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Reminds me a bit of this guy's dominance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Richards_(Scrabble) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Richards_(Scrabble) Winnin

Reminds me a bit of this guy's dominance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Richards_(Scrabble) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Richards_(Scrabble) Winning 4 national championships in a row is one of the most amazingly dominant feats in anything, especially given a game that has a significant luck factor. A top tournament player in a Scrabble Facebook group just said this about him: "I'm pretty sure what he's doing is not capable by most human brains tbh, he plays better than any computer with seemingly a very small amount of tilt. You will never be as good as him, no matter how hard you try. Makes the game pointless (said this a million times b4). As a sidenote, his existence in scrabble is terrible for the game"

zem 13y ago
it's a shame ganesh asirvatham dropped out of the scrabble scene; he was a very impressive player, and the popular pick at the time for most likely to challenge nigel's dominance. he was also the highest-rated player in the world for a while, even though he never actually won a world championship. check out his tournament record: [http://www.cross-tables.com/results.php?p=6670][http://www.wespa.org/aardvark/cgi-bin/most.cgi?name1=Ganesh%20Asirvatham] http://www.cross-tables.com/results.php?p=6670][http://www.w.... note in particular that he had a 24-12 record against nigel across 13 tournaments: http://www.wespa.org/aardvark/cgi-bin/headmini.cgi?name1=Ganesh%20Asirvatham&name2=Nigel%20Richards http://www.wespa.org/aardvark/cgi-bin/headmini.cgi?name1=Gan... (anecdotally, as a 1700-rated player there are lots of people who can beat me handily, but nigel and ganesh are the only two i've ever felt actually intimidated by)