Pakistani Players Shine at the World Youth Scrabble Championship
In an outstanding display of skill and strategy, Pakistani players have achieved remarkable success at the World Youth Scrabble Championship, held recently. Leading the pack with an impressive performance was Affan Salman, who clinched the championship title with a commanding record of 20 wins and only 4 losses, accumulating a staggering spread of +1793. This […]
Some Useful Tips for Beginners: By Mr. Tariq Pervez
I seriously doubt if a perfect strategy for playing scrabble does exist. I have never come across a player who has one. Watching top players you’ll observe that their strategy changes with almost every move. They shift gears from being highly offensive to ultra defensive depending on the situation of the game. Here are some […]
Pakistani misses out on top prize in US scrabble championship
KARACHI: Waseem Khatri of Pakistan came tantalisingly close to winning the US National Scrabble Championship when he lost the finals by a narrow margin to Austin Shin of the United States in Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday. In the end, it turned out to be a case of so near yet so far. Khatri lost the […]
SCRABBLE: NEVER AT A LOSS FOR WORDS
He is 15, going on 16, and he is this year’s World Youth Scrabble champion. In fact, he is the only scrabble player in the world to have won the World Youth title two times in a row. And since Syed Imaad Ali is still so young, there are chances of him even doing a […]
Pakistan to host second online scrabble championship
KARACHI: Eight Pakistani scrabble players, including two nine-year old kids, would be competing in second online World Youth Scrabble Championship, which is being hosted for the second time following Covid-19 pandemic between Aug 7 and 22, Pakistan Scrabble Association (PSA) announced on Thursday. “On the request of World English-Language Scrabble Players Association (WESPA), Pakistan is […]
Wonder kid Imaad bounces back to clinch scrabble event
KARACHI: Syed Imaad Ali, the brilliant 14-year-old wonder kid clinched the Gladiators 32nd Pakistan Scrabble Championship (masters category) after staging the most astonishing comebacks ever witnessed in the national championship history Waseem Khatri enjoyed a great run on day two and was looking very safe at the top with a healthy lead. After 20 rounds […]
Pakistan’s Waseem Khatri clinches online scrabble championship in style
KARACHI: Pakistan’s brilliant scrabble champion Waseem Khatri clinched the online Double-double Scrabble Championship this week in which 64 participants from around the world competed. The championship, organised in the USA, kicked off on Tuesday, May 12 and the final was played on July 22. Waseem was the sole representative of Pakistan in the high profile […]
Inter-school scrabble to be held on Feb 8-9
KARACHI: The 21st Inter-school Scrabble Championship will be played at the BVS Parsi School on Feb 8-9. This was announced by Pakistan Scrabble Association’s Director Youth Program Tariq Pervez in a press conference here the other day. “We are very excited to announce this tournament which was a bumper success last year and turned out […]
Getting the word out — the rising popularity of Scrabble in Pakistan
WHILE most sports in the country have remained matters that we all hope to do better in, or find ‘our lost glory’ in, there is one sport or game in which the country has already gained supremacy — although very few know of it. The story of Scrabble in Pakistan is like watching the board […]
Pakistan juniors off to fine start in world scrabble
KARACHI: Pakistan were off to a rollicking start at the Junior World Scrabble Championship which began in Torquay, England on Saturday. According to information received here, as expected the boys in green dominated the proceedings on the opening day with some sterling performances. At the close of play, each of the top three positions was […]