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Sam Kantimathi | 1 Jul 2009 03:22

SamTimer, SamBoard, ... discounts Tiles, SCRABBLE Rug, racks, bags, BoardWheeler, ...

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I realize that the economy is in a challenging 
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but unable to afford at the present time, email 
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Gene Tyszka | 1 Jul 2009 03:42

New fold up board and other tidbits - June09ad

Hello all,

Though I have not had a chance to update my website (where does the time
go?), I will now be offering my fold-up board in the same frosted dark blue
that I currently offer in a round acrylic. You can actually see the blue
fold-up board at www.adjudicator3000.com/boardraffle.html 

The frosted blue board is slightly thicker (3/16") versus the black matte
fold-up (1/8"). However, I have made some engineering changes to the board
that will eventually make all my fold-up boards a bit lighter, and at the
same time making the fold-up board more rigid when assembled (no bend when
picked up at sides). Pricing will be the same as the black matte board and a
set of tile racks and tote bag will still be included.

I am suspending sales of the Adjudicator 3500 immediately due to a prolonged
parts shortage that I have been trying to overcome (with no luck). The 3000
model will be the only clock (for now), and it will be offered in black or
grey; and a padded bag is always included.

I am also ending the "2nd set of tile racks" promotion that has been going
for the last 7-8 months.

I will be in Dayton at the 2009 NSC and will be selling my boards and
clocks. As always, I normally do some kind of promotion at the NSC and this
year should also have one. I just haven't had a chance to think it through
yet.

Thank you to all who have purchased my products over the years. It has been
my pleasure to try to provide top notch products at reasonable prices.
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Edward Okulicz | 1 Jul 2009 09:55

Australia's 2009 WSC team

Australia has completed checking the data for the WSC qualification, and 
I am pleased, on behalf of CASPA to announce that Australia's
2009 WSC team will be the following:

1. Andrew Fisher (Vic)
2. David Eldar (Vic)
3. Edward Okulicz (NSW)
4. Chris May (NSW)
5. Naween Fernando (Vic)
6. Peter Kougi (Vic)

You can follow the details of our qualification system at this address:
http://www.scrabble.org.au/ratings/selective/09WSC.html

Reserves:
1. Trevor Halsall (Vic)
2. Alastair Richards (NSW)

Edward Okulicz
for CASPA

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laki_wanni | 2 Jul 2009 03:51
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Sri Lanka Scrabble Tournament

Hello everyone,

Our tournament is scheduled to get underway tomorrow. Those who are interested in the Round by Round
results can observe it on our website www.srilankascrabble.org. Or follow the link
http://www.srilankascrabble.org/soisc2009.php 

Best regards

Lakshan

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Chris May | 3 Jul 2009 10:47
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Re: [world-scrabble] RE: Kings Cup final standings



The international division at Kings Cup is not just an international tournament. One of its main objects is to showcase top play for Thai school players. The final serves this objective far better than the 27 preliminary rounds because it is exhibited live on a giant board and accompanied by live commentary in Thai (and 'The Final Countdown' on loop).

The best seats for viewing the finals are reserved for the school-age prizewinners. The international players take any vantage point they can. 

It goes without saying that a best of 3 final is not a useful way to determine the best player, but there are many other things going on here. The final is just one element of a very complex and wonderful event.

CM









On 29/06/2009, at 2:13 PM, Derek McKenzie wrote:




If you just want to know the best player, then you wouldn't bother announcing a winner at tournaments at all. You would simply modify the long-term ratings of all players at the end of each tournament, and the highest rated player would be the current best-guess at the current best-player.

The possibility of a less-than-best player getting up and winning a tournament is a big part of the excitement for most players. Just like getting the power tiles can enable an inferior player to win sometimes. I don't think you want to take away the bit that excites most people do you?

Also, a lot of excellent up-and-coming players find great motivation to be had in beating better players through a touch of serendipity, and this can spur them on to greater things - even though they realise they had luck on their side.

If you're only interested in determining the best player, you can always skip the awards ceremony, grab a copy of the latest ratings, and a hail a cab.

Derek


To: halbert98 <at> shaw.ca; uk-scrabble <at> yahoogroups.com; world-scrabble <at> yahoogroups.com
From: yohocoma <at> yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:00:11 -0700
Subject: [world-scrabble] RE: Kings Cup final standings

Albert Hahn wrote:

> I would guess that there is lots of support
> for playoff style scrabble tourneys,
> judging from the fact that almost all
> competitive leagues in sports have playoffs
> and a team that dominated in the regular
> season doesn't win in the playoffs.
> That's just one of those things we've
> come to expect in sports.
> That's the way the ball bounces.

Some people may expect that. It doesn't follow that scrabble should go down the same path.

I surmise that in almost all cases of playoffs being used in sporting or gaming competitions, it's done for commercial reasons -
more games and extended, drawn-out playing seasons means more revenue for game owners, promoters, and advertisers. And the role of
sportswriters is to construct appropriate dramas for this stuff, for the consumption of the masses.

But it wouldn't take too much thought, on the part of the movers in these other sports, to create competition systems that more
accurately identify and reward the best performers in a given season or series. I'm arguing that should also be the goal for
organized scrabble competitions. Simply crowning the winner after a long series of X games may not have narrative excitement, but
it's much more accurate than introducing short playoffs or other gimmicks.

Correction: according to the web site for the tournament, Charnwit only had a lead of 4 games after the 27. That's still a
commanding lead. And if any extra weight should be given to head-on-head game results, Charnwit beat Pakorn in both their matches
in the series of 27 - only the addition of the tiny adjunct series of 3 games allowed Pakorn the chance to even their record for the
tournament. Yet, that tiny series was given all the weight, ignoring even Charnwit's 4-game lead in the long series.

Jim Miller

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(http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html)

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Bob Jackman | 3 Jul 2009 12:18
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WESPA Ratings forICT, Penang

Stats for Tournament : JUNE 19, 2009

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+----------
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| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating
Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Chan
New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+----------
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| OS  Nigel Richards       |    7    8 |   7   8 | 15.5 15.0 | 2080  -4
2076 |
| OS  Ong Suanne           |   70   35 |  70  35 | 12.6 15.0 | 1961 +46
2007 |
| OS  Helen Gipson         |    4    4 |   4   4 | 16.3 14.5 | 2115 -17
2098 |
| OS  Marlon Prudencio     |  115  120 | 115 120 | 13.4 13.0 | 1895  -6
1889 |
| OS  Yeo Kien Hung        |   79   88 |  79  88 | 14.2 13.0 | 1949 -18
1931 |
| OS  Vannitha Balasingam  |  112  115 | 112 115 | 13.1 12.5 | 1899  -6
1893 |
| OS  Cheah Siu Hean       |  168  128 | 168 128 | 10.1 12.0 | 1846 +33
1879 |
| OS  Tony Sim             |  201  205 | 201 205 | 12.9 12.0 | 1814  -5
1809 |
| OS  William Kang         |  393  305 | 393 305 |  7.7 12.0 | 1628 +85
1713 |
| OS  Alex Tan             |  244  175 | 244 175 |  8.6 11.5 | 1777 +59
1836 |
| OS  Jocelyn Lor          |  281  261 | 281 261 | 10.7 11.5 | 1736 +22
1758 |
|*OS  Cedric Stewart Lewis |    0  240 |   0 240 | 11.5 11.5 | 1782  +1
1783 |
| OS  John Lam             |  295  253 | 295 253 |  8.7 11.0 | 1719 +48
1767 |
| OS  Dianne Ward          |  446  351 | 446 351 |  5.8 11.0 | 1562 +110
1672 |
| OS  Gerry Carter         |  108  136 | 108 136 | 12.7 11.0 | 1900 -28
1872 |
| OS  Martin Teo           |  404  365 | 404 365 |  9.5 11.0 | 1618 +39
1657 |
| OS  Alastair Richards    |  177  215 | 177 215 | 12.9 11.0 | 1834 -30
1804 |
| OS  Tengku Asri          |  392  359 | 392 359 |  9.6 11.0 | 1628 +33
1661 |
| OS  Michael Tang         |  333  302 | 333 302 |  9.5 11.0 | 1687 +30
1717 |
| OS  Yeap Gim Sai         |  455  450 | 455 450 | 10.7 11.0 | 1539 +17
1556 |
| OS  Ricky Purnomo        |  157  188 | 157 188 | 11.8 10.0 | 1852 -28
1824 |
| OS  Ker Jen Ho           |  442  407 | 442 407 |  7.8 10.0 | 1567 +49
1616 |
| OS  Karen Richards       |  302  344 | 302 344 | 12.4 10.0 | 1716 -37
1679 |
| OS  Tan Jin Chor         |  259  291 | 259 291 | 11.8 10.0 | 1760 -36
1724 |
| OS  John Barker          |  342  352 | 342 352 | 10.4 10.0 | 1680  -8
1672 |
| OS  Dorai Raja           |  359  394 | 359 394 | 11.7 10.0 | 1659 -29
1630 |
| OS  Chuah Sim Swee       |  344  380 | 344 380 | 11.7 10.0 | 1679 -33
1646 |
| OS  Ng Chee Eng          |  531  526 | 531 526 | 10.1 10.0 | 1404  +9
1413 |
| OS  Warren Lau           |    0  511 |   0 511 |  3.5  9.5 | 1202 +239
1441 |
| OS  Karl Chin            |  430  454 | 430 454 | 11.1  9.0 | 1586 -39
1547 |
| OS  Kong Chock Heng      |  144  242 | 144 242 | 14.3  9.0 | 1863 -81
1782 |
|*OS  Mohd Khairi Zulkarn  |    0  528 |   0 528 |  9.0  9.0 | 1409
1409 |
| OS  Paulette Yeoh        |  390  441 | 390 441 | 12.2  9.0 | 1630 -60
1570 |
| OS  Chim Wai Main        |  488  490 | 488 490 |  9.2  9.0 | 1475  -5
1470 |
| OS  Hema Abeysinghe      |    0  568 |   0 568 |  1.8  9.0 | 1041 +293
1334 |
| OS  Yeoh-Sue Jane        |  518  565 | 518 565 | 11.7  9.0 | 1420 -75
1345 |
| OS  Lim Sha Lyn          |  544  509 | 544 509 |  5.9  8.5 | 1387 +58
1445 |
| OS  Olga Visser          |  467  508 | 467 508 | 11.6  8.0 | 1516 -69
1447 |
| OS  Jackie Cheah         |  525  548 | 525 548 |  9.7  8.0 | 1412 -34
1378 |
| OS  Adele Tan            |  537  542 | 537 542 |  8.4  8.0 | 1395  -5
1390 |
| OS  Mohd Salahudin       |  478  544 | 478 544 | 13.1  8.0 | 1488 -99
1389 |
| OS  Zeenath Ariff        |  577  599 | 577 599 |  8.6  7.5 | 1316 -22
1294 |
| OS  Yeoh Sue Ann         |  634  656 | 634 656 |  9.5  7.0 | 1221 -50
1171 |
| OS  Lee Yee Fun          |  564  589 | 564 589 |  8.9  7.0 | 1343 -34
1309 |
|*OS  Ker Ken Wa           |    0  663 |   0 663 |  7.0  7.0 | 1157
1157 |
| OS  Yeoh Eiu Jyn         |  673  673 | 673 673 |  5.2  6.0 | 1104 +20
1124 |
| OS  Amery Seow           |  752  748 | 752 748 |  2.0  6.0 |  736 +79
815 |
| OS  Othman Zakaria       |  741  738 | 741 738 |  3.3  5.0 |  819 +34
853 |
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MAKBUL MANJI | 4 Jul 2009 08:26
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Nigel Unbeaten, Pakorn at 18th [Sri Lanka Open]

Results after game 10
SLIOSC -- OPEN

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
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  1Nigel Richards      10    1407
  2Tony Sim             8     588
  3Udayan Grover        7     557
  4Rohaina Tanveer      7     314
  5Martin DeMellow      7     240
  6Lakshan Wanniarachci 7     207
  7V Ramachandran       6.5   356
  8Sherwin Rodriguesz   6     702
  9Nakul Prabhu         6     480
 10Akshay Bhandarkar    6     369
 11Malinda Gunawardane  6     230
 12Asanka Amarasinghe   6     144
 13Samitha Amerasinghe  6     135
 14Lalantha Amarasinghe 6     -37
 15Aqila J Amil Kattak  6    -138
 16Irfan Siddiqui       5.5   418
 17Indramali Cooray     5.5  -503
 18Pakorn Nemitrmansuk  5     532
 19Lahiru Elvitigala    5     379
 20Shaila Amalean       5     291
 21Farida Akbarally     5     204
 22Lakshman Cooray      5      10
 23Yeshan Jayasuriya    5    -128
 24Shaini Wilson        5    -153
 25Lahiru DeSilva       5    -155
 25Praveeni Jayasekera  5    -155
 27Huldah mather        5    -179
 28Gayan Rajasiri       5    -297
 29Ishtiaq Chishty      4.5   161
 30Anisha Bandaranaike  4       1
 31Sheroze Sheriffdeen  4     -17
 32Kandh Mahendran      4     -66
 33Piyuminie Muwanwella 4    -101
 34Shirley DeSilva      4    -185
 35Anil Wickramasinghe  4    -226
 36Migara Jayasinghe    4    -264
 37Kevin Katagoda       4    -357
 38Thirathni Perera     4    -872
 39Rani Rajapakse       3    -231
 40Leah DeLyle          3    -508
 41Uduma Haniffa        3    -580
 42Ramachandran Viji    3    -671
 43Nida Tanveer         1    -989
 44Chintamani Salgado   0    -913
HIGH GAME: Nigel Richards    615

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Stewart Holden | 4 Jul 2009 13:49

ABSP Masters - live coverage

Live coverage of the ABSP Masters, featuring the top 16 players in the
UK, has just begun on  http://www.centrestar.co.uk/09masters.html

Scores, standings, photos and hopefully some playable games will
follow throughout the weekend.

Stewart

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Stewart Holden | 4 Jul 2009 21:17

ABSP Masters - overnight standings

Full coverage on www.centrestar.co.uk/09masters.html

ABSP Masters
4th-5th July 2009

Round 8 Standings
Rank Won-Lost Spread Player Last Game Next Game
1 5–3 +368 Mikki Nicholson (#4) 2W:427-371:#5 #8
2 5–3 +219 Martin Harrison (#10) 2W:535-388:#11 #2
3 5–3 +150 Paul Allan (#2) 2W:536-418:#3 #10
4 5–3 +122 Jared Robinson (#15) 1W:461-439:#14 #5
5 4–4 +116 Kevin McMahon (#5) 1L:371-427:#4 #15
6 4–4 +78 Lewis Mackay (#13) 1W:534-361:#12 #7
7 4–4 +64 Neil Scott (#7) 1W:437-403:#6 #13
8 4–4 +14 Paul Gallen (#8) 2L:344-444:#9 #4
9 4–4 -18 Wayne Kelly (#14) 2L:439-461:#15 #3
10 4–4 -20 Craig Beevers (#1) 1W:471-335:#16 #12
11 4–4 -33 Phil Appleby (#11) 1L:388-535:#10 #9
12 4–4 -220 Adrian Tamas (#12) 2L:361-534:#13 #1
13 4–4 -250 Helen Gipson (#3) 1L:418-536:#2 #14
14 3–5 -101 Allan Simmons (#6) 2L:403-437:#7 #16
15 3–5 -146 Ed Martin (#9) 1W:444-344:#8 #11
16 2–6 -343 Phil Robertshaw (#16) 2L:335-471:#1 #6

Cheers,

Stewart

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Chris May | 5 Jul 2009 11:06
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WESPA rules update

The WESPA rules committee had originally hoped to finalise WESPA  
rules by 30 June. Although we made good progress, some unforeseen  
difficulties prevented us from meeting this target.

We hope the new WESPA rules will be used at this year's WSC and  
Causeway Challenge. We are mindful that players at those events need  
some time to acquaint themselves with the rules.

To this end, we plan to complete and circulate the final version of  
the rules by July 31.

Regards,
Chris May
for the WESPA Rules Committee

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