Capgemini International Scrabble Tournament 2017

Here are the details of the upcoming Capgemini International Scrabble Tournament scheduled for January 2017 from the Scrabble Association of India:

Venue: Capgemini campus,Whitefield, Bangalore, India

Date: January 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2017


Divisions:
No of Divisions:3
Division A: Premier Division, WESPA Rating 1500 and above, Lower rated players may also opt to play in the premier division

Division B: WESPA rating 1499 and below

Division C: For Newbies

Format: 

A minimum of 35 games of 50 minutes each will be played over four days. 

Word source will be the latest Collins Scrabble Tournament and Club Word List 2015. 

Challenge: 5-point penalty per word, the player does not lose turn.

Registration Fee:

Division A: 100$

Division B: 50$

Division C: 15$
Late Registration: Entries sent in after January 1, 2017, will have to pay Rs.500 extra.

Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided on all four days of the tournament.

Contact: Radhika Mahalingaiah - spica57@yahoo.com 

 

Accommodation:

Discounted Accommodation is available for participants at the following hotels:

1) MGM Mark Hotel Whitefield Bangalore

Reservations: reservations@mgmmarkwhitefield.com 

2) Ginger Bangalore - Whitefield

Reservations:   www.gingerhotels.com

3) The Park Residency

Reservations: theparkresidency@gmail.com

4) Lemon Tree Hotel, Whitefield
Reservations: reservations@lemontreehotels.com

Prize Money:

Total Prize Money over $16,000

Here is the indicative list of participants for the Premier Division:

Premier Division

1.       Nigel Richards (New Zealand) - 2266

2.       Pichai Limprasert (Thailand) - 2020

3.       Thacha Koowirat (Thailand) – 2015

4.       Gerry Carter (Thailand) - 1824

5.       Suthiraphan Assarat (Thailand) - 1528

6.       Hubert Wee (Singapore) - 2022

7.       Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) - 1811

8.       Tony Sim (Singapore) - 1719

9.       Michael Tang (Singapore)  - 1665

10.   Akshay Bhandarkar (UAE) – 1942

11.   Eric Kinderman (UAE) - 1719

12.   Karen Richards (Australia) - 1558

13.   Shaila Amalean (Sri Lanka) - 1633

14.   Lakshan Wanniarachchi _ (Sri Lanka) - 1790

15.   Jayaska Baranage (Sri Lanka) – 1634

16.   Indunil Amarasinghe (Sri Lanka) - 1558

17.   Mazher Qureshi (Saudi Arabia) – 1546

18.   Olatunde Oduwole (Nigeria) - 2067

19.   Ayorinde Saidu (Nigeria) – 2065

20.   Oshevire Avwenagha (Nigeria) - 1999

21.   Cyril Umebiye  (Nigeria) - 1933

22.   Olaiya Kabir (Nigeria) - 1928

23.   Raymond Gbaraba (Nigeria) - 1828

24.   Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) – 1605

25.   Julius Ufuoma (Nigeria) - 1588

26.   Olajide Akinyemi (Nigeria) - 1538

27.   Rohaina Tanveer (Kuwait) - 1220

28.   Mohan Chunkath (Chennai) - 1743

29.   Varisht Hingorani (Mumbai) - 1692

30.   Sherwin Rodrigues (Mumbai) - 1964

31.   Nakul Prabhu (Mumbai) - 1681

32.   V Ramachandran (Mumbai) - 1311

33.   Bhushan Pradhan (Mumbai) - 1350

34.   Carolann Pais (Mumbai) - 1556

35.   Jose de Abreu (Mumbai) - 1615

36.   Udayan Grover (Pune) - 1817

37.   Pramit Kamath (New Delhi) – 1513

38.   Shaikh Ahmed (Hyderabad) - 1487

39.   Douglas Lobo (Goa) – 1601

40.   Irineu Gonsalves (Goa) - 1675

41.   Mohsin Ahmed (Bangalore) - 1550

42.   Sanjoy Gupta (Bangalore) – 1572

43.   Rajveer Rawlin (Bangalore) – 1439

44.   Manju Sood (Bangalore) - 1354

45.   Aditya Iyengar (Pune) - 1254

Game Boards from Wordaholix Scrabble League III

Here are some game boards from the third edition of the Wordaholix Scrabble League team tournament that took place over the week end courtesy Prashanth and Yash:

Chennai Open Scrabble Championship 2016

The recently held Chennai scrabble open championship proved to be a fantastically organised event thanks to a super venue SA engineering college and the Madras Scrabble Foundation:

With Ashok in town the tournament went as smoothly as you could expect:

The games were fun and it proved competitive till the very end:

In the end Mr. Ramachandran prevailed with a well deserved 7 game win streak and as you can see the trophies were fabulous:

However this was more than just us playing scrabble. Big congratulations to the Madras Scrabble Foundation for inviting 280 kids to compete across many divisions. While you may instantly recognise Solai Aditya winner of Division B at the Nationals there are many more stars in the making:

As you can see they are pretty good at it too:

Finally it was time for the prizes and here are some snapshots of some future super stars in the making:

All in all a terrific tournament with some great memories.

Tracking Our Kids at the World Youth Scrabble Championships

The World Youth Scrabble Championship has concluded in Lille France. India had 8 participants this time around. Big congratulations to all the kids. Here's how they finished from the coverage from Lille:

Player	Win	Loss	Spread	Rank
Aditya Iyengar	16	8	1705	5
Vraj Jain	15	9	69	17
Samrath Singh Bhatia	14.5	9.5	903	18
Yash Potnis	13	11	267	41
Vedika Hingorani	11	13	-178	74
Vihaan Hingorani	10	14	110	84
Aishwarya Naidu	9.5	14.5	-907	95
Udey Singh	8	16	-1222	103

Pune Scrabble Tournament this Week End

Another fun filled tournament awaits Scrabblers this week end in Pune.

Venue: Poona Club
Date: 12-14 August
Registration: Between 9 AM and 9:30 on August 12
Games Start: 10 AM

Word Source: Collins Scrabble Tournament and Club Word List 2015 

Sherwin Retains Gail Scrabble Cup

Sherwin retained his Gail Cup title by winning the 2016 edition winning just over 18 games out of the 23 played. Here are the top 10 in the final standings:

Rank	Player	Win	Loss	Spread
1	Sherwin Rodrigues	18.5	4.5	1453
2	Udayan Grover	17	6	1115
3	Goutham Jayaraman	16.5	6.5	883
4	Michael Tang	15	8	803
5	Varisht Hingorani	15	8	282
6	Douglas Lobo	14.5	8.5	541
7	Ranganathan Chakravarthy	14	9	1349
8	Charles Carneiro	14	9	544
9	A. Krishnan	14	9	437
10	Sudhir Kamath	14	9	345

Gail Scrabble Cup - Day 2

The Gail Scrabble cup is turning into a highly competitive affair. Goutham Jayaraman is on top. Here are the top 10 after day 2:

Rank	Player	Win	Loss	Spread
1	Goutham Jayaraman	13	3	935
2	Sherwin Rodrigues	13	3	835
3	Udayan Grover	12	4	1046
4	Alex Tan	11.5	4.5	1253
5	Michael Tang	11	5	630
6	Douglas Lobo	10.5	5.5	943
7	Javved Shamim	10	6	660
8	Aditya Iyengar	10	6	648
9	Varisht Hingorani	10	6	350
10	Mangala Bhandarkar	10	6	298