Saturday night (September 20th) at the 2008 Michael Wise Memorial Scrabble Tournament in Toronto was Speed Scrabble night. Nine players (four veterans and five newcomers) played a round robin and KOTH where each round two players played to three-minute clocks and a third kept score according to the Toronto rules of Speed Scrabble: http://poslfit.homeip.net/scrabble/speed/ Several recounts delayed the progress of the tournament, but we still managed to complete 13 rounds in two hours and 45 minutes. I had to Gibsonize myself after the round robin, having lost only one game (to John Robertson) and having a two-game lead over the field. My speed rating is now back above 1800 and I'm at #5 on the list, well behind luminaries Logan, Graham, Pollak and Wapnick. Newcomer Gavin Thompson finished in second at 6-3, and third place was a tie (on wins: we don't count spread) among John Robertson, Craig Rowland and Robb Griffith, and the latter two shared a class prize for newcomers. Thanks to all for a pleasant evening. Rank Seed Name Won-Lost SOpEW OldR NewR Chng Prize 1 1 Chew, John 7.0- 1.0 32.0 1784 1808 +24 $50 2 5 Thompson, Gavin 6.0- 3.0 38.0 n.r. 1734 $30 3 4 Robertson, John 5.0- 4.0 38.0 1585 1605 +20 3 5 Rowland, Craig 5.0- 4.0 38.0 n.r. 1666 $10 class 3 5 Griffith, Robb 5.0- 4.0 40.0 n.r. 1667 $10 class 6 2 Hoekstra, Ron 4.0- 5.0 40.0 1730 1696 -34 6 5 Jones, Eileen 4.0- 5.0 40.0 n.r. 1580 8 3 Wise, Lynda 3.0- 5.0 36.0 1622 1604 -18 9 5 Collins, Betzy 0.0- 8.0 39.0 n.r. 1205 1 Chew, John B-- W09 W07 W02 B-- W05 W04 W08 B-- L03 B-- W06 B-- +0 2 2 2 +0 2 2 2 +0 0 +0 2 +0 2 Thompson, Gavin W05 B-- L03 L01 W06 W08 B-- W07 L04 B-- W09 B-- W05 2 +0 0 0 2 2 +0 2 0 +0 2 +0 2 3 Robertson, John L04 B-- W02 B-- W08 B-- L07 L05 B-- W01 L06 W09 W07 0 +0 2 +0 2 +0 0 0 +0 2 0 2 2 4 Rowland, Craig W03 L08 B-- W06 B-- W09 L01 B-- W02 B-- L05 L07 W06 2 0 +0 2 +0 2 0 +0 2 +0 0 0 2 5 Griffith, Robb L02 B-- W06 L08 B-- L01 B-- W03 W09 W07 W04 B-- L02 0 +0 2 0 +0 0 +0 2 2 2 2 +0 0 6 Hoekstra, Ron B-- W07 L05 L04 L02 B-- W09 B-- W08 B-- W03 L01 L04 +0 2 0 0 0 +0 2 +0 2 +0 2 0 0 7 Jones, Eileen W08 L06 L01 B-- W09 B-- W03 L02 B-- L05 B-- W04 L03 2 0 0 +0 2 +0 2 0 +0 0 +0 2 0 8 Wise, Lynda L07 W04 B-- W05 L03 L02 B-- L01 L06 W09 B-- B-- B-- 0 2 +0 2 0 0 +0 0 0 2 +0 +0 +0 9 Collins, Betzy B-- L01 B-- B-- L07 L04 L06 B-- L05 L08 L02 L03 B-- +0 0 +0 +0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 +0