Day 4 was extremely good for Cata Caba, who managed to finish on the podium. 3rd place in B division is a very good result. Well done, Cata! I`m looking forward to seeing Cata play in A division in a year or two, and why not, even take some scalps.
Both Mihai and Dan had a quiet last day. They didn`t have to meet any "bullies", so I was hoping they would make the top 10. Mihai had a tougher schedule than Dan, and unfortunately, he lost 3 out of the 4 games against opponents who had pretty much his level of play. Dan only had one tough game, which he also lost. He also lost 2 "easy" ones. I`m guessing Dan suffers from the same disease as I do. It`s called playing at your opponent`s level. I don`t even wanna remember how many games I lost because of that! Both Mihai (12th place) and Dan (15th place) finished where I thought they would. That means they didn`t impress, but they didn`t disappoint either.
Dan had 9 impossible games ( against opponents much better than him 4W-5L), 12difficult games (against opponents who had the same level or who were a bit better 5W-7L ) and 11 "easy games" ( against weaker opponents 6W-5L!)
Mihai had 8 impossible games ( against much stronger opponents 2W- 6L ), 10 difficult games ( against opponents who had the same level or who were a bit better than him 2w-8L) and 14 "easy games" ( against weaker opponents 10W-4L!) I guess you could say that Mihai is also a "bully"...
Considering Dan`s tougher field, I`d say Dan`s 15th place is as good as Mihai`s 12th place. Great effort! The two days break will be followed by another international tournament: Malta International Scrabble Open. Good luck to everybody, when they`re not playing the....Romanians!
Final standings:
1
Nigel Richards
Malaysia
27.0-5.0
+4106
2
Helen Gipson
Scotland
24.0-8.0
+1319
3
Joanne Craig
Australia
21.0-11.0
+175
4
Harshan Lamabadusuriya
England
20.0-12.0
+1479
5
Theresa Brousson
Malta
19.0-13.0
+445
6
Cecil Muscat
Malta
17.0-15.0
+1393
7
David Webb
England
17.0-15.0
+646
8
Craig Beevers
England
17.0-15.0
+634
9
Simon Gillam
Scotland
17.0-15.0
-157
10
Vincent Boyle
Scotland
17.0-15.0
-447
11
Terry Kirk
England
16.0-16.0
+198
12
Mihai Pantis
Romania
16.0-16.0
+93
13
David Delicata
Malta
16.0-16.0
-51
14
Jackie McLeod
England
16.0-16.0
-265
15
Dan Sandu
Romania
16.0-16.0
-325
16
Nicky Vella-Laurenti
Malta
16.0-16.0
-462
17
Sam Kantimathi
United States
15.5-16.5
+216
18
Karen Richards
Australia
15.0-17.0
+381
19
Kevin Synnott
England
15.0-17.0
-282
20
Eileen Meghen
Ireland
15.0-17.0
-1225
21
Raymond Tate
Scotland
14.5-17.5
-451
22
John Barker
Australia
14.0-18.0
-62
23
Jojo Delia
Malta
14.0-18.0
-504
24
Mario Saliba
Malta
13.0-19.0
-945
25
Evelyn Wallace
England
12.0-20.0
-1881
26
Alison Pollard
Australia
10.0-22.0
-1321
27
Christine Strawbridge
Malta
9.0-23.0
-1102
28
Gary Pollard
Australia
9.0-23.0
-1605
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