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

Ninth Edition of the Malta Scrabble Open This Summer

The ninth edition of the Malta Scrabble Open has been scheduled for this summer, The details are as follows:

Events:

9 th MISO Early Bird 9 games - 2 Divisions - €500 minimum prize-fund
9 th MISO Main 25 games - 2 Divisions - €1800 minimum prize-fund
9 th MISO Supplement 16 games - 2 Divisions - €900 minimum prize-fund

When:

29th April - 5th May, 2016

Details:

Venue: Qawra Palace Hotel, Qawra, Malta
Technical & Tournament Director: John Chew
CSW15 - WESPA v3 rules (5-point penalty)
All tourneys WESPA, ABSP & MSC rated
Players split into divsions as per mean WESPA rating before Early Bird
Players with rating below mean rating can play up to upper division (subject to TD’s approval)

Contacts for further details:

Phone: +356 79965207
Email: operations@scrabblemalta.com
Tournament Page