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Kiwi Wins Spanish Scrabble Title

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Nigel Richards has won the Spanish World Scrabble Championships in Granada, according to multiple reports. Richards' victory has been met with mixed reactions, with some describing it as an "unbelievable humiliation" due to the language barrier, as he is known to have exceptional ability in recalling Spanish words. Despite the criticism, Richards' achievement is seen as fitting by those who are familiar with his rise to fame in the Scrabble world. Richards has an impressive record, having won nearly 200 tournaments, including multiple world titles.

  1. NZ
    Liz Fagerlund
    New Zealand Association of Scrabble
    1. He started playing Scrabble with his mom because she got sick of him beating her at cards. She thought she might be able to win, since he was no good at English in school.
  2. CM
    Eric Salvador Tchouyo
    1. Just mentioning his name makes me tingle; he's a phenomenon.
    2. I often say he would make a good doctoral thesis topic for students in medicine because it's incomprehensible that someone could have such memory capacity in a language he doesn't speak.
  3. ES
    Benjamín Olaizola
    1. He played the word 'trinidad' and then 'cotejáis', with which he broke my schemes.
    2. We are talking about a New Zealander who has won multiple championships in English — at least five of them.
    3. He had a hand that was the most obvious one, the one that a computer would give to you, and he didn't use it.
    4. This is someone with very particular, incredible abilities; he's a gifted guy.

sources

  1. 1.The Times
  2. 2.CNN
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.Cadena SER
  5. 5.El Confidencial
  6. 6.New Zealand Herald
  7. 7.Reuters
  8. 8.RFI radio
  9. 9.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.Board Games

countries

  1. 1.ArgentinaAR
  2. 2.CameroonCM
  3. 3.ColombiaCO
  4. 4.SpainES
  5. 5.FranceFR
  6. 6.GreeceGR
  7. 7.MalaysiaMY
  8. 8.New ZealandNZ
  9. 9.Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofVE

organizations

  1. 1.InstagramUS
  2. 2.Mattel Inc
  3. 3.World English-language Scrabble Player's Association

persons

  1. 1.Nigel Richards
  2. 2.Tiger WoodsUS
  3. 3.Benjamín OlaizolaES
  4. 4.Liz FagerlundNZ
  5. 5.Adrienne Fischer
  6. 6.Begona Blanco Munoz
  7. 7.Eric Salvador TchouyoCM
  8. 8.Eva Tsalapati

technicals

  1. 1.Scrabble