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Nigel Richards2007 World Scrabble ChampionNigel Richards of New Zealand won the bi-annual 2007 World Scrabble Championship held in Mumbai, India. |
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 Nigel Richards is the new reigning World Scrabble
Champion. He won the World Scrabble Championship held from November
9 to November 12, 2007 in Mumbai, India. Nigel Richards defeated
Malaysia's Ganesh Asivatham 3 games to none to win the final round
of the tournament. In all, Nigel Richards played 25 rounds of
Scrabble to win the championship.Nigel Richards Scrabble BioNigel Richards is a contender in every major international Scrabble tournament. Richards has won the prestigious King's Cup of Bangkok on five separate occasions. Nigel Richards also boasts two top three finishes in the United States National Championship, with a 2nd place finish and a 3rd place finish. Among noted New Zealand events, Nigel Richards won the 1997 New Zealand National Scrabble Championship and the 1999 New Zealand Masters. Nigel Richards has a career 74% win percentage, giving him one of the highest win percentages of all active players meeting the minimum match criterion. Richards has won over $92,000 in prize money at Scrabble events over the years. The World Scrabble ChampionshipThe World Scrabble Championship is a relatively new international tournament. For that reason, the WSC is not always considered the most prestigious international competition. Because it is associated with Hasbro Games and because of the impressive title of this bi-annual tournament, though, the World championships is becoming a major event which all the best players attend. As stated above, The World Scrabble Championship is held every other year. This has been the format since 1991, the first year of the tournament. Since that time, nations will send teams of Scrabble players to the event. Several nations boast its own winner of the World Scrabble Championship, a distinction which New Zealand can now boast. Mumbai, IndiaMumbai, India was the host of this year's World Scrabble Championship. Those with limited knowledge of India might not be too familiar with the city, though it is considered the financial capitol of India. Hasbro chose Mumbai to host the WSC in order to promote SCRABBLE in India, which has a growing Scrabble community. New Zealand's OwnNigel Richards continues to play international Scrabble events under the New Zealand banner, though he has not lived in New Zealand for the past seven years. Instead, Nigel Richards resides in the city of Kuala Lampur in Malaysia. Before moving to Malaysia, Nigel Richards worked in water treatment for the city of Christchurch City, New Zealand. He remains a member of the Christchurch Scrabble Club. As of 2007, Nigel Richards is 40 years old.
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