2013 Malta International Scrabble Open: May 18–20

May 18–20, 2013

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Commentary: Round 10

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Notable pairings this round:

Division A Board 1: countrymen Winter Zxqkj (USA) and Steve Polatnick (USA).

Division A Board 3: Last weekend's winner and fourth-place finisher Helen Gipson (Sco) and Chinedu Okwelogu (NGA).

Division B Board 37: husband and wife Philip Turner (Eng) and Ruth Turner (Eng).

Steve loses 376-399 to Winter in a game whose endgame they are still quackling five minutes after the game ended. Evan Cohen (ISR) takes the lead by 140 spread points with a 423-405 win over Tony Sim (SGP).

There are still four players in the lead in Division B, winning their games list round to advance to 8-2: Maureen Hoch (ISR) +912, Sammy Mangion (MLT) +736, Osaghaede Omijeh (NGA) +444 and Brid Ni Bhriain (IRL) +319.

Time for tea, coffee, juice, sandwiches and qassatas*.


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