Uk Open - Day 4

Another glorious day. And some nice words. Against Nigel, I played TWEEDIEST through WE to lose the game by over 200 points and against Phil Robertshaw I played JAILBAIT to lose by over 50. I'm out of the top 15 and that is where I'll probably finish. Tonight we celebrated Mihai Pantis's win. He is the first Romanian Scrabble player to earn money from Scrabble. 1500 pounds is not bad at all. I'm sure that my wife would find something to do with them. Two more games tomorrow, and then off to Japan.

Uk Open - Day 3

Day 3 didn't bring anything new for me. The same consistent mediocrity. In the morning, Martin Harrison played a nine timer against me: HERBLESS for 181 points. The game against Phil Robertshaw really made my day. Phil was almost 200 points behind but he caught up and reduced the spread to 100 points. He was holding a playable ENTOZOA,(entozoic parasite) when he saw me go out with BUNODONT( having rounded molar teeth) and win by 180 points. I made the tops again... At the moment I am 13th with 13 wins and 13 losses. Needless to say that I'm not too excited!



Division A Average Scores
Rank Average Won-Lost Spread Player
1 478.54 21.0- 5.0 +2718 Nigel Richards (A1)
2 450.00 17.0- 9.0 +1372 Mikki Nicholson (A6)
3 445.23 16.0-10.0 +838 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (A4)
4 442.92 13.0-13.0 +863 Adrian Tamas (A8)
5 441.62 18.0- 8.0 +528 Chris May (A3)

Division A High Losses
Round Losing
Score Winning
Score Class Loser Winner
1 501 513 A Adrian Tamas (A8) Phil Robertshaw (A9)
9 474 484 A Adrian Tamas (A8) Chris May (A3)
22 466 534 A Harshan Lamabadusuriya (A4) Paloma Raychbart (A20)
8 461 490 B Wayne Kelly (A14) Craig Beevers (A2)
8 460 508 A Helen Gipson (A5) Philips Owolabi (A10)

Division A Tuff Luck
Sum Player Losing Spreads
85 Maureen Chamberlain (A24) 1 4 13 20 22 25
97 Steve Perry (A25) 2 2 5 9 32 47
97 Adrian Tamas (A8) 2 10 12 16 20 37
112 Olakunle Ajayi (A23) 5 10 10 22 30 35
118 Ray Tate (A27) 1 14 21 22 27 33

Division A High Combined
Round Combined
Score Winning
Score Losing
Score Class Winner Class Loser
14 1072 648 424 A Nigel Richards (A1) A Chris May (A3)
1 1014 513 501 A Phil Robertshaw (A9) A Adrian Tamas (A8)
1 1002 598 404 A Helen Gipson (A5) A Harshan Lamabadusuriya (A4)
15 1000 581 419 A Harshan Lamabadusuriya (A4) A Mikki Nicholson (A6)
22 1000 534 466 C Paloma Raychbart (A20) A Harshan Lamabadusuriya (A4)

Kidnap Prince William

At one of my girlfriend's request, my mission in UK is to kidnap prince William and take him to her. I had no idea he was that popular in Japan.So long, David Beckam! Thank God he is a valid Scrabble word. Otherwise I would have had to ask somebody else to do the dirty job. Don't be surprised if I play " WILLIAM" today...

Uk Open - Day 2

I finished the second day on 9 wins and 9 losses. Strangely enough, there is only one more player on 9 wins and 9 losses! I am quite happy with my average of 447 points per game. My goal is to keep scoring and see what happens... Don`t you think I didn`t make the top though. The highlights of my day were playing 4 consecutive bonuses against Steve Perry, including the low probability CHENOPOD, and playing OVERSIDES (ES was on the board).

Division A Average Scores
Rank Average Won-Lost Spread Player
1 466.56 13.0- 5.0 +1627 Nigel Richards (A1)
2 459.33 15.0- 3.0 +1341 Craig Beevers (A2)
3 454.67 12.0- 6.0 +1189 Mikki Nicholson (A6)
4 449.83 12.0- 6.0 +999 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (A4)
5 447.61 9.0- 9.0 +622 Adrian Tamas (A8)

Division A High Losses
Round Losing
Score Winning
Score Class Loser Winner
1 501 513 A Adrian Tamas (A8) Phil Robertshaw (A9)
9 474 484 A Adrian Tamas (A8) Chris May (A3)
8 461 490 B Wayne Kelly (A14) Craig Beevers (A2)
8 460 508 A Helen Gipson (A5) Philips Owolabi (A10)
14 451 469 C Jojo Delia (A26) Ray Tate (A27)
13 437 513 A Adrian Tamas (A8) Mikki Nicholson (A6)


Division A Tuff Luck
Sum Player Losing Spreads
116 Olakunle Ajayi (A23) 5 10 10 22 30 39
136 Adrian Tamas (A8) 2 10 12 16 20 76
150 Brian Sugar (A13) 7 11 19 21 30 62
157 Ray Tate (A27) 1 14 21 22 41 58
178 Phil Robertshaw (A9) 8 15 27 34 45 49

Anagrams

Today we played eight games. After the games, Mihai and I taught my father how to play Anagrams. Then, my father and Mihai teamed up against me. Unfortunately for them, I managed to steal their finds, so they finished on zero.

The WSC Car

An excellent spot by Sanjoy Gupta at the outskirts of Johor Bahru

Scrabble in Romania

After Christmas, I went to Cluj Napoca to meet my Romanian Scrabble mates. My father was there too. I was pleased to meet Septimiu Crivei, the National Scrabble Champion en titre in Romanian and the guy who supported me the most for the last couple of years. Even though, we often ecxhange emails, it was the first time for us tu meet. And because we couldn't stay away from Scrabble, we decided to play team Scrabble. It was Septimiu and I versus Mihai and my father. As our opponents said, we were extremely lucky to win both games. Here are some photos from Cluj:


Septimiu Crivei, Ovidiu Tamas, Mihai Pantis, Adrian Tamas



Septimiu & Adrian 511 Mihai & Ovidiu 394


Septimiu & Adrian 433 Mihai & Ovidiu 409