RICKY PURNOMO 421 ADRIAN TAMAS 403
My second opponent was Shim Yen Nee, another Singaporean. While she struggled the whole game with terrible pick ups, I played two bonuses: UNSENSED and and REARGUE+D,S. Towards the end of the game, she bonused* with TOLTERS and AIRLINES, but it was too late for her to catch up.
ADRIAN TAMAS 484 SHIM YEN NEE 349
Jocelyn Lor from Malaysia was my third opponent. She bonused first with LEAKERS, followed by the nonvalid word EDUCTING*, which later became DUETTING. I replied with the bonus TEAGLES and tried to balance my rack for another bonus. I failed to do so, and lost the game.
ADRIAN TAMAS 372 JOCELYN LOR 432
My fourth game saw me face my good friend TONY SIM from Singapore. Tony's opening move, gave me a T for SAXONITE+S ( igneous rock). HERNIAE and SMOYLING from TONY and GELLIES from me provided a very interesting endgame. Both TONY and I failed to see for a couple of moves, that my V was playable, which made NIGEL RICHARDS, who was lurking around, smile.
TONY SIM 443 ADRIAN TAMAS 484
CHEAH SIU HEAN, another friend of mine, was my fifth opponent. He had a dream game against me. He had four bonuses: FIREPOTS, ROBOTIZE+D,S , DOTTRELS and FREEDOM+S, while I had two: ANOETIC and RIVIERAS.
ADRIAN TAMAS 409 CHEAH SIU HEAN 484
In my sixth game, I played QUEK SIM Ho, a Scrabble veteran from SIngapore, who represented his country at the WSC a while ago. It was a very close game. I started with PITEOUS followed by his THEATER. WINIEST gave me a 40 point lead and when he opened with VILL, I hooked an I onto it to make VILLI/QIS for 44 points to win the game.
QUEK SIM HO 378 ADRIAN TAMAS 459
In game seven I had to face MIHAI PANTIS , my compatriot. MIHAI started with the suboptimal bonus TIERCETS, which allowed me to play CRAZED for 84 points! He had two more bonuses( OUTEARN+S, MOSSING), while I only had one ( CASEMENT).
ADRIAN TAMAS 467 MIHAI PANTIS 402
In the last game of the first day, I had to play ROBERT LINN from USA. It's always a pleasure to play ROBERT. He bonused* first with VEILERS, while I offered him some CIGARETS. Robert took the second blank from the bag, but the board was already blocked, so there was no home for his bonuses.
ROBERT LINN 406 ADRIAN TAMAS 426
I finished the day with five wins and three losses.
Minor point - LAPWINGS are not only shore birds; you're just as likely to find them inland on ploughed fields, lifting and swirling in flocks that suddenly flash white as they show their undersides. Other playable names for it are PLOVER, PEWIT, PEEWIT, PEEWEE, while in Scotland it's called the TEUCHAT, TEWHIT or TEWIT, again all playable. But my favourite dialect name for it, PEASEWEEP*, is sadly not playable.
ReplyDeleteDavid, PEASEWEEP* is not playable, but PEESWEEP+S is! I almost had this bonus at the WSC!
ReplyDeleteWow, a bird that pees and weeps! Or does it pee and sweep? Which is much better than a COCKAPOO ...
ReplyDeleteWell... that's a good way to remember the words, Mihai.
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed. I just discovered that COCKATOO is also a word. It means a parrot which, if you are a 'COCK', he is TOO.
ReplyDeleteThe cockapoo has ways unique
ReplyDeleteOf getting rid of stuff.
Either he is a mental freak
Or anatomically duff.
Anon (as all rotten doggerel verse should be)