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2 0 1 3 N A T I O N A L S2013 National SCRABBLE® ChampionshipBy Ted Gest; photos courtesy of Patricia Hocker, NASPAWhat was different about the 2013 National SCRABBLEChampionship? A lot more players than at any other nationalevent in recent years. And the absence of the NationalSCRABBLE Association’s goods and staff.What was the same? Nigel Richards of Malaysia as Division 1champion and another cheating-accusation incident.The big news of NSC 2013 was the big crowd: 481 players in themain tournament and another 40 in the Collins Word Division.The Las Vegas location was credited with attracting the largenumbers, which dwarfed last year’s 341 in Orlando, 327 and 407in two consecutive Dallas tournaments and the 495 who turnedout in Dayton in 2009 for the first national event under the NorthAmerican SCRABBLE Players Association’s auspices.National tournaments before 2009 were run by the NSA, supported by the game manufacturerHasbro. First, Hasbro withdrew much of its support for tournaments and clubs, and this year cutback on backing the NSA to run School SCRABBLE, prompting the organization to close its doorson June 30.Tournament SCRABBLE still is thriving, the Las Vegas gathering showed.The first two days of the July 20-24 event were crammed into a large room at the aging RivieraHotel and Casino as SCRABBLE had to share convention space with the Jazzy Cat Show. Thisprovoked its share of jokes, as tournament MC Alan Stern of Los Angeles lamented that he hadbeen outplayed by two Abyssinians.The cats departed on Sunday evening, allowingScrabblers to spread out in expanded space.Richards had a bit more breathing room to winthe $10,000 prize this year, compiling a 24-7record and beating Komol Panyasophonlert ofThailand by 66 spread points. Last year inOrlando, Richards at 22-9 exceeded DavidGibson of South Carolina by a mere 16 spreadpoints. Gibson did not compete in Las Vegas.Will Anderson of Croton, N.Y. finished third witha 23-8 mark.2013 NSC Champion Nigel Richards with NASPA Co-Presidents John Chew and Chris Cree. (Photo courtesy ofPatricia Hocker, NASPA)Richards won his 24 th game in the 30 th round,beating Kenji Masumoto of Berkeley, Ca.,428-385. The champion lost to Panyasophonlertin the final game, but only by 442-421,preserving his victory.16
2 0 1 3 N A T I O N A L SDivision 1 runner-up KomolPanyasophonlert from Thailand finishedwith a 24-7 +1868 record, just 66 spreadpoints behind Nigel Richards. (Photocourtesy of Patricia Hocker, NASPA)13-year-old Mack Meller, theyoungest player in Division 1,finished 7th. (Photo courtesyof Patricia Hocker, NASPA)Division 3 winner Andy Hoang with Katya Lezin,who finished third, and Division Leader Dan Stock.(Photo courtesy of Patricia Hocker, NASPA)In Division 2, Mark Rosenberg of AtlanticCity prevailed, with a 22-9 record. GlennDunlop of Brantford, On., and SiddharthMurali of Collierville, Tn., finished 21-10to take second and third.Collins Division winner John O’Laughlin with Chris Cree and DallasJohnson. (Photo courtesy of Patricia Hocker, NASPA)The Division 3 winner was Andy Hoangof Cary, N.C., playing in only his 14 thtournament. Hoang was 23-8, edgingGary Skowronski of Silver Spring, Md.,22-9. Katya Lezin of Charlotte, N.C.,was third with a 21.5-9.5 record.Division 4 featured a battle between Daniel Moglen of Davis., Ca.,and Phil Seitzer, also of Davis,who played five times in the tournament, with Moglen winning four out of five and taking the divisionwith a 24-7 record. Seitzer finished 22-9. Third was rising 9th grader Kevin Bowerman, this year’sNational School SCRABBLE® Champion (with his partner, Raymond Gao), with a 21-10 +2083score, the largest spread in the tournament.The Collins Word Division was won by John O’Laughlin of Cambridge, Ma., with a 24-7 record. Hewon 11 consecutive games near the end before being Gibsonized and drawing a bye. His nearestcompetitors were all 21-10, Evan Berofsky of Oxford, Mi., Geoff Thevenot of Austin, Tx., and DavidEldar of Australia. 17
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