Commentary: Round 9

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

Go to: Registration, Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Round 4, Round 5, Round 6, Round 7, Round 8, Round 9, Round 10, Round 11, Round 12, Round 13, Round 14, Round 15, Round 16, Round 17, Round 18, Round 19, Round 20, Round 21, Round 22, Round 23, Round 24.

We're playing nine rounds today and seven tomorrow, because of a schedule conflict tomorrow evening. Everyone is present and accounted for except for Andrew Davis (Eng), whose train is delayed.

Adam Logan (CAN) faces Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS) at board 1, Andrew Fisher (AUS) plays David Boys (CAN) at board 2, and Terry Kirk (Eng) plays Gerald Carter (THA) at board 3. As I write this, Adam is down 92 points with two in the bag, and Ganesh is trying to figure out how not to get stuck with the JQ on his rack while preventing Adam from bingoing out.

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