Second Edition of the Wordaholix Scrabble League this November

The organizers of the Wordaholix league have announced that the second edition of the Wordaholix scrabble league will take place this November. Here are the details:

Dates: Nov 20,21 & 22, 2015.

Venue:  
HOTEL TUNGA INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD,
B-11, MIDC , CENTRAL ROAD,
ANDHERI EAST, MUMBAI - 400 093.

Timings:
Day 1- 9a.m- 6p.m
Day 2- 8a.m- 6p.m
Day 3- 8a.m- 6p.m

Fees:

Cheques for ₹5000/- to be made out to Wordaholix Mindfield LLP.
Alternately direct transfers can be made to Wordaholix Mindfield LLP,
ICICI Bank,
Account no: 036605001359
IFSC code is ICIC0000366
Last date for payment is September 30th,2015.

Tournament Details:
Dictionary-CSW 15
Number of games and teams will be announced once all  entries are confirmed.

Players registered so far:
1) Ritu Chadha
2) Carol Pais
3) Sylvia Coelho
4) Kala Ganesh
5) Parvathy Raghunathan
6) Rekha Sanzgiri 
7) Caryl Gonsalvez
8) Nikheel Ruparel
9) Radhika Mahalingaiah
10) R. Nalini
11) Sherwin Rodrigues 
12) Varisht Hingorani 
13) Rehet Singh Bhatia 
14) Vedika Hingorani 
15) Vraj Jain
16) Sudhir Kamath
17) Rajeev Menon
18) Nakul Prabhu
19) Manju Pai
20) Romilla Thakur
21) Saraswati Ramanohar
22)Mangala Bhandarkar 
23) Sridhar Paidikondala 
24)Dhyan Gandhi 
25) Prateek Wadhavkar 
26)Meena Kalyan
27) Sunny Bhatia
28) Bhushan Pradhan 
29) Abhijit Pradhan 
30) P.C. Jose
31) Ramchandran 
32) Viji Ramchandran 
33) Priya Karkhanis 
34) Lennie D'Souza
35) Rex D'Souza
36) Shaikh Ahmed
37) M.H. Quraishi 
38) Neena Shahani
39) Zeba Sultan
40) Meena Bakhru 
41) Krtin Juneja
42) Sanjay Bijlani 
43) Ramchandran Chidambaram
44) Udayan Grover
45) Aruna Grover

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Bayer National Scrabble Championships Standings after Round 10

The Nationals have kicked off. Here is an update of the standing after round 10 from the Scrabble Association of India:

Premier Division:

1        Mohan Chunkath    8    +366
2        Varisht Hingorani    8    +331
3        Sherwin Rodrigues    7    +721
4        Sanjoy Gupta    7    +652
5        Ranganathan Chakrav    7    +408
6        Kurian Tp    7    +280
7        Nakul Prabhu    6    +1051
8        Sunny Bhatia    6    +68
9        Udayan Grover    6    +67
10        Mangala Bhandarkar    6    -10
11        Shaikh Ahmed    6    -139
12        Carolann Pais    5    +216
13        Irineu Gonsalves    5    +192
14        Manju Pai    5    +47
15        V Ramachandran    5    -36
16        Douglas Lobo    5    -58
17        Priya Karkhanis    5    -167
18        A Krishnan    5    -323
19        Ramchandran Chidamba    4    +206
20        Aditya Iyengar    4    +91
21        Manju Sood    4    -126
22        Bhushan Pradhan    4    -153
23        Anthony Gomes    4    -288
24        Nidhi Singhvi    3    -350
25        Samrath Singh Bhatia    3    -376
26        Romilla Thakur    3    -497
27        Sudhir Kamath    3    -523
28        Pc Jose    3    -528
29        Neena Shahani    3    -554
30        Joe Rodrigues    3    -568

High game:    Nakul Prabhu    627

Open Division:

1        Brian D'Souza    8    +733
2        Sridhar Paidikondala    8    +548
3        Nupur Sood    8    +409
4        Subodh Tripathi    7    +663
5        Zeba Sultan    7    +622
6        Vraj Jain    7    +340
7        Meena Kalyan    7    +287
8        Phil Paes    6.5    +409
9        Hyder Quraishi    6    +342
10        Kala Ganesh    6    +321
11        Satish Srinivasan    6    +320
12        Meena Bakhru    6    +266
13        Viji Ramachandran    6    +145
14        Yash Potnis    6    +103
15        Virendra Braganza    6    +31
16        Prashant Venkatraman    6    +16
17        Rehet Singh Bhatia    6    -22
18        Sylvia Coelho    5.5    +257
19        Ritu Chadha    5    +247
20        Rekha Sanzgiri    5    +168
21        Purshottam Keswani    5    +131
22        Gaurav Bhargava    5    +51
23        Nikheel Ruparel    5    +46
24        Vedika Hingorani    5    +2
25        Gover Mubarakai    5    -7
26        Meena Thakker    5    -24
27        Vaibava Kamalasanan    5    -101
28        Solai Adithya    5    -321
29        Mehul Arora    5    -497
30        Vidya Goggi    4    +385
31        Aruna Grover    4    +87
32        Rajeev Menon    4    +70
33        Kreishna Parmar    4    +29
34        Mehjabeen Peeradina    4    -74
35        Prateek Wadhavkar    4    -85
36        Sai Shiv    4    -139
37        Laura Braganza    4    -140
38        Creswell D'Souza    4    -188
39        Shaurya Puri    4    -413
40        Sai Vignesh    4    -665
41        Aravind    4    -958
42        Asha Namdev Kamath    3    +374
43        Ganesh    3    -47
44        Bharath    2    -1012
45        Krishna Vora    1    -1959
46        Dummy    0    -750

High game:    Sai Vignesh    629

Altezas Win Inaugural Edition of the Wordaholix Scrabble League

The Altezas led right from the start to capture the title at the inaugural edition of the Wordaholix scrabble league. They did this winning 94 out of the 168 games played registering an impressive spread of 2094. Team Diadochi came in a close second with 90.5 wins. The final standings after 3 days of exhilarating competition are as follows:

Team	Standings	Win-Loss	Spread
Altezas	1	94-74	+2094
Diadochi	2	90.5-77.5	+920
Caziques	3	82.5-85.5	-457
Bashaws	4	69-99	-2557

Wordaholix Scrabble League - Altezas still on Top after Day 2

After the second day of proceedings at the Wordaholix Scrabble League the Altezas are still on top. However team Diadochi has made a nice run and is only 4 games away from the leaders. Some terrific individual performances from Udayan, Sherwin, Carol, Jose and Shaikh. Hear are the updated standings after day 2:

Team	Standings	Win-Loss	Spread
Altezas	1	65-54	+1886
Diadochi	2	61-58	+298
Caziques	3	58-61	-1233
Bashaws	4	54-65	-951

Wordaholix Scrabble League - Altezas on Top after Day 1

The Wordaholix Scrabble League kicked off yesterday. The Altezas are off to a quick start with 32 wins out of the 56 games played. Here are the complete standings:

The National Scrabble Championship is here

Finally the much awaited Nationals is here. The event taking place over 3 days in Mumbai over the next week from May 29-may 31 holds particular significance as Scrabble Champions Tourney places are up for grabs. Here are the details: