Singapore Open Scrabble Championship

Singapore Open Scrabble Championship
Tournament information
Sport	Scrabble
Location	Singapore
Established	1998
Format	15–17 rounds
Current champion
	Toh Weibin

The Singapore Open Scrabble Championship is an international Scrabble tournament held each year in Singapore, established in 1998. The field of players is considerably large and it is not an invitational event. World Scrabble champion Nigel Richards has the most Singapore Open wins, with twelve between 2000 and 2017.

Champions

The winner of the championship's inaugural edition was Michael Tang in 1998. The player with the most Singapore Open victories is New Zealander Nigel Richards, who won eleven times between 2000 and 2014,^[1] and once again in 2016.^[2] No other person has won the tournament more than once. The Singapore Open was cancelled in 2013 and 2015 due to a lack of venue.^[3]

Year	Champion	Country	Venue	Wins/Total number of games	Cumulative spread	Runner(s)-up
2017	Toh Weibin	Singapore	YWCA Fort Canning Lodge	14/16	1156	Nigel Richards
2016	Nigel Richards (12)	New Zealand	Hwa Chong Institution	11/16	1071	Hubert Wee
2014	Nigel Richards (11)	New Zealand	*SCAPE	12/16	1272	Alastair Richards
2012	Nigel Richards (10)	New Zealand	West Coast Community Club	14/16	1840	Aaron Chong
2011	Aaron Chong	Malaysia	Thomson Community Club	11/16	1246	Hubert Wee
2010	Nigel Richards (9)	New Zealand	Thomson Community Club	14/17	2190	Cheah Siu Hean
2009	Nigel Richards (8)	New Zealand	Sengkang Community Club	12/16	978	Hubert Wee
2008	Nigel Richards (7)	New Zealand	Anchorvale Community Club	14/16	1196	Hubert Wee
2007	Nigel Richards (6)	New Zealand	Teck Ghee Community Club	11/16	833	Shim Yen Nee
2006	Tony Sim	Singapore	Teck Ghee Community Club	12/16	670	Marlon Prudencio
2005	Andy Kurnia	Singapore	Teck Ghee Community Club	12/16	749	Hubert Wee
2004	Nigel Richards (5)	New Zealand	Nanyang Community Club	12/16	962	Cheah Siu Hean
2003	Nigel Richards (4)	New Zealand	Jurong Green Community Club	12.5/16	1181	Ricky Purnomo
2002	Nigel Richards (3)	New Zealand	Jurong Green Community Club	12/16	782	Tony Sim
2001	Nigel Richards (2)	New Zealand	Hong Kah East Community Club	12/16	1021	Quek Sim Ho
2000	Nigel Richards (1)	New Zealand	Hong Kah East Community Club	14/16	2118	Femi Awowade
1999	Ganesh Asirvatham	Malaysia	Hong Kah East Community Club	12/15	1053	Tengku Asri
1998	Michael Tang	Singapore	Hong Kah East Community Club	12/16	472	Ador Ruiz

References

^ Damodaran, Akhila (16 January 2017). "Master of all words uses but few". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017.
^ "12.11.2016 Singapore Open: Nigel Richards". WESPA. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ "Archives". Scrabble Association Singapore. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[1] Damodaran, Akhila (16 January 2017). "Master of all words uses but few". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017.

[2] "12.11.2016 Singapore Open: Nigel Richards". WESPA. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

[3] "Archives". Scrabble Association Singapore. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

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