1 David Wiegand Qualified for USA by 2014 SCT placing
3 2175  CAN1 Adam Logan Qualified for Canada by 2013 SCT placing
4 2169  THA1 Komol Panyasoponlert 2013 WSC Finalist
5 2161  ENG1 Craig Beevers 2014 SCT Winner
6 2112  NGA1 Eta Karo Qualified for Nigeria
7 2094  NGA2 Wellington Jighere Qualified for Nigeria
8 2092  ENG2 Lewis Mackay Qualified for England by ratings
9 2085  ENG3 Austin Shin Qualified for England by ratings
10 2081  ENG4 Mark Nyman Qualified for England at BMSC

Esther Perrins was only rated 1963.

The winner rc'd 10,000 Australian dollars

http://www.scrabble.org.au/events/15WSC/index.html

Wellington is looking for a willing British partner to help him transfer his AU$1M prize money to the UK.  Your personal email will arrive soon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Nyman

blackbarn

curious - I have to say I enjoyed your 19.07 post.  It's an uphill battle if you get off to a "slow tart". I'd have gone for trawls.

I can hardly believe the prize money is so small. with a world audience it must be possible to increase it .perhaps by an entrance fee for the players

s.kenbo    08 Nov 15 17:52 
I can remember Nigeria Vs Germany a few years ago. You can guess how that was abbreviated on TV!

Is that for real?