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Can-Am Scrabble Challenge this weekend

Posted by Juraj on Thu March 17, 2011 at 21h37

Calgary is honoured to host the 2011 Can-Am Scrabble Challenge.

The tournament will be held at the Radisson Hotel, 2120, 16 Ave. NE, Calgary on March 19 & 20 (Sat. & Sun.) starting at 9.00 a.m. each day.

The Cam-Am Scrabble Challenge is played between the top seven Canadian players and the top seven Americans. Among them they boast several world, Canadian and US Championships. The Canadian team is led by Adam Logan of Ottawa, the reigning Canadian champion and a former world and US champion.

Here's a list of the previous seven Can-Am Scrabble Challenges, which the USA has won 5-2.
Year City                Winner    CAN   USA 
2002 Niagara Falls, CAN    CAN    43.5  28.5
2004 Toronto, CAN          USA    34.5  63.5
2005 Chicago USA           USA    37.0  61.0
2006 Toronto, CAN          CAN    51.0  47.0
2007 Dallas, USA           USA    41.5  56.5
2008 Toronto, CAN          USA    47.5  50.5
2009 Denver, USA           USA    37.5  60.5
The tournament format is a double round robin, where each Canadian will face each American twice.

Below is the lineup of players, with total scores (out of 14 games, except 2002 - 12 games) they achieved at previous Can-Am's. In scrabble, with a considerable element of luck, winners of tournaments typically score 66%. Thus scores of 10/14 or better are especially noteworthy. Each team has one player that has played in ALL SEVEN previous Can-Am's, and each team has several players that have never competed in the Can-Am before.

Country Name Rating 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

USA Dave Wiegand 2018 8 6 9 10 8 7 10

USA Chris Cree 1929 10 5 7 5.5

USA Jerry Lerman 1892 7

USA Marty Gabriel 1883

USA Bradley Whitmarsh 1848

USA Brian Bowman 1846

USA Sam Kantimathi 1688 8

CAN Adam Logan 2037 8 12 9 7

CAN Eric Tran 1913

CAN Robin Pollock Daniel 1905 8.5 5 7 8 1 10 5.5

CAN Dean Saldanha 1894 5 2

CAN Tony Leah 1884 5.5 5

CAN Sinna Vijayakumar 1832

CAN Ron Hoekstra 1671 3 6

We will be posting regular updates at this site as the tournament progresses, so you can cheer on your favorite players and team. Good luck to all the players.