World Scrabble Championship 2007

World Scrabble Championship 2007
Won by Nigel Richards from 104 players
9 November 2007 — 12 November 2007
Held in Mumbai, India
Sponsored by Mattel

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The World Scrabble Championship 2007 was held in the Taj President Hotel, Mumbai, India between 9 November and 12 November. The winner was Nigel Richards of New Zealand.

The tournament began with a 24-round Swiss tournament, whose top two players contested a best-of-five final.

The preliminary stage involved 104 players, the largest number of players in WSC history, over 24 rounds, using the "Chew Pairing" system to select the draw for each round.

Nigel Richards beat Ganesh Asirvatham of Malaysia 3-0 in the final. This was the first time either of them had reached the final. Ganesh was the number 1 rated player in the world at the time, and Nigel the form player had always been knocking on the door in majors and was a multiple winner of the Brand's Crossword Game King's Cup including 2007.

Nigel won the first game 412-316. He bingoed ; Ganesh bingoed . Nigel's opening play was with the V on the centre star. During the game Ganesh missed the bingo .

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