David Webb Retains Malta International Scrabble Open Crown

Grand master David Webb from England has won the Malta International Scrabble Open title for a second time in a row. He dominated the last days proceedings and ran out a convincing winner ahead of Evan Cohen of Israel. The complete standings are below from the original coverage at poslfit.com:

1. David Webb 2. Evan Cohen 3. David Delicata Rank Name Home W-L Spread 1 David Webb England 21.0-4.0 +2572 2 Evan Cohen Israel 18.5-6.5 +1146 3 David Delicata Malta 18.0-7.0 +813 4 Carol Johnsen Australia 17.0-8.0 +47 5 Rafal Dominiczak Poland 16.5-8.5 +1084 6 Leslie Charles Trinidad and Tobago 16.0-9.0 +949 7 Bob Violett England 16.0-9.0 +674 8 Vincent Boyle Scotland 15.0-10.0 +883 9 Tim Lawrence England 15.0-10.0 +605 10 Cecil Muscat Malta 15.0-10.0 +334 11 Simon Gillam Scotland 15.0-10.0 +173 12 Nicky Vella-Laurenti Malta 15.0-10.0 +87 13 Paul Richards Australia 14.0-11.0 +404 14 Nicky Huitson England 13.5-11.5 +72 15 Alec Webb England 13.0-12.0 +243 16 Omri Rosenkrantz Israel 13.0-12.0 +76 17 Cicely Bruce New Zealand 13.0-12.0 -35 18 Karen Richards Australia 12.0-13.0 +569 19 John Barker Australia 12.0-13.0 -37 20 Phil Kelly England 12.0-13.0 -125 21 Kevin Synnott England 12.0-13.0 -210 22 Sammy Mangion Malta 12.0-13.0 -368 23 Charles Micallef Malta 11.0-14.0 +21 24 Mario Saliba Malta 11.0-14.0 -562 25 Heather Long Australia 10.0-15.0 -105 26 Teresa Lyes England 8.0-17.0 -1363 27 George Newman England 7.0-18.0 -581 28 Angela Pearse Australia 7.0-18.0 -1064 29 Pam Morris Austria 6.5-18.5 -1085 30 Jim Lyes England 6.0-19.0 -2263 31 Moira Fenech Malta 5.0-20.0 -1067 32 Mary Morgan Ireland 5.0-20.0 -1694