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FAVORITE SCRABBLE PLAY Here is one of my favorite Scrabble plays:
This was from the deciding game of the first World Scrabble
Championship, held in London in 1991. With no tiles left in the bag, the
board was as above and I trailed 340-331. It was my turn holding the
letters BMNORTV. Since there were no tiles in the bag, it was easy to
determine that my opponent, Brian Cappelletto, had the letters EEIR. So what to do?
There were several high-scoring plays available to me,
including VON at O1 for 34 (ZO is acceptable in the British dictionary) and REV
at C11 for 29 points. But if I did either of these plays, then Brian would
play EIDER through the D at L11, going out and winning the game. So after
considerable thought my play was MIB through the I in FRAIL in the bottom right
corner. This play accomplished two important things: it blocked Brian's
only out play and left me with either VON or REV for next time. Brian now
had no way to win, and I squeaked out a four-point victory.
Links to articles about my Scrabble days:
Believe it or not, People magazine feature me in an
article, even though I wasn't romantically linked to either Jennifer Aniston or
Lindsay Lohan. Click
here
to read it.
This is an
interesting article about Scrabble that appeared in The Atlantic.
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