Causeway 2010 results

The news from Johor Bahru has just came in that Panupol Sujjayakorn has become the new Causeway Champion A.D. 2010. This proves that the 2003 World Champion is still not to be written off and stands a good chance of repeating his success in the Tournament of the Champions taking place Dec 7th - Dec 9th.
On the contrary the first ever 1991 World Champion Peter Morris has shown that he's no longer a force to be reckoned with - he took the penultimate 49th spot winning only 11 out of 45 games.
It's great to see Mikki Nicholson confirm his magnificent form. After winning the UK National Scrabble Championship just over a month ago he took the 2nd spot in the competition leaving behind the likes of Nigel Richards (5th), David Wiegand (7th) and Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (13th).
And now to the surprises:
1) Mohammed Sulaiman - this year's 2010 Malta Open Scrabble Champion  has finished last with 11 wins and -2564. How on earth did he manage to win in Malta in the first place?
2) Peter Kougi - the guy I have beaten in the 1st round of the last years World Scrabble Championship 2009 in Johor Bahru and last year's 2nd in the Causeway Open division has placed 40th with 18.5 and -583.
3)  Helen Gipson - my Zyzzyva guru finished 38th with 19 and -786. I'm eagerly awaiting any updates on this performance in her blog.


Let's take a deep breath and get ready for the creme de la creme of World Scrabble - the Tournament of the Champions. My bet:
1. Panupol
2. Nigel
3. Pakorn

Causeway 2010

I was hoping to return to Johor Bahru this year but:

1. didn't manage to collect enough cash

2. German Open in Mannheim showed up in the calendar and I decided to go for the cheaper European option.

But maybe I should have gone there after all, because:

1. in Johor Bahru it's +32 degrees Celsius with no wind

2. in Lodz it's -13 degrees Celsius with strong wind

Anyway, I'm happy to see after Round 9 Nigel in the 1st and Brian Cappelletto in the 2nd place. It would be nice to see a SOWPODS tournament being won by an American...

http://www.causewayscrabble.com/stories/frontpage.html

Wojtek Reloaded

Former Polish champion Wojtek has gone to Milton Keynes for this weekend lead by an impulse decision and it paid off. 

He won Division B by winning 12 out of 15 games with a spread of +528.
Wojtek's new ABSP ranking is 156 which is higher than that of Rafal who is currently at 148.

This could mean the Polish Championship 2011 could get really hot with two of my opponents having both won titles on English ground. 

Im really looking forward to that...

My goal in this championship is a silver medal. 
Rafal seems to be out of reach for me at this moment...

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/uk-scrabble/message/74509

Cardbox Reloaded

I'm back to Zyzzyva cardboxing ... again.

I started all anew by adding 8 letter words in probability order.

So far I have 3500 of the most probable 8's which is tantamount to 2382 quiz questions. I also revived my Excel file with a 'live' database link to Anagrams.db. It enables me to keep up-to-date on scheduled questions and the sizes of the cardboxes.

Scrabble Doll :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1325660/Why-scrabbling-frock.html

Well done, Mikki!

The words are here...

Went to the Botanical Garden in Lodz today, and was amazed by the number of plants growing there, which I only knew by their name from studying words for Scrabble.

Here are some of the words I have literally come accross:

HOSTA, CAREX, ACONITE, AUBRIETA, SPIRAEA, ERIGERON, ASTILBE, ACANTHUS, WOODSIA, AJUGA, GEUM and most notably this one:

TANDOORI in Cracow

so after a SERIEMA in Lodz Zoo, I have now found a TANDOORI in Krakow (in the Jewish quarter)

If you're planning to visit Poland make sure to come to Cracow. It's the most beautiful and the most tourist-friendly city in Poland.
http://www.cracowonline.com/