Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
Pakorn Nemitrmansuk | |
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Born | 1975 (age 48–49) |
Nationality | Thai |
Occupation | Scrabble player |
Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (born 1975) is one of Thailand's top Scrabble players and the 2009 World Scrabble Champion.[1][2][3] An architect and resident of Bangkok,[4] Thailand, Nemitrmansuk has competed at World Scrabble Championship six times between 1999–2011 and was the runner-up in 2003 and 2005.[5][6]
At World Scrabble Championship 2009 in Malaysia in November, 2009, Nemitrmansuk won 18 games in the first 24 rounds,[7] earning him a spot in the best-of-five final against the reigning champion Nigel Richards, where Nemitrmansuk won the championship by three games to one.[8]
Achievements
- World Scrabble Championships
- 1999 40th place
- 2001 16th place
- 2003 runner-up
- 2005 runner-up
- 2009 winner
- 2011 3rd place
- Four time winner of the Brand's Crossword Game King's Cup
References
- ^ Scrabble world lost for words at Thai win, Bangkok Post, 30 November 2009 [1] Retrieved 30 April 2011
- ^ http://www.wscgames.com/2009/ WSC 2009
- ^ "cross-tables.com". www.cross-tables.com. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Game on, The Observer, Lynn Barber, 11 December 2005, [2] Retrieved 30 April 2011
- ^ Scrabble Kings Vie for Linguistic Superiority, New York Times, Alan Cowell, 21 November 2005 [3] Retrieved 30 April 2011
- ^ http://www.wscgames.com/cgi-bin/player.cgi?given=Pakorn&surname=Nemitrmansuk&country=Thailand&exact=1 WSC Player Information: Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
- ^ http://live.wscgames.com/2009/standing/1/24.html WSC 2009 Standings: Round 24
- ^ http://live.wscgames.com/2009/finals.html WSC 2009: Finals
External links
- Pakorn Nemitrmansuk Scrabble tournament results at cross-tables.com
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- 1991: Peter Morris
- 1993: Mark Nyman
- 1995: David Boys
- 1997: Joel Sherman
- 1999: Joel Wapnick
- 2001: Brian Cappelletto
- 2003: Panupol Sujjayakorn
- 2005: Adam Logan
- 2007: Nigel Richards
- 2009: Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
- 2011: Nigel Richards
- 2013: Nigel Richards
- 2014: Craig Beevers
- 2015: Wellington Jighere
- 2016: Brett Smitheram
- 2017: David Eldar
- 2018: Nigel Richards
- 2019: Nigel Richards
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