Contents:
- WSC 2003 Details
- Complete Results
- Finals Game 1
- Finals Game 2
- Finals Game 3
- Finals Game 4
- Finals Game 5
WSC 2003 Details:
Venue: Corus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dates: Oct. 21-24, 2003
No. of Players: 90
Dictionary: SOWPODS (OSW-I/OSW4+TWL98)
Challenge Rule: 5-Point Penalty
Challenge Rule: 5-Point Penalty
Winner: Panupol Sujjayakorn
Runner-Up: Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
Runner-Up: Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
Top Prize: $ 17,500.00
Format:
Format:
The format was notably different from previous WSC's. The tournament began with the Australian Draw system, with each player playing sixteen games over two days. On the third day the players played eight games in a King Of the Hill format. After this, the top two players competed in a best-of-five final to decide who would be the seventh World Scrabble Champion.
Complete Results:
(Standing after 24 rounds)
1
|
Sujjayakorn, Panupol
|
Thailand
|
18-6
|
1461
|
2
|
Nemitrmansuk, Pakorn
|
Thailand
|
17-7
|
1383
|
3
|
Perry, Andrew
|
England
|
17-7
|
1202
|
4
|
Nyman, Mark
|
England
|
16-8
|
975
|
5
|
Kramer, Jim
|
United States
|
16-8
|
712
|
6
|
Panyasophonlert, Komol
|
Thailand
|
16-8
|
418
|
7
|
Davis, Andrew
|
England
|
16-8
|
188
|
8
|
Fernando, Naween Tharanga
|
Sri Lanka
|
15-9
|
613
|
9
|
Allan, Paul
|
Scotland
|
15-9
|
532
|
10
|
Adamson, Tim
|
United States
|
15-0
|
438
|
11
|
Gipson, Helen
|
England
|
15-9
|
317
|
12
|
Geary, Jim
|
United States
|
15-9
|
198
|
13
|
Grant, Jeff
|
New Zealand
|
15-9
|
-58
|
14
|
Appleby, Phil
|
England
|
14½-9½
|
424
|
15
|
Litunya, Patrick
|
Kenya
|
14-10
|
1043
|
16
|
Boys, David
|
Canada
|
14-10
|
843
|
17
|
Wapnick, Joel
|
Canada
|
14-10
|
690
|
18
|
Sanni, Moshood Olasunkanmi
|
Nigeria
|
14-10
|
581
|
19
|
Cleary, Paul Stephen
|
Australia
|
14-10
|
436
|
20
|
Warner, Howard
|
New Zealand
|
14-10
|
316
|
21
|
Bhandarkar, Akshay
|
Bahrain
|
14-10
|
315
|
22
|
Asirvatham, Ganesh
|
Malaysia
|
14-10
|
144
|
23
|
Sim, Tony
|
Singapore
|
14-10
|
-9
|
24
|
Lipton, Bob
|
United States
|
13½-10½
|
541
|
25
|
Carter, Patrick
|
New Zealand
|
13½-10½
|
229
|
26
|
Hersom, Randy
|
United States
|
13-11
|
738
|
27
|
Dennis, Di
|
England
|
13-11
|
537
|
28
|
O'Laughlin, John
|
United States
|
13-1
|
360
|
29
|
Fisher, Andrew
|
Australia
|
13-11
|
286
|
30
|
Kurnia, Andy
|
Singapore
|
13-11
|
270
|
31
|
Linn, Robert
|
United States
|
13-11
|
251
|
32
|
Williams, Gareth
|
Wales
|
13-11
|
132
|
33
|
Delicata, David
|
Malta
|
13-11
|
80
|
34
|
Balogun, Rasheed Olajide
|
Nigeria
|
13-11
|
-55
|
35
|
Capuno, Leonardo
|
Philippines
|
13-11
|
-161
|
36
|
Lobo, Ralph
|
Oman
|
13-11
|
-195
|
37
|
Golding, Andrew
|
Canada
|
13-11
|
-357
|
38
|
Polatnick, Steve
|
United States
|
12½-11½
|
226
|
39
|
Jackman, Bob
|
Australia
|
12-12
|
666
|
40
|
Placca, Chrys
|
Ghana
|
12-12
|
569
|
41
|
Ikekeregor, Dennis
|
Nigeria
|
12-12
|
515
|
42
|
Willingham, Walker
|
United States
|
12-12
|
248
|
43
|
Iqbal, Wajid
|
Pakistan
|
12-12
|
168
|
44
|
Ndungu, Stanley Njoroge
|
Kenya
|
12-12
|
126
|
45
|
Berofsky, Evan
|
Canada
|
12-12
|
58
|
46
|
Kirk, Terry
|
England
|
12-12
|
11
|
47
|
Khoshnaw, Karl
|
Kurdistan-Iraq
|
12-12
|
-173
|
48
|
Finley, Peter
|
England
|
12-12
|
-267
|
49
|
Anthonius, Ferdy
|
Indonesia
|
12-12
|
-304
|
50
|
Quao, Michael Arthur
|
Ghana
|
12-12
|
-350
|
51
|
Withers, Ben
|
United States
|
12-12
|
-757
|
52
|
Hirai, Keiichiro
|
Japan
|
12-12
|
-794
|
53
|
Hovelmeier, Trevor Mark
|
South Africa
|
11½-12½
|
929
|
54
|
Lam, John
|
Malaysia
|
11½-12½
|
120
|
55
|
Wiegand, David
|
United States
|
11-13
|
367
|
56
|
Pui, Cheng Wui
|
Malaysia
|
11-13
|
198
|
57
|
Chong, Aaron
|
Malaysia
|
11-13
|
30
|
58
|
Mamadou, Wone
|
Kuwait
|
11-13
|
-209
|
59
|
Chakrabarti, Amit
|
United States
|
11-13
|
-243
|
60
|
Credo, Ronald
|
Philippines
|
11-13
|
-257
|
61
|
Hoekstra, Ron
|
Canada
|
11-13
|
-297
|
62
|
Holden, Stewart
|
England
|
11-13
|
-328
|
63
|
Lobo, Selwyn
|
United Arab Emirates
|
11-13
|
-342
|
64
|
Abordo, Chris
|
Bahrain
|
11-13
|
-453
|
65
|
Lloyd, David
|
Australia
|
11-13
|
-841
|
66
|
Kenas, Mark
|
United States
|
11-13
|
-947
|
67
|
Gruzd, Steven
|
South Africa
|
10½-13½
|
-270
|
68
|
Talosig, Rogelio
|
New Zealand
|
10½-13½
|
-480
|
69
|
Kamath, Pramit
|
India
|
10½-13½
|
-698
|
70
|
Gongolo, Michael
|
Kenya
|
10-14
|
675
|
71
|
Kantimathi, Sam
|
United States
|
10-14
|
89
|
72
|
Baker, Rich
|
United States
|
10-14
|
-92
|
73
|
Saldanha, Dean
|
Canada
|
10-14
|
-272
|
74
|
Recedes, Mario
|
Philippines
|
10-14
|
-467
|
75
|
Gonzalez, Ricardo V
|
Gulf Champion
|
10-14
|
-469
|
76
|
Manase, Joshua Otieno
|
Kenya
|
10-14
|
-542
|
77
|
Kpentey, Bennet
|
Ghana
|
9½-14½
|
-449
|
78
|
Kalumba, Paul Yandisha
|
Zambia
|
9-15
|
-45
|
79
|
John, Robin K.T.
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
9-15
|
-125
|
80
|
Wanniarachchi, Lakshan
|
Sri Lanka
|
9-15
|
-232
|
81
|
Chicoine, Emanuel
|
Canada
|
9-15
|
-468
|
82
|
Abela, Kevin
|
Malta
|
9-15
|
-844
|
83
|
Chishty, Ishtiaq
|
Saudi Arabia
|
9-15
|
-958
|
84
|
Kuroda, Kunihiko
|
Japan
|
8-16
|
-1201
|
85
|
Sandu, Dan Laurentiu
|
Romania
|
8-16
|
-651
|
86
|
Abordo, Ferrer
|
Bahrain
|
8-16
|
-799
|
87
|
Bohbot, Herve
|
France
|
8-16
|
-844
|
88
|
Saeyorn, Sivanesan
|
Sri Lanka
|
8-16
|
-989
|
89
|
Esmail, Mushtak
|
Tanzania
|
7½-16½
|
-190
|
90
|
Kenny, Bronagh
|
Ireland
|
2-22
|
-3166
|
Best-of-Five Finals
Panupol vs. Pakorn at WSC 2003
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Recap:
Game 1: Panupol 418 - Pakorn 380 (Panupol leads, 1-0)
Game 2: Pakorn 495 - Panupol 384 (Tied at 1-1)
Game 3: Panupol 470 - Pakorn 514 (Pakorn leads, 2-1)
Game 4: Pakorn 433 - Panupol 446 (Tied at 2-2)
Game 5: Panupol 444 - Pakorn 387 (Panupol wins, 3-2)
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