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SCT 2014 Commentary: Round 6

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Round 6 Auto-Commentary

Jesse Day (USA) claims the lead, 6-0 +465, on a 6-game winning streak. Jesse Matthews (CAN) is +392, on a 6-game winning streak, #2 up from #6. Phil Robertshaw (Eng) is +321, on a 6-game winning streak, #3 rising from #5. Brett Smitheram (Eng) is 1 game behind at 5-1 +700, #4 improving from #7. Alastair Richards (AUS) is +691, on a 5-game winning streak, #5 jumping up from #10. Joanne Craig (NZL) is +661, #6 tumbling from #1. Craig Beevers (Eng) is +555, #7 dropping from #2. Peter Armstrong (USA) is +539, #8 climbing from #9. Jason Keller (USA) is +536, #9 rising from #13. Chris May (AUS) is +514, on a 5-game winning streak, #10 leaping up from #17.

High Win: Stefan Rau (USA) 619-355 vs. Irfan Siddiqui (BHR). Low Win: H Hardiyanto (IDN) 332-303 vs. Warodom Geamsakul (JPN). High Loss: Michael Akonor (GHA) 474-508 vs. Toke Aka (NGA). Low Loss: Elie Dangoor (Eng) 262-456 vs. Terry Kirk (Eng).

After six rounds of play in the MSI World Championship Scrabble Champions Tournament preliminary, three of the 108 players remain undefeated: Jesse Day (USA) on +465, Jesse Matthews (CAN) on +392, and Phil Robertshaw (Eng) on +321. Filling out the rest of the top ten are Brett Smitheram (Eng), Alastair Richards (AUS), top-ranked female player Joanne Craig (NZL), Craig Beevers (Eng), Peter Armstrong (USA), Jason Keller (USA) and Chris May (AUS). Here are a few other event factoids.

* Of the 31 countries represented at this event, the leaders are the singleton teams from the Philippines and Sierra Leone (whose representatives are in 11th and 13th place), then Northern Ireland, Canada and Thailand.

* Host country England is in the middle of the field with a 44% record against other nations, but there are still 18 rounds to go before the quarterfinals.

* The high win of the event so far has been Irfan Siddiqui's (BHR) 624-323 win over Tim Adamson (USA) in Round 2; high loss is Mohammad Sulaiman's (ARE) 509-513 loss to Calum Edwards (Eng).

* Highest average score is Stefan Rau's (USA) 492. The average average at this event is 412.

* The lowest average opponent score (best defence) is Rik Kennedy's (NIr) 337.

* A total of 266,217 points have been scored so far; by the end of the event, the players will have scored more than a million.

* Defending champion Nigel Richards (NZL) is in 26th place, 4-2 +268, after unexpected back-to-back losses in Rounds 3 and 4 to Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah (LKA) and Gerald Carter (THA).