Rafal the Invincible

Source: CentreStar Facebook page

Rafal Dominiczak from Poland has won Division B of the English Open 2011 in Coventry. He took the win in the last round by beating David Shenkin by 451-356.

Rafal finished the tournament on 14.5-6.5 and +1367 and took home 700 GBP.

Well done, pal :)

And in Division A Theresa Brousson of Malta claimed the English Open title by beating Nigel Richards in the last round by 506-472 and finishing one point ahead of the 2007 World Scrabble Champion.
Great job, Theresa!

In less than 3 months I'll be in Coventry, too - playing in the Cock of the North tournament finishing just 3 days before the WSC 2011 in Warsaw.

I hope that some world class players will be there, too!

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!