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

Word of the Day - Cardinal

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Cardinal

Meaning - of the greatest importance; fundamental. Also a red bird.

Usage - As a salesman, the cardinal rule is to do everything you can to satisfy the customer.

Synonyms: chief, paramount, foremost.

Antonyms: lowest, least important,not required.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - S

Ranganathan Wins Goa Scrabble Championship 2016

Ranganathan Chakravathy has won the 2016 Goa Scrabble Championship. He totaled 11 wins and won on spread from Mohan Chunkanth who also won 11 games. There were 43 participants in all. Here are the top 10 from the final standings published by the Scrabble Association of India:

Player	Rank	Win	Loss	Spread
Ranganathan Chakravathy	1	11	4	1288
Mohan Chunkath	2	11	4	533
Varisht Hingorani	3	10	5	1028
Nakul Prabhu	4	10	5	728
Udayan Grover	5	10	5	682
Shaikh Ahmed	6	10	5	290
Charles Carneiro	7	9	6	831
Pramit Kamath	8	9	6	658
Carolann Pais	9	9	6	551
Sudhir Kamath	10	9	6	392

High Scoring Plays in Scrabble

Have a look at these high scoring plays in scrabble courtesy Nick Keller via Scrabulizer. They are possible but not probable. If you manage to get Oxyphenbutazone across the entire length of the board you net a whopping 1778 points.

Bangalore Scrabble League Tournament 2016 - Standings as on April 17

The Bangalore Scrabble League Tournament 2016 is well underway. Here are the updated standings. Manju is still on top, still a long way to go:

Standings	Player	Handicap	Win	Loss	Spread	Average Game Score
1	MANJU	-45	30	8.0	2203	410
2	SANJOY	-65	24	9.0	2019	402
3	NUPUR	-20	23	9.0	1134	396
4	MOHSIN	-60	19	8.0	1898	429
5	SHANKAR	25	18	14.0	353	397
6	CHRIS	10	16.5	23.5	-696	376
7	SARAS	0	15	15.0	-16	397
8	RADHIKA	-35	13.5	9.5	-32	398
9	HARSH	45	13	17.0	-692	394
10	YASH	0	11	11.0	75	390
11	DIPANKAR	-35	11	13.0	-248	378
12	LENNIE	-35	10	11.0	-239	371
13	RAJVEER	-55	9	4.0	675	412
14	ARVIND	10	8	15.0	-1140	376
15	SHAILAJA	15	8	18.0	-1276	374
16	NALINI	-20	6	12.0	-398	375
17	REX	-10	6	12.0	-581	370
18	VIDYA	15	5	11.0	-35	375
19	HEMANTH	0	4	5.0	-103	377
20	NEELAM	10	4	4.0	-131	366
21	DEEPA	40	3	19.0	-1307	369
22	VASAVA	45	1	5.0	-550	343
23	GIRISH	40	0	4.0	-617	309
24	SHILPA	45	0	1.0	-296	284