Singapore Open Scrabble Championship

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.

Singapore Open Scrabble Championship
Tournament information
SportScrabble
LocationSingapore
Established1998
Format15–17 rounds
Current champion
Toh Weibin

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,[1] and once again in 2016.[2] 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.[3]

YearChampionCountryVenueWins/Total number of gamesCumulative
spread		Runner(s)-up
2017Toh Weibin SingaporeYWCA Fort Canning Lodge14/161156New Zealand Nigel Richards
2016Nigel Richards (12) New ZealandHwa Chong Institution11/161071Singapore Hubert Wee
2014Nigel Richards (11) New Zealand*SCAPE12/161272Australia Alastair Richards
2012Nigel Richards (10) New ZealandWest Coast Community Club14/161840Malaysia Aaron Chong
2011Aaron Chong MalaysiaThomson Community Club11/161246Singapore Hubert Wee
2010Nigel Richards (9) New ZealandThomson Community Club14/172190Singapore Cheah Siu Hean
2009Nigel Richards (8) New ZealandSengkang Community Club12/16978Singapore Hubert Wee
2008Nigel Richards (7) New ZealandAnchorvale Community Club14/161196Singapore Hubert Wee
2007Nigel Richards (6) New ZealandTeck Ghee Community Club11/16833Singapore Shim Yen Nee
2006Tony Sim SingaporeTeck Ghee Community Club12/16670Philippines Marlon Prudencio
2005Andy Kurnia SingaporeTeck Ghee Community Club12/16749Singapore Hubert Wee
2004Nigel Richards (5) New ZealandNanyang Community Club12/16962Singapore Cheah Siu Hean
2003Nigel Richards (4) New ZealandJurong Green Community Club12.5/161181Singapore Ricky Purnomo
2002Nigel Richards (3) New ZealandJurong Green Community Club12/16782Singapore Tony Sim
2001Nigel Richards (2) New ZealandHong Kah East Community Club12/161021Singapore Quek Sim Ho
2000Nigel Richards (1) New ZealandHong Kah East Community Club14/162118Nigeria Femi Awowade
1999Ganesh Asirvatham MalaysiaHong Kah East Community Club12/151053Malaysia Tengku Asri
1998Michael Tang SingaporeHong Kah East Community Club12/16472Philippines Ador Ruiz

References
  1. Damodaran, Akhila (16 January 2017). "Master of all words uses but few". New Indian Express.
  2. "12.11.2016 Singapore Open: Nigel Richards". WESPA. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. "Archives". Scrabble Association Singapore. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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