Singapore Open Scrabble Championship Explained

Singapore Open Scrabble Championship
Sport:Scrabble
Location:Singapore
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Establishment:1998
Format:1517 rounds
Current Champion:Toh Weibin

The Singapore Open Scrabble Championship is an international Scrabble tournament held each year in Singapore, established in 1998. The field of players is considerably large and it is not an invitational event. World Scrabble champion Nigel Richards has the most Singapore Open wins, with twelve between 2000 and 2017.

Champions

The winner of the championship's inaugural edition was Michael Tang in 1998. The player with the most Singapore Open victories is New Zealander Nigel Richards, who won eleven times between 2000 and 2014,[1] and once again in 2016.[2] No other person has won the tournament more than once. The Singapore Open was cancelled in 2013 and 2015 due to a lack of venue.[3]

Year Champion Country Venue Wins/Total number of games Cumulative
spread
Runner(s)-up
2017 Toh Weibin YWCA Fort Canning Lodge 14/16 1156 Nigel Richards
2016 Nigel Richards (12) 11/16 1071 Hubert Wee
2014 Nigel Richards (11)
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12/16 1272 Alastair Richards
2012 Nigel Richards (10) West Coast Community Club 14/16 1840 Aaron Chong
2011 Aaron Chong Thomson Community Club 11/16 1246 Hubert Wee
2010 Nigel Richards (9) Thomson Community Club 14/17 2190 Cheah Siu Hean
2009 Nigel Richards (8) Sengkang Community Club 12/16 978 Hubert Wee
2008 Nigel Richards (7) Anchorvale Community Club 14/16 1196 Hubert Wee
2007 Nigel Richards (6) Teck Ghee Community Club 11/16 833 Shim Yen Nee
2006 Tony Sim Teck Ghee Community Club 12/16 670 Marlon Prudencio
2005 Andy Kurnia Teck Ghee Community Club 12/16 749 Hubert Wee
2004 Nigel Richards (5) Nanyang Community Club 12/16 962 Cheah Siu Hean
2003 Nigel Richards (4) Jurong Green Community Club 12.5/16 1181 Ricky Purnomo
2002 Nigel Richards (3) Jurong Green Community Club 12/16 782 Tony Sim
2001 Nigel Richards (2) Hong Kah East Community Club 12/16 1021 Quek Sim Ho
2000 Nigel Richards (1) Hong Kah East Community Club 14/16 2118 Femi Awowade
1999 Hong Kah East Community Club 12/15 1053 Tengku Asri
1998 Michael Tang Hong Kah East Community Club 12/16 472 Ador Ruiz

Notes and References

  1. News: Master of all words uses but few. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118165629/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/jan/15/master-of--all-words-uses-but-few-1559916--1.html. dead. January 18, 2017. New Indian Express. 16 January 2017. Akhila. Damodaran.
  2. Web site: 12.11.2016 Singapore Open: Nigel Richards. WESPA. 2 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Archives. Scrabble Association Singapore. 28 August 2016.