The Singapore Open Scrabble Championship is an international Scrabble tournament held each year in Singapore, established in 1998. The field of players is considerably large and it is not an invitational event. World Scrabble champion Nigel Richards has the most Singapore Open wins, with twelve between 2000 and 2017.
Champions The winner of the championship's inaugural edition was Michael Tang in 1998. The player with the most Singapore Open victories is New Zealander Nigel Richards, who won eleven times between 2000 and 2014, and once again in 2016. No other person has won the tournament more than once. The Singapore Open was cancelled in 2013 and 2015 due to a lack of venue.
Year Champion Country Venue Wins/Total number of games Cumulativespread Runner(s)-up2017 Toh Weibin YWCA Fort Canning Lodge 14/16 1156 Nigel Richards2016 Nigel Richards (12) Hwa Chong Institution 11/16 1071 Hubert Wee2014 Nigel Richards (11) *SCAPE 12/16 1272 Alastair Richards2012 Nigel Richards (10) West Coast Community Club 14/16 1840 Aaron Chong2011 Aaron Chong Thomson Community Club 11/16 1246 Hubert Wee2010 Nigel Richards (9) Thomson Community Club 14/17 2190 Cheah Siu Hean2009 Nigel Richards (8) Sengkang Community Club 12/16 978 Hubert Wee2008 Nigel Richards (7) Anchorvale Community Club 14/16 1196 Hubert Wee2007 Nigel Richards (6) Teck Ghee Community Club 11/16 833 Shim Yen Nee2006 Tony Sim Teck Ghee Community Club 12/16 670 Marlon Prudencio2005 Andy Kurnia Teck Ghee Community Club 12/16 749 Hubert Wee2004 Nigel Richards (5) Nanyang Community Club 12/16 962 Cheah Siu Hean2003 Nigel Richards (4) Jurong Green Community Club 12.5/16 1181 Ricky Purnomo2002 Nigel Richards (3) Jurong Green Community Club 12/16 782 Tony Sim2001 Nigel Richards (2) Hong Kah East Community Club 12/16 1021 Quek Sim Ho2000 Nigel Richards (1) Hong Kah East Community Club 14/16 2118 Femi Awowade1999 Ganesh Asirvatham Hong Kah East Community Club 12/15 1053 Tengku Asri1998 Michael Tang Hong Kah East Community Club 12/16 472 Ador Ruiz
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