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:
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Monday, 7 January 2019
Monday, 8 January 2018
UK Open Scrabble Championship 2018 - day 3
Nigel has won the UK open yet again. Here are some game boards from day 3 of the UK open scrabble championships courtesy Austin Shin:
UK24: L 353-474. He has esses aplenty and can play sind to open triple, gusty 43, boshter b2b to take a 80 lead. He blocks, but my aeration, immediately met by his lagends to seal it 13-11 +1,592 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/cNpEFEiJOt— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
UK25: W 458-426. His decrier. I get mistrack. His elaterin, but my sondage straight back. I lead by about 60, 2 blanks and 2 esses unseen, i go hunting for them whilst blocking it up. Crucially i pick a blank, his enations, gives me zeroth 68 to win it! 14-11 +1,624 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/lfDT9O83Kp— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
UK26: W 581-335. Rocketed out of the blocks starting with forages 78, spidery 90, heh 38, girliest 80. His smatters. My unsex 60, outeaten 66 midgame. My viable also extended to inviable for a lucky win! 15-11 +1,870 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/qQoWU3OBLp— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
UK27: L 403-423. His citrine, my assuage. Suddenly struggle with vowels + all 3 esses and then struggle with too many consonants whilst he bingos with partier. I manage to break out with sarment, leave the E in bag which I needed to win. Can't catch a break 15-12 +1,850 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/6pmYeheKaI— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
UK28: L 455-528. His araneids, rearose. My viragoes, dihedron. We both had 3 40+ plays midgame, but I'm still a bingo ahead. He gets rosaceas to level, but proceeds to just pick out neckline and avoid all the junk in the bag to win it... unreal 💩 15-13 +1,777 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/R6ZMGFWZTH— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
UK29: W 586-243. My introit, bowwood (not a bingo). I put an S on and get +5. My unvirtue 65+5, karn 59+5, betoils, and out with bandager. Story of my tourney really, huge wins, but out of luck in many others. Still one more to go 👀 16-13 +2,120 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/j7IaqgoJ27— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
Here are the final standings from Centrestar:UK30: L 338-432. Pulled out a lead early on but around level after his restful 91. 2 moves later he gets silanes 70, taking all the blanks and esses and i didn't particularly have anything of note. Finished at 16-14 +2,026... and surely an epic rat8ng loss! #scrabble pic.twitter.com/yT8hXu9nFd— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
| Rank | Won-Lost | Spread | Class | Player | Last Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25–5 | +2865 | A | Nigel Richards(GM) (A1) | 2W:432-338:A3 |
| 2 | 22–8 | +779 | A | Vince Boyle (A9) | 1W:542-433:A5 |
| 3 | 19–11 | +1068 | A | Jeremy Khoo (A2) | 1L:386-510:A30 |
| 4 | 19–11 | +554 | A | Charles Tachie-Menson (A30) | 2W:510-386:A2 |
| 5 | 18–12 | +877 | A | Paul Allan(GM) (A4) | 2W:393-363:A8 |
| 6 | 18–12 | +587 | A | Wayne Kelly(GM) (A6) | 2W:413-381:A11 |
| 7 | 17–13 | +953 | A | Dipo Akanbi (A8) | 1L:363-393:A4 |
| 8 | 17–13 | −73 | B | Victoria Kingham (A21) | 1W:466-444:A7 |
| 9 | 17–13 | −133 | A | Bob Violett(Exp) (A11) | 1L:381-413:A6 |
| 10 | 16–14 | +2026 | A | Austin Shin(GM) (A3) | 1L:338-432:A1 |
| 11 | 16–14 | +505 | A | Theresa Brousson(GM) (A7) | 2L:444-466:A21 |
| 12 | 16–14 | +446 | A | Goutham Jayaraman (A5) | 2L:433-542:A9 |
| 13 | 16–14 | +275 | B | Ahmed Khan (A15) | 2W:494-302:A10 |
| 14 | 16–14 | −510 | A | Rafal Dominiczak (A10) | 1L:302-494:A15 |
| 15 | 15½–14½ | +247 | B | Cecil Muscat (A16) | 1W:419-371:A26 |
| 16 | 15–15 | +110 | A | Karen Richards (A12) | 2W:483-316:A23 |
| 17 | 15–15 | −926 | B | Stewart Brodie (A26) | 2L:371-419:A16 |
| 18 | 14–16 | +384 | A | Ying_Ming Poh (A13) | 1W:540-360:A14 |
| 19 | 14–16 | −141 | B | Chris Hall (A17) | 2W:443-395:A22 |
| 20 | 14–16 | −247 | B | Jason Tsang_Wai_Yin (A23) | 1L:316-483:A12 |
| 21 | 13½–16½ | −297 | A | Nuala O'Rourke (A14) | 2L:360-540:A13 |
| 22 | 13–17 | −5 | B | Phil Kelly (A20) | 1W:471-375:A28 |
| 23 | 13–17 | −761 | B | David Shenkin (A25) | 1W:487-344:A19 |
| 24 | 13–17 | −964 | B | Dave Hoskisson (A22) | 1L:395-443:A17 |
| 25 | 12–18 | −525 | B | Ruth MacInerney (A24) | 1W:372-315:A27 |
| 26 | 12–18 | −871 | B | Michael Holligan (A28) | 2L:375-471:A20 |
| 27 | 12–18 | −1323 | B | Mick Healy (A19) | 2L:344-487:A25 |
| 28 | 10–20 | −1137 | B | Andrew Eames (A18) | 1W:453-322:A29 |
| 29 | 9–21 | −969 | B | Tolani Ayo-Awojobi (A27) | 2L:315-372:A24 |
| 30 | 3–27 | −2794 | B | Esther Kasket (A29) | 2L:322-453:A18 |
Saturday, 6 January 2018
UK Open Scrabble Championship 2018 - day 2
Here are some game boards from day 2 of the UK open scrabble championships courtesy Austin Shin:
UK12: 389-442. I started with inedita. Her ostiate. My outsized 101. Low scores for me, high scores for her made it level. 1 tile away from bingoing 4-5 times, my inhalers to empty bag, she outs with ovarian! Her oidia before, very few bingos possible for her🙈 7-5 +961 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/eRc8GAhyho— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK13: L 383-454. His sueding blocked my reached. My salfern, his downrate. My cerusite to go slightly ahead. He gets tumours 75 and I have an unplayable pinball left on my rack. Gotta do better than this... 7-6 +890 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/2KDPLGXFkd— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK14: 532-271. I started with energid, dungaree. He struggled with consonants and clunky tiles throughout. I get on lots of 30-40 point moves and he gets noctuary late on. My entails outplay! Racking up the spread but need the wins now... 8-6 +1,151 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/HKEs6sWXuo— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK15: W 577-397. My overbulk, senting, tylotes, untidier. His dehisced. My chirr blocks his ritornel 9x, so settled for loriner. 2 in bag. Unseen foplings 9x for him would win so I dump Q. Have 3/8 hitting bingo, get it with paleate to go out, he had no bingo 9-6 +1,331 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/soAOVD8PS3— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK15: W 577-397. My overbulk, senting, tylotes, untidier. His dehisced. My chirr blocks his ritornel 9x, so settled for loriner. 2 in bag. Unseen foplings 9x for him would win so I dump Q. Have 3/8 hitting bingo, get it with paleate to go out, he had no bingo 9-6 +1,331 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/soAOVD8PS3— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK16: L 474-527. Missed cosmeas first go! Knew there was something!🙈 My pentised, his figures. Missed ox/oye/xed, played it underneath giving him howlers for 105. I get rarities. Leave both blanks in the bag, his b2b patinas, loiterer. My outplay of dialling 9-7 +1,278 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/1gFWOEf33E— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK17: L 464-508. He starts with gutlike. I don't pick S until 9th turn and by that point he had deterge and marched and goes 204 ahead. I manage to b2b bingo after forking the board with stanine and mantoes and make up some spread at the end 9-8 +1,234 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/JfxZ8fMrqq— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK18: L 382-521. Lucksacked again. Her ibogaine, my rootier. Her double blank b2b bingos unevaded, silence. My sangaree. Her hodja 75 killed it off. Jeez!!! 🙈🙈🙈 9-9 +1,095 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/UOrm4eeiEs— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK19: W 517-349. My elvanite. His drooper* (held didn't challenge), reclines. My aborigen, seating, cabezone for a big win. Gotta get on the comeback trail!! ⬆️ 10-9 +1,263 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/XI7Z4mX0RQ— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK20: W 537-281. One sided game, i start with notedly. He phonies early on and fishes. I get ivories, steding shortly after. Board gets very blocked, but i get retinol to add to the spread pile... live stream next! 11-9 +1,519 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/asRdGeheXy— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK21: W 499-405. My startled. I chickened out of weepies to bingo on move 2. I get myelins 95, unoften b2b! His zirconia 107 made a game of it with him being 50 behind with openings and a blank to come. I block the uric hook and see it out! Dinner now! 12-9 +1,613 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/upuTNGZ4Bq— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK22: W 495-316. His pierises. My solicits, rerailed, barneyed +5. He held the blank for a long time and couldn't bingo back as i weight shut the board down! One more tonight! 13-9 +1,792 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/HUx7wcwZBZ— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
Here is Craig's channel on Twitch where you can watch it all liveUK23: L 399-478. His reedier to start. Manage to clear clunky tiles and get jiviest 50, tramline 88 b2b to take a small lead. I pick blank but take some time to bingo and it's now level. He gets postern. My overren, but he bingos back with motiles 90! 👀🙈 13-10 +1,713 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/s6rZhTnxSw— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
Friday, 5 January 2018
UK Open 2018 - day 1
Here are some game boards from day 1 of the UK open scrabble championships courtesy Austin Shin:
UK1: L 357-471. Couldn't get going as he gets unprized, ibogaine, sanitate. Not much going on here as I couldn't bingo though could still win if his final bingo didn't land and I could get one myself 0-1 -114 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/uLV0HxNADH— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK2: L 428-559. He had 415 after first 6 moves, crucially failed to challenge precavas* 🙈 which may have stopped him in his tracks. Really bad error and now find myself at 0-2 -245. Still 28 to go at least! #scrabble pic.twitter.com/KHoak74WAE— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK3: W 525-305. His interne met by my waif 70. I get down the natural boothose (29k probability!) for 76+5! Block it up and then get billets for a big win! Finally off the mark! 1-2 -25 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/Yq53HEWg2t— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK4: W 581-276. Lucky game! My epitheca +5, tolanes, uprisen, plus kiter 62 and lots of 30-40 point plays gave me lots of spread. She doubted zoonite/za (thought only zoolite is good) for 123!! Phew!! 👀👀👀 even my out play of acedia 40 was lucky! 2-2 +285 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/loh9c14qMI— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK5: W 599-356. His ideation, I slot oreides totally parallel! His healing put him ahead midgame but I started hitting a rhythm. Extras 58, epilating 90, kufi 39+5, twa 30, spigots 95 for another big win! 3-2 +528 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/Rd6lFOYZ6L— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK6: W 537-376. My sticker, shariat, tailard, and then sweatily and geraniols b2b for a big win! On the live stream next against Ghana's Charles Tachie Menson! 4-2 +689 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/DCuAerkmkC— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK7: L 395-462. Live stream! He was 205 ahead after frescoed, sedatest and me struggling. I get palling 70, archfoe 111 b2b to get back in it! Close to bingo at the end but couldn't land onto my IO set up for the S in the bottom right even though isolead fit in 4-3 +612 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/WNU1uJBThP— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK8: W 494-329. Had lairise on move 2 but couldn't land. Held riders? and played desirably onto ably keeping r?. Her stunting. Even after my shariat, but she stops scoring and my next 6 turns were 4 40 pt moves, 33, zupa 75 for a big win! 5-3 +777 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/FgpbXxvsdu— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK9: W 379-314. He phonies with dracons*, gets anchored next turn. I catch up and then get isobare to go a bingo up! Set myself up for the st-y hook whilst blocking the bingo lane and managed to hold on! Dinner now, I'm on the live stream next at 9pm UK time! 6-3 +847 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/YBMwRcf8Vf— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK10: W 551-304. Live stream! My yearded, roister, nartjies. His direness. He phonies twice so i win big! 7-3 +1,094 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/r8SgLEDCRI— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
Here is the enhanced scoreboard from the coverage on centrestar.UK11: L 418-498. His azide 80, breathes 76, qi 45, polonise 92, jolted 50, 5 moves in a row put him 240 ahead! I needed to get creative quick: ironism* 83, and anergias 80 to get to within 100 but ran out of time 🙈 could've been much worse! End of day 1: 7-4 +1,014 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/CbN5UcJRKd— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
Thursday, 7 January 2016
Nigel Dominates UK Scrabble Open Yet Again
Nigel continued his winning streak at the UK Scrabble open winning by 5 clear games. Here are the final standings from the original coverage at CentreStar:
| Rank | Won-Lost | Spread | Class | Player | Last Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25–5 | +3224 | A | Nigel Richards (A1) | 1W:532-313:A11 |
| 2 | 20–10 | +875 | B | Kwaku Sapong (A11) | 2L:313-532:A1 |
| 3 | 18–12 | +1396 | A | Wayne Kelly (A2) | 1W:452-372:A10 |
| 4 | 18–12 | +771 | B | Colin Northmore (A10) | 2L:372-452:A2 |
| 5 | 18–12 | −81 | B | Ying_Ming Poh (A14) | 2W:347-343:A8 |
| 6 | 17–13 | +395 | A | James Squires (A8) | 1L:343-347:A14 |
| 7 | 16–14 | +874 | A | Elie Dangoor (A3) | 2W:467-359:A9 |
| 8 | 16–14 | +234 | A | Neil Rowley (A9) | 1L:359-467:A3 |
| 9 | 16–14 | +137 | A | Cecil Muscat (A5) | 1W:434-326:A12 |
| 10 | 15–15 | −415 | B | Rick Blakeway (A12) | 2L:326-434:A5 |
| 11 | 15–15 | −464 | B | Nuala O'Rourke (A13) | 2W:452-382:A4 |
| 12 | 14–16 | −148 | A | Paul Burton (A4) | 1L:382-452:A13 |
| 13 | 12–18 | −700 | A | Jack Durand (A7) | 1W:455-439:A6 |
| 14 | 12–18 | −1022 | B | Phil Kelly (A16) | 2W:418-398:A17 |
| 15 | 11–19 | −112 | A | Steve Perry (A6) | 2L:439-455:A7 |
| 16 | 10–20 | −1256 | B | Ruth MacInerney (A15) | 1W:372-355:A18 |
| 17 | 10–20 | −1572 | B | Kevin Synnott (A17) | 1L:398-418:A16 |
| 18 | 7–23 | −2136 | B | David Shenkin (A18) | 2L:355-372:A15 |
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