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Commentary: Round 32

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Round 32 Auto-Commentary

Nigel Richards (NZL) stays in the lead for the 26th consecutive round, 28-4 +3191, on a 3-game winning streak. Dave Wiegand (USA) is 3 games behind at 25-7 +2964, on a 3-game winning streak, remaining unchanged at #2 for 15 rounds. David Eldar (AUS) is 4.5 games behind the leader at 23.5-8.5 +1275, on a 5-game winning streak, #3 climbing from #4.

In Class B: Gerald Davids (ZAF) is the lead, 16-16 +421. Duncan Keet (ZAF) is 0.5 games behind at 15.5-16.5 +242, on a 3-game losing streak, still at #30. Gary Birch (ZAF) is 1 game behind the leader at 15-17 -272, still at #32.

High Win: David Eldar (AUS) 576-387 vs. Phillip Edwin-Mugisha (UGA). Low Win: Susan Ensor (AUS) 348-342 vs. Fern Wheelwright (ZAF). High Loss: Wellington Jighere (NGA) 425-474 vs. Nigel Richards (NZL). Low Loss: Joy Palm (ZAF) 258-499 vs. Piotr Andronowski (Sco).

Wellington Jighere (NGA) is back at Board 1 to face Nigel Richards (NZL), a battle of World Scrabble Champions. Wellington gets the first bingo down on the third turn with GIAOURS (72) to widen an early lead. Nigel replies with ZAX (69), PIERROTS (90) and TASTEVIN (61). After Wellington's FEINTER (75), he's still down 50 points halfway through the game. They trade bingoes again, Nigel's MUtEDLY to Wellington's AGrONOMY, and Wellington closes the gap a little, but still ends up going down 469-425.

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