Results of GST 2015 held in Dubai

Gulf Scrabble Tournament 2015 at Dubai Internet City

Gulf Scrabble Tournament 2015
Dubai Internet City, UAE

The final rankings after 16 Rounds:
Rank Player Wins Mar
1 Akshay Bhandarkar 15 +1594
2 Irfan Siddiqui 10 +723
3 Eric Kinderman 10 +663
4 Ronald Credo 10 +555
5 Selwyn Lobo 10 +111
6 Rohaina Tanveer 9 +299
7 Megel Barker 9 +200
8 Rob Rosenthal 9 -64
9 Mohammad Sulaiman 8 +454
10 Yasir Jamshaid 8 -76
11 Nikhil Soneja 7 +78
12 Sanath Hemachandra 7 +57
13 Jackson Thomas 7 -303
14 Kv Chidambaram 7 -351
15 Varun Kasi 6 -412
16 Madhu Soneja 6 -453
17 Sabiha Zaidi 5 -171
18 Hermie Cagatin 1 -2904

HIGH GAME: Sabiha Zaidi 676
HIGH WORD: Sabiha Zaidi 129 (REQUEST)

GST 2015 Scrabble Players

Prize Winners from left: Irfan, Eric, Selwyn, Akshay, Ronald & Sabiha with Nikhil

Ronald Credo at 2015 Gulf Scrabble Championship, Dubai

 

Round 01

Round 02

Round 03

Round 04

Round 05

Round 06

Round 07

Round 08

Round 09

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

My High Game so far-640 (in a WESPA Rated Tournament)

Ronald Credo vs. Rohaina Tanveer, Round 2 at the Gulf Scrabble Championship 2013

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Past Scrabble Gulf Champions (as of 2013)

About the Gulf Scrabble Championships:

The Gulf Scrabble Championships were first held in 1991 in Bahrain as a cooperative effort between the various Scrabble associations across the GCC (Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait & Qatar). Since then, the tournament has grown from strength to strength and gained acclaim as a premier fixture in the international Scrabble calendar. It is currently the only world-ranked tournament in the Arab world and is considered the oldest international tournament in the mind sport, predating the first World Championships by a few months. From 1999, the Gulf Champion automatically secured slot for the World Scrabble Championships (WSC),  until WESPA scrapped it in 2007.

Below are the list of the Past Gulf Scrabble Champions:

Statistics:
Most Title: Naween Fernando and Akshay Bhandarkar with 4 apiece
Winningest: 10 for Bahrain, followed closely by UAE with 9
Most Consecutive Wins: 6 straight years for Bahrain (1992-1997)
Most Hosting: 19 straight years for Bahrain (1991-2009)
Most No. of Rounds: 20 rounds in 2013
Best Wins Ratio: ?? (for updating)

My Gulf Scrabble Championship (23rd GSC 2013) Game Summary

Round 1 vs Anthony Gomes

Win, 462-366 w/ a spread of +96 (1-0, +96)

 Round 2 vs Rohaina Tanveer

Win 640-291 w/ spread of +250 (max.); (2-0, +346)

 Round 3 vs Ralph Lobo

Loss 387-485 w/ a spread of -98; (2-1, +248)

 Round 4 vs Irfan Siddiqui

Loss 366-491 w/ a spread of -125; (2-2, +123)

 Round 5 vs Sanjeev Sreejayan

Won 463-286 w/ a spread of +177; (3-2, +300)

 Round 6 vs Cecil Fernandes

Won 541-332 w/ a spread of +209; (4-2, +509)

 Round 7 vs Sanath Hemachandra

Loss 318-382 w/ a spread of -64; (4-3, +445)

 Round 8 vs Wone Mamadou

Loss 390-464 w/ a spread of -74; (4-4, +371)

 Round 9 vs Rekha Balaji

 Win 496-350 w/ a spread of +146; (5-4, +517)

 Round 10 vs Ryan Benemerito

Win 396-370 w/ a spread of +26; (6-4, +543)

 Round 11 vs Shakir Reshamwala

Win 509-338 w/ a spread of +171; (7-4, 714)

 Round 12 vs Navya Zaveri

Loss 330-351 w/ a spread of -21; (7-5, +693)

Round 13 vs Mohammad Sulaiman

Loss 340-434 w/ a spread of -94; (7-6, +599)

 Round 14 vs Thilina Elvitigala

Win 421-330 w/ a spread of +91; (8-6, +690)

 Round 15 vs Nikhil Soneja

Loss 308-435 w/ a spread of -127; (8-7, +653)

 Round 16 vs Uzma Saeed

Win 406-304 w/ a spread of +102; (9-7, +665)

 Round 17 vs K Sudharsan Surya

Win 363-332 w/ a spread of +31; (10-7, +696)

 Round 18 vs Wone Mamadou

Won 421-344 w/ a spread of +77; (11-7, +773)

 Round 19 vs Irfan Siddiqui

Loss 413-436 w/ a spread of -23; (11-8, +750)

 Round 20 vs Shakir Reshamwala

Loss 370-409 w/ a spread of -39; (11-9, +711)

Winners (Gulf reps for SCT2013; Shakir (Kuwait), Thilina (Qatar), Selwyn (UAE), Mohd Sulaiman (UAE), Sanjeev (Saudi Arabia), Sanath (Oman) & Irfan (Bahrain)

My Consolation Prize of High Game scored in round 2

Filipino Players (Pion, me and Ryan)