Singapore Open Scrabble Championship
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Scrabble |
Location | Singapore |
Established | 1998 |
Format | 15–17 rounds |
Current champion | |
Toh Weibin |
The Singapore Open Scrabble Championship is an international Scrabble tournament held each year in Singapore, established in 1998. The field of players is considerably large and it is not an invitational event. World Scrabble champion Nigel Richards has the most Singapore Open wins, with twelve between 2000 and 2017.
Champions
[edit]The winner of the championship's inaugural edition was Michael Tang in 1998. The player with the most Singapore Open victories is New Zealander Nigel Richards, who won eleven times between 2000 and 2014,[1] and once again in 2016.[2] No other person has won the tournament more than once. The Singapore Open was cancelled in 2013 and 2015 due to a lack of venue.[3]
Year | Champion | Country | Venue | Wins/Total number of games | Cumulative spread | Runner(s)-up |
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2017 | Toh Weibin | ![]() | YWCA Fort Canning Lodge | 14/16 | 1156 | ![]() |
2016 | Nigel Richards (12) | ![]() | Hwa Chong Institution | 11/16 | 1071 | ![]() |
2014 | Nigel Richards (11) | ![]() | *SCAPE | 12/16 | 1272 | ![]() |
2012 | Nigel Richards (10) | ![]() | West Coast Community Club | 14/16 | 1840 | ![]() |
2011 | Aaron Chong | ![]() | Thomson Community Club | 11/16 | 1246 | ![]() |
2010 | Nigel Richards (9) | ![]() | Thomson Community Club | 14/17 | 2190 | ![]() |
2009 | Nigel Richards (8) | ![]() | Sengkang Community Club | 12/16 | 978 | ![]() |
2008 | Nigel Richards (7) | ![]() | Anchorvale Community Club | 14/16 | 1196 | ![]() |
2007 | Nigel Richards (6) | ![]() | Teck Ghee Community Club | 11/16 | 833 | ![]() |
2006 | Tony Sim | ![]() | Teck Ghee Community Club | 12/16 | 670 | ![]() |
2005 | Andy Kurnia | ![]() | Teck Ghee Community Club | 12/16 | 749 | ![]() |
2004 | Nigel Richards (5) | ![]() | Nanyang Community Club | 12/16 | 962 | ![]() |
2003 | Nigel Richards (4) | ![]() | Jurong Green Community Club | 12.5/16 | 1181 | ![]() |
2002 | Nigel Richards (3) | ![]() | Jurong Green Community Club | 12/16 | 782 | ![]() |
2001 | Nigel Richards (2) | ![]() | Hong Kah East Community Club | 12/16 | 1021 | ![]() |
2000 | Nigel Richards (1) | ![]() | Hong Kah East Community Club | 14/16 | 2118 | ![]() |
1999 | Ganesh Asirvatham | ![]() | Hong Kah East Community Club | 12/15 | 1053 | ![]() |
1998 | Michael Tang | ![]() | Hong Kah East Community Club | 12/16 | 472 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Damodaran, Akhila (16 January 2017). "Master of all words uses but few". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017.
- ^ "12.11.2016 Singapore Open: Nigel Richards". WESPA. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Archives". Scrabble Association Singapore. Retrieved 28 August 2016.