Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Explained

Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
Nationality:	Thai
Occupation:	Scrabble player

Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (born 1975) is one of Thailand's top Scrabble players and the 2009 World Scrabble Champion.^{[1] [2] [3]} An architect and resident of Bangkok,^[4] Thailand, Nemitrmansuk has competed at World Scrabble Championship six times between 1999–2011 and was the runner-up in 2003 and 2005.^{[5] [6]}

At World Scrabble Championship 2009 in Malaysia in November, 2009, Nemitrmansuk won 18 games in the first 24 rounds,^[7] earning him a spot in the best-of-five final against the reigning champion Nigel Richards, where Nemitrmansuk won the championship by three games to one.^[8]

Achievements

• World Scrabble Championships
  • 1999 40th place
  • 2001 16th place
  • 2003 runner-up
  • 2005 runner-up
  • 2009 winner
  • 2011 3rd place
• Four time winner of the Brand's Crossword Game King's Cup

Notes and References

1. Scrabble world lost for words at Thai win, Bangkok Post, 30 November 2009 http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/28333/scrabble-world-lost-for-words-at-thai-win Retrieved 30 April 2011
2. http://www.wscgames.com/2009/ WSC 2009
3. Web site: cross-tables.com. www.cross-tables.com. 2019-10-28.
4. Game on, The Observer, Lynn Barber, 11 December 2005, https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2005/dec/11/features.review47 Retrieved 30 April 2011
5. Scrabble Kings Vie for Linguistic Superiority, New York Times, Alan Cowell, 21 November 2005 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/21/international/21scrabble.html Retrieved 30 April 2011
6. http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/player.cgi?given=Pakorn&surname=Nemitrmansuk&country=Thailand&exact=1 WSC Player Information: Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
7. http://live.wscgames.com/2009/standing/1/24.html WSC 2009 Standings: Round 24
8. http://live.wscgames.com/2009/finals.html WSC 2009: Finals