Saturday, November 10, 2018

2018 World SCRABBLE® Championship

 Contents:

  • WSC 2018 Details
  • Complete Results after 35 Rounds Preliminaries
  • Quarterfinals Results
  • Semifinals Results
  • Final Game 1
  • Final Game 2
  • Final Game 3
  • Final Game 4
WSC 2018 Details:
Venue: Westfield Shopping Centre in London
Dates: October 23-28, 2018
No. of Players: 75
Dictionary: CSW15
Challenge Rule: 5-Point Penalty
Winner: Nigel Richards
Runner-Up: Jesse Day
Top Prize: 6,200 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.

Preliminaries:

Knockout:

Quarterfinals (best of 3)Semifinals (best of 5)Final (best of 5)
         
1Nigel Richards2
8Paul Allan0
Nigel Richards3
Brett Smitheram0
4Paul Gallen1
5Brett Smitheram2
Nigel Richards3
Jesse Day1
2Kevin McMahon2
7Wellington Jighere1
Kevin McMahon0
Jesse Day3
3Chris Lipe1
6Jesse Day2


Final

Jesse Day and Nigel Richards at WSC 2018 Torquay

Game 1:
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Game 2:

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Game 3:

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Game 4:

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Final Results:
Players
Country
1
2
3
4
5
Remarks
Nigel Richards
New Zealand
391
536
445
575
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Champion
Jesse Day
USA
541
307
423
452
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Runner-up

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