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Chiang Mai doctor leads Thai charge at Scrabble World Championships in Kenya


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Chiang Mai doctor leads Thai charge at Scrabble World Championships in Kenya

 

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Jakkrit (right) is seen in this file photo receiving a prize at the Brand's International King's Cup held in Bangkok.

 

A doctor from Chiang Mai is leading the Thai challenge at the English language World Scrabble Championships being held in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

 

At the half way stage of the 32 game WESPA Championships - a de facto world championship - Jakkrit Klaphajone is in 15th place on ten wins and six losses.

 

Compatriot Thacha Koowirat from Bangkok, the other Thai representative in the 119 strong invitational field, is in 29th place with a 9.5-6.5 record. The Thai had a tie in one game hence the half point.

 

Leading the way are tournament heavyweights Wellington Jighere from Nigeria and Nigel Richards from New Zealand.

 

Wellington, the champion in 2015, is in first with a 13/3 record while Nigel, who many say is the best player of Scrabble of all time, is in third on 12/4. Sandwiched between them is Ranganathan Chakravarthy of India.

 

The highest Briton is former Countdown presenter Mark Nyman in 20th on 10/6 while Dave Wiegand of the USA is currently in sixth.

 

The event concludes with a final round of games on Sunday.

 

Two events are considered world championships in competitive Scrabble - one is organised by Mind Sports International who operate out of England the other by the World English Language Scrabble Players Association, an international body.

 

The MSI world champion is David Eldar from Australia who won at Nottingham in England earlier in the year.

 

MSI and WESPA have been involved in spats about who has the right to call their event a world championship with both sides claiming they hold the rights from the trademark owners.

 
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On 11/11/2017 at 11:22 AM, wotsdermatter said:

The title is way over the top as it is very misleading.

For the easily mislead, perhaps. "Lead the charge" doesn't mean they took first place.

I'll bet the good doctor was educated in an English-speaking country.

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