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2012 Prague MSF SCRABBLE ME Commentary: Round 5

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Five bingoes for Alastair Richards (AUS) to one for Neil Green (Wal) gave Alastair his second 600+ game today and a 637-397 win, the high game so far.

After this round, only Nigel Richards (NZL) remains undefeated, 5-0 +281. Behind him are Alastair, Helen Gipson (Sco), Weibin Toh (SGP), Yi En Gan (DEU), Michael McKenna (AUS), Karen Richards (AUS) and David Webb (Eng), all on 4-1.

The electronic board appears to be working fine, but the technicians have been unable to get its video feed working: the board is supposed to provide a combination of CGI and live video, and they don't want to launch one without the other. They think they're close to a solution though, and I'm looking forward to seeing the board in action.