1999 Channel NewsAsia World Masters

Contents:

• Details
• Complete Results
• Finals Game 1
• Finals Game 2

Details:
Venue: Singapore

Dates: Jun. 24-27, 1999

No. of Players: 98

Dictionary: SOWPODS (TWL98+OSW3)
Challenge Rule: 5-Point Penalty (Per Word)

Winner: Naween Fernando
Runner-Up: Andrew Fisher

Top Prize: $ 25,000.00

Format: The tournament begins with a 23-round preliminary whose two finalists to play Best-of-Three Final.

Complete Results:
(Standing after 23 rounds Preliminaries)

Rank	Name	Home	Wins	Spread
1	Andrew Fisher	UK	17	1248
2	Naween Fernando	LK	17	874
3	Paul Cleary	AU	17	775
4	Pakorn Nemitrmansuk	TH	16	1036
5	Joel Sherman	US	15	1072
6	Mark Nyman	UK	15	1068
7	Harshan Lamabadusuriya	LK	15	1038
8	Steve Polatnick	US	15	680
9	David Webb	UK	15	496
10	Gerry Carter	TH	15	483
11	Odette Rio	PH	15	134
12	Nigel Richards	NZ	14	1170
13	Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn	TH	14	663
14	Manop Phipatboon	TH	14	578
15	Howard Warner	NZ	14	557
16	A Ganesh	MY	14	506
17	Tawano Rabong	PH	14	294
18	Phil Appleby	UK	14	193
19	Tan Jin Chor	MY	14	-180
20	Bob Jackman	AU	13	1164
21	Terry Kirk	UK	13	590
22	Joe Edley	US	13	552
23	Renante Abellano dela Cerna	PH	13	516
24	Ricardo Gonzalez	PH	13	419
25	Femi Awowade	NG	13	357
26	Darryl Francis	UK	13	236
27	Brian Sugar	UK	13	222
28	Amnuay Ploysangngam	TH	13	-4
29	Alex Tan	MY	13	-17
30	Dean Saldanhna	UA	13	-30
31	Joan Rosenthal	AU	13	-67
32	Kong Chock Heng	MY	13	-302
33	Taewan Suthasila	TH	13	-393
34	Thong Liew Kee	SG	12	550
35	Evan Simpson	UK	12	454
36	Ricky Purnomo	ID	12	390
37	John Holgate	AU	12	335
38	Thavachai Tivavanvong	TH	12	286
39	Trevor Halsall	AU	12	212
40	Mario Miranda	PH	12	164
41	Michael Tang	SG	12	121
42	Esther Perrins	AU	12	109
43	John Lam	MY	12	90
44	Antonio Malonzo	PH	12	-14
45	Ismail Kassim	SG	12	-66
46	Austin Tan K H	SG	12	-348
47	Tengku Asri	MY	12	-481
48	Krishna Kumar	MY	12	-483
49	David  Ng	SG	12	-564
50	Pui Cheng Wui	MY	11	729
51	Jakkrit Klaphajone	TH	11	282
52	Natthagrit Keska	TH	11	229
53	Cheah Siu Hean	SG	11	196
54	Roland Filio	BH	11	67
55	Gan Cher Siong	SG	11	61
56	Azmil Aziz	MY	11	35
57	Tolani Awojobi	NG	11	5
58	Sam Kantimathi	US	11	-15
59	Tan Tiam Chai	SG	11	-206
60	Chim Wai Main	MY	11	-278
61	Jasmi Zainal	SG	11	-295
62	Emy Yap	MY	11	-364
63	Mauricio Polinar	PH	11	-520
64	Leon Rethual	MY	11	-569
65	Mohan Chunkath	IN	10	380
66	Tony Sim	SG	10	210
67	Joe Muhd	SG	10	135
68	Jocelyn Lor	MY	10	75
69	Jessie Lim	SG	10	-79
70	Gerardo Onate	PH	10	-89
71	Quek Sim Ho	SG	10	-94
72	Norbert Saldanha	UA	10	-208
73	Joanne Craig	AU	10	-233
74	Santi Cherdchaid	TH	10	-234
75	Rod Talbot	AU	10	-299
76	Alan Chua	SG	10	-450
77	Liz Jackman	AU	10	-474
78	Douglas Reyes	SG	10	-789
79	Kenneth Lim	SG	10	-1085
80	Fidelis Olotu	NG	9	120
81	Eugene Goh	SG	9	-56
82	Richard Andabwa	KY	9	-319
83	Mohd Ali Ismail	MY	9	-323
84	John Tan	MY	9	-442
85	Aloysious Conzag	SG	9	-477
86	Tan Kiat Ann	SG	9	-599
87	Dylan Sharma	SG	9	-756
88	Mohd Saleh Yusof	SG	9	-776
89	M Ganapathy	SG	9	-962
90	Sarah Law	SG	9	-1405
91	Mohd Salahudin	MY	8	-473
92	Zamri Majid	MY	8	-597
93	Leonard Wong	MY	8	-641
94	Rahul Goswamy	SG	8	-1053
95	Philip Tan	SG	7	-573
96	Irene Lim	MY	7	-1003
97	Goh Soo Hang	SG	6	-409
98	Wong Soon Lee	SG	3	-2062

Finals

Naween Fernando vs. Andrew Fisher

Game 1:

Naween got down the first bingo, OUTLEARN in the early going. Andrew later countered with ANTLERS to take the lead, 156-123. Naween tried to catch up, but then Andrew got the blank and bingoed with TOADLIkE to surge ahead, 308-199. Not losing hope, Naween was able to maximize with ZOWIE (52 pts) followed by TEAPOYS (79) to cut down the lead by 7 points (359-352). At this point, Andrew holding EIMRRSU missed a bingo and settled for MURES (38 pts) to lead temporarily, 390-359. That was the turning point of the game as Naween made the classic endgame move, and the rest was history. Let's find out.

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Game 2
The first rack of Naween was not recorded because he exchanged tiles, quickly. Anyway, he bingoed with his next move, TERRAPIN. Andrew responded with VIRELAY hooking on NOETIC. Then, Andrew bingoed once more with GUTTIER, to lead 117-203. Naween, holding ?ABELOX opted to play BORAX (60) keeping the blank, instead of a bingo. But when Naween got the second blank, he laid down tELFErS (88 pts), to recover the lead, 265-236. In the succeeding plays, Andrew's rack worsened while Naween kept control of the board until the end to win the championship. Final score: 443-407.

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The Champ