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Phil 5 INCDT OQ QI C13d 46230 No contest for the obvious QI play but note COND is retained and allows YCOND at D15a (33) irrespective of pickup. Harshan 5 E I ?ERSY YE N10a 30 165 Harshan spends some time hunting for the bonus here. It looks like several should spring to mind but they don't. In fact, there is only one, and that's not an easy one to spot even if you know it! (answer at end). Playing the YE is an easy decision to make for Harshan being confident of a bonus nest turn with the powerful leave and bagging 30 points meanwhile. If you have a great non-bonus play with a strong leave, it's not always worth using up too much time trying to find the elusive bonus, even if you're sure there's one to find. Phil 6 NCDTO GI DOCTORING H3d 64 294 Brilliant find by Phil - as is typical of nine-letter bonus plays, they tend to reward the effort with relatively few points!. The move gives Phil a stonking lead. Lesser mortals would be pleased to spot the next best play of DIGOXIN. Even plays further down the value ladder (eg, YCOND or YOGIC) are not straightforward. Harshan 6 EI?RS NS ESERINeS O8d 133 298 No sooner had Phil written the score for his move and began to enjoy the taste of victory with a 100 plus lead when Harshan has a stroke of brilliance of his own and throws down a nine-timer to cancel out his deficit one stroke. Can you find the next best bonus score, using that Y on the tws? (Answer at the end of the article) a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 D O D C F A H T M I A O W P I E Z O R E T A X S I L I C K J O B E D N Y E E L G P Q I I T Y Phil 7 ADEENSU UNDER K11a 22 316 It's worth noting that no U's have been played back before making comment on Phil's choice of play. It's that fact that makes UNDER favourable over a play such as YEANED. Perhaps Phil's thinking has become fragile after that body blow by Harshan because keeping that A back when there are five more to come can be avoided with DAUNER in the same spot. The sim reveals that the four-timer UNSEALED should also be considered (turnover and score plusses) but likes the bravado of UNDEAF D1d above them all. 24 E I N R S S ? Harshan Phil 3 I I EHNPZ PIEZO A8a 78 144 It would be very easy here to jump at the more obvious ZIP (51) or ZIN (47) plays but Phil looks beyond those and finds the play to give him an early controlling lead. Harshan 3 O BDEIJT JOBED B10a 35 99 There's nothing much better with the J than Harshan's JOBED (or JIBED if you prefer to keep the O). The only other sensible option is to play JOB at H6a (34) with a nice DITE leave. If you think beyond playing the J then the less obvious and more unusual ZIBET D8d (40) might occur to you, but the J on the rack can be a handicap and as a rule-of-thumb playing it soonest is advised. Does Harshan realise his JOBED play allows ZIBET next turn irrespective of pickup …brilliant if he did! a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 1 2 3 4 5 D 6 A 7 M I A O W 8 P I E Z O R E T A X 9 S L I C K 10 J O B E D 11 12 13 14 15 L Phil 4 IHN CDFT FAH D6a 30 174 FITCHE C3d (38) for score, balance and turnover is best and probably overlooked by Phil. Otherwise the balancing and adequate scoring attributes of FAH are fine, especially as it, too, takes out the C bonus column. Some neat alternatives that a sim ranks similar to FAH are HEDONIC or HENOTIC at C7d. A low turnover play from a consonant-bound rack tends to rely too much on picking vowels so I think the bias should be towards turnover with this rack. Harshan 4 EIT EIPY BEPITY D10d 36135 It's a three-way tie between BEPITY ZIBET and SEITY (E9a) - each having slightly different positive and negative features. There's no need to be overly concerned about placing that Y on the tws line because it's covering the dls, but the two-vowel leave could lead to a weak rack next turn for Harshan. ZIBET only uses three tiles, opens up for a high-scoring S play, and keeping P and Y counts against bonus probabilities. SEITY scores less and tucks in neatly keeping back the P to help the rack balance. If in doubt go for the score and turnover as Harshan does. 25 CDFH I NT Phil
Harshan 13 ? R U RURu K3d 3 423 With time about to run out and with no motivation left Harshan concludes the game. He doesn't want to know that URUs K11d for 17 would have been a higher-scoring and tidier finish. What consolation can there be when you've just played 19 games and lost out on the title by one game? Phil U left -1 -1 473 Harshan Final board position +1 424 Answer to poser - SYRINgES or SYRINxES at C15a would be next best after ESERINeS. FANTASY SCRABBLE LEAGUE 2006 Earlier in the year, I started running a Fantasy Scrabble League and had a reasonable umber of entries. I was planning on doing updates during the year through <strong>TLW</strong> but before the first update we were reeling with the news of Pete Finley’s disappearance, and subsequent passing away. I felt it inappropriate to publish full details in the magazine, when people had chosen Pete and also Karl Khoshnaw. Pete had himself entered two teams and had asked for somebody to run the league. Partly because of that fact, and because I wish to keep the competition going next year, I just kept the players informed of the current league, and agreed to donate most of the takings to the Pete Finley Fund, with a £10 prize for the winner. Secod and third places would receive free entry into next year’s competition The current leader is Barry Grossman , with myself and Peter Thomas chasing his tail. Wayne Kelly 26 U E ABSP all-time records All of the below are achievements which occurred during ABSP-rated matchplay tournaments, and are believed to be the best there is. If you know of any superior claims for any of the categories below then email the details to contact@absp.org.uk. Game scores Highest score for one game 705 J McLeod, NSCT Regional 2002 Largest winning spread 543 J McLeod, NSCT Regional 2002 Highest combined score for one game 1082 H Gipson (616) vs. D Webb (466), Notts <strong>Nomads</strong> - August 2000 Highest losing score 511 S Holden, Easter Matchplay 2005 Highest score draw 463 S Holden vs. L Mackay, Durham 2003 Move scores Highest score for one single play 230 K Churcher, GLAZIERS, East Sussex 2003 Highest score for a non-9x bonus 1997 148 G Williams, QUANTED, Stoke Rochford Highest score for a non-bonus play 2004 144 M Lane, WOODSHED, Middlesbrough Highest opening move 112 N Scott, OXAZINE, Crieff 1996 Highest outplay (last move) 221 A Davis, EChOIZEd, BEST QF 2001 Tournaments Youngest ever tournament winner 12y 4m A Shin, Melton Mowbray 2002 Oldest ever tournament winner 82 C Budge, Scottish Championships 1992 Most consecutive tournament game wins 27 M Nyman, Oct 2001 - Jul 2002 Please note that the records must have occurred during an ABSP-rated matchplay game. Rated league matches and BEST matches are valid. The record for the most consecutive game wins can span more than one event. Oldest and youngest tournament win claims apply to Division A only. 27
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