1st Asia Pacific Scrabble Championship 1998

 Contents:

• 1st Asia Pacific Scrabble Championship 1998 Details
• Complete Results after 18 Rounds Preliminaries
• Final Game 1
• Final Game 2
• Final Game 3
• Final Game 4
• Final Game 5

ASPAC 1998 Details:
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dates: September 16-20, 1998

No. of Players: 58

Dictionary: SOWPODS
Challenge Rule: Free Challenge

Winner: Gerry Carter
Runner-Up: Bob Jackman

Top Prize: $ 5,000
Format:

The tournament began with 18-rounds preliminary over a period of three days, whose top two players battled to a best-of-five final.

Complete Results after 18 Rounds Preliminaries

Final Game 1

Bob won, 449-345 to take a 1-0 Lead

Final Board Position, Game 1 of ASPAC 1998

Final Game 2

Gerry won, 449-328 to tie the series at 1-1

Final Board Position, Game 2 of ASPAC 1998

Final Game 3

Gerry won, 388-329 to take a 2-1 Lead

Final Board Position, Game 3 of ASPAC 1998

Final Game 4

Bob won to tie the series at 2-2

On-going Game 4 at the ASPAC 1998
(Note: Yours Truly not able to complete it. Hoping others would share their copy.)

Final Game 5

Odette Rio, 3rd Place at the ASPAC 1998

Gerry Carter and Bob Jackman at the 1st Asia Pacific Scrabble Championship 1998

Ronald Credo vs. Harshan Lamabadusuriya, Round 13 at the 1st Asia Pacific Scrabble Championship (ASPAC 1998)

 Harshan Lamabadusuriya of Sri Lanka was 6-0 on the first day of the tournament, but prior to the start of this Round 13 game, he had 8-4, +443 win loss spread record currently on the 7th spot, while I had 7-5, +567 at 12th spot after beating Modh Ali Ismail of Malaysia with a huge spread.

The game featured three bingos apiece. I had one missed bingo coupled by one play that was challenged off the board. Then, Harshan retook the lead prior to the pre-endgame, so let us find out what happened by playing through this game.