Commentary: Round 13

[ Congratulations to the new World Scrabble® Champion, Adam Logan (CAN), and the runner-up Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (THA). ]

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Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS) vs. Jerry Lerman (USA) at board 1, Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (THA) vs. Adam Logan (CAN) at board 2, Andrew Fisher (AUS) vs. Panupol Sujjayakorn (Wsc) at board 3.

Ganesh was at 11-1; Adam at 10-2; Andrew, Paul Cleary (AUS), Naween Fernando (AUS), Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (THA) at 9-3; and rounding out the top pairing group of ten players Gerald Carter (THA) and Panupol Sujjayakorn (Wsc) at 8.5-3.5 and Jerry Lerman (USA) and Nigel Richards (NZL) at 8-4.

Ganesh and Jerry play a very close game. Pakorn beat Adam 417-331, but Adam retains a lead of 476 spread points. I asked Pakorn if it was an interesting game, and he shook his head: "Just lucky!" Panupol beat Andrew 521-423.

David Eldar (AUS) is delighted to have beaten Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Eng) 468-424 despite Harshan's having gotten both blanks.

Zev Kaufman (CAN) begins playing under Sabbath rules either this round or next.

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