The World Scrabble Championship 2005 was held in the Marriott Regent's Park Hotel , London, England between 16 November and 20 November. The winner was Adam Logan of Canada.

As in previous years, the tournament began with a 24-round Swiss tournament over three days. The top two players from this phase contested a best-of-five final.

Results The preliminary stage involved 102 players over 24 rounds, using the "Chew Pairing" system to select the draw for each round.

Adam Logan beat Pakorn Nemitrmansuk of Thailand 3–0 in the final. Notably, Nemitrmansuk was also the runner-up finalist at WSC 2003.

Adam won the first game 524–409. Pakorn bingoed EDACIOUS, GRINDER and VALETiNG while Adam could only manage one (STATURE) until he ended the game with a rare triple-triple TWISTIeR, which clinched it for him as Pakorn ran out of time.

Adam won the second game 520–316 with bingoes RIBANDS, GNaRRED, CLOGGER and ELODEAS while Pakorn managed CATTAILS and VAUNTIER, and lost points on letters and time once again.

Adam won the third game 465–426 to clinch the title. Bingoes from Adam were AURATES, REcOINED, ANCOnES and from Pakorn were TEAMING and BIRSLED.

This was the fourth time in eight events that a Canadian had won, including one year in which a Canadian played for the United States.

Complete results PositionNameCountryWin–lossSpreadPrize (USD)1Logan, AdamCanada20–4+161315,0002Nemitrmansuk, PakornThailand18–6+6786,0003Fernando, Naween TharangaAustralia17–7+7413,0004Asirvatham, GaneshMalaysia16–8+6902,0005Williams, GarethWales16–8+6641,0006Cleary, Paul StephenAustralia16–8+6439007Boys, DavidCanada16–8+6128008Wiegand, DavidUnited States16–8+5997009Owolabi, LukemanNigeria15–9+83260010Cheah, Siu HeanSingapore15–9+77650011David EldarAustralia15–9+67212Allan, PaulScotland15–9+59113Saldanha, DeanCanada15–9+41414O'Laughlin, JohnUnited States15–9+36715Quao, Michael ArthurGhana14½–9½+72516Sujjayakorn, PanupolWorld Champion14½–9½+42217Lamabadusuriya, HarshanEngland14–10+120918Warner, HowardNew Zealand14–10+89419Sherman, JoelUnited States14–10+84720Kirk, TerryEngland14–10+77021Fisher, AndrewAustralia14–10+72422Placca, ChrysGhana14–10+43723Rivera, Oscar T.Philippines14–10+25424Martin, EdwardEngland14–10+21025Adamson, TimUnited States14–10+16626Bhandarkar, AkshayIndia14–10+12727Phiphatboonserm, ManopThailand14–10-55328Armstrong, PeterUnited States14–10-81529Gipson, HelenEngland13–11+73630Polatnick, SteveUnited States13–11+49231Ball, NickEngland13–11+40732Hahn, AlbertCanada13–11+40533Wapnick, JoelCanada13–11+39534Luebkemann, JohnUnited States13–11+39235Brousson, TheresaMalta13–11+34936Awowade, FemiEngland13–11+33237Hirai, KeiichiroJapan13–11+33038Odom, LisaUnited States13–11+27239Delia, JojoMalta13–11+26040Ananga, Yawo TakyiGhana13–11+18341Appleby, PhilEngland13–11+16742Carter, GeraldThailand12½–11½+24943Smitheram, BrettEngland12½–11½+11744Davis, AndrewEngland12–12+80845Byers, RussellEngland12–12+46946Mallick, JoeyUnited States12–12+36147Richards, NigelNew Zealand12–12+29448Tabasa, John EdwardPhilippines12–12+28949Lerman, JerryUnited States12–12+24650Hoekstra, RonCanada12–12+20051Kenas, MarkUnited States12–12+19652Nyman, MarkEngland12–12+19353Poder, DavidUnited States12–12+6054Goh, Jiang PernSingapore12–12-15955Talosig, RogelioNew Zealand12–12-37656Ul-Haq, AssadQatar12–12-38657Litunya, PatrickKenya12–12-45258Kaufman, ZevCanada12–12-50759Grant, JeffNew Zealand11½–12½-55360Katz-Brown, JasonUnited States11–13+66361Kramer, JimUnited States11–13+31862Finley, PeterEngland11–13+25763Charles, LeslieTrinidad and Tobago11–13+17964Oduwole, OlatundeNigeria11–13+13665Capuno, LeonardoUnited Arab Emirates11–13+13266Khoshnaw, KarlKurdistan-Iraq11–13-967Lobo, RalphOman11–13-2768Kurnia, AndySingapore11–13-4869Hersom, RandyUnited States11–13-36770Rodrigues, SherwinIndia11–13-48771Kalumba, Paul YandishaZambia11–13-66772Early, DylanSouth Africa11–13-81373Ikolo, AnthonyNigeria11–13-98174Yeo, Kien HungMalaysia10½–13½+9575Simmons, AllanScotland10–14+41676Jabbar, AbdulPakistan10–14+22177Sayavesa, NavapadolThailand10–14+4878Sinton, PeterNew Zealand10–14-20879Amalean, ShailaSri Lanka10–14-51880Wanniarachchi, LakshanSri Lanka10–14-53281Cohen, EvanIsrael10–14-61582Prabhu, Cecil FernandesOman10–14-62383Khan, Rashid AteeqPakistan10–14-62584Fomum, Samuel TaneeCameroon10–14-66585Green, NeilWales10–14-69886Buddhdev, AnandNetherlands10–14-139987Hovelmeier, Trevor MarkSouth Africa9½–14½+58188Bwire, MatayoKenya9–15+6589Raychbart, PalomaIsrael9–15-39890McDonnell, BrendanIreland9–15-55691Filio, BenBahrain9–15-80692Amarasinghe, SamithaSri Lanka9–15-90093Bohbot, HerveFrance9–15-90194Ntege, ChrisUganda9–15-111595Ahmad, AdeebBahrain9–15-118796Zbikowski, MateuszPoland9–15-165297Tanveer, RohainaKuwait8½–15½-106198Anthonius, FerdyIndonesia8–16-40299Esmail, MushtakTanzania8–16-791100Sandu, Dan LaurentiuRomania6–18-1413101Kuroda, KunihikoJapan6–18-1844102Bjorkman, MartenSweden5–19-1806

FINALS: Game 1: Adam 524 – Pakorn 409 Game 2: Adam 520 – Pakorn 316 Game 3: Adam 465 – Pakorn 426

Participants Places were allocated by country. The number of places per country was:

U.S., 15 places England, 10 places Canada, 7 places New Zealand, 5 places Australia, 4 places Kenya, 4 places Thailand, 4 places Ghana, 3 places Philippines, 3 places Nigeria, 3 places Singapore, 3 places Sri Lanka, 3 places Bahrain, 2 places India, 2 places Israel, 2 places Japan, 2 places Malaysia, 2 places Malta, 2 places Oman, 2 places Pakistan, 2 places Scotland, 2 places South Africa, 2 places Wales, 2 places Cameroon, 1 place France, 1 place Gibraltar, 1 place Guyana, 1 place Indonesia, 1 place Ireland, 1 place Kurdistan-Iraq, 1 place Kuwait, 1 place Poland, 1 place Romania, 1 place Saudi Arabia, 1 place Seychelles, 1 place Sweden, 1 place Tanzania, 1 place Trinidad, 1 place U.A.E., 1 place Uganda, 1 place Zambia, 1 place

Panupol Sujjayakorn qualified automatically as defending World Champion, and so did not count towards Thailand's quota.

References

External links Official site