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WSC 2007 Commentary: Round 14

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14:37 Round 14 begins. Hubert Wee (SGP) plays Wellington Jighere (NGA) at Board 1. Last round, Jighere beat Akshay Bhandarkar (ARE) 440-401 at Board 1 and Hubert beat Joel Wapnick (CAN) 500-473 at Board 3. Nigel Richards (NZL), who beat Edward Okulicz (AUS) 432-298 at Board 2, is facing Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS) there.

15:07 First results: Emmanuel Umujose (NGA) beats Francis Wachira (KEN) 600-325!

We introduced an innovation this round: a web page is being displayed on the projection screens, giving players up-to-the-minute updates on current standings and international ratings updates. An unexpectedly large number of players and spectators are fascinated with the idea of Scrabble information on television.