The 17th annual Toronto-Montreal (Scrabble®) club match took place on November 24th and 25th, 2001 at the Days Inn Kingston.
The Toronto team in the upper division successfully defended the Kingston Cup, while the Montreal team successfully defended the 401 Trophy in the lower division.
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We play by regular NSA tournament rules, except that no record is kept of cumulative spread. Games may therefore be ended by resignation, when both players agree that the outcome is certain and the game does not need to be played out. This should be in keeping with the late Mike Wise's unofficial motto for this event: "Play in a spirit of friendly rivalry."
By tradition, Toronto plays first in all odd-numbered rounds, and Montreal plays first in all even-numbered rounds, overriding the NSA's usual protocol.
Ten dollars is collected from each player at the tournament, to cover the cost of the room and the rating fee.
Kingston Cup | |||
Toronto | Montreal | ||
1842 | Evan Berofsky | 1914 | David Boys |
1828 | Zev Kaufman | 1870 | Joel Wapnick |
1801 | John Chew | 1797 | Fran Silver |
1756 | Fern Lindzon | 1700 | Andrew Golding |
1695 | Libero Paolella | 1689 | Bernard Gotlieb |
1672 | Craig Rowland | 1622 | Joe Peters |
1662 | Ray Francis | 1607 | Linda Espallardo |
1661 | Stuart Levinsky | 1605 | Lou Cornelis (Ottawa) |
401 Trophy | |||
Toronto | Montreal | ||
1581 | Lynda Wise | 1585 | Sary Karanofsky |
1561 | Trevor Sealy | 1523 | Arthur Carvalho |
1526 | Sal Desiato | 1519 | Barbara Bultz |
1501 | Mad Palazzo | 1451 | Lydia Keras |
1448 | Brenda Megannety | 1274 | Emanuel Chicoine |
1425 | Diane Brown | 1266 | Ruth Nabi |
1079 | Kristen Chew | 1203 | Richard Kirsch |
Teams will compete in two divisions with no intermixing. After playing each of the members of the opposing team, players in each division will be numbered according to their number of wins, with ties broken by pre-tournament rating.
A Division | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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Evan | Lou | Linda | Joe | Bernard | Andrew | Fran | Joel | Dave | T4 | T3 | T2 | T1 | M1 |
Zev | Dave | Lou | Linda | Joe | Bernard | Andrew | Fran | Joel | T1 | T4 | T3 | T2 | M2 |
John | Joel | Dave | Lou | Linda | Joe | Bernard | Andrew | Fran | T2 | T1 | T4 | T3 | M3 |
Fern | Fran | Joel | Dave | Lou | Linda | Joe | Bernard | Andrew | T3 | T2 | T1 | T4 | M4 |
Libero | Andrew | Fran | Joel | Dave | Lou | Linda | Joe | Bernard | T8 | T7 | T6 | T5 | M5 |
Craig | Bernard | Andrew | Fran | Joel | Dave | Lou | Linda | Joe | T5 | T8 | T7 | T6 | M6 |
Ray | Joe | Bernard | Andrew | Fran | Joel | Dave | Lou | Linda | T6 | T5 | T8 | T7 | M7 |
Stuart | Linda | Joe | Bernard | Andrew | Fran | Joel | Dave | Lou | T7 | T6 | T5 | T8 | M8 |
B Division | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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Sary | Kristen | Diane | Brenda | Mad | Sal | Trevor | Lynda | M5 | M4 | M3 | M2 | M1 | T1 |
Arthur | Lynda | Kristen | Diane | Brenda | Mad | Sal | Trevor | M1 | M7 | M2 | M3 | M4 | T2 |
Barbara | Trevor | Lynda | Kristen | Diane | Brenda | Mad | Sal | M6 | M5 | M4 | M1 | M2 | T3 |
Lydia | Sal | Trevor | Lynda | Kristen | Diane | Brenda | Mad | M7 | M6 | M1 | M4 | M3 | T4 |
Emanuel | Mad | Sal | Trevor | Lynda | Kristen | Diane | Brenda | M2 | M1 | M6 | M7 | M5 | T5 |
Ruth | Brenda | Mad | Sal | Trevor | Lynda | Kristen | Diane | M3 | M2 | M7 | M5 | M6 | T6 |
Richard | Diane | Brenda | Mad | Sal | Trevor | Lynda | Kristen | M4 | M3 | M5 | M6 | M7 | T7 |
Montreal now leads Toronto 11-5 in the Kingston Cup, while Toronto leads Montreal 3-2 in the 401 Trophy. As of 2000, Toronto is in possession of the Kingston Cup and Montreal has the 401 Trophy. Click to see historical records about the players and the teams.