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date format audit, minor formatting, typo(s) fixed: 3-0 → 3–0, 412-316 → 412–316 (2)

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{{World-Scrabble-Championship | year=2007 | date-from=9 November 2007| date-to=12 November 2007| location=[[Mumbai]], [[India]] | winner=Nigel Richards (Scrabble){{!}}Nigel Richards | number-of-players=104 | sponsor=Mattel | previous=2005 | next=2009}}

The '''World Scrabble Championship 2007''' was held in the [http://www.tajhotels.com/Business/Taj%20President%20Hotel,MUMBAI/ Taj President Hotel], [[Mumbai]], India between 9 November and 12 November. The winner was [[Nigel Richards (Scrabble)|Nigel Richards]] of [[New Zealand]].<ref name=wsc2007>http://www.wscgames.com/2007/prizes.html</ref>

The tournament began with a 24-round [[Swiss tournament]], whose top two players contested a best-of-five final.

==Results==
The preliminary stage involved 104 players, the largest number of players in WSC history, over 24 rounds, using the "[[Swiss draw#Scrabble|Chew Pairing]]" system to select the draw for each round.

Nigel Richards beat [[Ganesh Asirvatham]] of [[Malaysia]] 3–0 in the final. This was the first time either of them had reached the final. Ganesh was the number 1 rated player in the world at the time, and Nigel the form player had always been knocking on the door in majors and was a multiple winner of the [[Brand's Crossword Game King's Cup]] including 2007.

Nigel won the first game 412–316.<ref name=game1>http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f1;turn=0</ref> He [[bingo (Scrabble)|bingoed]] [[wikt:varsity|VARSITy]]; Ganesh bingoed [[wikt:seringa|sERINGA]]. Nigel's [http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f1;turn=1 opening play] was [[wikt:gavot|GAVOT]] with the '''V''' on the centre star. During the game Ganesh [http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f1;turn=10 missed the bingo] [[wikt:outcrawl|OUTCRAWL]].

Nigel won the second game 400–371.<ref name=game2>http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f2;turn=0</ref> Ganesh took an early lead with [[wikt:aether|AETHERS]] but had to exchange tiles twice, and although he caught up again with ANTIENTS and a late-game bingo [[wikt:duplied|DUPLiED]], and Nigel only bingoed once with [[wikt:odonate|ODONAtE]], Nigel won on the strength of the value he got out of the J, Q and X with [[wikt:jerbil|JERBIL]], [[wikt:quohog|QUOHOG]] and FAX.

Nigel wins the third game 499-470<ref name=game3>http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/showgcg.cgi?id=/2007/f3;turn=0</ref> and becomes New Zealand's first world champion. This game was a bingo-fest with Nigel's [[wikt:recopy|RECOPIES]], [[wikt:equinias|EQuINIAS]] and OVERAPT to Ganesh's [[wikt:treck|TRECKING]], [[wikt:adnation|ADNATION]], DIrTIEST and a [[Scrabble#Scoring|triple-triple]] [[wikt:tailleur|TAILLEUR]]. However, once again, Nigel's luck with drawing the high scoring letters saw him have the edge in a fitting finale.

==Complete results==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#ececec"
!'''Position'''
!'''Name'''
!'''Country'''
!'''Win-Loss'''
!'''Spread'''
!'''Prize ([[United States dollar|USD]])'''<ref name=wsc2007 />
|-
!1
|Richards, Nigel||New Zealand||19-5||align="right"|+1594||align="right"|15,000
|-
!2
|Asirvatham, Ganesh||Malaysia||18-6||align="right"|+2501||align="right"|6,000
|-
!3
|Jighere, Wellington||Nigeria||18-6||align="right"|+1635||align="right"|3,000
|-
!4
|Wapnick, Joel||Canada||17-7||align="right"|+1075||align="right"|2,000
|-
!5
|Bhandarkar, Akshay||United Arab Emirates||16-8||align="right"|+1056||align="right"|1,000
|-
!6
|Litunya, Patrick||Kenya||16-8||align="right"|+845||align="right"|900
|-
!7
|Wee, Ming Hui Hubert||Singapore||16-8||align="right"|+824||align="right"|800
|-
!8
|Adamson, Tim||United States||16-8||align="right"|-363||align="right"|700
|-
!9
|Umujose, Emmanuel||Nigeria||15-9||align="right"|+983||align="right"|600
|-
!10
|Oyekunle, Lanre||South Africa||15-9||align="right"|+907||align="right"|500
|-
!11
|[[David Eldar]]||World Youth Champion||15-9||align="right"|+578||
|-
!12
|Ong, Suanne||Malaysia||15-9||align="right"|+503||
|-
!13
|Okulicz, Edward||Australia||15-9||align="right"|+263||
|-
!14
|Sukhumrattanaporn, Charnwit||Thailand||15-9||align="right"|-103||
|-
!15
|[[Helen Gipson]]||England||14½-9½||align="right"|+376||
|-
!16
|Fisher, Andrew||Australia||14-10||align="right"|+1154||
|-
!17
|Boys, David||Canada||14-10||align="right"|+682||
|-
!18
|Panyasophonlert, Komol||Thailand||14-10||align="right"|+542||
|-
!19
|Williams, Gareth||Wales||14-10||align="right"|+419||
|-
!20
|Sulaiman, Mohammad||Pakistan||14-10||align="right"|+414||
|-
!21
|Thevenot, Geoff||United States||14-10||align="right"|+407||
|-
!22
|Warner, Howard||New Zealand||14-10||align="right"|+365||
|-
!23
|Webb, David||England||14-10||align="right"|+266||
|-
!24
|Kramer, Jim||United States||14-10||align="right"|+198||
|-
!25
|[[Adam Logan]]||World Champion||14-10||align="right"|+140||
|-
!26
|Brousson, Theresa||Malta||14-10||align="right"|-124||
|-
!27
|Rio, Odette Carmina||Philippines||13½-10½||align="right"|+506||
|-
!28
|O'Laughlin, John||United States||13-11||align="right"|+1050||
|-
!29
|Kantimathi, Sam||United States||13-11||align="right"|+850||
|-
!30
|Gongolo, Michael||Kenya||13-11||align="right"|+516||
|-
!31
|Fernando, Naween Tharanga||Australia||13-11||align="right"|+371||
|-
!32
|Benedict, Nathan||United States||13-11||align="right"|+333||
|-
!33
|Cheah, Siu Hean||Singapore||13-11||align="right"|+322||
|-
!34
|Hovelmeier, Trevor Mark||South Africa||13-11||align="right"|+272||
|-
!35
|Chakrabarti, Amit||United States||13-11||align="right"|+207||
|-
!36
|Tamas, Adrian||Romania||13-11||align="right"|+96||
|-
!37
|Hoekstra, Ron||Canada||13-11||align="right"|+76||
|-
!38
|Carter, Gerald||Thailand||13-11||align="right"|+75||
|-
!39
|Robertshaw, Phil||England||13-11||align="right"|+5||
|-
!40
|Simmons, Allan||Scotland||13-11||align="right"|-4||
|-
!41
|Lobo, Ralph||Oman||13-11||align="right"|-80||
|-
!42
|Allan, Paul||Scotland||13-11||align="right"|-363||
|-
!43
|Appleby, Phil||England||13-11||align="right"|-538||
|-
!44
|Katz-Brown, Jason||United States||12-12||align="right"|+692||
|-
!45
|Dennis, Di||England||12-12||align="right"|+534||
|-
!46
|Kirk, Terry||England||12-12||align="right"|+251||
|-
!47
|Saldanha, Dean||Canada||12-12||align="right"|+248||
|-
!48
|Hingorani, Varisht||India||12-12||align="right"|+214||
|-
!49
|Baker, Michael||United States||12-12||align="right"|+167||
|-
!50
|Sujjayakorn, Panupol||Thailand||12-12||align="right"|+165||
|-
!51
|Philpotts, Adam||England||12-12||align="right"|+164||
|-
!52
|Berofsky, Evan||Canada||12-12||align="right"|+158||
|-
!53
|Schellenberg, Mark||Canada||12-12||align="right"|+100||
|-
!54
|Martin, Edward||England||12-12||align="right"|-91||
|-
!55
|Lamabadusuriya, Harshan||England||12-12||align="right"|-148||
|-
!56
|Saengsit, Weera||Thailand||12-12||align="right"|-177||
|-
!57
|May, Christopher||Australia||12-12||align="right"|-214||
|-
!58
|Iqbal, Wajid||Pakistan||12-12||align="right"|-285||
|-
!59
|Martus, Teodoro||Philippines||12-12||align="right"|-337||
|-
!60
|Ali, Mohammed Zafar||Bahrain||12-12||align="right"|-580||
|-
!61
|Pratt, Daniel||United States||11½-12½||align="right"|+69||
|-
!62
|Manase, Joshua Otieno||Kenya||11-13||align="right"|+507||
|-
!63
|Grant, Jeff||New Zealand||11-13||align="right"|+348||
|-
!64
|Gabriel, Marty||United States||11-13||align="right"|+211||
|-
!65
|Kelly, Wayne||England||11-13||align="right"|-66||
|-
!66
|Ikekeregor, Dennis||Nigeria||11-13||align="right"|-149||
|-
!67
|Linn, Robert||United States||11-13||align="right"|-258||
|-
!68
|Kenas, Mark||United States||11-13||align="right"|-315||
|-
!69
|Credo, Ronald||Philippines||11-13||align="right"|-319||
|-
!70
|Chow, Jie Ming Benjamin||Singapore||11-13||align="right"|-346||
|-
!71
|Jackman, Bob||Australia||11-13||align="right"|-356||
|-
!72
|Polatnick, Steve||United States||11-13||align="right"|-452||
|-
!73
|Matsuda, Manabu||Japan||11-13||align="right"|-975||
|-
!74
|Buddhdev, Anand||Netherlands||11-13||align="right"|-1035||
|-
!75
|MacNeil, Rod||United States||11-13||align="right"|-1090||
|-
!76
|Wachira, Francis||Kenya||10½-13½||align="right"|-417||
|-
!77
|Charles, Leslie||Barbados||10-14||align="right"|+102||
|-
!78
|Rodrigues, Sherwin||India||10-14||align="right"|+11||
|-
!79
|Anthonius, Ferdy||Indonesia||10-14||align="right"|-260||
|-
!80
|Chunkath, Mohan Verghese||India||10-14||align="right"|-270||
|-
!81
|Wanniarachchi, Lakshan||Sri Lanka||10-14||align="right"|-286||
|-
!82
|Delicata, David||Malta||10-14||align="right"|-306||
|-
!83
|Butler, Lynne||New Zealand||10-14||align="right"|-322||
|-
!84
|Delia, Jojo||Malta||10-14||align="right"|-406||
|-
!85
|Kalumba, Paul Yandisha||Zambia||10-14||align="right"|-443||
|-
!86
|Hemachandra, Sanath||Oman||10-14||align="right"|-576||
|-
!87
|O'Neill, Shane||Wales||10-14||align="right"|-950||
|-
!88
|Chakravarthy, Ranganathan||India||9-15||align="right"|-8||
|-
!89
|Leah, Tony||Canada||9-15||align="right"|-376||
|-
!90
|Craig, Joanne||New Zealand||9-15||align="right"|-445||
|-
!91
|Amarasinghe, Asanka||Sri Lanka||9-15||align="right"|-468||
|-
!92
|Amarasinghe, Indunil||Sri Lanka||9-15||align="right"|-531||
|-
!93
|Ajayi, Olajide Ademola||Ireland||9-15||align="right"|-533||
|-
!94
|Bohbot, Herve||France||9-15||align="right"|-542||
|-
!95
|Esmail, Mushtak||Tanzania||9-15||align="right"|-551||
|-
!96
|Jegels, Llewellin||Germany, Federal Republic of||9-15||align="right"|-686||
|-
!97
|Collins, Frederick||Guyana||9-15||align="right"|-786||
|-
!98
|Usakiewicz, Wojciech||Poland||8-16||align="right"|-844||
|-
!99
|Reshamwala, Shakir||Kuwait||8-16||align="right"|-883||
|-
!100
|Ntege, Chris||Uganda||8-16||align="right"|-984||
|-
!101
|Kuroda, Kunihiko||Japan||8-16||align="right"|-1003||
|-
!102
|Modeste, Anthony||Trinidad and Tobago||8-16||align="right"|-1011||
|-
!103
|Nässén, Greger||Sweden||6½-17½||align="right"|-2347||
|-
!104
|Alban, Loreta||Qatar||5½-18½||align="right"|-1345||
|}

*'''FINALS''':
*Game 1: Nigel 412 - Ganesh 316
*Game 2: Nigel 400 - Ganesh 371
*Game 3: Nigel 499 - Ganesh 470

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.wscgames.com/2007/ Official site]

{{WSC}}

[[Category:World Scrabble Championships|2007]]
[[Category:2007 in Indian sport]]
[[Category:2000s in Mumbai]]

World Scrabble Championship 2007 - Revision history

ResearcherFacts: basic refined lead for consistency and improved wording based on references

>Dawnseeker2000: date format audit, minor formatting, typo(s) fixed: 3-0 → 3–0, 412-316 → 412–316 (2)