The May Bishan Heights RC Mini, just like the May Jurong Green Mini, follows a certain tradition as well. For the past 3 years (2011-2013), which is the whole of my scrabble life, I recall that it has always taken place on the Sunday just after the Sundown Marathon. As a result, Sky, both an enthu scrabbler and runner, had to miss the BHRC Mini for the past 2 years. In fact, digging back into archives, this was the case in 2010 as well, where BHRC mini fell right after Sundown Marathon.
Sky thought he had finally broken the curse of not being able to play the BHRC Mini this year, as it was previously slated to happen on the 26th of May, while Sundown was on the 1st of June. However, some divine power caused the BHRC to be shifted one week later to 2nd June, and the hapless Sky once again could not participate.
However, NTU WGS still made it's presence felt in Division A, where Kian Boon, Victor and Jeya made it to the top 10 spots by virtue of rating. Gabriel participated in B, which had a very wide rating spread, all the way from an estimated high 14-- to NM J Goutham at 1810. Despite the absence of the Hall 7 Gang, Ramona stepped up to the challenge of taking on Div C solo, and was well rewarded for it.
In Jeya's words, Div A was brutal. GM Marlon kept up his stunning performance by winning his second tournament in a row, with 8 wins out of 9, 2 clear wins ahead of the field. Jeya earned his 2nd NM star admist tough competition, finishing 9th with 3 wins over NM Victor Chua, GM Hubert and GM Andy.
WGS Boss LKB started out well with 4 out of 5 wins, but lost 3 out of the next 4 games to finish 5th, a hair's breadth of 36 spread points away from 4th placed Victor Chua. NM Victor Chua made another return from obscurity, and showed that his blade was still sharp. After 2 losses in the first 2 rounds, he made a remarkable recovery to take 5 games out of 7 to finish in 4th place, just ahead of GM LKB.
In Div B, Gabriel finished 6th out of 8th, but managed to keep his rating above 1600 to eke out his final Master star, to achieve his Master title. On a side note, he had been trying to keep his spread below 100 in all losing games, and had manage to maintain a streak of 23 such games before it was finally ended by NM J Goutham with a spread of -108, when the latter nicely prevented Gabriel from bingo-ing out with AREOLEs by a nicely placed AGEE, which does not take an 's' behind.
In Div C, there was some confusion about the pairings at the start, which I believe was due to a player who did not turn up, resulting in some incorrect pairings. This resulted in a situation where the normally lonely ZZ Bye 1 found a friend in ZZ Bye 2, even though there was an even number of players (6). Unfortunately, I'm unsure of the exact details so I cannot elaborate further.
Ramona played well to score 4 out of 7, which surprisingly put her at 2nd place. Her losses were all of small amounts, of -8, -7 and -34. In fact, one of the losses came from her opponent pulling off a flash-draw on her, and could have been avoided had she called the TD. This was in a same game where she had let that opponent retract a move, and upon hearing that, a fellow player aptly termed her opponent, a young female player, as "surprisingly vicious at such a young age". Nevertheless, even though she finished 2nd at 2 wins behind the champion, Ramona had the highest positive spread in her division, a respectable +361, thanks to her big wins and small losses.
For the benefit of all, I would like to clarify the flash-draw rule here. I must admit when I was first introduced to scrabble at the inter-hall level, one of the first things I was taught to do was how to intimidate and flash-draw an opponent. Many newer players will attempt this, and I believe flash-draws occur with a highest rate in Div C. Of course, nowadays, I see more finesse in putting down a word my opponent does not know, and letting them challenge it.
Under Section 3.1.1 of WESPA version 2, which describes the Elements of the Turn, states that to complete a turn by playing a word, a player must, in this order:
(a) Place the tiles on the board;
(b) Announce the score for the turn;
(c) Press the timer to start the opponent's time;
(d) Record the score for the turn and the cumulative score on his/her score sheet
(e) Draw replacement tiles;
(f) Tiles track if desired.
Section 3.10.2, which describes Flash-Drawing, then states that
(a) If the player fails to record scores as required by 3.1.1(d), or pre-writes the scores, he or she has flash-drawn. The opponent is not considered to have accepted the turn, and may challenge even after a replacement tiles is drawn.
(b) Flash-drawing constitutes unethical behavior and is a level 2 offence
(c) If a turn is successfully challenged after a flash-draw, then:
(i) If no flash-drawn tiles has touched the player's rack, all flash-drawn tiles are revealed to the opponent and returned to the bag.
(ii) If a flash-drawn tile has touched the player's rack, the player is overdrawn by the number of tiles drawn in the flash-draw, and the rule pertaining to overdrawing applies.
I would like to make a reminder to all players to be familiar to the rules, especially since they may not be what you are familiar with in IHG. I strongly despise any form of unethical behavior or cheating, and would also like to encourage all players to be on the lookout for such incidents. Even if you're not the TD, ANYONE can catch someone if they're doing something wrong. Remember, when in doubt, just raise your hand and call the TD.
The next tournament will be a 23 June 2013 (sunday) mini at East Meadows (near Tanah Merah MRT), from 12pm-10pm.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
20130512 Jurong Green Mini 2013
A quick look at the Scrabble Association calendar of events will show that May is the only month with 2 mini tournaments, just 2 weeks apart, and what a good time too! The Jurong Green Mini traditionally occurs right after NTU finishes its exams, and a Bishan Heights RC Mini would take place 2 weeks later.
This time, Aaron, Chun Kin, Gabriel and Kai Yuan were raring for some scrabble after exams, and participated in this Jurong Green Mini tournament. There was also a surprise appearance by alumni Edward Pariwono, injecting some flavor into the monotony of working life.
The top 8 rated players made it into Division A, and played 7 rounds round robin followed by 2 rounds king of the hill, while the other 15 players were combined into Division B/C, which I believed followed the format of 6 rounds Australian Draw and 2 rounds KOTH. There were 8 new players, but they were by no means free food for the veterans, as they had all done some extent of word study, and since they were all wearing school uniforms, I assume they all came from Nanyang Girls' High Scrabble Club or something.
Aaron had a great start in Div A, winning his first 5 games by sizable margins, starting off with a +311 win over Sky in Round 1, propelling him to 1st place immediately after round 1, and leading the pack all the way even after a loss in round 6. However, disaster took place, and he lost rounds 6-9, and finished 3rd in the end. Or, if you look at it in a positive light, one could say he was so ownage in the first 5 rounds, that losing the last 4 'only dropped him to 3rd place', 307 spread points ahead of the next closest competitor. :O
After the vicious beating by Aaron in round 1, Kai Yuan played many close games, losing most other games by less than 100 spread, beating GM Andy by just 6 points, and in Round 6 and 8, won the critical games against Gabriel and Poh Ying Ming, elevating himself from 8th to 6th place, with one round to spare. Sky didn't even play the last round, as he had a dinner appointment, yet made 6th place with a comfortable spread margin of 299 points, and when someone doesn't need to play the last round and still does better than others, the term "too good" seems appropriate here :P
Gabriel experienced his first tournament in Div A, and it was definitely exciting for him, as 5 out of his 9 games were so close it came down to the endgame to determine a winner. Despite finishing 8th out of 8 players, he managed to score 2 wins over NMs Jian Rong and Victor Gwee, and earned his second Master star, leaving him one away from his Master title.
On a side note, he also got to experience the awesomeness and full power of a GM with luck, as GM Marlon played 3 bingos consecutively on moves 2 to 4, jabbing with tARdIVE (which has no back hook), following up with an uppercut TOADFISH, and then finishing off the combo kill with MACHETE. GM Marlon showed that this was by no means a fluke, as in a later game, he decimated another player with 3 bingos in a row, and 6 bingos total: SIMARRE, TEGUMINA, WEAPONED, UNBOILED, ECHOISED and one more I can't remember. WWWWWWICKED SICK!!!!!
In Div B/C, Edward showed that his skills were still sharp, as he finished in 3rd place with 5 out of 8 wins, losing only to the 1st and 2nd placed players. With a couple of big wins, Edward had a dominating spread, finishing a whooping 475 spread points ahead of the other 5-pointers, and achieving high game with a score of 568.
Chun Kin had a slow start, losing his first game to one of the NYGH newcomers by just 9 points, due to a power-tile-on-triple-letter-cheapo near the end of the game, if i remember correctly. The NYGH girls turned out to be dancing hunk's nemesis, as another one took round 3 from him. However, Chun Kin recovered well to climb the ladder steadily, winning 4 out of his last 5 games to finished 5th, also with 5 wins. He also managed to even the scores in Chun Kin vs NYGH, winning 2 other NYGH players as he ascended.
Do note that the next mini tournament, as mentioned above, would be the Bishan Heights RC Mini on 26 May (Sunday), and the biggest local event would soon follow on 27-28 July (Sat-Sun)
This time, Aaron, Chun Kin, Gabriel and Kai Yuan were raring for some scrabble after exams, and participated in this Jurong Green Mini tournament. There was also a surprise appearance by alumni Edward Pariwono, injecting some flavor into the monotony of working life.
The top 8 rated players made it into Division A, and played 7 rounds round robin followed by 2 rounds king of the hill, while the other 15 players were combined into Division B/C, which I believed followed the format of 6 rounds Australian Draw and 2 rounds KOTH. There were 8 new players, but they were by no means free food for the veterans, as they had all done some extent of word study, and since they were all wearing school uniforms, I assume they all came from Nanyang Girls' High Scrabble Club or something.
Aaron had a great start in Div A, winning his first 5 games by sizable margins, starting off with a +311 win over Sky in Round 1, propelling him to 1st place immediately after round 1, and leading the pack all the way even after a loss in round 6. However, disaster took place, and he lost rounds 6-9, and finished 3rd in the end. Or, if you look at it in a positive light, one could say he was so ownage in the first 5 rounds, that losing the last 4 'only dropped him to 3rd place', 307 spread points ahead of the next closest competitor. :O
After the vicious beating by Aaron in round 1, Kai Yuan played many close games, losing most other games by less than 100 spread, beating GM Andy by just 6 points, and in Round 6 and 8, won the critical games against Gabriel and Poh Ying Ming, elevating himself from 8th to 6th place, with one round to spare. Sky didn't even play the last round, as he had a dinner appointment, yet made 6th place with a comfortable spread margin of 299 points, and when someone doesn't need to play the last round and still does better than others, the term "too good" seems appropriate here :P
Gabriel experienced his first tournament in Div A, and it was definitely exciting for him, as 5 out of his 9 games were so close it came down to the endgame to determine a winner. Despite finishing 8th out of 8 players, he managed to score 2 wins over NMs Jian Rong and Victor Gwee, and earned his second Master star, leaving him one away from his Master title.
On a side note, he also got to experience the awesomeness and full power of a GM with luck, as GM Marlon played 3 bingos consecutively on moves 2 to 4, jabbing with tARdIVE (which has no back hook), following up with an uppercut TOADFISH, and then finishing off the combo kill with MACHETE. GM Marlon showed that this was by no means a fluke, as in a later game, he decimated another player with 3 bingos in a row, and 6 bingos total: SIMARRE, TEGUMINA, WEAPONED, UNBOILED, ECHOISED and one more I can't remember. WWWWWWICKED SICK!!!!!
In Div B/C, Edward showed that his skills were still sharp, as he finished in 3rd place with 5 out of 8 wins, losing only to the 1st and 2nd placed players. With a couple of big wins, Edward had a dominating spread, finishing a whooping 475 spread points ahead of the other 5-pointers, and achieving high game with a score of 568.
Chun Kin had a slow start, losing his first game to one of the NYGH newcomers by just 9 points, due to a power-tile-on-triple-letter-cheapo near the end of the game, if i remember correctly. The NYGH girls turned out to be dancing hunk's nemesis, as another one took round 3 from him. However, Chun Kin recovered well to climb the ladder steadily, winning 4 out of his last 5 games to finished 5th, also with 5 wins. He also managed to even the scores in Chun Kin vs NYGH, winning 2 other NYGH players as he ascended.
Do note that the next mini tournament, as mentioned above, would be the Bishan Heights RC Mini on 26 May (Sunday), and the biggest local event would soon follow on 27-28 July (Sat-Sun)
Sunday, March 17, 2013
20130317 NTU WGS Scrabble Mini 2013
The NTU WGS held it's first event that was open to the public on March 17, 2013. Surprisingly, it attracted a rather large number of high rated players, such that many masters were pushed down to Division B. With a total of 30 players, this event managed to attract slightly more players than an outside mini, probably due to more NTU players participating, and serves as an encouraging sign for the WGS to hold more of such events in the future.
The tournament was split into only 2 divisions, with the 10 highest rated players in Div A playing round robin (9 rounds), and the remaining 20 in Div B, playing 6 rounds Australian Draw, with the last 2 rounds King of the Hill (8 rounds). The top division was really elite this time, with the cut-off rating in the high 1700s. Div B had a much more disparate range of playing strength, with totally new players, as well as several masters. While it may have been a shock to the newer players, it also gave everyone a chance to play against a wider range of opponents, instead of just being restricted to players of their own strength, which would provide a good learning experience.
Aaron and Kian Boon were the regulars in Div A, this time joined by Victor who came out of retirement to play his first tournament in years (excluding IHG and ISRG), as well as the upcoming Jeya, who had already been upsetting masters left right and centre. After Jeya joined the Scrabble Association as a member of the tournament, it was revealed that he had just made it into the last slot of Div A with a rating of 1787, and had a Master title and one star to boot.
Despite the home ground advantage, Kian Boon was edged out of 1st place by Cheah Siu Hean, who came back from a bad morning with 3 losses out of 4 to win the last 5 games with 6 points and a positive spread of 309. Kian Boon had a bad evening instead, winning all 4 morning games, but only 2 out of 5 after lunch, falling to friendly fire as he lost to Aaron in the final round. Aaron, on the other hand, had a roller coaster tournament full of ups and downs, perfectly alternating wins and losses to finish in 5th place with 5 out of 9.
Jeya finished in 8th place, finally facing some tough competition from the NMs and GMs, but showed that he could still beat the best, where among his 4 wins, 2 came from defeating the top 2 winners of the tournament, Cheah and Kian Boon. Victor took a day off from his FYP just to come play in a scrabble tournament again, finishing 10th, but nevertheless still scoring 3 wins against Cheah, Aaron and Tony Sim. With all the players in Div A of a similar (high) level, it was a pretty tight tournament, with the 1st finishing with 6 points, and the last finishing with 3 points, just a difference of 3 wins across the whole division.
In Div B, together with the 6 new players, came 6 masters, and with the other 8 intermediate players, formed a really diverse section. Gabriel won the tournament with a perfect score, jumping the roadblock setup by the 6 masters, who finished 2nd to 7th.
Among the Masters was Kai Yuan, who played a steady tournament, losing only 3 games to the Masters higher rated than him, and winning all 5 opponents he was supposed to win, to secure a share of the prizes at 5th place, just a spread of 19 away from 4th.
Chun Kin snatched the 2nd highest non-master spot at 8th place, with his fierce win in the last round by 390 spread, to overtake 4 other 4-pointers. Seline was 11th, also with 4 points, with a close loss to one of the masters Neo Wei Sheng by just 5 points, and it seems like just a matter of time before she has her first master scalp. Sze Mei was 12th, rounding up the 4-pointers, who had faced off Chun Kin in the 7th round with an exciting match, winning by 3 points 407-404.
Xing Long was the highest 3 pointer, in 13th place, having tough matchups against 3 masters in the last 3 rounds after scoring 3 out of the first 5 rounds. While the 6 newcomers, Benjamin Wong, Boon Chong, Jude Tan, Lawrence Kwek, Wan Ling, and Shawm Ong finished 15th-20th respectively, it was nice to see that each of them had nabbed at least 2 wins, so no one was left in the dust and demoralized.
The full results are up on the Scrabble Association website here, and it is also of curious note that Lawrence's name is spelt as "Lawrence Kwek Two" there.
Do note that the next Scrabble Association event is the Jurong Green CC Scrabble Open Championships held on the 6th and/or 7th April 2013, depending on the category. More details can be found at the facebook page here
The tournament was split into only 2 divisions, with the 10 highest rated players in Div A playing round robin (9 rounds), and the remaining 20 in Div B, playing 6 rounds Australian Draw, with the last 2 rounds King of the Hill (8 rounds). The top division was really elite this time, with the cut-off rating in the high 1700s. Div B had a much more disparate range of playing strength, with totally new players, as well as several masters. While it may have been a shock to the newer players, it also gave everyone a chance to play against a wider range of opponents, instead of just being restricted to players of their own strength, which would provide a good learning experience.
Aaron and Kian Boon were the regulars in Div A, this time joined by Victor who came out of retirement to play his first tournament in years (excluding IHG and ISRG), as well as the upcoming Jeya, who had already been upsetting masters left right and centre. After Jeya joined the Scrabble Association as a member of the tournament, it was revealed that he had just made it into the last slot of Div A with a rating of 1787, and had a Master title and one star to boot.
Despite the home ground advantage, Kian Boon was edged out of 1st place by Cheah Siu Hean, who came back from a bad morning with 3 losses out of 4 to win the last 5 games with 6 points and a positive spread of 309. Kian Boon had a bad evening instead, winning all 4 morning games, but only 2 out of 5 after lunch, falling to friendly fire as he lost to Aaron in the final round. Aaron, on the other hand, had a roller coaster tournament full of ups and downs, perfectly alternating wins and losses to finish in 5th place with 5 out of 9.
Jeya finished in 8th place, finally facing some tough competition from the NMs and GMs, but showed that he could still beat the best, where among his 4 wins, 2 came from defeating the top 2 winners of the tournament, Cheah and Kian Boon. Victor took a day off from his FYP just to come play in a scrabble tournament again, finishing 10th, but nevertheless still scoring 3 wins against Cheah, Aaron and Tony Sim. With all the players in Div A of a similar (high) level, it was a pretty tight tournament, with the 1st finishing with 6 points, and the last finishing with 3 points, just a difference of 3 wins across the whole division.
In Div B, together with the 6 new players, came 6 masters, and with the other 8 intermediate players, formed a really diverse section. Gabriel won the tournament with a perfect score, jumping the roadblock setup by the 6 masters, who finished 2nd to 7th.
Among the Masters was Kai Yuan, who played a steady tournament, losing only 3 games to the Masters higher rated than him, and winning all 5 opponents he was supposed to win, to secure a share of the prizes at 5th place, just a spread of 19 away from 4th.
Chun Kin snatched the 2nd highest non-master spot at 8th place, with his fierce win in the last round by 390 spread, to overtake 4 other 4-pointers. Seline was 11th, also with 4 points, with a close loss to one of the masters Neo Wei Sheng by just 5 points, and it seems like just a matter of time before she has her first master scalp. Sze Mei was 12th, rounding up the 4-pointers, who had faced off Chun Kin in the 7th round with an exciting match, winning by 3 points 407-404.
Xing Long was the highest 3 pointer, in 13th place, having tough matchups against 3 masters in the last 3 rounds after scoring 3 out of the first 5 rounds. While the 6 newcomers, Benjamin Wong, Boon Chong, Jude Tan, Lawrence Kwek, Wan Ling, and Shawm Ong finished 15th-20th respectively, it was nice to see that each of them had nabbed at least 2 wins, so no one was left in the dust and demoralized.
The full results are up on the Scrabble Association website here, and it is also of curious note that Lawrence's name is spelt as "Lawrence Kwek Two" there.
Do note that the next Scrabble Association event is the Jurong Green CC Scrabble Open Championships held on the 6th and/or 7th April 2013, depending on the category. More details can be found at the facebook page here
Monday, February 18, 2013
Upcoming Event: NTU WGS Scrabble Mini 2013
It's official, the NTU WGS Scrabble Mini 2013 will take place
on March 17, 2013
from 9am - 6pm
at Hall 16 Seminar Room
Entry Fee: $5
Prizes: TBC depending on number of players
This event is open to the public, but the entry fee is lower compared to local Scrabble Association events, so this is a good and rare chance to play with new opponents and gain some experience.
To register, inform Kian Boon either through facebook pm, or email (which is listed on the facebook event page).
Check out the facebook event here. Do not hesitate to ask more of your friends and hallmates to come down!
on March 17, 2013
from 9am - 6pm
at Hall 16 Seminar Room
Entry Fee: $5
Prizes: TBC depending on number of players
This event is open to the public, but the entry fee is lower compared to local Scrabble Association events, so this is a good and rare chance to play with new opponents and gain some experience.
To register, inform Kian Boon either through facebook pm, or email (which is listed on the facebook event page).
Check out the facebook event here. Do not hesitate to ask more of your friends and hallmates to come down!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
20130213 - 2nd WGS Boggle Mini
18 players took part in the 2nd WGS Boggle Mini, a higher participation rate than 14 of last year. The players were seeded by results from the 1st WGS Boggle Mini, and unseeded players were arranged by alphabetical order, with the exception of players 16 and 17 being added in last minute, and players 18 and 19 to enter only during later rounds, to arrive at the start list below.
The pairings system used was Australian Draw, though we tweaked the pairings to allow those who came later to play more rounds instead of receiving 'byes'. After 8 exciting rounds, the tournament concluded with the results below.
Congratulations to:
Jeremy Su who won the best word prize with 2x 8 letter words: GIDDYING and BRITTLER
Dillon Tay who won the highest round score prize with 120 + 136 = 256
Victor Chua for getting overall 3rd
Liew Kian Boon for getting overall 2nd
Gabriel Cheang for getting overall 1st
Our next NTU event will be our Scrabble Mini to be held on 17th March 2013 (Sunday), so hope to see you there!
| Seeding | Player | Rank from 1st Mini | Remarks |
| 1 | Gabriel Cheang | 1st | - |
| 2 | Dillon Tay | 8th | - |
| 3 | Ong Xing Long | 10th | - |
| 4 | Lim Wen Zhen | 11th | - |
| 5 | Nicholas Tan | 14th | - |
| 6 | Ang Jin Yang | - | - |
| 7 | Chin Hsien Juen | - | - |
| 8 | Victor Chua | - | - |
| 9 | Dang Chun Kin | - | - |
| 10 | Jeremy Su | - | - |
| 11 | Liew Kian Boon | - | - |
| 12 | Sarah Teo | - | Played Rd1-4 |
| 13 | Seline Kok | - | - |
| 14 | Tay Jing En | - | - |
| 15 | Yvonne Pow | - | - |
| 16 | Wilson Chan | - | - |
| 17 | Lim Yee Siang | - | Played Rd1-3 |
| 18 | Aaron Chong | - | Played Rd4-8 |
| 19 | Varun Govind Raj | - | Played Rd7-8 |
The pairings system used was Australian Draw, though we tweaked the pairings to allow those who came later to play more rounds instead of receiving 'byes'. After 8 exciting rounds, the tournament concluded with the results below.
| Rank | Player | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Wins | Spread |
| 1 | Gabriel Cheang | vs 8 (232-174, +58) | vs 4 (156-123, +33) | vs 14 (167-136, +31) | vs 5 (150-110, +40) | vs 2 (177-171, +6) | vs 3 (137-133, +4) | vs 7 (130-87, +43) | vs 9 (145-81, +64) | 8 | +279 |
| 2 | Liew Kian Boon | vs 5 (245-256, -11) | vs 3 (164-160, +4) | vs 11 (228-149, +79) | vs 4 (115-112, +3) | vs 1 (171-177, -6) | vs 14 (182-134, +48) | vs 13 (166-158, +8) | vs 10 (158-134, +24) | 6 | +149 |
| 3 | Victor Chua | vs 16 (161-153, +8) | vs 2 (160-164, -4) | vs 6 (138-145, -7) | vs 15 (189-116, +73) | vs 9 (211-187, +24) | vs 1 (133-137, -4) | vs 4 (44-40, +4) | vs 5 (181-167, +14) | 5 | +108 |
| 4 | Wilson Chan | vs 17 (169-116, +53) | vs 1 (123-156, -33) | vs 15 (181-140, +41) | vs 2 (112-115, -3) | vs 5 (140-137, +3) | vs 7 (117-104, +13) | vs 3 (40-44, -4) | vs 11 (162-137, +25) | 5 | +95 |
| 5 | Dillon Tay | vs 2 (256-245, +11) | vs 11 (141-116, +25) | vs 9 (120-110, +10) | vs 1 (110-150, -40) | vs 4 (137-140, -3) | vs 12 (104-89, +15) | vs 8 (201-180, +21) | vs 3 (167-181, -14) | 5 | +25 |
| 6 | Seline Kok | vs 15 (140-121, +19) | vs 14 (148-161, -13) | vs 3 (145-138, +7) | vs 7 (94-107, -13) | vs 12 (82-89, -7) | vs 10 (105-125, -20) | Bye (+50) | vs 19 (115-30, +85) | 4 | +108 |
| 7 | Ang Jin Yang | vs 10 (149-165, -16) | vs 12 (123-94, +29) | vs 16 (98-100, -2) | vs 6 (107-94, +13) | vs 8 (174-151, +23) | vs 4 (104-117, -13) | vs 1 (87-130, -43) | Bye (+50) | 4 | +41 |
| 8 | Jeremy Su | vs 1 (174-232, -58) | vs 17 (142-108, +34) | vs 10 (172-114, +58) | vs 9 (154-156, -2) | vs 7 (151-174, -23) | vs 13 (137-132, +5) | vs 5 (180-201, -21) | vs 14 (167-164, +3) | 4 | -4 |
| 9 | Tay Jing En | vs 12 (139-124, +15) | vs 10 (202-169, +33) | vs 5 (110-120, -10) | vs 8 (156-154, +2) | vs 3 (187-211, -24) | vs 11 (105-106, -1) | vs 14 (169-136, +33) | vs 1 (81-145, -64) | 4 | -16 |
| 10 | Yvonne Pow | vs 7 (165-149, +16) | vs 9 (169-202, -33) | vs 8 (114-172, -58) | vs 11 (138-148, -10) | vs 15 (117-93, +24) | vs 6 (125-105, +20) | vs 12 (123-116, +7) | vs 2 (134-158, -24) | 4 | -58 |
| 11 | Ong Xing Long | vs 18 (132-120, +12) | vs 5 (116-141, -25) | vs 2 (149-228, -79) | vs 10 (148-138, +10) | vs 13 (121-128, -7) | vs 9 (106-105, +1) | vs 15 (148-134, +14) | vs 4 (137-162, -25) | 4 | -99 |
| 12 | Nicholas Tan | vs 9 (124-139, -15) | vs 7 (94-123, -29) | vs 18 (145-132, +13) | vs 17 (142-133, +9) | vs 6 (89-82, +7) | vs 5 (89-104, -15) | vs 10 (116-123, -7) | vs 15 (166-166, +0) | 3.5 | -37 |
| 13 | Aaron Chong | - | - | - | vs 14 (154-143, +11) | vs 11 (128-121, +7) | vs 8 (132-137, -5) | vs 2 (158-166, -8) | vs 17 (114-89, +55) | 3 | +60 |
| 14 | Dang Chun Kin | Bye (+50) | vs 6 (161-148, +13) | vs 1 (136-167, -31) | vs 13 (143-154, -11) | vs 17 (145-114, +31) | vs 2 (134-182, -48) | vs 9 (136-169, -33) | vs 8 (164-167, -3) | 3 | -32 |
| 15 | Lim Wen Zhen | vs 6 (120-139, -19) | Bye (+50) | vs 4 (140-181, -41) | vs 3 (116-189, -73) | vs 10 (93-117, -24) | vs 17 (150-124, +26) | vs 11 (134-148, -14) | vs 12 (166-166, +0) | 2.5 | -95 |
| 16 | Lim Yee Siang | vs 3 (153-161, -8) | vs 18 (103-81, +22) | vs 7 (100-98, +2) | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | +16 |
| 17 | Chin Hsien Juen | vs 4 (116-169, -53 | vs 8 (108-142, -34) | Bye (+50) | vs 12 (133-142, -9) | vs 14 (114-145, -31) | vs 15 (124-150, -26) | vs 19 (102-53, +49) | vs 13 (89-144, -55 | 2 | -109 |
| 18 | Sarah Teo | vs 11 (120-132, -12) | vs 16 (81-103, -22) | vs 12 (132-145, -13) | Bye (+50) | - | - | - | - | 1 | +3 |
| 19 | Varun Govind Raj | - | - | - | - | - | - | vs 17 (53-102, -49) | vs 6 (30-115, -85) | 0 | -134 |
Congratulations to:
Jeremy Su who won the best word prize with 2x 8 letter words: GIDDYING and BRITTLER
Dillon Tay who won the highest round score prize with 120 + 136 = 256
Victor Chua for getting overall 3rd
Liew Kian Boon for getting overall 2nd
Gabriel Cheang for getting overall 1st
Our next NTU event will be our Scrabble Mini to be held on 17th March 2013 (Sunday), so hope to see you there!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
02 Feb 2013 Survivors only Scrabblethon 2013
While I have observed that most Scrabble Association tournaments only take place on Sundays (such as minis) or on both Saturday and Sunday (National Events), this has prevented many church goers or people who have their Sundays busy from participating in Scrabble events. However, with Tony Sim's "Survivors only Scrabblethon 2013" held on just Saturday, several NTU WGS members took up the challenge and went for what can only be called an intense competition.
The game took place from 12pm all the way till 11pm+, with 12 gruelling rounds all in one go. Nevertheless, that probably served as one of the main attractions, as getting to play so many rounds in one day really increases enjoyment and utility of time. Moreover, there was only 1 section available, which gave non-Master players a chance to experience higher level play, and get a shot at fragging some big guns.
Aaron, Jeya, Jin Yang and Gabriel took part, and all of them came back with some nice kills, as well as netting 2 out of the top 3 places as Aaron got 1st with 9 out of 12 wins, and Jeya got 3rd with 8 out of 12 wins. Wilson Lee also came down to support and look at the awesome games going on, as well as take up the position of paparazzi and snap photos left and right.
Aaron played "JAWBONER" for 235 points in Round 8, not only setting the high word for the tournament, but also breaking his high game record, achieving a score of 705 for that game.
Jeya came into the tournament relatively unknown by the Div A players, but they were soon taking great notice of him, as he defeated 2 GMs, 2 SMs, and 1 NM. He can also claim the honour of taking 2 points off the tournament winner Aaron, winning 2 games out of their 3 encounters in this tournament, given that the whole tournament was King of the Hill format all the way.
Jin Yang, while one of the lowest rated in the tournament with a rating below 1500, proved much stronger than his rating, beating 1 SM and 1 NM, and like what Jeya did to Aaron, Jin Yang also won 2 out of his 3 games with Jeya. By squeezing a win in his last game against Gabriel by a score of 11, Jin Yang won the "highest above seeding" award, as well as the "highest under 1600 rating" award.
Gabriel had a tough start, losing his first round to an SM by just 1 point, and faced GMs for his subsequent 4 rounds. Nevertheless, he managed a lucky win over one of them by a margin of 147, before bouncing back with a few wins over the weaker players.
It was exhausting, but everyone went home happy that night!
Do note that 4th and 5th Feb will be the Inter-School Rec Games for scrabble, and even if you're not playing, you can always come down and take a look at the games! Also do not forget that it's just over a week till our Boggle Mini on 13th Feb, so if you haven't signed up, please do so soon!
Also take note that the next Scrabble Association event, as given on the SA website, is the Jurong Green CC Scrabble Open Championship 2013.
The game took place from 12pm all the way till 11pm+, with 12 gruelling rounds all in one go. Nevertheless, that probably served as one of the main attractions, as getting to play so many rounds in one day really increases enjoyment and utility of time. Moreover, there was only 1 section available, which gave non-Master players a chance to experience higher level play, and get a shot at fragging some big guns.
Aaron, Jeya, Jin Yang and Gabriel took part, and all of them came back with some nice kills, as well as netting 2 out of the top 3 places as Aaron got 1st with 9 out of 12 wins, and Jeya got 3rd with 8 out of 12 wins. Wilson Lee also came down to support and look at the awesome games going on, as well as take up the position of paparazzi and snap photos left and right.
Aaron played "JAWBONER" for 235 points in Round 8, not only setting the high word for the tournament, but also breaking his high game record, achieving a score of 705 for that game.
Jeya came into the tournament relatively unknown by the Div A players, but they were soon taking great notice of him, as he defeated 2 GMs, 2 SMs, and 1 NM. He can also claim the honour of taking 2 points off the tournament winner Aaron, winning 2 games out of their 3 encounters in this tournament, given that the whole tournament was King of the Hill format all the way.
Jin Yang, while one of the lowest rated in the tournament with a rating below 1500, proved much stronger than his rating, beating 1 SM and 1 NM, and like what Jeya did to Aaron, Jin Yang also won 2 out of his 3 games with Jeya. By squeezing a win in his last game against Gabriel by a score of 11, Jin Yang won the "highest above seeding" award, as well as the "highest under 1600 rating" award.
Gabriel had a tough start, losing his first round to an SM by just 1 point, and faced GMs for his subsequent 4 rounds. Nevertheless, he managed a lucky win over one of them by a margin of 147, before bouncing back with a few wins over the weaker players.
It was exhausting, but everyone went home happy that night!
Do note that 4th and 5th Feb will be the Inter-School Rec Games for scrabble, and even if you're not playing, you can always come down and take a look at the games! Also do not forget that it's just over a week till our Boggle Mini on 13th Feb, so if you haven't signed up, please do so soon!
Also take note that the next Scrabble Association event, as given on the SA website, is the Jurong Green CC Scrabble Open Championship 2013.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Upcoming Word Game Events in NTU
1. ISRG Scrabble
Prelims
Dates: 4th-5th Feb 2013 (Week 4 Monday and Tuesday)
Venue: Nanyang House
Time: 630pm-930pm (3 games each day)
Time controls: 20mins per player
Finals
Date: 7th Feb 2013 (Week 4 Thursday)
Venue: Hall 12 MPH
Time: 6pm-930pm
2. WGS Boggle Mini
Date: 13th Feb 2013 (Week 5 Wednesday)
Venue: Nanyang House (to be confirmed)
Time: 7pm-1130pm (6-8 rounds, as many as time permits)
Sign up here!
You can see which of your friends has signed up here!
Prelims
Dates: 4th-5th Feb 2013 (Week 4 Monday and Tuesday)
Venue: Nanyang House
Time: 630pm-930pm (3 games each day)
Time controls: 20mins per player
Finals
Date: 7th Feb 2013 (Week 4 Thursday)
Venue: Hall 12 MPH
Time: 6pm-930pm
2. WGS Boggle Mini
Date: 13th Feb 2013 (Week 5 Wednesday)
Venue: Nanyang House (to be confirmed)
Time: 7pm-1130pm (6-8 rounds, as many as time permits)
Sign up here!
You can see which of your friends has signed up here!
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