A 38-year-old mathematician from Montreal is the new World Scrabble Champion. Adam Logan won $15,000 for his victory at the 2005 World Scrabble Championships in London. He defeated Thailand's Pakorn Nemitrmansuk in the best-of-five final round, winning three straight games. Logan won his first eight games on the way to a 20-4 record in the preliminary rounds. Nemitrmansuk, who won $6,000, finished 18-6 in the preliminaries. Nemitrmansuk had defeated Logan once earlier in the tournament.
Following are the results of some notable Scrabble players:
2005 U.S. National Champion David Wiegand finished 8th.
2003 World Champion Panupol Sujjayakorn finished 16th.
1997 World Champion G.I. Joel Sherman finished 19th.
More than 100 players from more than 40 countries participated in the 2005 World Scrabble Championships. Logan, a two-time Canadian champion, has finished in the top 10 at the world championship four times, according to an article at Canada.com.
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