The 2012 Prague Mind Sports Festival SCRABBLE Main Event

December 1, 2012

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2012 Prague MSF SCRABBLE ME: Karen Richards [#22]

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On this page, you will find information about Karen Richards, who is competing at the 2012 Prague Mind Sports Festival SCRABBLE Main Event. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 14-10, +360, and is ranked #12.

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

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Given name(s): Karen
Surname(s): Richards
Home: Australia
2012 Prague Mind Sports Festival SCRABBLE Main Event Team: Australia

Round by Round

High score: 539
Average for: 427
Average against: 412

Round 1

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Canada

Richards played #13 Tony Leah (CAN) and won 409 to 375 (a spread of 34).

Current ranking: #16.

Current record: 1-0, +34.

Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

Round 2

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United States

Richards played #1 Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (USA) and lost 390 to 507 (a spread of -117).

Current ranking: #26.

Current record: 1-1, -83.

Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

Round 3

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Israel

Richards played #37 Nancy Alroy (ISR) and won 386 to 322 (a spread of 64).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 2-1, -19.

Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

Round 4

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Poland

Richards played #39 Ewa Kondracka (POL) and won 449 to 425 (a spread of 24).

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 3-1, +5.

Round 5

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Ireland

Richards played #6 Kevin McMahon (IRL) and won 525 to 409 (a spread of 116).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 4-1, +121.

Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Round 6

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Canada

Richards played #3 Adam Logan (CAN) and lost 423 to 432 (a spread of -9).

Current ranking: #11.

Current record: 4-2, +112.

Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).

Round 7

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Poland

Richards played #27 Wojtek Usakiewicz (POL) and lost 433 to 455 (a spread of -22).

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 4-3, +90.

Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).

Round 8

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England

Richards played #21 Graham Haigh (Eng) and lost 366 to 424 (a spread of -58).

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 4-4, +32.

Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

Round 9

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Singapore

Richards played #9 Siu Hean Cheah (SGP) and lost 456 to 465 (a spread of -9).

Current ranking: #27.

Current record: 4-5, +23.

Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

Round 10

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Northern Ireland

Richards played #11 Rik Kennedy (NIr) and lost 316 to 534 (a spread of -218).

Current ranking: #32.

Current record: 4-6, -195.

Round 11

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Poland

Richards played #26 Bartosz Pieta (POL) and won 428 to 313 (a spread of 115).

Current ranking: #26.

Current record: 5-6, -80.

Round 12

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United States

Richards played #24 Sandy Nang (USA) and won 470 to 428 (a spread of 42).

Current ranking: #23.

Current record: 6-6, -38.

Round 13

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Singapore

Richards played #12 Tony Sim (SGP) and lost 402 to 575 (a spread of -173).

Current ranking: #27.

Current record: 6-7, -211.

Round 14

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Scotland

Richards played #23 Raymond Tate (Sco) and won 412 to 358 (a spread of 54).

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 7-7, -157.

Round 15

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Romania

Richards played #25 Dan Sandu (ROM) and won 493 to 335 (a spread of 158).

Current ranking: #19.

Current record: 8-7, +1.

Round 16

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United States

Richards played #10 Sam Kantimathi (USA) and lost 352 to 453 (a spread of -101).

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 8-8, -100.

Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

Round 17

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Singapore

Richards played #31 Zhi Yuan Wong (SGP) and won 421 to 340 (a spread of 81).

Current ranking: #19.

Current record: 9-8, -19.

Round 18

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England

Richards played #36 George Newman (Eng) and won 539 to 310 (a spread of 229).

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 10-8, +210.

Round 19

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Germany, Federal Republic of

Richards played #19 Yi En Gan (DEU) and won 441 to 440 (a spread of 1).

Current ranking: #12.

Current record: 11-8, +211.

Round 20

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Wales

Richards played #14 Neil Green (Wal) and won 460 to 393 (a spread of 67).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 12-8, +278.

Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

Round 21

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Scotland

Richards played #4 Helen Gipson (Sco) and lost 361 to 500 (a spread of -139).

Current ranking: #16.

Current record: 12-9, +139.

Round 22

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England

Richards played #15 Elie Dangoor (Eng) and lost 331 to 450 (a spread of -119).

Current ranking: #22.

Current record: 12-10, +20.

Round 23

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England

Richards played #33 Jim Wilkie (Eng) and won 459 to 331 (a spread of 128).

Current ranking: #17.

Current record: 13-10, +148.

Round 24

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Scotland

Richards played #23 Raymond Tate (Sco) again and won 523 to 311 (a spread of 212).

Current ranking: #12.

Current record: 14-10, +360.

After the Tournament   

Richards is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

Richards is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).


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