2016 Cape Town International Scrabble Tournament

February 3–7, 2016

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Commentary: Round 19

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Round 19 Auto-Commentary

Nigel Richards (NZL) stays in the lead for the 13th consecutive round, 17-2 +2424. Dave Wiegand (USA) is 2 games behind at 15-4 +1887, remaining unchanged at #2. Chinedu Okwelogu (NGA) is +773, on a 3-game winning streak, still at #3. Rex Ogbakpa (NGA) is 3 games behind the leader at 14-5 +1341, on a 4-game winning streak, #4 climbing from #5. David Eldar (AUS) is +575, #5 dropping from #4.

In Class B: Ashley Willenberg (ZAF) is the lead, 11-8 -13. Howard Rayner (ZAF) is -134, #16 rising from #19. Raymond Gbaraba (NGA) is 1 game behind at 10-9 +11, on a 6-game losing streak, #20 slipping from #18. Ralph Owusu (GHA) is -36, #21 improving from #24. Fern Wheelwright (ZAF) is -302, #22 up from #25. Gerald Davids (ZAF) is 2 games behind the leader at 9-10 +137, #27 jumping down from #22.

High Win: Dave Wiegand (USA) 558-252 vs. Ashley Willenberg (ZAF). Low Win: Dylan Early (ZAF) 366-336 vs. Mwenya Munkonge (ZMB). High Loss: Nigel Richards (NZL) 454-498 vs. Komol Panyasophonlert (THA). Low Loss: Ashley Willenberg (ZAF) 252-558 vs. Dave Wiegand (USA).


This round's featured game between archrivals Komol Panyasophonlert (THA) and Nigel Richards (NZL) will go out both on video and through our playable website. I picked a good game to post live: it was all over in 19 moves, the winner played three bingoes, and the loser four!


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