2016 Shediac SCRABBLE Tournament

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Commentary: Round 1

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Round 1 Auto-Commentary

Dave Krook (Mississauga ON) takes the lead, 1-0 +147. Mary Dale Haddad (Eel Ground NB) is +107. Jamie Chew (Toronto ON) is +84. Noella Ward (Calgary AB) is +82.

In Class B: Mary Dale Haddad (Eel Ground NB) is the lead, 1-0 +107. Jamie Chew (Toronto ON) is +84.

High Win: Dave Krook (Mississauga ON) 425-278 vs. Chuck Abbate (Quispamsis NB). Low Win: Noella Ward (Calgary AB) 342-260 vs. Betty Bergeron (Calgary AB). High Loss: Bob Grant (Cape Spear NB) 327-411 vs. Jamie Chew (Toronto ON). Low Loss: Betty Bergeron (Calgary AB) 260-342 vs. Noella Ward (Calgary AB).

Round 1 Auto-Commentary

Tony Leah (Toronto ON) claims the lead, 1-0 +194. Andrew Golding (Montréal QC) is +133. Winter (Houston, TX) is +20.

In Class B: Shan Abbasi (Mississauga ON) is the lead, 0-1 -20.

High Win: Tony Leah (Toronto ON) 575-381 vs. Kristen Chew (Toronto ON). Low Win: Winter (Houston, TX) 444-424 vs. Shan Abbasi (Mississauga ON). High Loss: Shan Abbasi (Mississauga ON) 424-444 vs. Winter (Houston, TX). Low Loss: Shauna Petrie (Mississauga ON) 367-500 vs. Andrew Golding (Montréal QC).

Thank you to lead organizer Pierre Cormier, his friend Mario Savoie, and the rest of the members of the Greater Shediac Chambre of Commerce for their generosity and vision in sponsoring the 2016 Shediac SCRABBLE Tournament.

We begin the event tonight with 15 players present from four different provinces and one state; they will play the first three rounds tonight of a 15+2 schedule, concluding Sunday with the best-of-two finals.

Their efforts will be sustained by coffee, tea, cupcakes and butter tarts from the local Sobey's supermarket that Mario manages. I'm a little full from all the lobster rolls today (Shediac is the lobster capital of the world), but will make the heroic effort necessary to eat a butter tart or two.

This tournament, fully sanctioned by the North American SCRABBLE Players Association (NASPA), takes place in the birthplace of the crossword game, where long before Alfred Butts invented our familiar SCRABBLE game, local polymath Edward R. Macdonald had the town playing a popular crossword game that survives now only in the text of the U.S. and Canadian patents that cover it. To commemorate this monumental event in human history, the town has raised a giant rack of crossword game tiles alongside the giant lobster that greets visitors to their town, and have invited the best players to enjoy their hospitality this weekend.

Jamie Chew (Toronto ON) was happy to be in second place with one game left to report; Dave Krook's (Mississauga ON) long-running win bumped him down to third place. I resisted the temptation to call an emergency halt to the event in the interim.

Round 1 Auto-Commentary

Liam Chew claims the lead, 1-0 +153. Doug Murray (Sackville NB) is 1 game behind at 0-0 +0.

High Win: Dave Krook (Mississauga ON) 423-162 vs. Nick Abbate. Low Win: Liam Chew 314-161 vs. Quentin Cherriere. High Loss: Nick Abbate 162-423 vs. Dave Krook (Mississauga ON). Low Loss: Quentin Cherriere 161-314 vs. Liam Chew.