World Scrabble Championship

[norrona]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8830718/Demand-for-strip-search-at-World-Scrabble-Championship.html

England's Ed Martin was accused of hiding a letter 'G' during a match. A Thai player wanted him to be taken to a toilet so he could be search, although authorities refused.

Mr Martin won the match in Warsaw, and no evidence was presented to support the Thai player's allegation.

Nigel Richards, a New Zealander, took the overall title after scoring 95 points with the word 'omnified'. He was awarded th £12,700 prize.

Mr Richards would have scored little for his acceptance speech, when he just responded: "Nice." It was the second time Mr Richards has claimed the title. He also won in 2007. He beat 116 competitors from 44 countries to be named champion.

The runner up was Andrew Fisher from Australia, who lost 3-2 in the final. The deciding rubber was a comfortable 476-334 win for Mr Richards.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/3876954/Scrabble-rival-demands-strip-search-over-missing-G.html

THE World Scrabble Championship was thrown into chaos at the weekend after a competitor demanded a rival be strip-searched for hiding the letter 'G'.

Thai player Chollapat Itthi-Aree insisted in the high-profile event England's Ed Martin be strip-searched in the toilet after a 'G' tile went mysteriously missing during their match.

The judges ruled in Martin's favour and let the Friday game go ahead with the Englishman controversially winning by just a point.

It is the biggest scandal to hit the event since one player accused another of eating a tile.

The tournament, and the £12,000 prize money, was eventually won by New Zealander Nigel Richards, who beat Aussie Andrew Fisher by taking 95 points with the word 'omnified'.

However, Richards' acceptance speech was much shorter, when he just responded: "Nice."

It was the second time Richards has claimed the title. He also won in 2007. He beat 116 competitors from 44 countries to be named champion at the event in Poland.

[Payboy]

It is the biggest scandal to hit the event since one player accused another of eating a tile.

Oh the horror! Where're my smelling salts?

[Thaddeus]

Yep, without the letter G, the Thai chap could only make the word 'raft'

(almost topical)

[kennkate]

Nice

[WebBangkok]

wow, there is world championships for this? Someone ate a tile to try and win? lol

[wintermute]

With all the hubbub over championships it makes me wonder if all the top tier schools do is coach teenagers to excel at these competitions. I have a feeling that's what this is all about. This is the "Thai olympics" substitute where excellence is maintained by training teens and tweens to win irrelevant international competitions that no one else really cares about.

[Chivas]

Hellfire !!!

I have won numerous comps with 500+ scores over time !!

And the most I received was a bloody Carriage Clock !

[bonobo]

Topic is already running here.

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