The year in review from WESPA

An excellent compilation of Scrabble in 2017 from WESPA:

World Youth Scrabble Championships 2017

Here are some recorded games from the ongoing world youth scrabble championships in Malaysia as broadcasted by Akkarapol Kwansak:

Milton Keynes Winter Matchplay Scrabble Tournament

Here are some game boards from the recently concluded Milton Keynes winter matchplay scrabble tournament courtesy the champ himself:

MK1: W 465-365. My mileage. She missed stookie, my unearned in the same spot. My oxies 83+5. Her quai 69. I pick the Z? at the end of the game 1-0 +100 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/laEbcqza4c

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) November 18, 2017

MK2: W 534-382. My misdone, outrace, vintner, striped. Spent only 6 min on the entire game, except for striped by which i spent about another 6 min alone. Easy decisions in this one 2-0 +252 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/wLEYfWwljt

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) November 18, 2017

MK3: W 507-502! My infares, edental, loathful. Her coconuts, bolting, earlaps, modders. My quire/farer 64 got me ahead and just snuck it at the end! 3-0 +257 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/NA2QnqzJIg

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) November 18, 2017

MK4: W 543-378. Live stream! Behind with his vanitas. Miss sixfold! I come back with ventana, obelion b2b. Later play glistering onto the ing and making swee at the same time. Also my rosaker to kill it off! 4-0 +422 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/Luyj72ZxOy

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) November 18, 2017

MK5: W 514-449. My reignite, tenorino, geniture. His crusian, brattled, snotrag. Managed to score heavily throughout with raj 53, left 49, exes 52! 5-0 +487 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/m3pvDzf43x

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) November 18, 2017

WESPA World Scrabble Championship 2017

Capgemini International Scrabble Tournament 2018

Capgemini, in association with Karnataka State Scrabble Association (KSSA), is proud to announce the 14th International Scrabble Tournament to be held in Capgemini (IGATE) campus in Bangalore from January 11 - 14, 2018.

Capgemini tourney is bigger and better in 2018! The total prize pool money is over 16,500 USD!  Special feature: Four divisions and increased prizes!

Date:

January 11, 12, 13 and 14, 2018 (Division A and Division B)

January 11, 12 and 13, 2018 (Division C)

January 12 and 13, 2018 (Division D or Newbie Division)

Venue: Capgemini Campus, Bangalore.

Address: 158-162 (P) & 165 – 170(P), EPIP Phase II, Whitefield, Bangalore 560 066.

A Division

1^st prize  – Rs.3,25,000

2^nd prize – Rs.1, 60,000

3^rd prize – Rs.     90,000

4^th prize – Rs.     45,000

5^th prize – Rs.     30,000

6^th prize – Rs.    25,000

7^th prize – Rs.    20,000

8^th prize – Rs.    15,000

9^th prize – Rs.     12,000

10^th prize – Rs.  10,000

Three ratings band prizes of Rs.2,000 each (slab to be announced later)

Entry fee: US $ 100

B Division (Eligibility-WESPA rating 1399 and below)

1^st prize – Rs. 55,000

2^nd prize – Rs. 40,000

3^rd prize – Rs. 30,000

4^th prize – Rs. 25,000

5^th prize – Rs. 15,000

6^th prize – Rs. 12,000

7^th prize – Rs.  8,000

8^th prize – Rs. 7,000

9^th prize – Rs. 6,000

10^th prize – Rs.5,000

Three ratings band prizes of Rs.2,000 each (slab to be announced later)

Entry fee: US $ 50

*Several more exciting special prizes including bingo prizes and spot prizes.

Late Registration: Entries sent in after January 1, 2018, will have to pay Rs.500 extra.

C Division (Eligibility rating 999 and below)

1^st prize – Rs. 10,000

2^nd prize – Rs.   9,000

3^rd prize – Rs.    8,000

4^th prize – Rs.    7,000

5^th prize – Rs.    6,000                        

6^th prize – Rs.    5,000

7^th prize – Rs.    4,000

8^th prize – Rs.    3,000

Three ratings band prizes of Rs.2,000 each (slab to be announced later)

Entry Fee: Rs, 1,500 or equivalent in USD

(This division is subject to sufficient registrations or Players will be merged with B division and prize money distributed between A and B divisions)

D Division (Eligibility-Newbies to tournaments)

Prizes to be announced later. (This division is subject to sufficient registrations.)

Entry fee: Rs. 1,000.

Registration: Contact Radhika Mahalingaiah - spica57@yahoo.com

Please note that prize money is subject to tax deduction at source as applicable.

Format:

A maximum of 34 games of 50 minutes each will be played over four days (A and B divisions).

A maximum of 24 games of 50 minutes each will be played over three days (C division)

A maximum of 15 games of 50 minutes each will be played over two days (D/Newbie division)

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.

Schedule:

Thursday, January 11, 2018 (Division A, B and C)

8.30- 9 am- Registration

9.00 am - 9.30 am-Inauguration and draw.
9.30 am - First Game
eight/nine games to be played during the day.

Games will continue on the subsequent days.

  

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

 Entry fee:   The tournament is conducted by KSSA who will collect the entry fee. The association promotes competitive scrabble in Karnataka and in association with the Scrabble Association of India the rest of the country as well. Entry fee can be paid on the day of the tournament.

Note: Please remember to get the following details. Winners have to furnish the details as the prize money will be transferred directly to their bank account:

1. Name of the Bank

2.  Account Number

3.  Name of the beneficiary

4. Bank swift code for wire transfer

5. Email address

6. Your postal address

7. Your telephone number

Here is the final list of participants:

Premier Division

1.       Nigel Richards - 2206

2.       Thacha Koowirat - 2041

3.       Jakkrit Klaphajone - 1959

4.       Akkarapol Kwhansak - 1890

5.       Gerry Carter - 1754

6.       Mark Nyman - 2053

7.       Ganesh Asirvatham – 2324

8.       Hubert Wee - 1965

9.       Marlon Prudencio - 1731

10.   Toh Weibin - 2039

11.   Tony Sim - 1631

12.   Goutham Jayaraman - 1924

13.   Anand Buddhdev - 1618

14.   Karen Richards - 1479

15.   Jenny Brysha - 1227

16.   Suthiraphan Assarat - 1447

17.   Yannakit Sirisup - 1514

18.    Irfan Siddiqui -1720

19.   Sanath Hemachandra - 1347

20.   Jayaska Baranage - 1647

21.   Indunil Amarasinghe - 1592

22.   Janul de Silva - 1506

23.   Prashanth Seetharam - 1556

24.   Mohan Chunkath - 1711

25.   Ranganathan Chakravarthy - 1866

26.   Varisht Hingorani - 1662

27.   Sherwin Rodrigues - 1970

28.   Nakul Prabhu - 1713

29.   Bhushan Pradhan - 1279

30.   Carolann Pais - 1534

31.   Jose de Abreu - 1621

32.   Udayan Grover - 1854

33.   Charles Carneiro - 1464

34.   Pramit Kamath - 1556

35.   Sunny Bhatia - 1384

36.   Shaikh Ahmed - 1455

37.   Sanjoy Gupta - 1603

38.   Rajveer Rawlin - 1494

39.   Eeshan Malhotra - 1248

40.   Vraj Jain - 1267

B Division

1.       Rohaina Tanveer - 1105

2.       Junaid Ziaee (Kuwait)

3.       Mazher Qureshi - 1223

4.       Wimal Fernando - 1114

5.       Praveeni Jayasekara - 1216

6.       Gayanath Chandrasena - 1132

7.       Lalantha Amarasinghe - 825

8.       Priya Fernando - 1360

9.       Diyath Visidagamage - 931

10.   Farida Akbarally - 1052

11.   Nabena B Hamalatha - 824

12.   Seshi Ramanathan - 1195

13.   Zeenath Ariff - 1098

14.   Shafique Ahmed - 856

15.   Anthony Gomez - 1060

16.   Baldip Kaur - 695

17.   Kaveri Raviraj – 970

18.   Patrick Pereira - 1038

19.   Sumeet Sachdev - 881

20.   Vedika Hingorani - 812

21.   Rehet Singh Bhatia - 796

22.   Ritu Chadha - 592

23.   Nikheel Ruparel - 995

24.   Kala Ganesh - 992

25.   Rahil Parkar - 1169

26.   Srushti Gandhi (Mumbai)

27.   Krtin Juneja - 806

28.   Rekha Sanzgiri - 812

29.   Aruna Grover - 656

30.   Mangala Bhandarkar - 1235

31.   Amit Sood (Pune)

32.   Nidhi Singhvi - 1281

33.   Hyder Quraishi -1019

34.   Sridhar Paidikondala - 1021

35.   Rajeev Menon - 898

36.   Swagat Nukala - 366

37.   Sudhir Kamath - 1289

38.   Surabhi - 300

39.   Asha Namdev Kamath - 585

40.   Rajiv Antao - 1167

41.   Joe Rodrigues - 1060

42.   Jackie Fernandes - 1326

43.   Arindam Basu - 844

44.   Manju Sood - 1389

45.   Lennie D’Souza - 1116

46.   Cecil Fernandes - 1316

47.   Marie Fernandes - 1165

48.   Nupur Sood - 1055

49.   Saraswathi Rammanohar - 905

50.   R Nalini - 1124

51.   Dipankar Chatterjee - 1147

52.   Hemanth Achaya - 696 

53.   Vinod Raman - 1040

54.   Abid Hussainsa (Bangalore)

55.   Shankar Prasad - 726

56.   Pankaj Bolaki

C Division:

1.       Sylvia Coelho - 627

2.       Rahul Sridharan - 614

3.       Percy Fernando - 657

4.       PM Firdhouse - 633

5.       Srikar Raghavan - 652

6.       Madhav Gopal Kamath - 764

7.       Meena Kalyan - 788

8.       Ayush Bhatia - 588

9.       Suchindra Potnis - 694

10.   Shubha S - 799

11.   Neelam Agrawal - 853

12.   Arvind Lath - 904

13.   Sudharsha Subbiah - 647

14.   Josh -

15.   Shailaja Nadig – 781

16.   Abdul Waheed Belgaumi - 907

17.   Gautham M Taranath -

18.   Sriya Ganesh Aiyer –

19.   Akhilesh Balachandder -

20.   Vignesh Kumar - 300

21.   Ganesh Ram - 885

22.   Varun Elangovan - 802

23.   Pandian Srinivasan - 768

24.   Anand Radhakrishnan - 785

D Division (Newbie)

1.       Nida Tanveer - 300

2.       KS Yamuna

3.       Sankaran Iyer

4.       Archana Aggarwal

5.       Joseph Tharun

6.       Suyash Manchali

7.       Abhijit Shilotri

8.       Danish Shehna

9.       Sunitha Singh

10.   Dhananjay Diwanji

11.   Dhruv Kamath - 300

12.    Joann DeSousa

13.   Roopa Dsilva

14.   Jayashree Nagaraj - 573

15.   Parvathi Annamalai

16.   Anuj Shetty

17.   Radha Iyer 

18.   Sian Virani

19.   Shekar Viswanathan