Moiz Ullah Baig
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Moiz Ullah Baig (born April 1997[1] in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistani Scrabble player[2] who won the World Youth Scrabble Championship 2013[3][4][5] and the World Junior Scrabble Championship 2018, becoming the first player ever to win both.[6][7][8] He won the Pakistan Scrabble Championship in 2018[9][10] and is currently the number 1 player of the country.[11][12] In December 2018, with a WESPA rating of 1921, he climbed up to the 71st place in the world rankings – his career highest.[13]
Moiz was conferred with a gold medal by Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust in 2014 for his achievements in Scrabble.[14] He was mentioned alongside Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, Asma Jahangir, and several others in the Newsline Magazine, on being one of the Pakistanis who have made a prominent mark internationally.[15] He is referred to as the 'giant of scrabble' in Pakistan[16]. Moiz was appointed as a coach of Pakistan Scrabble Team in 2016.[17]
Moiz attended NED University of Engineering and Technology, DJ Science College, and Falconhouse Grammar School. [5][18][19][20][21]
Playing History
Moiz debuted the national circuit in 2012 at age 14 and beat several top-rated players in his first tournament.[22][23] He joined the international scene in 2013.[24]
2012
Moiz won the All-Pakistan Inter-School Scrabble Championship.[19][20] Later in the year, he was selected to represent Pakistan at the World Youth Scrabble Championship in the UK,[25][26] but he couldn't get the visa.[5]
2013
Moiz won the World Youth Scrabble Championship held in Dubai, UAE, becoming the first Pakistani to do so.[3][4][5]
2014
Moiz finished 3rd at the Mind Sports International Youth Cup held in London, UK.[27][28] He was unsuccessful in defending his title at the World Youth Scrabble Championship in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[29][30]
2015
Moiz finished runner-up at the Pakistan Scrabble Championship.[31]
2016
Moiz missed the quarter-finals of the World Scrabble Championship 2016 in Lille, France, after losing his last match to the former World Champion Adam Logan by 1 point, finishing 15th.[32][33] He was the runner-up at the Pakistan Scrabble Championship for the second time in a row.[34]
2017
Moiz finished runner-up at both, the World Junior Scrabble Championship held in Nottingham, UK,[35][36][37] and the Princess Youth Scrabble Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand.[38][39][40]
2018
Moiz won the World Junior Scrabble Championship held in Torquay, UK,[6][7][41][42][43] the Pakistan Scrabble Championship,[9][10] and the Pakistan Scrabble Champions Trophy.[16][44][45] He rose to the number 1 spot in national rankings ending Waseem Khatri's decade-long supremacy.[11] He was selected to represent ‘Team Rest of Asia’ at the Alchemist Cup – World Team Challenge in Penang, Malaysia,[46][47][48][49][50] where he ended up 16th among the top 50 players of the world.[51]
2019
He was unsuccessful in defending his title at the Pakistan Scrabble Championship.[52][53]
References
- ^ "Birthday boy Moiz secures scrabble title | ePaper | DAWN.COM". epaper.dawn.com. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Moiz Ullah Baig". www.wespa.org. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ a b "Moiz Ullah Baig crowned WYSC Champion". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ a b Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2013-12-15). "Moiz makes history with WYSC title". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ a b c d Hasan, Shazia (2013-12-17). "Laurels, cheers galore as victorious Pakistan scrabble team". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ a b Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2018-10-24). "Moiz crowned junior world scrabble champion". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ a b "Pakistan's Moiz crowned world junior scrabble champion". The Nation. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Pakistan's Imaad youngest world jr scrabble champion". The Nation. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ^ a b Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2018-07-18). "Moiz clinches National Scrabble title". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ a b "HISTORY OF PAKISTAN SCRABBLE CHAMPIONS – Pakistan Scrabble Association". Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ a b Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2018-02-20). "Moiz ends Waseem's supremacy at the top". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Khilari. "Pakistan to compete at World Scrabble Championship & Junior World Scrabble Championship, 2019 - Khilari". www.khilari.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ "Moiz Ullah Baig". www.wespa.org. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Moiz Ullah takes lesson from Islamabad defeat". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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- ^ a b Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2018-10-09). "Moizullah Baig new giant of scrabble in Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Moiz to spell out win for Pakistan team". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2012-08-05). "Jahanzaib, Javeria excel in 'The Scrabble Battle'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
- ^ a b "Mihajuddin wins scrabble event". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ a b "Mihajuddin clinches Inter School Scrabble title". The Nation. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Exclusive Interview of Moiz Baig | Nayi Baat | Neo News, retrieved 2019-11-08
- ^ "Khatri defends ranking title". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2012-02-06). "Ranking scrabble". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2013-07-08). "Impressive Inayat clinches Penang scrabble event". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2012-10-02). "Moizullah wins scrabble tourney". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Scrabble team to compete in England". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Moiz secures third spot in scrabble championship". The News. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Pakistan's Moiz comes third in 1st Mind Scrabble C'ship". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Agencies (2014-09-01). "Durand dethrones Moiz". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Losing world title wasn't easy". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2015-07-28). "Waseem seizes fourth successive Pakistan Scrabble title". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Agencies (2016-09-04). "Daniyal makes quarters". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "02.09.2016 MSI WSC Lille after game 24". www.wespa.org. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2016-07-19). "Waseem wins National Scrabble Championship for eighth time". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2017-08-23). "Pakistanis shine at Junior World Scrabble". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Pakistani scrabble players Hammad, Moiz score one-two finish in Princess Cup". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2017-11-28). "Hammad grabs Princess Cup title". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Pakistan's Hammad and Moiz sparkle in Princess Cup Youth Scrabble Tournament". Daily Times. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Shangrila (Private) Limited | Pakistan rules the world of youth scrabble". www.shangrila.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ News, Allsportspk (2018-10-22). "Breaking - Junior World Scrabble Championship: Pakistan's 6 World Champions". AllSportsPK. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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- ^ Khilari. "Moiz Ullah Baig stands first in Shangrila Scrabble Champion's Trophy - Khilari". www.khilari.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ News, Allsportspk (2018-10-08). "Shangrila Scrabble Champions Trophy: Moiz Ullah Baig - The Title Holder". AllSportsPK. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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- ^ News, Allsportspk (2018-10-04). "Alchemist Cup Scrabble Tournament: 3 Pakistan Players In "Rest Of Asia" Team". AllSportsPK. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Khilari. "Waseem, Moiz & Sohaib representing Pakistan in The Alchemist Cup Scrabble C'ship 2018 - Khilari". www.khilari.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Pakistan, Cliff (2018-10-05). "Three Pakistani players represent "Rest of Asia" team in Alchemist Cup Scrabble Tournament". Cliff Pakistan. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Individual standings". alchemistcup.causewaychallenge.com. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Agencies (2019-07-24). "Hasham Hadi clinches scrabble title". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Khilari. "Hasham Hadi becomes youngest Pakistani champion at 31st National Scrabble Championship - Khilari". www.khilari.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-10-28.