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There's too much luck in Scrabble.

1 Nigel Richards 19.0-2.0 +1342
2 Dave Wiegand 17.0-4.0 +1254
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It reveals it.

2005 NSC:
Best Record Day 4 Lower Half

Jim Geary
began day 86th
7-0 +805
$150

2006 NSC:
Best Record Day 4 Lower Half

Jim Geary
began day 45th
7-0 +1120
$150

2009 Arizona Scholastic Chess Championships, K-5:
Best Record Day 2 Lower Half

Colleen Geary
began day 107th/119
3-0, finished 55th

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Original puzzles here:

2009 Dallas Open Day 1
2009 Dallas Open Day 2
2009 Dallas Open Day 3

if you want to try to solve before seeing answers.

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Day 1
Day 2

So, I finished day 2 at 9-5. A rough guess would be a 4-1 Sunday might win a prize.

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Day 1

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I haven't played much Scrabble in the last year. Usually after a tournament, I'm
motivated to study for the next tournament, and I go to a tournament and I study,
etc. A nice positive-feedback loop This is what happened in 2006, and I ended up
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This was forwarded to me by someone on the Scrabble mailing list yesterday, but I'm rebroadcasting here for my poker-friends who have asked whatever happened with regards to " Patrick Hodges, Thief". I knew the outcome last week, but didn't want to say anything until it became public knowledge.

Mr. Hodges is forbidden from playing in a sanctioned ( Read more... )