Thursday, August 31, 2017

2017 World SCRABBLE® Championship, Nottingham

 Contents:

  • WSC 2017 Details
  • Complete Results after 35 Rounds Preliminaries
  • Quarterfinals Results
  • Semifinals Results
  • Final Game 1
  • Final Game 2
  • Final Game 3
WSC 2017 Details:
Venue: Nottinghamshire, England
Dates: August 22-27, 2017
No. of Players: 77
Dictionary: CSW15
Challenge Rule: 5-Point Penalty
Winner: David Eldar
Runner-Up: Harshan Lamabadusuriya
Top Prize: 7,000 euros
Format:
The tournament began with a 35-rounds preliminary over a period of four days, whose top eight players contested a best-of-three quarterfinal (#1 vs #8, #2 vs. #7, #3 vs. #6 and #4 vs. #5), then best-of-five semifinal and the remaining two players battled to a best-of-five final.

Standings after 35 Rounds Preliminary
Knockout:
Quarterfinals (best of 3)Semifinals (best of 5)Final (best of 5)
         
1Nigel Richards0
8David Eldar2
David Eldar3
Goutham Jayaraman2
4Goutham Jayaraman2
5Neil Scott0
David Eldar3
Harshan Lamabadusuriya0
2Mark Nyman0
7Harshan Lamabadusuriya2
Harshan Lamabadusuriya2
Austin Shin3
3Elie Dangoor0
6Austin Shin2
Finals:

Final Round 1

Final Round 2

Final Round 3



Final Results:
Game 1: David defeated Harshan, 468-426 to take a 1-0 Lead
Game 2: David defeated Harshan, 575-384 to take a 2-0 Lead
Game 3: David defeated Harshan, 450-420 to win the Championship


YouTube Clip of the New Scrabble Champion


YouTube Clip Courtesy of David Webb:




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