WSC 2011: Alastair Richards [#72]

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WSC 2011:
Alastair Richards [#72]

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On this page, you will find information about Alastair Richards, who is competing at the 2011 World SCRABBLE® Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 21-13, +871, and is ranked #10.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Alastair Surname(s): Richards Home: Tuggerah, NSW, Australia Awards: NSW Champion (age 16), Runner-up WYSC 2009, 2011 - 3rd UK Open, 3rd NI Champs, 3rd Sri Lanka Open, 4th King's Cup Hobbies: Reading, travelling, computer games, training young Scrabble players Occupation: Student 2011 World SCRABBLE® Championship Team: Australia

Round by Round
High score: 574 Average for: 433 Average against: 408
Round 1	Barbados	Richards played #12 Orlet Bullock (BRB) and lost 401 to 425 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 0-1, -24.
Round 2	United Arab Emirates	Richards played #91 Mohammad Sulaiman (ARE) and won 499 to 364 (a spread of 135). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 1-1, +111.
Round 3	Australia	Richards played #37 Trevor Halsall (AUS) and lost 405 to 508 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 1-2, +8.
Round 4	Sri Lanka	Richards played #96 Lakshan Wanniarachchi (LKA) and won 471 to 379 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 2-2, +100.
Round 5	United States	Richards played #17 Laurie Cohen (USA) and won 473 to 321 (a spread of 152). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-2, +252.
Round 6	Poland	Richards played #68 Bartosz Pieta (POL) and lost 361 to 395 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 3-3, +218.
Round 7	World Champion	Richards played #60 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Wsc) and won 473 to 378 (a spread of 95). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 4-3, +313.
Round 8	Australia	Richards played #26 Naween Fernando (AUS) and won 422 to 411 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 5-3, +324.
Round 9	England	Richards played #55 Lewis Mackay (Eng) and lost 353 to 484 (a spread of -131). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 5-4, +193.
Round 10	Pakistan	Richards played #41 Wajid Iqbal (PAK) and won 467 to 405 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-4, +255.
Round 11	United States	Richards played #29 Marty Gabriel (USA) and won 402 to 325 (a spread of 77). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-4, +332.
Round 12	Philippines	Richards played #74 Odette Carmina Rio (PHL) and won 531 to 344 (a spread of 187). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-4, +519.
Round 13	Thailand	Richards played #87 Marut Siriwangso (THA) and lost 361 to 505 (a spread of -144). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8-5, +375.
Round 14	Scotland	Richards played #32 Helen Gipson (Sco) and won 451 to 426 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 9-5, +400.
Round 15	Ireland	Richards played #99 Feargal Weatherhead (IRL) and won 455 to 358 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 10-5, +497.
Round 16	Wales	Richards played #34 Neil Green (Wal) and won 493 to 391 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-5, +599. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17	United States	Richards played #104 Dave Wiegand (USA) and won 476 to 447 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 12-5, +628.
Round 18	Australia	Richards played #63 Edward Okulicz (AUS) and lost 412 to 452 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 12-6, +588. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (12 hits).
Round 19	England	Richards played #61 Mikki Nicholson (Eng) and won 378 to 350 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 13-6, +616. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 20	WSC Runner-Up	Richards played #73 Nigel Richards (Wru) and lost 345 to 467 (a spread of -122). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-7, +494. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 21	Canada	Richards played #10 David Boys (CAN) and lost 336 to 473 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 13-8, +357.
Round 22	Scotland	Richards played #86 Allan Simmons (Sco) and won 410 to 353 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 14-8, +414.
Round 23	Thailand	Richards played #47 Thacha Koowirat (THA) and won 524 to 278 (a spread of 246). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 15-8, +660.
Round 24	England	Richards played #88 Brett Smitheram (Eng) and lost 354 to 443 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 15-9, +571. Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 25	England	Richards played #5 Craig Beevers (Eng) and lost 330 to 422 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 15-10, +479. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (12 hits).
Round 26	Scotland	Richards played #82 Neil Scott (Sco) and lost 361 to 438 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 15-11, +402. Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 27	United States	Richards played #6 Nathan Benedict (USA) and won 447 to 358 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 16-11, +491.
Round 28	Northern Ireland	Richards played #39 Stewart Holden (NIr) and won 481 to 366 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 17-11, +606.
Round 29	England	Richards played #62 Mark Nyman (Eng) and lost 461 to 497 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 17-12, +570.
Round 30	England	Richards played #1 Paul Allan (Eng) and lost 388 to 445 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 17-13, +513.
Round 31	India	Richards played #77 Sherwin Rodrigues (IND) and won 454 to 434 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 18-13, +533.
Round 32	Malaysia	Richards played #15 Aaron Chong (MYS) and won 471 to 406 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 19-13, +598.
Round 33	Singapore	Richards played #101 Ming Hui Hubert Wee (SGP) and won 574 to 368 (a spread of 206). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 20-13, +804.
Round 34	Scotland	Richards played #32 Helen Gipson (Sco) again and won 511 to 444 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 21-13, +871.

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WSC 2011:Alastair Richards [#72]

WSC 2011:
Alastair Richards [#72]