2015 Malta International Scrabble Open: One-Day

May 1, 2015

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Commentary: Round 3

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Division A Round 3 Auto-Commentary

Mario Saliba (MLT) claims the lead, 3-0 +229, on a 3-game winning streak. Theresa Brousson (MLT) is +210, on a 3-game winning streak, unchanged at #2. Austin Shin (Eng) is 1 game behind at 2-1 +200, #3 rising from #4. Simon Gillam (Sco) is +198, #4 dropping from #1. Kevin Synnott (Eng) is +87, #5 rising from #6. Ray Tate (Sco) is +16, #6 improving from #9. Vincent Boyle (Sco) is +6, remaining unchanged at #7.

High Win: Austin Shin (Eng) 492-388 vs. Bob Violett (Eng). Low Win: Theresa Brousson (MLT) 362-334 vs. David Delicata (MLT). High Loss: John Barker (AUS) 405-417 vs. Pauline Russell (IRL). Low Loss: David Delicata (MLT) 334-362 vs. Theresa Brousson (MLT).


Division B Round 3 Auto-Commentary

Eileen Meghen (IRL) stays in the lead, 3-0 +436, on a 3-game winning streak. Josephine Mayo (MLT) is +304, on a 3-game winning streak, #2 up from #7. Brid Ni Bhriain (IRL) is +248, on a 3-game winning streak, #3 up from #4. Paul Mifsud (MLT) is +242, on a 3-game winning streak, #4 rising from #6. Mario Seychell (MLT) is 0.5 games behind at 2.5-0.5 +174, still at #5. Albert Zammit (MLT) is +67, #6 up from #8. Anne Creaven (IRL) is 1 game behind the leader at 2-1 +376, #7 down from #2. Dominic Borg (MLT) is +186, #8 tumbling from #3. Mario Camilleri (MLT) is +148, #9 rising from #11. Joe Caruana (MLT) is +67, #10 climbing from #13.

High Win: Alfred Xuereb (MLT) 517-283 vs. Marion Loewenstein (ISR). Low Win: Carmen Stafrace (MLT) 369-367 vs. Philip Turner (Eng). High Loss: Anne Creaven (IRL) 388-408 vs. Brid Ni Bhriain (IRL). Low Loss: Marlene Calleja (MLT) 255-418 vs. Josephine Mayo (MLT).


We had our first tie game of the event, a 410-410 game between Mario Seychell (MLT) and Albert Zammit (MLT).

If the upper division had been odd, we would have had to move bottom seed Mario Saliba (MLT) down to the lower division. It's a good thing we didn't: he's in first place now, and one of two remaining undefeated players in A.

Paul Mifsud (MLT), fourth among the undefeated players in B, very nearly didn't play today, joining our group only because of a last-minute no-show.


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