Commentary: Round 23

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

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Adam Logan (CAN) is Gibsonized, and beats Gerald Carter (THA).

Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (THA) plays Naween Fernando (AUS) at Board 1, and whichever wins will have a one-game lead on the field. Pakorn was left with 0:00:01 (no time, but no penalty), Naween with 0:00:05.

I discover what made tsh crash: a typo in a code change I made over the lunch break. No significant pairings errors appear to have resulted from our manual pairings.

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