Waseem Khatri retains scrabble title

Defending champion remains unbeaten in national tournament.

KARACHI:

Waseem Khatri retained his title at the 14th National Ranking Scrabble Tournament as he won nine matches at the Beach Luxury hotel yesterday.

Khatri remained unbeaten in the tournament, while Javed Shamim clinched the second position, winning seven out of nine games. Yasir Jamshed finished third with six wins.

Khatri scored an aggregate of  520, the highest of the day and earned the title for the best player of the tournament. He beat Tariq Pervez with a margin of 110 points. Pervez, who was vying for second place before his match with Khatri, was only able to register five games in total.

“It’s great to win the event,” Khatri told The Express Tribune. “But I still need to improve my game so that I can do better at international events.”

Meanwhile, national juniors champion Shahzaib Khatri finished eighth in the event. The youngster, who is also participating in the World Youth scrabble Championship in December, said that competing with seniors served as good preparation.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 15^th, 2012.