The Shantha Viswanathan Memorial Scrabble Tournament 2018

A fantastic one day tournament was organized by the family of the late Mrs Shantha Viswanathan, an avid scrabbler, with two divisions a rated and an unrated one, on Sunday May 6. Mrs Viswanathan's blessings were with us on this day and it transpired into an amazing tournament with Yash winning the rated tournament, Eeshan in second, yours truly in third, Nalini in fourth and Lennie in fifth. Here are some game boards from the day's action:

Bangalore Scrabble Club - Activities

Loads of stuff happening at the Bangalore Scrabble Club off late. Before I get into it the two major upcoming events:

1) The Shantha Vishwanathan memorial tournament - May 6
This has become an annual feature thanks to the family of the late Mrs Shantha Viswanathan who was an avid scrabbler and had a passion for the game. The tournament over the years has helped several aspiring players in Bangalore to take up the game.
2) A 3 day rated tournament from October 12-14 - This will be our first major national tournament and we hope to make this a regular feature going forward.

As far as the activities go, the league is in full swing and here are some game boards from regular league play:


We also completed a 2 day rated tournament that Eeshan won, followed by Leny and Yash. Here are some game boards from the fun filled tourney and Eeshan's 11 game streak:

We also had a 1 day tourney that Nalini won. With the tournament calendar heating up now lots of scrabble to look forward to in the upcoming months. Follow us by liking our Facebook page.

The Bangalore Scrabble Club has New Office Bearers

The Bangalore Scrabble club has constituted a 5 member working committee to oversee its affairs. The newly elected members who were elected unopposed are:

 Shankar Prasad - President 

Vidya Goggi - Secretary

Chris Immison - Treasurer

Sushanto Bhattachaya - Member Technical Support

Shubha S. - Member Operations

The agenda is as follows:

1. Conducting local league games, local one day tournaments and zonal/ national level          tournaments
2. Continuing to host the international tournament
3. Providing training and promoting scrabble across Bangalore
4. Developing the scrabble skills of its members
5. Developing a technical team to master TSH / rating software and other relevant technical skills required for hosting tournaments and promoting the game.
6. Increasing membership of the club with regular meetings covering all of the above

Bangalore Scrabble Club One Day Tournament

The Bangalore Scrabble club conducted a one day tournament last Sunday. There were 18 participants. Dipankar ran out the winner, Yash in second and Mohsin third. Here are some game boards:

Here are the top 5:

Rank	Player	Win-Loss	Spread
1	Dipankar	6-2	508
2	Yash	6-2	333
3	Mohsin	6-2	219
4	Rajveer	5-3	849
5	Nalini	5-3	152

Bangalore Scrabble Club League Tournament 2017

The 2017 edition of the Bangalore Scrabble Club League Tournament 2017 has concluded. Yash has won it. Here are some game boards:

The top 5 are as follows :

1) Yash - 13-5, 808
2) Saraswathi - 13-5, 512
3) Hemanth - 12-6, 725
4) Mohsin - 12-6, 596
5) Sanjoy - 11-7, 547