Another outstanding performance from Nigel Richards clinching the title with two rounds left to play.
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Karen and the GOAT
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Round 1: Alex Tan (Malaysia) vs. Nigel Richards (New Zealand)
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| Round 1: Nigel R. vs Alex Tan |
Round 3: Tariq Pervez (Pakistan) vs. Nigel Richards (New Zealand)
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| Ongoing game between Tariq Pervez and Nigel Richards |
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Current Board Position between Tariq and Nigel
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The game continued as follows:
NR: g13 KAF +33 388
TP: b12 ZOA +38 220
NR: n6 HEBONA +43 431
TP: d10 NUDE +40 260
NR: 1h FLINDErS +89 520
challenged +5 525
TP: i11 WUS +29 289
NR: o11 MACLE +34 559
TP: m11 DIRT +16 305
NR: 2d REVIE +16 575
TP: a14 PI +16 321
NR: 4j JAR +31 606
NR: (RST) +6 612
Round 4: Akegapun Erbprasarts (Thailand) vs. Nigel Richards (New Zealand)
Round 5: Nigel Richards (New Zealand) vs. Jakkrit Klaphajone (Thailand)
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| Nigel and Jakkrit at 2023 World Youth Cup Side Event |
Round 7: Tony Sim (Singapore) vs. Nigel Richards (New Zealand)
Round 8: Nigel Richards (Malaysia) vs. Sam Kantimathi (USA)
Round 9: Akegapun Erbprasrts (Thailand) vs. Nigel Richards (New Zealand)
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| Round 9: Akegapun vs. Nigel |
Round 10: Kai Rong Tham (Singapore) defeated Nigel Richards (New Zealand)
Round 12: Nigel Richards (New Zealand) vs. Napat Vatjaranuratho (Thailand)
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| Round 12: Napat vs. Nigel |
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| Round 12: Final Board Position between Napat and Nigel |
Ricky wrote in his Facebook page:
As promised, my endgame against Nigel, as a puzzle.
I just took the lead after BARDING. My previous move was the desperate opening AB, Nigel's play after that was the one tile T dump (ETA)T so I know he's up to no good.
So I bingoed and led 432-389. I emptied the bag and took DSV, Nigel held CEHIIQS.
What would you play?
I still don't know if Nigel's play sequence was the best (Quackle didn't seem to spot it), but it definitely was not what I was expecting and struck me dumb.
You can view the full game
here.
Round 15: Russell Honeybun (Australia) vs. Nigel Richards (New Zealand)
Russell with four bingos defeated the "Beard", 515-376!
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| Final Board Position: Round 15, Russell Honeybun vs. Nigel Richards |
Round 16: Puttapong Moonsarn (Thailand) vs. Nigel Richards (New Zealand)
In this game, Nigel attempted to set-up his high point tiles, twice!
Round 17: Nigel Richards (New Zealand) vs. Russell Honeybun (Australia)
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| Napat V. vs. Liew Kian Boon at board 2, and Nigel R. vs. Russell H. at board 1 |
Nigel Richards defeated Russell Honeybun 451-355, while Napat V. had beaten Liew Kian Boon, 526-346 to move to top board in the next round.
Round 18: Napat Vatjaranuratho (Thailand) vs. Nigel Richards (New Zealand)
Napat commented that he started with exch. 4 keeping RAD, then he drew P?AC hoping that Nigel would put something like S at the star so he could lay down PLACARDS.
But Nigel played OSTRACA at h8 placing O at the star, and had played two more bingos, SNEERIER and TAPACOLO in succession.
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| Final Board Position: Round 18, Napat Vatjaranuratho vs. Nigel Richards |
Final Score: Nigel R. 536, Napat V. 353
Round 19: Nigel Richards (New Zealand) vs. Ricky Purnomo (Singapore)
Ricky shared his amusing story that Nigel insisted on writing former's name as REEKY, so he also wrote Nigel's name as NIGGLE in his scoresheet. Take a look.
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| Round 19: Scoresheets of "NIGGLE" and "REEKY" |
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| Ricky Purnomo vs. Nigel Richards in Round 19 |
Round 20: Nigel Richards (New Zealand) vs. Euclid Hui (Hong Kong)
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| Euclid and Nigel |
