Dunedin Tournament - November 2011

Expected: 7.3 wins, Actual: 6 wins. _ Rating change: 16xx to 16xx  


SUMMARY:

Opponent	(my)	#	W/L	My Score	Opp. Score	Diff.	My Bonuses	His/Her Bonuses
Cicely B	??	1	W	396	341	+55	JASMINE PAINTER	-
Lynn W	??sss	.2	W	383	320	+63	ENTRUST LOITERS	-
Karyn McD	?ssss	..3	L	372	538	-234	JOHNNIE SMARTEN	CARDIES BEERIER
Peter S	?s	...4	L	304	511	-207	DEFIANT	SERPENTS AERATION OVERLET
Val M	?s	....5	L	294	459	-165	standin(bogus!)	STONIER FAVORITE
Cicely	ss	6	L	268	543	-275	DENTALS	TENTERS GLAIRED
Lynn	??s	.7	W	348	333	+15	INERTIAS	FANCIERS
Karyn	s	..8	L	373	485	-112	TIARAED	HINGERS OUTHUNTS RELINED
Peter	??s	...9	L	372	421	-49	CREATION DINNERS	PARTIES
Val	?ss	....10	L	345	451	-106	PRETTIER AGILEST	SHOALED
Cicely	sss	11	W	392	356	+36	BIASSES	REEDING SUETIER
Lynn	?ss	.12	L	363	442	-79	DOMAINS	SHELTER
Karyn	??ssss!	..13	W	466	299	+167	UNPAIRED SEALING IMARETS	-
Peter	?s	...14	L	390	496	-106	BEATING CLARINET	TURIONS DOTIEST
Val	?ss	....15	W	392	370	+22	DILUTEES	GRINNERS

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(Blog: in progress - more to come....)

Dunedin * 12-13 Nov, 2011
.	NAME	CLUB	WINS	Spread	AVE	Bonuses	New NZ Rating	Rating Change
1	PETER Sinton	DUN	12	1229	448	28
2	KARYN McD	DUN	8	-418	378	16
3	VAL Mills	AKL	7	252	392	19
4	LYNN Wood	WGTN	7	-50	293	20
5	IAN Patterson	DUN	6	-907	364	23
6	CICELY Bruce	WHANG	5	-106	392	21

WARNING: Updating this page is still IN PROGRESS! . . . Ian - Wed 16/11/11

Game 1  CICELY Bruce (Whangarei, north of Auckland)
A delight to have three visitors from the northernmost club in the country to visit our tournament - the southernmost (probably in the WORLD!?!)

Cicely was an unknown quantity, but she was bottom seed - we'll see! 

I swapped 7 three times in the first 7 moves, but she wasn't scoring rapidly so when my bonus finally DID come I still got to a small lead. Then neck and neck till my AEIJMS? went down, hooking the blank (as N) in front of OUT - the only place. I didn't know NOUT, but it sounded possible, and fortunately (for me) her challenge failed.

Game 2  Lynn Wood (Wellington)

My 2 early bonuses meant she never got a look in (despite her nice MZEE for 45!)

Game 3  KARYN McDougall (Dunedin)
My first rack EHJNNO? had plenty of promise - I found the only bonus in there, which I by no means 'knew', but I thought worth a go. At first glance it seemed it couldn't fit down the side of her opening WETA, but then I realised this board had slightly smaller squares than the usual. They still accepted the same tiles, but I guess I've subconsciously learned the physical actual LENGTH of a 7-tile word, and this was suddenly different. Down went bonus, survived the challenge, but she immediately got one herself, followed by EX for 53, and I was playing catchup. Later I'd finally accumulated SMARTEN which got me within 40, but her instant response was a most unlikely BEERIER - not because of that word, but it FITTED on the only bonus place, needing FIVE overlaps. Durn lucky! GRRR. LOL 

Game 4  PETER Sinton (Dunedin)

Argghhhh. His 3 bonuses in the first 7 turns left me history. 

Game 4  VAL Mills (Pakuranga Club, Auckland)
Val is the relatively new NZASP President, making her first visit to a Dunedin event, where she was welcomed with pleasure.

I challenged off her 'enfuels' early, then on Turn 6 she played FENCE for 20, just one off the TWS line. I had ADINNT?, and didn't know D(E)NTINAl, consider maybe (FENCE)D/ADIT for 30, but then noticed sTANDIN. Hmmm, should be ok, so played it, for 84. Val flinched briefly, but accepted it. A couple of turns on she played DICKS onto the end of it, and I kinda joked to her that I'd love to challenge her (STANDIN)S off.

Only a joke, till later we both found STANDIN *IS* junk! In fact I could/should have played (FENCED)/DANTINg - but hey, I've never heard of danting, or even DANT!

Game 6  C i c e l y

After 7 turns I'd had 3 big swaps and 4 small plays, to trail by 43-192 (and she'd scored nothing over 40).  It never got much better! 

 

Game 7  L y n n
h o  Her early FANCIERS gave her a fair lead during most of the game, as I went fishing with AEIRS - a surplus AI was dumped, then 2 U's quickly back into the bag, then out pooped TWO Blanks!! The famine, then the feast!? LOL So I(N)ERtiAS got me almost level, and fortunately her tiles dried up there so I managed to sneak a win.

Game 8  K a r y n
3 S's, both blanks, 3 bonuses. How could *I* compete with that ? A loss. (But - aha - check out Game 13!!)  

Game 9  P e t e r

A fascinating tussle. Peter swapped tiles only 4 times during the tournament, and ALL in his first 7 turns here. Meanwhile I swapped 4 times too - as we'd made a prickly staircase which allowed a bonus ending with S, but not much else (and both of us loath to needlessly make any serious 'opening'). I had a blank, he had an S. I got to AEINOR? (if S, then it's 4th letter, not last) but then he played PARTIES. Sadly I missed AtRO(P)INE, AER(A)tION, ANORExI(A), AIRbO(R)NE, ANTE(R)IOr, and a few others, so settled for cREA(T)ION for a lowly 61. He then sailed ahead, and my late DiNNERS was truly only for consolation.

Game 10  V a l
Her SHOALED (yes, survived my challenge) late on gave her a 338-250 lead, but I sat with AEGILST. AGILEST was playable for 68, but leaving a large TWS on. Instead I opted for a 'safe' 65 with GLAI(K)ETS, that I thought might even earn me 5 extra points. Well, the first part of the plan worked - she challenged! I was somewhat surprised to find it not there, as I thought I knew GLAIKET. Turns out it's an adjective, meaning foolish. Oh well, NEXT turn down went AGILEST, to which she responded by TAXI for 52 (I SAID it left on a big TWS!)

Later turns out I should have known the other forms - AIGLETS would have been better (but still not WON by any means).

Game 11  C i c e l y

My 2nd rack: ABEISSS! There was no free T for BASSIEST, and I didn't know it also makes 8's with C(2), N, O, or R. Anyway, I was considering a SIS, an ASS (maybe a BASS?) when I noticed it DOES make a 7 (phew!) so down it went for 82. Despite 2 bonuses later, Cicely never recovered.

Game 12  L y n n

I began with AEIJNPS. JIN or JAP for 20 or 28 would leave a promising rack, but I chose to 'invest' my S early, with JEANS for 40. Lynn's first 3 turns then were QUARK(48), JOLTING(30), and sHELTER(86). As I then struggled I sank ever deeper, to eventually 209-321 (but a promising ADINOO? on board). Only one (very cheap) bonus spot on - and sadly I couldn't see / didn't know the one bonus I had there, so I made an OH into OHO one off the TWS line. Lynn chose to block the other spot, and bingo! I drew an M and whistled down onto (OHO)S. It survived her challenge, and I was basically level, but then a nasty EX for 59 sealed my fate.

Game 13  K a r y n

I got (U)NPAIRED first up (I could have played the only '7' in that lot, but chose not to as this scored better), then as she'd almost caught up again I got SEALInG, THEN drew 2 more S's! SEALING was one off the bottom line - I didn't know if it took an S, but I didn't want to find out the hard way, so I played a cheeky SODA alng the bottom there (stopping one short of the TWS!). She didn't challenge (SEALINGS IS ok) but next turn worked a treat YEAS onto (SODA)S yielded 51.

I soon got my 4th S, and IMARETS went onto the last bonus/S spot, then the last 5 tiles I drew included the 2nd blank - a clean sweep in that department! Poor Karen .... but hey, serves her right! (refer games 3 and 8 )

Game 14  P e t e r

Hooray - THIS game was "open"!  By turn 9 he was a bonus ahead, and I had AEEINRT. Neither TRAINEE or RETINAE would play, the OTHER option would have, but I couldn't think of it. IF I had I'd have almost caught up, but dumping an E (for another hook) was too slow, AND allowed Peter to grab 75 for a simple Z(O)IC onto a TWS. My (C)LARINET off that left me then STILL a bonus back, and so it stayed.

So - Peter's scored 3/3 against me this week. GRRRRRRR.

Game 15  V a l

Last chance saloon here - Peter's blitzed me, if I lose here so will Val have.

 

Turn 5 I had DEELSTU, which in fact makes one 7, but I didn't remember it. I was pleased though to string those 7 thru an I (and win a challenge) but then she drew level with her own bonus.

Now earlier she'd played a slightly odd(!?) NULL for 8, just one off the TWS line. I figured it would take an S, but I've long (mistakenly) thought 'nullo' was a word. ZORI/(NULL)O was 44, but only till she challenged it! :-( Maybe NOW I'll learn that nullo is bogus. (Actually we found later that NULL also takes an A. DOH!)

Anyway, tense until the last racks - she'd had to use her last S to keep pace with me, and now I had the last blank. WIsE/(YEST)s was 42 for a 31-point lead, and I could go out next turn for 9 in 2 places.

After much consideration of the options Val "had to" challenge YESTS or lose - sadly (for HER) she then lost anyway.

more to come in a day or two......... or 3....