UK Open Scrabble Championship 2018 - day 3

Nigel has won the UK open yet again. Here are some game boards from day 3 of the UK open scrabble championships courtesy Austin Shin:

UK24: L 353-474. He has esses aplenty and can play sind to open triple, gusty 43, boshter b2b to take a 80 lead. He blocks, but my aeration, immediately met by his lagends to seal it 13-11 +1,592 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/cNpEFEiJOt

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018

UK25: W 458-426. His decrier. I get mistrack. His elaterin, but my sondage straight back. I lead by about 60, 2 blanks and 2 esses unseen, i go hunting for them whilst blocking it up. Crucially i pick a blank, his enations, gives me zeroth 68 to win it! 14-11 +1,624 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/lfDT9O83Kp

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018

UK26: W 581-335. Rocketed out of the blocks starting with forages 78, spidery 90, heh 38, girliest 80. His smatters. My unsex 60, outeaten 66 midgame. My viable also extended to inviable for a lucky win! 15-11 +1,870 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/qQoWU3OBLp

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018

UK27: L 403-423. His citrine, my assuage. Suddenly struggle with vowels + all 3 esses and then struggle with too many consonants whilst he bingos with partier. I manage to break out with sarment, leave the E in bag which I needed to win. Can't catch a break 15-12 +1,850 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/6pmYeheKaI

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018

UK28: L 455-528. His araneids, rearose. My viragoes, dihedron. We both had 3 40+ plays midgame, but I'm still a bingo ahead. He gets rosaceas to level, but proceeds to just pick out neckline and avoid all the junk in the bag to win it... unreal 💩 15-13 +1,777 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/R6ZMGFWZTH

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018

UK29: W 586-243. My introit, bowwood (not a bingo). I put an S on and get +5. My unvirtue 65+5, karn 59+5, betoils, and out with bandager. Story of my tourney really, huge wins, but out of luck in many others. Still one more to go 👀 16-13 +2,120 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/j7IaqgoJ27

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018

UK30: L 338-432. Pulled out a lead early on but around level after his restful 91. 2 moves later he gets silanes 70, taking all the blanks and esses and i didn't particularly have anything of note. Finished at 16-14 +2,026... and surely an epic rat8ng loss! #scrabble pic.twitter.com/yT8hXu9nFd

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018

Here are the final standings from Centrestar:

Rank	Won-Lost	Spread	Class	Player	Last Game
1	25–5	+2865	A	Nigel Richards(GM) (A1)	2W:432-338:A3
2	22–8	+779	A	Vince Boyle (A9)	1W:542-433:A5
3	19–11	+1068	A	Jeremy Khoo (A2)	1L:386-510:A30
4	19–11	+554	A	Charles Tachie-Menson (A30)	2W:510-386:A2
5	18–12	+877	A	Paul Allan(GM) (A4)	2W:393-363:A8
6	18–12	+587	A	Wayne Kelly(GM) (A6)	2W:413-381:A11
7	17–13	+953	A	Dipo Akanbi (A8)	1L:363-393:A4
8	17–13	−73	B	Victoria Kingham (A21)	1W:466-444:A7
9	17–13	−133	A	Bob Violett(Exp) (A11)	1L:381-413:A6
10	16–14	+2026	A	Austin Shin(GM) (A3)	1L:338-432:A1
11	16–14	+505	A	Theresa Brousson(GM) (A7)	2L:444-466:A21
12	16–14	+446	A	Goutham Jayaraman (A5)	2L:433-542:A9
13	16–14	+275	B	Ahmed Khan (A15)	2W:494-302:A10
14	16–14	−510	A	Rafal Dominiczak (A10)	1L:302-494:A15
15	15½–14½	+247	B	Cecil Muscat (A16)	1W:419-371:A26
16	15–15	+110	A	Karen Richards (A12)	2W:483-316:A23
17	15–15	−926	B	Stewart Brodie (A26)	2L:371-419:A16
18	14–16	+384	A	Ying_Ming Poh (A13)	1W:540-360:A14
19	14–16	−141	B	Chris Hall (A17)	2W:443-395:A22
20	14–16	−247	B	Jason Tsang_Wai_Yin (A23)	1L:316-483:A12
21	13½–16½	−297	A	Nuala O'Rourke (A14)	2L:360-540:A13
22	13–17	−5	B	Phil Kelly (A20)	1W:471-375:A28
23	13–17	−761	B	David Shenkin (A25)	1W:487-344:A19
24	13–17	−964	B	Dave Hoskisson (A22)	1L:395-443:A17
25	12–18	−525	B	Ruth MacInerney (A24)	1W:372-315:A27
26	12–18	−871	B	Michael Holligan (A28)	2L:375-471:A20
27	12–18	−1323	B	Mick Healy (A19)	2L:344-487:A25
28	10–20	−1137	B	Andrew Eames (A18)	1W:453-322:A29
29	9–21	−969	B	Tolani Ayo-Awojobi (A27)	2L:315-372:A24
30	3–27	−2794	B	Esther Kasket (A29)	2L:322-453:A18

UK Open Scrabble Championship 2018 - day 2

Here are some game boards from day 2 of the UK open scrabble championships courtesy Austin Shin:

UK12: 389-442. I started with inedita. Her ostiate. My outsized 101. Low scores for me, high scores for her made it level. 1 tile away from bingoing 4-5 times, my inhalers to empty bag, she outs with ovarian! Her oidia before, very few bingos possible for her🙈 7-5 +961 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/eRc8GAhyho

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK13: L 383-454. His sueding blocked my reached. My salfern, his downrate. My cerusite to go slightly ahead. He gets tumours 75 and I have an unplayable pinball left on my rack. Gotta do better than this... 7-6 +890 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/2KDPLGXFkd

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK14: 532-271. I started with energid, dungaree. He struggled with consonants and clunky tiles throughout. I get on lots of 30-40 point moves and he gets noctuary late on. My entails outplay! Racking up the spread but need the wins now... 8-6 +1,151 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/HKEs6sWXuo

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK15: W 577-397. My overbulk, senting, tylotes, untidier. His dehisced. My chirr blocks his ritornel 9x, so settled for loriner. 2 in bag. Unseen foplings 9x for him would win so I dump Q. Have 3/8 hitting bingo, get it with paleate to go out, he had no bingo 9-6 +1,331 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/soAOVD8PS3

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK15: W 577-397. My overbulk, senting, tylotes, untidier. His dehisced. My chirr blocks his ritornel 9x, so settled for loriner. 2 in bag. Unseen foplings 9x for him would win so I dump Q. Have 3/8 hitting bingo, get it with paleate to go out, he had no bingo 9-6 +1,331 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/soAOVD8PS3

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK16: L 474-527. Missed cosmeas first go! Knew there was something!🙈 My pentised, his figures. Missed ox/oye/xed, played it underneath giving him howlers for 105. I get rarities. Leave both blanks in the bag, his b2b patinas, loiterer. My outplay of dialling 9-7 +1,278 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/1gFWOEf33E

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK17: L 464-508. He starts with gutlike. I don't pick S until 9th turn and by that point he had deterge and marched and goes 204 ahead. I manage to b2b bingo after forking the board with stanine and mantoes and make up some spread at the end 9-8 +1,234 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/JfxZ8fMrqq

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK18: L 382-521. Lucksacked again. Her ibogaine, my rootier. Her double blank b2b bingos unevaded, silence. My sangaree. Her hodja 75 killed it off. Jeez!!! 🙈🙈🙈 9-9 +1,095 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/UOrm4eeiEs

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK19: W 517-349. My elvanite. His drooper* (held didn't challenge), reclines. My aborigen, seating, cabezone for a big win. Gotta get on the comeback trail!! ⬆️ 10-9 +1,263 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/XI7Z4mX0RQ

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK20: W 537-281. One sided game, i start with notedly. He phonies early on and fishes. I get ivories, steding shortly after. Board gets very blocked, but i get retinol to add to the spread pile... live stream next! 11-9 +1,519 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/asRdGeheXy

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK21: W 499-405. My startled. I chickened out of weepies to bingo on move 2. I get myelins 95, unoften b2b! His zirconia 107 made a game of it with him being 50 behind with openings and a blank to come. I block the uric hook and see it out! Dinner now! 12-9 +1,613 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/upuTNGZ4Bq

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK22: W 495-316. His pierises. My solicits, rerailed, barneyed +5. He held the blank for a long time and couldn't bingo back as i weight shut the board down! One more tonight! 13-9 +1,792 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/HUx7wcwZBZ

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

UK23: L 399-478. His reedier to start. Manage to clear clunky tiles and get jiviest 50, tramline 88 b2b to take a small lead. I pick blank but take some time to bingo and it's now level. He gets postern. My overren, but he bingos back with motiles 90! 👀🙈 13-10 +1,713 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/s6rZhTnxSw

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018

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UK Open 2018 - day 1

Here are some game boards from day 1 of the UK open scrabble championships courtesy Austin Shin:

UK1: L 357-471. Couldn't get going as he gets unprized, ibogaine, sanitate. Not much going on here as I couldn't bingo though could still win if his final bingo didn't land and I could get one myself 0-1 -114 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/uLV0HxNADH

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018

UK2: L 428-559. He had 415 after first 6 moves, crucially failed to challenge precavas* 🙈 which may have stopped him in his tracks. Really bad error and now find myself at 0-2 -245. Still 28 to go at least! #scrabble pic.twitter.com/KHoak74WAE

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018

UK3: W 525-305. His interne met by my waif 70. I get down the natural boothose (29k probability!) for 76+5! Block it up and then get billets for a big win! Finally off the mark! 1-2 -25 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/Yq53HEWg2t

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018

UK4: W 581-276. Lucky game! My epitheca +5, tolanes, uprisen, plus kiter 62 and lots of 30-40 point plays gave me lots of spread. She doubted zoonite/za (thought only zoolite is good) for 123!! Phew!! 👀👀👀 even my out play of acedia 40 was lucky! 2-2 +285 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/loh9c14qMI

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018

UK5: W 599-356. His ideation, I slot oreides totally parallel! His healing put him ahead midgame but I started hitting a rhythm. Extras 58, epilating 90, kufi 39+5, twa 30, spigots 95 for another big win! 3-2 +528 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/Rd6lFOYZ6L

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018

UK6: W 537-376. My sticker, shariat, tailard, and then sweatily and geraniols b2b for a big win! On the live stream next against Ghana's Charles Tachie Menson! 4-2 +689 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/DCuAerkmkC

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018

UK7: L 395-462. Live stream! He was 205 ahead after frescoed, sedatest and me struggling. I get palling 70, archfoe 111 b2b to get back in it! Close to bingo at the end but couldn't land onto my IO set up for the S in the bottom right even though isolead fit in 4-3 +612 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/WNU1uJBThP

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018

UK8: W 494-329. Had lairise on move 2 but couldn't land. Held riders? and played desirably onto ably keeping r?. Her stunting. Even after my shariat, but she stops scoring and my next 6 turns were 4 40 pt moves, 33, zupa 75 for a big win! 5-3 +777 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/FgpbXxvsdu

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018

UK9: W 379-314. He phonies with dracons*, gets anchored next turn. I catch up and then get isobare to go a bingo up! Set myself up for the st-y hook whilst blocking the bingo lane and managed to hold on! Dinner now, I'm on the live stream next at 9pm UK time! 6-3 +847 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/YBMwRcf8Vf

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018

UK10: W 551-304. Live stream! My yearded, roister, nartjies. His direness. He phonies twice so i win big! 7-3 +1,094 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/r8SgLEDCRI

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018

UK11: L 418-498. His azide 80, breathes 76, qi 45, polonise 92, jolted 50, 5 moves in a row put him 240 ahead! I needed to get creative quick: ironism* 83, and anergias 80 to get to within 100 but ran out of time 🙈 could've been much worse! End of day 1: 7-4 +1,014 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/CbN5UcJRKd

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018

Here is the enhanced scoreboard from the coverage on centrestar.

The year in review from WESPA

An excellent compilation of Scrabble in 2017 from WESPA:

World Youth Scrabble Championships 2017

Here are some recorded games from the ongoing world youth scrabble championships in Malaysia as broadcasted by Akkarapol Kwansak:

Milton Keynes Winter Matchplay Scrabble Tournament

Here are some game boards from the recently concluded Milton Keynes winter matchplay scrabble tournament courtesy the champ himself:

MK1: W 465-365. My mileage. She missed stookie, my unearned in the same spot. My oxies 83+5. Her quai 69. I pick the Z? at the end of the game 1-0 +100 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/laEbcqza4c

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) November 18, 2017

MK2: W 534-382. My misdone, outrace, vintner, striped. Spent only 6 min on the entire game, except for striped by which i spent about another 6 min alone. Easy decisions in this one 2-0 +252 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/wLEYfWwljt

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) November 18, 2017

MK3: W 507-502! My infares, edental, loathful. Her coconuts, bolting, earlaps, modders. My quire/farer 64 got me ahead and just snuck it at the end! 3-0 +257 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/NA2QnqzJIg

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) November 18, 2017

MK4: W 543-378. Live stream! Behind with his vanitas. Miss sixfold! I come back with ventana, obelion b2b. Later play glistering onto the ing and making swee at the same time. Also my rosaker to kill it off! 4-0 +422 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/Luyj72ZxOy

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) November 18, 2017

MK5: W 514-449. My reignite, tenorino, geniture. His crusian, brattled, snotrag. Managed to score heavily throughout with raj 53, left 49, exes 52! 5-0 +487 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/m3pvDzf43x

— Austin Shin (@austinho9) November 18, 2017

WESPA World Scrabble Championship 2017