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Sydney International Masters 2001
Sydney
27-28 January 2001
Round 3
27 January 2001
Keichiiro Hirai 462
Anne Drew 462
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Blanks: K9=G; A3=R |
Commentary
UNQUIET for 142 points is my highest one-turn move ever in a tournament. Most of the earnest scrabbler players have a higher record, I guess. But mine is not a nine-timer. In my twelfth turn, when I was thinking of playing QUID(E11a), the play was blocked by COS. So DUUMVIR(F8d) came to my mind, keeping Q. I was sure of "I"-hook, learned by flash card. My tile tracking was correct: unseen 2 U's and 3 I's. I thought at least I could play QI, hooking to duumvir. Then what happened was the VARIANTS(C13a) bingo played by Anne. As I picked up the tiles on my rack, QUIET appears, then U and N! I will never forget that unbelievable moment. She could have blocked my last play by hooking "S" to DUUMVIR. -- Kc Hirai
The Playthrough
| Turn |
KEIICHIRO |
ANNE |
| Word (left) |
Grid |
Score |
Word |
Grid |
Score |
| 01 |
FOMENT(N) |
h4 |
30 |
JOE |
g5 |
27 |
| 02 |
ENJOY(OILI) |
e5 |
30/60 |
FRUITINg |
d9 |
62/89 |
| 03 |
TORI(ILL) |
a8 |
21/81 |
AWARE |
k8 |
37/126 |
| 04 |
ENJOYED(GHILL) |
e5 |
36/117 |
ZEA |
d4 |
28/154 |
| 05 |
HILL(EDG) |
j6 |
31/148 |
YAR |
n6 |
33/187 |
| 06 |
ADAGIO(EE) |
m8 |
20/168 |
WArTIEST |
a1 |
83/270 |
| 07 |
LONER(AE) |
n10 |
25/193 |
PEH |
l10 |
37/307 |
| 08 |
SOAK(E...) |
a7 |
24/217 |
CANT |
f3 |
15/322 |
| 09 |
OX(E....) |
b1 |
41/258 |
EBB |
a6 |
29/351 |
| 10 |
PEG(....) |
c1 |
30/288 |
GELS |
o7 |
14/365 |
| 11 |
FOMENTED(.....) |
h4 |
14/302 |
COS |
b10 |
22/387 |
| 12 |
DUUMVIR(Q) |
f8 |
17/319 |
VARIANTS |
c13 |
76/463 |
| 13 |
UNQUIET |
b15 |
142/461 |
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| Total |
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[I]+1/462 |
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[I]-1/462 |
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