World Youth Scrabble Championship begins in Colombo
August 30, 2014
One hundred and twenty players from 20 countries are talking part in the contest.
At the end of day one, Jack Durand of England is on top. He won all his 8 matches and has a spread of 750.
Migara Jayasinghe of Sri Lanka is the only other player to have remained unbeaten so far. He is currently second with 8 wins and a spread of 466 .
Yong Jian Rong of Singapore is lying third with 7 wins and spread of 877.
The hero of the day for Pakistan was Absar Mustajab who emerged as the dark horse. Absar has 7 wins and a spread of 529 placing him on the fourth position.
Hammad Hadi Khan is currently 5th with 6 wins and a spread of 882.
Defending champion Moiz Baig made an excellent start winning his first 6 matches to take the No. 1 spot after 6 rounds but defeats in the last two matches pushed him to the 9th position.
Abdullah Abbasi and Mariam Arif are 12th and 14th respectively.
Team wise Pakistan is number one among all countries, as it is the only country with 3 players in the top ten.
Another 10 matches will be played tomorrow (Sunday).
