Kings Cup 2016 - Day 2

We have reached the end of the second days proceedings at the Kings Cup, Pichai is in front. Here is the round wise top 10 from the original coverage on Poslfit.com:

Rd 1	1. Michael Tang (1-0, +416)	2. Cedric Lewis (1-0, +341)	3. Pichai Limprasert (1-0, +282)	4. Sinatarn Pattanasuwanna (THA) (1-0, +257) 5. Jakkrit Klaphajone (THA) (1-0, +234) 6. Rocky Sharma (AUS) (1-0, +232) 7. Akkarapol Khwansak (THA) (1-0, +226) 8. Sanjoy Gupta (IND) (1-0, +200) 9. Jesse Day (USA) (1-0, +184) 10. Gerald Carter (Eng) (1-0, +182)
Rd 2	1. Pichai Limprasert (2-0, +447)	2. Michael Tang (2-0, +418)	3. Sinatarn Pattanasuwanna (2-0, +364)	4. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (SGP) (2-0, +354) 5. Sanjoy Gupta (IND) (2-0, +348) 6. Thacha Koowirat (THA) (2-0, +271) 7. Rocky Sharma (AUS) (2-0, +260) 8. Waseem Khatri (PAK) (2-0, +199) 9. Jesse Day (USA) (2-0, +193) 10. Gerald Carter (Eng) (2-0, +188)
Rd 3	1. Pichai Limprasert (3-0, +617)	2. Michael Tang (3-0, +486)	3. Sinatarn Pattanasuwanna (3-0, +399)	4. Thacha Koowirat (THA) (3-0, +374) 5. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (SGP) (3-0, +362) 6. Waseem Khatri (PAK) (3-0, +245) 7. Jesse Day (USA) (3-0, +197) 8. Nigel Richards (NZL) (3-0, +161) 9. Russell Honeybun (AUS) (3-0, +146) 10. Peter Arreola (PHL) (3-0, +74)
Rd 4	1. Pichai Limprasert (4-0, +629)	2. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (4-0, +458)	3. Thacha Koowirat (4-0, +381)	4. Nigel Richards (NZL) (4-0, +342) 5. Jesse Day (USA) (4-0, +235) 6. Russell Honeybun (AUS) (4-0, +205) 7. Tony Sim (SGP) (3.5-0.5, +244) 8. Marlon Prudencio (SGP) (3-1, +478) 9. Sanjoy Gupta (IND) (3-1, +456) 10. Absar Mustajab (PAK) (3-1, +422)
Rd 5	1. Pichai Limprasert (5-0, +730)	2. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (5-0, +500)	3. Thacha Koowirat (5-0, +384)	4. Tony Sim (SGP) (4.5-0.5, +265) 5. Michael Tang (SGP) (4-1, +446) 6. Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA) (4-1, +349) 7. Nigel Richards (NZL) (4-1, +337) 8. Weibin Toh (SGP) (4-1, +312) 9. Sinatarn Pattanasuwanna (THA) (4-1, +297) 10. Rocky Sharma (AUS) (4-1, +285)
Rd 6	1. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (6-0, +639)	2. Pichai Limprasert (5-1, +629)	3. Nigel Richards (5-1, +438)	4. Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA) (5-1, +398) 5. Weibin Toh (SGP) (5-1, +355) 6. Sinatarn Pattanasuwanna (THA) (5-1, +316) 7. Jayaska Baranage (LKA) (5-1, +287) 8. Thacha Koowirat (THA) (5-1, +245) 9. Jesse Day (USA) (5-1, +125) 10. Tony Sim (SGP) (4.5-1.5, +207)
Rd 7	1. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (7-0, +770)	2. Pichai Limprasert (6-1, +710)	3. Panupol Sujjayakorn (6-1, +557)	4. Weibin Toh (SGP) (6-1, +446) 5. Jesse Day (USA) (6-1, +234) 6. Marlon Prudencio (SGP) (5-2, +619) 7. Komol Panyasophonlert (THA) (5-2, +562) 8. Nigel Richards (NZL) (5-2, +433) 9. Waseem Khatri (PAK) (5-2, +408) 10. Weera Saengsit (THA) (5-2, +296)
Rd 8	1. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (8-0, +782)	2. Komol Panyasophonlert (6-2, +698)	3. Pichai Limprasert (6-2, +698)	4. Marlon Prudencio (SGP) (6-2, +682) 5. Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA) (6-2, +529) 6. Nigel Richards (NZL) (6-2, +464) 7. Rocky Sharma (AUS) (6-2, +345) 8. Weibin Toh (SGP) (6-2, +335) 9. Weera Saengsit (THA) (6-2, +320) 10. Jayaska Baranage (LKA) (6-2, +280)
Rd 9	1. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (9-0, +785)	2. Pichai Limprasert (7-2, +904)	3. Weibin Toh (7-2, +473)	4. Weera Saengsit (THA) (7-2, +360) 5. Jesse Day (USA) (7-2, +354) 6. Jayaska Baranage (LKA) (7-2, +333) 7. Tony Sim (SGP) (6.5-2.5, +338) 8. Ricky Purnomo (SGP) (6-3, +764) 9. Komol Panyasophonlert (THA) (6-3, +695) 10. Akshay Bhandarkar (IND) (6-3, +627)
Rd 10	1. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (9-1, +751)	2. Pichai Limprasert (8-2, +1032)	3. Weera Saengsit (8-2, +410)	4. Jayaska Baranage (LKA) (8-2, +360) 5. Marlon Prudencio (SGP) (7-3, +583) 6. Weibin Toh (SGP) (7-3, +446) 7. Nigel Richards (NZL) (7-3, +396) 8. Thacha Koowirat (THA) (7-3, +286) 9. Jesse Day (USA) (7-3, +271) 10. Ching Wei Chang (MYS) (7-3, +266)
Rd 11	1. Pichai Limprasert (9-2, +1168)	2. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (9-2, +620)	3. Weibin Toh (8-3, +577)	4. Nigel Richards (NZL) (8-3, +552) 5. Jesse Day (USA) (8-3, +547) 6. Ching Wei Chang (MYS) (8-3, +357) 7. Jayaska Baranage (LKA) (8-3, +310) 8. Weera Saengsit (THA) (8-3, +274) 9. Ricky Purnomo (SGP) (7-4, +787) 10. Jakkrit Klaphajone (THA) (7-4, +620)
Rd 12	1. Pichai Limprasert (10-2, +1258)	2. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (10-2, +640)	3. Jesse Day (9-3, +564)	4. Weera Saengsit (THA) (9-3, +307) 5. Marlon Prudencio (SGP) (8-4, +802) 6. Akshay Bhandarkar (IND) (8-4, +740) 7. Komol Panyasophonlert (THA) (8-4, +711) 8. Jakkrit Klaphajone (THA) (8-4, +654) 9. Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA) (8-4, +600) 10. Nigel Richards (NZL) (8-4, +532)
Rd 13	1. Pichai Limprasert (11-2, +1370)	2. Jesse Day (10-3, +654)	3. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (10-3, +550)	4. Marlon Prudencio (SGP) (9-4, +958) 5. Komol Panyasophonlert (THA) (9-4, +801) 6. Jakkrit Klaphajone (THA) (9-4, +795) 7. Akshay Bhandarkar (IND) (9-4, +754) 8. Nigel Richards (NZL) (9-4, +617) 9. Chollapat Itthi-aree (THA) (9-4, +522) 10. Thacha Koowirat (THA) (9-4, +506)
Rd 14	1. Pichai Limprasert (12-2, +1513)	2. Jakkrit Klaphajone (10-4, +818)	3. Akshay Bhandarkar (10-4, +776)	4. Nigel Richards (NZL) (10-4, +643) 5. Chollapat Itthi-aree (THA) (10-4, +552) 6. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (SGP) (10-4, +546) 7. Thacha Koowirat (THA) (10-4, +514) 8. Jesse Day (USA) (10-4, +511) 9. Weera Saengsit (THA) (10-4, +212) 10. Marlon Prudencio (SGP) (9-5, +932)
Rd 15	1. Pichai Limprasert (13-2, +1597)	2. Jakkrit Klaphajone (11-4, +862)	3. Nigel Richards (11-4, +646)	4. Chollapat Itthi-aree (THA) (11-4, +603) 5. Komol Panyasophonlert (THA) (10-5, +939) 6. Akshay Bhandarkar (IND) (10-5, +775) 7. Akkarapol Khwansak (THA) (10-5, +705) 8. Ricky Purnomo (SGP) (10-5, +704) 9. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (SGP) (10-5, +502) 10. Thacha Koowirat (THA) (10-5, +463)
Rd 16	1. Pichai Limprasert (13-3, +1581)	2. Jakkrit Klaphajone (12-4, +878)	3. Nigel Richards (12-4, +650)	4. Akkarapol Khwansak (THA) (11-5, +859) 5. Akshay Bhandarkar (IND) (11-5, +783) 6. Chollapat Itthi-aree (THA) (11-5, +599) 7. Thacha Koowirat (THA) (11-5, +585) 8. Weera Saengsit (THA) (11-5, +322) 9. Ricky Purnomo (SGP) (10-6, +704) 10. Odette Carmina Rio (PHL) (10-6, +1097)

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Tracking Akshay and Sanjoy at the Kings Cup

Here are the links to track Akshay and Sanjoy's progress at the Kings Cup from the original coverage on poslfit.com: Background Information Given name(s): Akshay Surname(s): Bhandarkar Home: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Awards: 1996 1999 2007 Gulf; 2002 2003 2004 2005 Indian NSC; 1993 1997 Bahrain NSC Hobbies: Music, reading, squash 2016 BRAND'S International Crossword Game King's Cup Team: India Round by Round High score: 622 Average for: 443 Average against: 387 Round 1 Thailand Bhandarkar played #45 Thavatchai Thivavarnvongs (THA) and won 387 to 359 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-0, +28. Round 2 Australia Bhandarkar played #32 Rocky Sharma (AUS) and lost 404 to 432 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 1-1, +0. Round 3 England Bhandarkar played #16 Gerald Carter (Eng) and won 591 to 340 (a spread of 251). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 2-1, +251. Round 4 Australia Bhandarkar played #34 Rodney Talbot (AUS) and won 527 to 365 (a spread of 162). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 3-1, +413. Round 5 Thailand Bhandarkar played #58 Thanapong Kukiettikulchai (THA) and lost 360 to 430 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 3-2, +343. Round 6 Philippines Bhandarkar played #50 Peter Arreola (PHL) and won 375 to 358 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-2, +360. Bhandarkar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Round 7 Malaysia Bhandarkar played #31 Ching Wei Chang (MYS) and lost 360 to 460 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-3, +260. Round 8 Pakistan Bhandarkar played #63 Absar Mustajab (PAK) and won 622 to 284 (a spread of 338). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 5-3, +598. Bhandarkar is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Round 9 Australia Bhandarkar played #43 Karen Richards (AUS) and won 382 to 353 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-3, +627. Round 10 Pakistan Bhandarkar played #9 Waseem Khatri (PAK) and lost 424 to 486 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-4, +565. Round 11 Thailand Bhandarkar played #15 Thacha Koowirat (THA) but no score is available yet. Current ranking: this round’s game not yet complete. Current record: not yet available. Background Information Given name(s): Sanjoy Surname(s): Gupta Home: India 2016 BRAND'S International Crossword Game King's Cup Team: India Round by Round High score: 532 Average for: 423 Average against: 391 Round 1 Australia Gupta played #66 Rhys McGuckin (AUS) and won 474 to 274 (a spread of 200). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 1-0, +200. Gupta is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). Round 2 Thailand Gupta played #65 Tanaphon Kamenkij (THA) and won 485 to 337 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 2-0, +348. Gupta is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). Round 3 Singapore Gupta played #28 Tony Sim (SGP) and lost 428 to 455 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 2-1, +321. Gupta is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Round 4 Malaysia Gupta played #30 Chock Heng Kong (MYS) and won 495 to 360 (a spread of 135). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 3-1, +456. Gupta is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). Round 5 Australia Gupta played #44 Paul Richards (AUS) and lost 338 to 418 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-2, +376. Round 6 Singapore Gupta played #4 Weibin Toh (SGP) and lost 380 to 423 (a spread of -43). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 3-3, +333. Round 7 Pakistan Gupta played #59 Arham Abidi (PAK) and won 532 to 379 (a spread of 153). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 4-3, +486. Round 8 Thailand Gupta played #47 Suthiraphan Assarat (THA) and lost 370 to 379 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 4-4, +477. Round 9 Thailand Gupta played #35 Apirat Choomai (THA) and lost 306 to 490 (a spread of -184). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 4-5, +293. Round 10 Malaysia Gupta played #38 Cedric Lewis (MYS) but no score is available yet. Current ranking: #45. Current record: 4-5, +293. Round 11 Australia Gupta played #54 Dianne Ward (AUS) but no score is available yet. Current ranking: this round’s game not yet complete. Current record: not yet available.

Kings Cup 2016 - Day 1

The kings Cup 2016 is underway. Hubert Wee is undefeated so far and on top. Here are the top 10 after day 1 from the original coverage on Poslfit.com:

Rank	Player	Win	Loss	Spread
1	Hubert Wee	8	0	782
2	Komol	6	2	698
3	Pichai	6	2	698
4	Marlon Prudencio	6	2	682
5	Panupol	6	2	529
6	Nigel Richards	6	2	464
7	Rocky Sharma	6	2	345
8	Weibin Toh	6	2	335
9	Weera	6	2	320
10	Jayaska Baranage	6	2	280

Kings Cup Scrabble Coming up this Month

The 31st edition of the Kings Cup Scrabble tournament is all set to take place at a brand new venue Central Plaza WestGate, Bangkok, Thailand between June 30th and July 3rd, 2016. It is expected to draw a very strong field as usual.

Here are the details from WESPA:

Format:

29 games in total.
Game 1–25 will be based on the Swiss pairing system.
Games 26–29 will be based on the King of the Hill pairing system.
After game 29, the top two players play the final.
The two finalists will play the final with special rules:
They have to play at least two games.
If one of them wins both games, then that player is the winner.
In the event they tie with a win and a loss each, regardless of spread, a third game will be played.
The winner, in this case, is the one who scores the most points when the scores from all three games
are combined.

Words Source Lexicon: CSW 2015. 

A list of all 2 and 3 letter words are provided for each player to look at during the game.

Division:

International Open Division, open to all.

Prizes:

Champion: HM King’s Cup + USD 10,000 + Gift Set
2nd place: 110,000 Baht + Gift set
3rd place: 50,000 Baht + Gift set
4th place: 25,000 Baht + Gift set
5th place: 10,000 Baht + Gift set
6th place: 7,000 Baht + Gift set
7th place: 5,000 Baht + Gift set
8th place: 4,000 Baht + Gift set
9th place: 3,000 Baht + Gift set
10th place: 2,000 Baht + Gift set

Causeway Scrabble Challenge 2016 Update

Here is an update from Scrabble Visionary and Causeway Scrabble Challenge Founder Michael Tang:

Causeway 2016 is making a comeback after 5 years.  With 5.5 months to go, 251 players from 23 countries have already signed up across 4 Divisions.  Causeway 2016 will be the biggest International Scrabble event where players can be expected to pit their skills against players from all over the World. A total of 45 games will be played over 5 days from 30th Nov till 4th December 2016.

Players who are interested and have not signed up can contact Michael Tang directly at alchemist9189@gmail.com or visit the website at www.causewaychallenge.com 

Word of the Day - Sporadic

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

Sporadic

Meaning - Occurring at irregular intervals or in isolated or scattered places

Usage - His attendance was sporadic at best.

Synonyms: occasional, infrequent, irregular.

Antonyms: regular, consistent, steady.

Anagrams - Picadors
Front hook - none
Back hook - none