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94 Sonja Wyld 93 Judy Beales 93 Chris Chapman 93 0941 Audrey Harvey 93 Patricia Holmes 93 Joan Johns 93 <strong>111</strong>4 Barbara McLaren 93 1030 Derek Neath 93 0818 Rose Wall 93 1076 Marianne Ward 92 Peter Beales 92 Ruth Binding 92 Prue Buckingham 92 Lionel Howard 92 1141 Michael Murray 92 Irene Newberry 92 Les Searle 91 Rosemarie Howis 91 Olive Matthew 91 0828 Moira Metcalf 91 Vivian Mifsud 91 Doreen Searles 90 1039 Dorothy Edwards 90 Maggie Fleming 90 Iris Grover 90 0859 John Macdonald 90 0119 Mary Ralfs 90 Winifred Stitt 90 Richard Tempest 90 1332 Sheila Wyatt 89 0359 Vera Allen 89 1235 Rita Barton 89 Bernard Bruno 89 Agnes Gray 89 Anne Lawton 89 0778 Gwen Linfoot 89 Monica Marden 89 1068 Lionel Millmore 89 Christine Nicholson 89 Patricia Parton 89 0253 Peter Shuttlewood 89 Beryl Trace 88 1104 Hazel Brannan 88 Jan Gibson 88 1162 Betty Hallett 88 Olive Martin 88 Rena Waddell 88 Rod Winfield 87 Peter Basham 87 0563 Fred Burford 87 Marcia Hall 87 1487 Sally Hanson 87 Dorothy Henry 87 1176 Gordon Lamb 87 Evelyn Mankelow 87 Maria Raffaelli 87 Nicholas Robertson 86 Jo Calvert-Mindell 86 1453 Anne Corpe 86 Josephine Croasdale 86 1525 Caroline Foy 86 Pat MacLellan 86 1448 Joy Rowe 86 Reg Wiseman 85 Hilda Bristow 85 1465 Doreen Clayton 85 Joan Garlick 85 Zoe Marlowe 85 Barbara Pinto 85 Roy Smith 84 Mary Craddock 84 1148 Renee Gilbert 84 0290 May Gray 84 0998 Jean Hendrick 84 Connie Hudson 84 1229 Eileen Hunter 84 Audrey Jackson 84 Jill Russell 83 Anna Churchouse 83 1407 Jan Hudson 83 Patrick Kelleher 83 1267 Margot Montgomery 83 Betty Nichols 83 Kitty Reid 83 Kalpana Thakker 82 0758 Kathy Carson 82 1147 Brenda Lock 82 June Lovett 82 Angela Rigley 82 1399 Carol Russell 82 1252 Ruth Turner 81 Chris Baker 81 Sylvia Colledge 81 Dorothy Double 81 Paul Grimshaw 81 1531 Lydia Sharkey 80 Alice Bennell 80 Ann Gregson 80 1480 Doreen Jarvie 80 1247 Edna Lindeck 80 0583 Joan Murphy 79 1490 Rita Robinson 79 Helen Thompson 78 1143 Letty Burrell 78 Frank Goodier 78 Ena Harding 78 Eileen Johnson 78 Jacqueline King 78 1541 Marjorie Lunn 78 Peter Munt 77 1548 Vivienne Bishop 77 1485 Winnie Haston 20 77 Teresa Haycock 77 1334 Catherine McMillan 77 Keith Woodruff 76 Maris Bradley 76 Mary Harris 76 1324 Margaret Jaggs 76 1290 Mary Kennedy 76 Margaret Regan 76 1234 Jean Ross 76 1069 Olive Smith 75 0908 Ted Anderson 75 Audrey Paley 75 Iris Semus 75 1205 Patrick Teague 75 0031 Norah Thompson 75 1288 Millie Ward 75 1086 Margaret Webb 74 Marie Cross 74 0153 Mary Lindsay 73 0541 Pamela Brown 73 1135 Sylvia Oates 73 Nancy Yorkston 72 Muriel Mortimer 72 1377 Maria Moseley 72 George Sinclair 71 1316 Veronica Baker 71 Doreen Coleman 71 Connie Hardacre 70 Christine Hall 70 Jane Thomas 70 Doreen Throssell 70 Alec West 69 Marcia Davies 69 Julie Rees 69 Margaret Scott 68 Alan Fothergill 68 Shelagh Howes 68 Carl Szzvanowski 67 Michael Slow 66 Michael Double 65 Zandra Begg 65 Jessie Chisholm 63 1386 Betty Meazey 61 1284 Margaret Hallin 61 Kath Harrison 61 0949 Barbara Horlock 61 1028 Peggy Lavender 61 Helen Tegg 58 Maureen Knox No. 18 21 this edition by DICK CHINNERY Phil Appleby is taking a welldeserved rest for this issue, so we have a special guest annotator actually commenting on one of Phil’s recent games! 2006 BEST FINAL PHIL APPLEBY vs HARSHAN LAMABADISURIYA This is a brief annotation of the thrilling final game from the 2006 BEST tournament. It's nine games apiece as both players face each other for the 19th , and deciding game. Phil has just lost two in a row, and the fact that he could have won one of those to have already clinched the title must be preying on his mind. Has this unnerved him as he faces Harshan in the ultimate Scrabble show-down…... Annotation courtesy of ONWORDS Magazine's armchair expert, Dick Chinnery (sometimes known by his full name, Colin Dick Chinnery) Phil 1 AAEIRTX RETAX H8a 40 40 A straightforward start for Phil, and a play that I'd imagine most of us would spot and agree on. Interestingly, computer simulation (hereafter referred to as 'sim'), shows that a simple AX ranks about the same. That's because of the strong bonus potential of the IRATE keep, and likely flexible bonus openings after AX, against the negatives of the two-vowel keep and the -ING tws risk of the RETAX play. But remember, such comparisons are only of value if you know all the possible bonuses that you might get from the IRATE keep! Play RETAX - it's easier! Harshan 1 CDIKLLS LICK K9a 24 24 Harshan's choice is best. The synergy of the DLS keep with the floating E, and the tws opening created, give LICK value over the more obscure SKALDIC turnover play. Phil 2 A I I I M O W MIAOW E7a 26 6 On another board this could be a changing rack, but MIAOW clearly fits the bill here best. Next best (although someway down from MIAOW), and on a par with a change clearout, are dumping I's in KIWI or AALII. Harshan 2 DLS AEOO DAMOSEL E5d 40 64 Harshan goes for score and turnover, but the play leaves the board prone for easy pickings on premium squares. OODLES or DOOLES on the tws look better for similar score and turnover. The sim shows it's worth considering more defensive plays here (eg, ALOED F6a 27 or ODAL E6a 25) for reasonable score and the S keep. However, there is some psychological value in staying level with the opponent, and keeping just one tile is never a bad leave, but I'd prefer DOOLES over DAMOSEL I think.
Harshan 7 FHLRRUW CHURL H5a 20 318 Not a helpful pickup for Harshan to cash in on his comeback. This rack could take several turns to sort out.FURL/FUNDER is best, keeping the better rack synergy of WHR, also taking out three bonus lanes. With only one S left, and the limited positioning of any bonus hooking FURL(S), the tws opening is not a big concern against the other benefits of this play. Phil 8 AES AENV YEVEN E15a 33 349 YEVEN is the best score, and removes a dangerous -S tws bonus lane, both facts outweighing any negatives about the AAS keep. The best balancing plays are VENAL L1d (24) or, more defensively, VENAE I12a (25) but neither rank as good as YEVEN. If you can get half-a-bonus ahead on a play then there is some security knowing that, if the opponent bonuses next turn, you have a reasonable chance of staying in the game. Harshan 8 FRW BMOT WOMB G14a 24 342 Although unbalanced this is a nice scoring rack but unfortunately not fitting well with this board. What about FIB G9a (26) to keep a vowel back? Actually, there's no need to worry about a consonant-heavy leave because the unseen letters are now extremely vowel-heavy: AAAAAA EEE II OOO UU GG L NN RR S TT V ? WOMB is fine, closes down the bottom right, and leaves a pleasant FRT. The sim likes plays that make use of the (F)UNDER hook such as FROW or FROM. Phil 9 ASA ELNT EASTLAND A3a 70 419 Phil finds the only bonus available. It's easy to miss this one even if you are familiar with high-probability eights because the solution does not involve expected common endings such as -ES, --ED, -ATE, -AL and yet the letters looks like it ought to. Next best play, if you miss the bonus, is to resolve the duplicate A's (bearing in mind lots to come still) and score with LANA F13a (22) Positionally, the bonus happens to make life difficult for Harshan, gives Phil essential preendgame control, and leaves little scope for a bonus reply. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 EASTLAND O D CHURL F A H T M I A O W P I E Z O R E T A X E S I L I C K S J O B E D N Y E EL G UNDER P I Q I N I T W O M B E Y E V E N S 22 A F G O R T ? Harshan E Harshan 9 FRT ?AGO TREF A1d 33 375 Harshan gets the second blank but is it too late? The S's have gone (so the CHURL(S) bonus possibilities are remote). His TREF play keeps the score pressure on Phil and creates a useful T- tws bonus lane, but he should have also stuck the A onto it (TREFA). There are three reasons for this: there are still three A's to come; he scores and extra 3 points; and using an extra vowel fits the unseen vowel-heavy situation. That G is going to be problematic, whatever, but plays involving the G (eg GOAF J4a, TOG H6a) do nothing to create the essential bonus threat. Phil 10 EEINTUV VAN F2d 14 433 His 44 point lead means Phil can afford to disregard rack balance and just needs to focus on the priority of removing scope for bonus plays from Harshan. There are no high-scoring risks apart from a bonus because only 1 and 2 point tiles remain. VAN does the job excellently. Tempting scoring plays that the run the risk of a T-tws bonus response from Harshan are VENUE I12a (25) or VENULE L1d (26). Looking at the unseen letters: AAAA I OOO U GG RR ? and using computer assistance, the only possible eights for Harshan with that T are TARRAGOn or TROpARIA. So perhaps the risk isn't that great, but when there's the BEST title hanging over every move and you have the winning line in sight, the pressure to block the obvious bonus line is understandably overpowering, and if it's not done this turn it would have to be done next turn. Interestingly, the possibility of GUARdIAN at H13a is a very likely play from the unseen set. Has either of them seen this? Harshan 10 ?AGO AIR AVO E2a 10 385 Despite the poor prospects because of the vowel situation Harshan has to make the opening. AVO is the best play because it forces Appleby to play two letters there (anything longer creates a further bonus lane) and still leaves a strong possibility of GUARdIAN. Phil 11 EEITU AO OE G1a 9 442 Phil has nothing else to think about now except which of OE, EA, OI, OU to block with. OU would be the expected play but he not play that in fear that mis-tiletracking could mean Harshan having OUTRAGING from it? Harshan 11 ?GAIRRU RIT B14a 6391 Harshan has seen the GUARdIAN possibility for victory. There's one in the bag and he has a 25% chance of it being the A he needs and an unknown chance of Phil not seeing it! He has to go for it and dump an R. Phil 12 EITUA AO TOEA F13a 21 463 And Phil can now wrap it up - he's not bothered about a neat two-move finish and dumps anything down to score although. IOTA on the same spot or CADIE, CODEIA at M9d all give a follow-up outplay which could have been essential if the scores were closer. Harshan 12 ?GAIRU G GIGA A12d 29 420 Harshan's gigapoints fall unexpectedly short of catching Phil. Phil 13 I U A AI L12a 11 474 RAI at A2a scores 1 more point but the job has already been done. 23
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