Crescent City Cup 2022

A fabulous tournament with some excellent game coverage from Will Anderson and Conrad Bassett-Bouchard. The post-game analysis is a must-watch. Dave Koening ran out the winner. Here are some game boards from organizer and runner up Austin Shin:

Game 1 was a 476-410 win for Austin, Conidian was a nice play:

Game 2 ended up in a 418-451 loss. Interestingly at one point, both players had the exact same rack AEIMORT. Tribunal or turbinal would have clinched it:

Game 3 ended up in a 408-431 loss:

Game 4 was a huge 528-312 win, aided by the 9X ferrites:

Game 5 was a 407-493 loss:

Game 6 was a big 576-372 win, thanks to 5 bingos:

Game 7 was a good 486-389 win:

Game 8 ended up in a 546-384 win:

Game 9 resulted in a 401-445 loss, Fedayeen was nice:

Game 10 was a 468-326 win, and the scoring never stops en route  to an 8 game win streak:

Game 11 was a narrow 417-408 win, veratrium was a phoney but terrarium would have been a valid 9:

Game 12 was a come from behind (125 points) win, after surviving the 9X play staggier:

Game 13 a game between National champions ended in a 472-377 win. Parquets would have scored 137: 

Game 14 was a 512-392 win, prosely was a phoney, only leprosy in that rack:

Game 15 was a come from behind (135 points) win, the parallel play of brownest was nice, acini almost stopped the comeback blocking wiremen. Quins left no vowels and resulted in a VVJ rack for the opponent, which secured the 477-470 win:

Game 16 was a 506-420 win, meadowed was a phoney:

Game 17 was a 464-437win, budgies secured the win:

Game 18 saw the 8 game win streak come to an end with a 352-452 loss:

Game 19 began a 2 game series with the eventual champion and ended in a 416-525 loss:

Game 20 shows you why scrabble can be a game of inches, the play of iodic would have stopped anhedral that came right after agio was played and completely changed the game resulting in a 352-454 loss:

All in all a great tournament, with some great coverage.

Wordaholix Scrabble League 2021

The 2021 edition of the Wordaholix league concluded in September. Team Vorago ran out the winner. Here are some game boards from the participants Ishika, Rahil, and Samrath:

World Blitz Scrabble Championships

The world blitz scrabble championships finals will be contested by two scrabble legends David Eldar and Will Anderson. Both players advanced with hard fought 7-5 wins in the semi finals. Here's how they got to the finals courtesy @cocoscrabble:

Will Anderson runs out the winner 10-6:

Global GO KO Scrabble Tournament - Round1

Here are my game boards from the ongoing Global GO KO Scrabble Tournament:
Round 1 Game 1:
Was pleased with my high probable 9 letter find in a loosing effort:

Round 1 Game 2:
Hit a bingo early and maintained a lead throughout:

Vadodara All India Open Scrabble Tournament

Competitive scrabble returns to lovely Vadodara, home to some magnificent, palaces, gardens and lakes. The tournament set to take place from February 28 to March 1 will be conducted by Vadodara Scrabble Club in association with Polytech Plastics.
This will be SAI rated. There will be 3 divisions. Division A is for players rated 1000 and above while division B is for players rated 600-999. In addition there will be a division C for newbies. For more details contact Vimisha Patel (9825164654, vimisha.patel@gmail.com)

Mu Sigma International Scrabble Tournament 2020

Here are some recorded games from the recently concluded Mu Sigma International Scrabble Tournament:

Nigel's Incredible Run in International Scrabble Tournaments in Bangalore

The double world champion has had an amazing run in in international scrabble tournaments in Bangalore. He takes a 10 title streak into the MuSigma International scrabble tournament to be held in January 2020. This must rank among the best title streaks in all of scrabble. Here is a look at Nigel's dominance:

Tournament	Year	Winner	Games Won	Spread	Runner Up	Games Won	Spread
iGATE 2009 International	2009	Pakorn	19	1469	Nigel	18	2794
iGATE 2010 International	2010	Nigel	19	1522	Sherwin	18	1628
2011 iGATE International	2011	Nigel	25	3354	Sherwin	18	1095
2012 iGATE International	2012	Nigel	21	2298	Akshay	17	797
2013 iGATE International	2013	Nigel	26	1610	Olaiya	25	1494
2014 iGATE International	2014	Nigel	29	1891	Alastair	24	1257
2015 iGATE International	2015	Nigel	32	3723	Douglas	23	996
2016 iGATE International	2016	Nigel	28	3614	Hubert	26	1531
2017 Capgemini International	2017	Nigel	30	2413	Pichai	23.5	1097
2018 Capgemini International	2018	Nigel	28	1936	Hubert	24	921
2019 Capgemini International	2019	Nigel	25	1763	Goutham	24	927

2020 MuSigma International

2020

Nigel

23

2246

Hubert Wee

22

1917

Source: WESPA

North American Scrabble Championship 2019

Here are some game boards and analysis from the North American Scrabble Championship courtesy the runner up Austin Shin. Jesse Day won the intensely competitive event that featured some of the best players in the world:
North American Scrabble Championship

Mu Sigma All India Open Scrabble Tournament 2019

Here are some game boards from the recently concluded Mu Sigma All India Open Scrabble Tournament, courtesy Ranga: