UK Open Scrabble Championship 2019

Nigel has won the UK open yet again. Here are some game boards from  the UK open scrabble championships courtesy Austin Shin, who went toe to toe with the champ:

UK Open 2019

UK Winter Matchplay Scrabble Championship 2018

Phil Robertshaw has won the 2018 edition of the UK Winter Matchplay Scrabble Championship. Here are some game boards from the tournament courtesy Austin Shin:

UK Winter Matchplay Scrabble Championships

UK National Scrabble Championship - Day 2

The UK national scrabble championships have concluded. Ed Martin is the new champion. The defending champion Austin Shin finished runners up. Here are some of his game boards from day two:

UK National Scrabble Championship Day 2

UK National Scrabble Championship - Day 1

The UK national scrabble championships have kicked off. The defending champion Austin Shin is on fire. Here are some of his game boards from day one:

UK National Scrabble Championship Day1

British Matchplay Scrabble Championship 2018 day 3

Lewis Mackay has won the 2018 edition of the British Matchplay Scrabble Championship.Here are some game boards from the final day courtesy Austin Shin:

British Matchplay Scrabble Championship 2018 Day 3

British Matchplay Scrabble Championship 2018 day 2

Phil Robertshaw is on top of the leader board as we enter the final day of the British Matchplay Scrabble Championship. Here are some game boards from day two courtesy Austin Shin:

British Matchplay Scrabble Championship 2018 Day 2

British Matchplay Scrabble Championship 2018 day 1

Some game boards from day one of the 2018 edition of the British Matchplay Scrabble Championship courtesy Austin Shin:

British Matchplay Scrabble Championship 2018 Day 1

Easter Matchplay Championship 2018

Here are some game boards and insight from the Easter Matchplay Championship that concluded this week courtesy Austin Shin:

EM1: L 408-435. He gpt ermined, manitous early on. My aieries. Stayed in it with some big plays but phonied midgame. His jerks 55, he's a bingo up. I struggled but i manage to pick both blanks. I delay my bingo and try to go out but have to play it before that 0-1 -27 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/vMViy7zM4g

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) March 31, 2018

EM2: W 494-418. My convent, housesat to start. His enjoins 56, and nice hoarhead, regrows took the lead. My dunnage to level, but his yeti 49 edges ahead. Crucially he phonies on a 2 letter word so i capitalise with forpet 38, rerails to win it! 1-1 +49 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/pjvssmRuWW

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) March 31, 2018

EM3: L 352-415. His aidless early on. I got currant to level. Very coffee to bingos on 3 turns, so close that i thought i had one and it got challenged off! Needed a bingo after that to win but never happened! 1-2 -14 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/07ZgIte8c1

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) March 31, 2018

EM4: L 348-405. His outlies early on. My conatus levelled. I struggle will no vowels whilst he has lots. He gets gayeties forcing me to bingo which i only manage at the very end but was too late. Dinner time now! 1-3 -71 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/V9LzlKogIt

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) March 31, 2018

EM5: W 462-433. Seesaw battle. His ciggies. My rewilds. His outscore gave me zati 94, but he bingos with enteron! My flashest at the end and i pick out 5 of the 6 unseen vowels and can outrun him at the end! 2-3 -42 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/kDjVYiqK1s

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) March 31, 2018

EM6: L 370-425. Cagey game. I get starred to get a bit ahead. Then i get fix 58, cowl 42 to go 97 ahead. He gets agonies, piths 50. Then he goes out with visnomie to steal it! Not sure: grittest, which would've won. Though had to hope he didn't bingo out too 🙈 2-4 -97 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/kuCJVQDiry

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) March 31, 2018

EM7: W 486-419. His booklet, taenias in the first 3 moves. My untoned. My papists just after kept me ahead and then got tendril just after that too. Was about 100 ahead but sacrificed some spread to lock it up. Time to start kicking on in this tourney... 3-4 -30 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/nmf6M5zWOh

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 1, 2018

EM8: W 582-313. My durians, yearding b2b. She phonies with jingli*. My erotica. Her routines. I get telsonic, toadlets to round off a big win! 4-4 +239 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/EHbGgJcycr

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 1, 2018

EM9: W 481-345. My bandiest put me slightly ahead. I get fishnet 106! His parolees still needed a bingo. I had the 2 case esses on an S hooky board and I managed to later get corsned to seal it! One more before lunch... 5-4 +375 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/HNav8urLui

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 1, 2018

EM10: W 485-333. My ensnared, absolver, nosegay. Was pretty plain sailing though she managed to fit in eloiners 70 to go out and reduce the spread. Lunch time now! 6-4 +527 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/zTZPX9IF3x

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 1, 2018

EM11: L 404-409. His foresaw, my venomed parallel! Got ahead with teeny 52, automate. Cruel luck: my yogini keeping A puts me 45 up into the endgame but i pick IIILRR whilst he can score with his flexible tiles. An A missing in the bag but not crucial 6-5 +522 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/E2w82UguOk

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 1, 2018

EM12: L 341-483. My orpines, his thinness. I get filatures onto ES. I go 84 ahead midgame, on a blocked board he gets gox 40, trez 52 to close the gap. I play hoe, which gifts him enargite 80. I need a bingo but after 3 fishes I keep picking back the same tile! 6-6 +380 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/NtpaavHrra

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 1, 2018

EM13: W 474-406. His outlawing onto ou. His nonskier to go 94 ahead. Then in 4 out of 5 moves i get toustie, threaper, atebrin and formica! Phew! 7-6 +448 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/uxD38Dw9mc

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 1, 2018

EM14: W 544-387. I get erosion first turn for 87. My acetone two moves later. His unhired. I get relax 93! My viduage and disseat late on in the game for a big win! 8-6 +605 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/It7vGHjca0

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 1, 2018

EM15: L 366-609. His eutexia to start. He gets oriented later, my owliest. His grittest (failed to pull trigger on that yesterday!), his demeanes. My aileron, and he goes out aureoled! His big scores in between and only used 7 min before last move! No chance. 8-7 +362 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/56fxDM8B1B

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 1, 2018

EM16: L 420-461. His dianoia, cariole, rigatoni in the first 4 moves. My etaerios, aconite stayed in it. He bingos again with arabised 89 under joram! I'm over 100 down but narrow the spread with hem 43, squiz 59 though I ran out of vowels 8-8 +321 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/jPW9DMBafi

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 1, 2018

EM17: L 420-426. My halflin. His vitiate, starred 91 b2b. I struggle, he telegraphs an X after umu. I block, later get paesano to take a narrow lead. My fork goes 50 up, keeps INN, pick out NNOO 🙈🙈🙈 he plays geotaxes and i have nothing. One of those days... 8-9 +315 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/M42yvBKTSf

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 1, 2018

EM18: W 447-430. My eighties. His inflate, oxo 53. I get waitered but only just ahead, change and his inverts to go 40 up 👀👀👀 i get rugby 55 to level. With 2 huge qua spots and 1 in bag, my azan, i pick out last A so no qua for him. 4 unseen As from his POV! 9-9 +332 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/4KRos0jlWq

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 2, 2018

EM19: W 490-330. My exciton, dentaria. She fishes a lot whilst over 100 down and finally gets troelies. My tentage to counter. 4 left! 10-9 +492 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/PypP4QdYHJ

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 2, 2018

EM20: W 505-500. His weeting, dauners, retrain in the first 5 moves. My leashes. I'm down and out, 151 behind and I get staider. After his foxed he is 128 up into the pre-endgame. My intimas 92, gelling 70 b2b! He misses ziram to win, super clutch play! Phew!! 11-9 +497 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/jNWO1J0VhK

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 2, 2018

EM21: W 519-309. Very lucky game, 3 b2b bingos early on: safaris, vanitas, natriums. I get digester later, then a host of high scoring moves whilst she couldn't bingo! 2 left after lunch! 12-9 +707 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/YZVP70B5n6

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 2, 2018

EM22: W 462-362. My advisee, simurgh b2b. His leaners. He gets garroted to level but i respond with snooding! A blocked board from there, and he has the last blank but clunky tiles for him means he can't threaten with a last ditch bingo! 1 crucial game to go! 13-9 +807 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/QoXm31cX5G

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 2, 2018

EM23: W 428-425. His ideating, antimere b2b. I get 3 b2b, loungier, crapiest, emigrate to take a 60 point lead. His halfa 53, kueh 42, quena 34, wise 45 put him level! I have clunky tiles, have to block, luckily could find an out in 2! Clutch 6-0 today! 14-9 +810, 3rd! #scrabble pic.twitter.com/0nbREKMCtu

— Austin Shin 🇬🇧 (@austinho9) April 2, 2018

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

ABSP National Scrabble Championship 2017

Austin Shin has won the ABSP National Scrabble Championship held over the weekend. Here are some game boards from the participants:

Excellent Analysis from the British Matchplay Scrabble Championships 2016

Some excellent analysis from the recently held British Matchplay Scrabble Championships 2016 from the Qwizical's Scrabble Channel on You Tube:

Phil Robertshaw Wins UK National Scrabble Championship 2016

The 2016 edition of the UK national scrabble championship has concluded. Phil Robertshaw ran out the winner ahead of an amazing field. Here are some game boards from Chris Hawkins and Phil Robertshaw via Scrabble Snippetz:

Here are the top 10 from the final standings after day 2 from Centrestar:

Rank	Won-Lost	Spread	Class	Player	Last Game
1	14–3	+1367	A	Phil Robertshaw(GM) (#10)	2W:536-468:#5
2	13–4	+938	A	Lewis Mackay(GM) (#5)	1L:468-536:#10
3	12–5	+686	A	Wayne Kelly(GM) (#13)	1W:446-395:#9
4	12–5	+437	A	Austin Shin(GM) (#9)	2L:395-446:#13
5	12–5	+365	A	David Eldar(GM) (#1)	2W:507-401:#11
6	11–6	+567	A	Piotr Andronowski(Exp) (#6)	1W:492-418:#8
7	11–6	+467	A	Allan Simmons(GM) (#2)	1W:447-389:#4
8	11–6	+155	B	Natalie Zolty (#25)	1W:456-453:#19
9	11–6	+135	A	Paul Allan(GM) (#11)	1L:401-507:#1
10	10–7	+649	A	David Webb(GM) (#8)	2L:418-492:#6

UK National Scrabble Championship - Day 1

The UK national scrabble championship has kicked off in Milton Keynes. A fantastic world class field has assembled. Here are some game boards from Chris Hawkins via Scrabble Snippetz:








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Here are the standings after day 1 from Centrestar:

Rank	Won-Lost	Spread	Class	Player	Last Game	Next Game
1	8–1	+621	A	Phil Robertshaw(GM) (#10)	1W:431-427:#5	replies vs. #28 @1
2	7–2	+722	A	David Webb(GM) (#8)	2L:393-417:#14	starts vs. #17 @2
3	7–2	+562	A	Austin Shin(GM) (#9)	2W:396-388:#17	replies vs. #37 @5
4	7–2	+523	A	Lewis Mackay(GM) (#5)	2L:427-431:#10	starts vs. #1 @3
5	7–2	+492	B	Penny Downer(Exp) (#17)	1L:388-396:#9	replies vs. #8 @2
6	7–2	+411	A	David Eldar(GM) (#1)	1W:436-381:#2	replies vs. #5 @3
7	7–2	+130	C	Stu Harkness (#37)	2W:496-297:#31	starts vs. #9 @5
8	6–3	+443	B	Vince Boyle (#28)	2W:438-360:#32	starts vs. #10 @1
9	6–3	+371	A	Jack Anscomb (#15)	2W:436-308:#6	starts vs. #3 @4
10	6–3	+368	A	Wayne Kelly(GM) (#13)	2W:364-353:#7	starts vs. #14 @6
11	6–3	+359	A	Paul Gallen(GM) (#3)	1W:511-307:#16	replies vs. #15 @4
12	6–3	+333	A	Rik Kennedy(Exp) (#14)	1W:417-393:#8	replies vs. #13 @6
13	6–3	+311	A	Piotr Andronowski(Exp) (#6)	1L:308-436:#15	replies vs. #20 @9
14	6–3	−28	A	Paul Allan(GM) (#11)	2W:508-369:#25	starts vs. #12 @7
15	5–4	+359	A	Ed Rossiter(Exp) (#12)	1W:543-325:#36	replies vs. #11 @7
16	5–4	+329	B	Elie Dangoor(Exp) (#20)	2W:502-377:#35	starts vs. #6 @9
17	5–4	+317	A	Mark Nyman(GM) (#7)	1L:353-364:#13	replies vs. #21 @20
18	5–4	+263	B	Quentin Baker (#31)	1L:297-496:#37	replies vs. #2 @8
19	5–4	+203	C	Ian Coventry (#40)	1L:345-392:#23	replies vs. #29 @15
20	5–4	+116	A	Craig Beevers(GM) (#4)	2W:473-419:#39	starts vs. #32 @12
21	5–4	+110	B	Natalie Zolty (#25)	1L:369-508:#11	replies vs. #23 @10
22	5–4	+71	B	Jackie McLeod(Exp) (#27)	2W:406-384:#21	starts vs. #30 @11
23	5–4	+15	B	Chris Cummins (#21)	1L:384-406:#27	starts vs. #7 @20
24	5–4	−20	A	Allan Simmons(GM) (#2)	2L:381-436:#1	starts vs. #31 @8
25	5–4	−45	B	Steve Perry (#29)	2W:393-364:#33	starts vs. #40 @15
26	5–4	−81	B	Sandie Simonis(Exp) (#32)	1L:360-438:#28	replies vs. #4 @12
27	5–4	−188	B	John Ashmore (#23)	2W:392-345:#40	starts vs. #25 @10
28	4–5	+179	B	Paul Coyle (#30)	2L:347-374:#41	replies vs. #27 @11
29	4–5	+164	B	Chris Hawkins(Exp) (#22)	2W:554-387:#26	starts vs. #38 @13
30	4–5	+148	C	Nigel Turner (#46)	2W:472-337:#50	starts vs. #39 @19
31	4–5	−55	C	Geoff Cooper (#52)	2W:360-334:#38	starts vs. #16 @26
32	4–5	−75	C	Chris Finlay (#41)	1W:374-347:#30	replies vs. #36 @16
33	4–5	−86	C	Andrew Eames (#39)	1L:419-473:#4	replies vs. #46 @19
34	4–5	−155	C	Kevin Synnott (#38)	1L:334-360:#52	replies vs. #22 @13
35	4–5	−285	B	Kwaku Sapong (#18)	1W:434-391:#19	starts vs. #35 @14
36	4–5	−306	C	Raymond Tate (#36)	2L:325-543:#12	starts vs. #41 @16
37	4–5	−331	A	Rafal Dominiczak (#16)	2L:307-511:#3	replies vs. #52 @26
38	4–5	−387	C	Elisabeth Jardine (#35)	1L:377-502:#20	replies vs. #18 @14
39	3–6	+185	B	Bob Violett(Exp) (#19)	2L:391-434:#18	starts vs. #33 @17
40	3–6	+78	C	Graham Harding (#34)	1W:400-300:#43	replies vs. #45 @22
41	3–6	+29	B	Fidelis Olotu (#33)	1L:364-393:#29	replies vs. #19 @17
42	3–6	−52	C	Wanda De_Poitiers (#42)	2W:443-342:#47	starts vs. #26 @21
43	3–6	−200	C	Kathy Richland (#45)	1W:418-313:#49	starts vs. #34 @22
44	3–6	−268	B	James Burley (#26)	1L:387-554:#22	replies vs. #42 @21
45	3–6	−416	B	Martin Thompson (#24)	1W:452-376:#44	replies vs. #43 @18
46	3–6	−592	C	Phil Kelly (#44)	2L:376-452:#24	starts vs. #49 @24
47	3–6	−752	C	Ann Golding (#49)	2L:313-418:#45	replies vs. #44 @24
48	2–7	−374	C	Elizabeth Hull (#43)	2L:300-400:#34	starts vs. #24 @18
49	2–7	−850	C	Carl Barnes (#50)	1L:337-472:#46	replies vs. #51 @23
50	1–8	−789	C	Nicky Huitson (#47)	1L:342-443:#42	replies vs. #48 @25
51	1–8	−911	C	Iain Harley (#48)	1W:423-366:#51	starts vs. #47 @25
52	0–9	−966	C	Rosemary Wood (#51)	2L:366-423:#48	starts vs. #50 @23