Showing posts with label Polish Champs 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Polish Champs 2011. Show all posts

Sunday, June 12, 2011

the Championship 2011 - summary

So the Polish WSC qualification tournament has been decided.

The new Polish champion is the 2007 champion Wojtek.
2nd place goes to the 2009 champion Bartek.
3rd place was stolen away in the last round by 2009 bronze-medalist Rafał with great help from 2005 champion Mateusz who despite playing only for prestige beat Zbyszek in the last game of the tournament.
4th place (WSC reserve) goes to Zbyszek who came  especially for the tournament from USA and who impressed everyone with his solid Scrabble skills.


The STATS: 

Games won: 9
Games lost: 6
Spread: +778
Average for: 426.2
Average against: 374.33

Blanks: 15/30 = 50%
S's: 29/60 = 48%

Games won:
2 blanks: 4/4 (100%)
1 blank: 3/7 (43%)
0 blanks: 2/4 (50%)

Bingos for: 34 (2.27 per game)
Bingos against: 18 (1.2 per game)

7 letter bingos: 17 (50%)
8 letter bingos: 17 (50%)

Bingos with blanks: 14 (41%)
Bingos without blanks: 20 (59%)

Highest no of bingos in a game: 4
Lowest no of bingos in a game: 1

High game: 529
Low game: 359
Highest combined score: 869

Saturday, June 11, 2011

the Championship 2011 - day 1

So here are the standings after day 1:
1. Wojtek 7 +768 3525 
2. Zbyszek 5 +228 3184 
3. Bartek 4 +219 3234 
4. Rafał 4 +64 3092 
5. Mateusz 4 -187 
6. Mikołaj 0 -1092

So a very surprising order indeed. 
I hope this changes dramatically tomorrow :)

No comments about he quality of my racks today - I played my best and made only a few mistakes plus I lost three close games plus I was lucky with the tiles when I played Rafal plus I'm at 4-4 and in 3rd place. That's enough :)

Friday, June 10, 2011

The quest for the Championship

Follow my struggles in the quest for the crown of the best Scrabble player in Poland live on:
http://twitter.com/euoi79

Thursday, June 9, 2011

two days to go

In 2 days it's showtime again - the 5th  Scrabble Championship in Warsaw.

My goals this time are pretty modest:
I'm aiming for the 2nd place.
3rd place would be ok, too.
4th place would be a disaster
and if I place 5th I will definitely quit Scrabble :)