ABSP ratings update

Both of the Polish guys - Rafal and Wojtek have now the same rating - 148. 

This gives them joint 207th place on the ratings list.

In comparison Adrian Tamas is 34th and rated 180.

Mihai Pantis and Dan Sandu are joint 98th - rated 164.

Catalin Caba is 373th and rated 129.

I wonder what my rating will be after UK Open 2010 ...


http://www.absp.org.uk/ratings/100728r.html

The final game

And here comes photo of the board from Rafal's final game:

Please don't adjust your monitors - this picture is really blurry :)

And here are the moves:

Rafal                   Phil

bhindi 32           entirely 71
peachier 74        newly 30
vim  25             donated 63
coley 29            how 35
vum 16              stair 23
fag 18               obe 14
kae 17               urb 19
oft 29                xu 27
zilas 37             lazier 30
nur 12               pope 47
torsion 80          qadi 29
onstage 9

Phil's final rack: EJNT

The amazing Rafal

AWESOME!

Only 6 months after his triumph in Division C of the UK Open Rafal has even topped his success by winning Division B of the English Open 2010.

And what a win that has been!

He claimed the title in the last round by beating Phil Kelly by 12 points in a fight for the 1st spot thus winning the tournament on spread!

Well done, Rafal! 

Scrabble deluxe

Can anyone explain to me why the usual (Polish) Scrabble slogan "Liczy się każde słowo" (= "Every word counts" with an emphasis on counting) got changed in the Scrabble deluxe edition to "Każde słowo się liczy" (= "Every word counts" but with an emphasis on words)

And what's the use of creating a grid which doesn't hold the tiles in place because it's too shallow?

Guess the word

• this word returns 35,100,000 hits in Google
• it has eight letters and is a compound of two nouns - one of them being pie
• it even has its definition in Wikipedia

And best of all: 

• it's not allowed in Scrabble

Can you guess it?

The Coventry Quest

http://www.centrestar.co.uk/10engopen/html/B-enhanced-scoreboard.html


Rafal Dominiczak is in Coventry again.
This time it's the English Open commencing today and ending on Sunday.

It is already Rafal's 6th appearance in Coventry, so let's have a look at his record there:

1. English Grand (May 2008): div. B - 17th place 4.0-13.0 -860
2. English Open (August 2008): div. C - 2nd place 12.5-5.5 +377 (150 Ł)
3. Cock of the North (Oct. 2008): div. C - 1st place 19.0-3.0 +1432 (100 Ł)
4. UK Open (January 2009): div. C - 8th place 21.0-17.0 +358
5. UK Open (January 2010): div. C - 1st place 27.5-10.5 +2530 (1500 Ł)
6. English Open (July 2010): div. B - 1st place 15.0-6.0 +1023 (750 Ł)

All the best for Rafal!

Scrabble Sing Star

So what does the best (English) Scrabble player from Romania do when he's not playing or blogging about Scrabble?

He records nice songs.

Check this one out and you won't regret it, I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abX73neZ9GU&feature=player_embedded

AEIINST - the luckiest Spanish alphagram

Spain has won the Footbal World Cup in South Africa after beating Netherlands in the final by 1:0. The lucky scorer in the 117th minute of the match was the Spaniard whose last name is the anagram of a common bingo - Andres INIESTA.
That's all about Scrabble and Football :)

UK Open - 6 months later

How about this money list found today on www.absp.org.uk ?

                          Total    # prizes

Nigel Richards       2100       1
Rafal Dominiczak   1500       1
Mihai Pantis          1500       1

Thanks to ABSP for presenting this data for almost half a year now.

It makes my heart grow to see The Great Nigel from New Zealand followed by a Pole and a Romanian :)

More at: http://www.absp.org.uk/results/Money%20List%202010.xls