2011 World SCRABBLE® Championship

Contents:

• WSC 2011 Details
• Complete Results
• Finals Game 1
• Finals Game 2
• Finals Game 3
• Finals Game 4
• Finals Game 5
• Video Highlights of the Event

WSC 2011 Details:
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Warsaw, Poland

Dates: Oct. 12-16, 2011

No. of Players: 106

Dictionary: CSW07
Challenge Rule: 5-Point Penalty

Winner: Nigel Richards
Runner-Up: Andrew Fisher

Top Prize: $ 20,000.00
Format:

The tournament began with a 34-round preliminary, whose top two players contested a best-of-five final.

Complete Results:
(Standing after 34 rounds)

1	Richards, Nigel	WSC Runner-Up	25–9	2008
2	Fisher, Andrew	Australia	23–11	1521
3	Nemitrmansuk, Pakorn	World Champion	22–12	1695
4	Wiegand, David	United States	22–12	1555
5	May, Christopher	Australia	22–12	1022
6	Smitheram, Brett	England	22–12	949
7	Panyasophonlert, Komol	Thailand	22–12	939
8	Gallen, Paul	Northern Ireland	21½–12½	638
9	Logan, Adam	Canada	21–13	939
10	Richards, Alastair	Australia	21–13	871
11	Beevers, Craig	England	21–13	696
12	Lipe, Chris	United States	21–13	331
13	Boys, David	Canada	21–13	38
14	Nicholson, Mikki	England	20–14	1480
15	Nyman, Mark	England	20–14	1321
16	Thevenot, Geoff	United States	20–14	842
17	Wee, Ming Hui Hubert	Singapore	20–14	773
18	Gipson, Helen	Scotland	20–14	533
19	Scott, Neil	Scotland	20–14	448
20	Allan, Paul	England	20–14	311
21	Rio, Odette Carmina	Philippines	20–14	39
22	Siriwangso, Marut	Thailand	20–14	24
23	Sulaiman, Mohammad	United Arab Emirates	19½–14½	569
24	Chong, Aaron	Malaysia	19–15	1097
25	Mackay, Lewis	England	19–15	845
26	Warner, Howard	New Zealand	19–15	619
27	Hovelmeier, Trevor Mark	South Africa	19–15	546
28	Holden, Stewart	Northern Ireland	19–15	514
29	Sherman, Joel	United States	19–15	380
30	Simmons, Allan	Scotland	19–15	267
31	Kougi, Peter	Australia	19–15	237
32	Okulicz, Edward	Australia	19–15	-105
33	Toh, Weibin	Singapore	19–15	-156
34	Craig, Joanne	New Zealand	18½–15½	765
35	Wapnick, Joel	Canada	18½–15½	635
36	Delicata, David	Malta	18½–15½	-144
37	Kenas, Mark	United States	18½–15½	-346
38	Whitmarsh, Bradley	United States	18–16	573
39	Fernando, Naween Tharanga	Australia	18–16	545
40	Grover, Udayan	India	18–16	384
41	Rosin, Sam	United States	18–16	350
42	Leah, Tony	Canada	18–16	182
43	Kramer, Jim	United States	18–16	69
44	Rodrigues, Sherwin	India	18–16	40
45	Yeo, Kien Hung	Malaysia	18–16	-206
46	Saldanha, Dean	Canada	18–16	-421
47	Thorogood, Blue	New Zealand	18–16	-465
48	Benedict, Nathan	United States	17½–16½	764
49	Sim, Tony	Singapore	17½–16½	32
50	O'Laughlin, John	United States	17–17	785
51	Martin, Edward	England	17–17	496
52	Saldanha, Dielle	Canada	17–17	448
53	Nderitu, Patrick Gitonga	Kenya	17–17	390
54	Placca, Chrys	Ghana	17–17	313
55	Dominiczak, Rafal	Poland	17–17	308
56	Halsall, Trevor	Australia	17–17	279
57	Weatherhead, Feargal	Ireland	17–17	248
58	Gillam, Simon	Scotland	17–17	22
59	Romany, Rodney	Trinidad and Tobago	17–17	-75
60	Edwards, Calum	England	17–17	-300
60	Litunya, Patrick	Kenya	17–17	-300
62	Koenig, David	United States	17–17	-383
63	Bowman, Brian	United States	16½–17½	724
64	Cree, Chris	United States	16½–17½	47
65	Carter, Gerald	Thailand	16½–17½	-280
66	Robertshaw, Phil	England	16–18	1268
67	Brousson, Theresa	Malta	16–18	785
68	Itthi-Aree, Chollapat	Thailand	16–18	444
69	Purnomo, Ricky	Singapore	16–18	414
70	Ker, Jen Ho	World Youth Champion	16–18	407
71	Cohen, Evan	Israel	16–18	234
72	Ball, Nick	Canada	16–18	190
73	Cohen, Laurie	United States	16–18	133
74	Hirai, Keiichiro	Japan	16–18	85
75	Webb, David	England	16–18	7
76	Gabriel, Marty	United States	16–18	3
77	Koowirat, Thacha	Thailand	16–18	-14
78	Wanniarachchi, Lakshan	Sri Lanka	16–18	-39
79	Early, Dylan	South Africa	16–18	-110
80	Green, Neil	Wales	16–18	-143
81	Bullock, Orlet	Barbados	16–18	-447
82	Iqbal, Wajid	Pakistan	16–18	-585
83	Gruzd, Steven	South Africa	16–18	-606
84	Usakiewicz, Wojciech	Poland	16–18	-656
85	Williams, Gareth	Wales	16–18	-666
86	Khongthanarat, Charnrit	Thailand	16–18	-738
87	Srichawla, Daniel	Thailand	16–18	-1156
88	Butler, Lynne	New Zealand	15½–18½	-798
89	Wieckowski, Zbigniew	Poland	15–19	233
90	Landau, Naomi	Israel	15–19	148
91	Manase, Joshua Otieno	Kenya	15–19	-213
92	Golding, Andrew	Canada	15–19	-248
93	Pieta, Bartosz	Poland	15–19	-318
94	Anthonius, Ferdy	Indonesia	15–19	-501
95	Siddiqui, Irfan	Bahrain	14–20	135
96	Andersson, Gunnar	Sweden	13–21	-1194
97	Pantis, Mihai	Romania	12–22	-391
98	Fernandes, Marie	Oman	12–22	-506
99	Reshamwala, Shakir	Kuwait	12–22	-528
100	Bohbot, Herve	France	11–23	-1925
101	Sosseh, Abraham Ebi	Gambia	10–24	-1332
102	Dundas, Suzanne	Netherlands	10–24	-1876
103	Berger, Ben	Germany, Federal Republic of	8–26	-3620
104	Frydenlund, Anlaug	Norway	5–29	-4457
105	Rodr, Tomas	Czech Republic	3–31	-4584
106	Pastucha, Ivan	Slovakia	1–33	-6100

Best-of-Five Finals:

Andrew Fisher vs. Nigel Richards at WSC 2011 Finals

Game 1:

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WSC 2011 Game 1 Final Board Position: Richards 484-Fisher 427

Game 2

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WSC 2011 Game 2 Final Board Position: Fisher 520- Richards 406

Game 3

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WSC 2011 Game 3 Final Board Position: Richards 459-359

Game 4

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WSC 2011 Game 4 Final Board Position: Fisher 562- Richards 420

Game 5

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WSC 2011 Game 5 Final Board Position: Richards 476-333


Video Highlights of the Event