2019 Malta International Scrabble Open: Early Bird

April 26, 2019

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Commentary: Round 2

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The event takes up three rooms: a playing room, a social room (where the players go after each round to see who they play next and gloat/commiserate about their games), and a food service room (where coffee, tea and pastries are served all day).

We'll be playing three games, then breaking for poolside lunch. Except that what I think of as a pool is referred to here, following British usage, as a lido. And LIDOSIDE* is unacceptable, although it does have an anagram.


Round 2 Auto-Commentary

Mohamed Kamara (SLE) climbs into the lead, 2-0 +470. Tony Sim (SGP) is +422, #2 falling from #1. Bob Violett (Eng) is +417, #3 rising from #5. Theresa Brousson (MLT) is +413, #4 climbing from #6. Karen Richards (AUS) is +405, #5 sliding from #2. Helen Gipson (Sco) is +296, #6 up from #7. Tan Jin Chor (MYS) is +240, #7 up from #15. Mario Saliba (MLT) is +230, #8 jumping up from #13. Nuala O'Rourke (NIr) is +229, #9 zooming up from #19. Cecil Muscat (MLT) is +205, #10 jumping up from #17.

In Class B: Josephine Mayo (MLT) is in the lead, 2-0 +71. Ovidiu Tamas (ROM) is 1 game behind at 1-1 -34, #24 jumping up from #30. Joe Caruana (MLT) is -75, #25 falling from #22. Ian Kendall (Eng) is 2 games behind the leader at 0-2 -73, #26 up from #28. Anna Borg (MLT) is -116, #27 sliding from #26. Pauline Cilia (MLT) is -171, #28 rising from #36. Albert Zammit (MLT) is -174, #29 climbing from #35. John Barker (AUS) is -181, #30 rising from #32. Moira Fenech (MLT) is -190, #31 down from #24. Mary Doyle (IRL) is -230, #32 down from #27.

High Win: Mohamed Kamara (SLE) 553-284 vs. Maria Scicluna (MLT). Low Win: Kevin Synnott (IRL) 380-366 vs. Albert Zammit (MLT). High Loss: Pauline Cilia (MLT) 458-459 vs. David Delicata (MLT). Low Losses: Maria Scicluna (MLT) 284-553 vs. Mohamed Kamara (SLE); Rosanne Farrugia (MLT) 284-429 vs. Elisabeth Jardine (Eng).


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