2002 Kingston Cup Match

The 18th annual Toronto-Montreal (Scrabble®) club match took place on December 7th and 8th, 2002 in the Tercentary Room at the Days Inn Kingston.

Montreal took back the Kingston Cup in the upper division, successfully defended the 401 Trophy in the middle division, and the two sides battled to a tie in the inaugural contest for an as yet unnamed trophy in the lower division.

See also...

• Kingston Whig-Standard article
• 2001 Kingston Cup
• game results
• player statistics
• team statistics
• estimated ratings changes

Contacts

Days Inn Kingston

33 Benson Street, Kingston ON, +1 613 546 3661 or +1 800 267 7888.

John Chew (Toronto team captain)

E-mail poslfit@gmail.com or call +1 416 876 7675 (cellphone, before, during or after the event).

Bernard Gotlieb (Montreal team captain)

E-mail bernard@capsnap.com or call +1 514 484 0824.

Rules

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."

John and Bernard draw to see which side goes first in even-numbered rounds, overriding the NSA's usual protocol. (Montreal won the draw this year.)

Ten dollars is collected from each player at the tournament, to cover the cost of the room and the rating fee.

This Year's Teams

I'm hoping Nick and Pam can help us fill out the Toronto team; if not, maybe Kate can pretend she's still on our side?

This Year's Format

Teams will compete in three divisions with no intermixing. In the top two divisions, 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.

History

Montreal now leads Toronto 12-6 in the Kingston Cup, 4-3 in the 401 Trophy, and has possession of both. As the teams tied in the lower division, the as yet unnamed (and nonexistent trophy) will not be awarded this year. Click to see historical records about the players and the teams.