2016 Cape Town International Scrabble Tournament

February 3–7, 2016

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Commentary: Round 39

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Round 39 Auto-Commentary

Nigel Richards (NZL) remains in the lead for the 33rd consecutive round, 35-4 +3929, on a 10-game winning streak. David Eldar (AUS) is 6.5 games behind at 28.5-10.5 +1477, remaining unchanged at #2. Komol Panyasophonlert (THA) is 8 games behind the leader at 27-12 +1944, on a 3-game winning streak, #3 up from #5.

In Class B: Gerald Davids (ZAF) is the lead, 20-19 +296. Andrew Goldberg (ZAF) is 0.5 games behind at 19.5-19.5 +244, #29 dropping from #28. Duncan Keet (ZAF) is 1.5 games behind the leader at 18.5-20.5 +115, #30 climbing from #32.

High Win: Raymond Gbaraba (NGA) 574-348 vs. Zubeida Brey (ZAF). Low Win: Duncan Keet (ZAF) 332-325 vs. Sulaiman Gora Garba (NGA). High Loss: Dave Wiegand (USA) 477-503 vs. Wellington Jighere (NGA). Low Loss: Sheba Bagg (ZAF) 284-389 vs. Bright Idahosa (NGA).


At Board 2: David Eldar (AUS) vs. Chinedu Okwelogu (NGA). David draws both blanks separately and bingoes COGGIEs, BOONERs, RONDAVEL and NAUTILI; Chinedu scrapes together 405 points out of INCISED, and the QXZ, losing to David's 542.

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