Hasham Hadi is the 2022 Asian Scrabble Champion. Defeated Madhav Kamath in the Pakistan vs India final.

Pakistan also lifts 3 other titles:

Team Title,

Under 16 Title won by Monis Khan and

Ahmed Salman won the Under 12 Title.

Details To Follow

Day 2 | Hasham Takes Spot 1; Madhav Drops to 2nd Slot + Images

On Day 2 of 2022 Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship, Pakistan’s Hasham Hadi Khan and India’s Madhav Gopal Kamath continued to compete for the top slots.

2022 Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship; India: Day 2 games in session –
Courtesy: ACYSC Facebook / Allsportspk

The Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship completed an action packed second day with 11 games played on an extended day’s play.

At the close of day-two Hasham Hadi Khan of Pakistan was on top with 14 wins from his 18 games and a spread of 1420

Madhav Kamath of India is currently 2nd with 13 wins and a spread of 1778 while Adheesha Dissanayake of Sri Lanka is 3rd with 13 wins and a spread of 1513

Pakistan’s Affan Salman is currently 5th with 12 wins and the reigning world youth champion Ali Salman is 7th with 12 wins

Earlier in the day Monis Khan of Pakistan notched up the highest individual score of the championship with a whopping 760 against Ahmad Aqmarul of Malaysia

Pakistan remains the No. 1 team in the championship so far

Six more games to be played on the third and final day to decide the name of the Asian Champion

After 18 Rounds the final standings on end of Day 2 were:

Final Day 2 – Round 18 Standings

RankWon-LostSpreadPlayer
114–4+1420Hasham Hadi Khan (#1)
213–5+1778Madhav Gopal Kamath (#2)
313–5+1513Adheesha Dissanayake (#6)
413–5+1390Hivin Dilmith (#52)
512–6+1651Affan Salman (#4)
612–6+1303Suyash Manchali (#7)
712–6+1098Ali Salman (#5)
812–6+1008Pramit Rao (#9)
911½–6Β½+1177Archana Padumadasa (#53)
1011–7+2025Sandali Vithanage (#16)
1111–7+1293Sehaan Owais (#13)
1211–7+999Ahmad Aqmarul Harraz Azhan (#42)
1311–7+873Samarth Manchali (#19)
1411–7+683Shane Abbas (#11)
1511–7+634Muhammad Bilal Asher (#12)
1611–7+612Kavindu Malawaraarachchi (#54)
1711–7+597Azlan Qazi (#14)
1811–7βˆ’130Manit Arora (#26)
1911–7βˆ’264Vinith Bawantha Owens (#56)
2010–8+1113Monis Hussain Khan (#3)
2110–8+428Ahmed Salman (#10)
2210–8+200Siramol Saechao (#59)
2310–8+171Arnav Pandey (#44)
2410–8βˆ’39Manaal Asher (#17)
2510–8βˆ’275Yuvraj Dighe (#15)
269½–8Β½+48Syeda Hawra Fatima (#18)
279–9+771Shreyas Gupta (#8)
289–9+635Aarush Jotwani (#20)
299–9+452Sanuthi Nimrada Chandrakumar (#49)
309–9βˆ’16Thulnith De Silva (#51)
319–9βˆ’173Nishanya Nimthakie Gammanpila (#58)
329–9βˆ’230Ahana Goyal (#21)
339–9βˆ’279Vihaan Singhvi (#23)
349–9βˆ’660Tavishi Bagga (#24)
359–9βˆ’1208Eyan Borah (#35)
368½–9Β½+286Ishika Poddar (#31)
378–10+318Kithnuli Amarasinghe (#57)
388–10βˆ’81Pasindu Hasarel Wijewardena (#50)
398–10βˆ’493Anvaya Garg (#33)
408–10βˆ’510Ricky Rodriguez (#60)
418–10βˆ’580Vershnil Oshan Weeraratne (#22)
428–10βˆ’958Tanish (#41)
438–10βˆ’1185Samaira Jotwani (#27)
447½–10Β½+46Chanul Edirisinghe (#55)
457½–10Β½βˆ’972Shiv Talwar (#39)
467–11βˆ’268Aishwarya S. Rathore (#37)
477–11βˆ’376Samyukta Mallick (#36)
487–11βˆ’542Aayush Dhakal (#47)
497–11βˆ’785Krishna Bastola (#46)
507–11βˆ’788Pranjali Gupta (#29)
517–11βˆ’854Sirjan Niure (#45)
527–11βˆ’971Amay Gupta (#25)
537–11βˆ’1066Navya (#40)
547–11βˆ’1924Rishik Grover (#34)
556½–11Β½βˆ’1235Aryan Paudel (#48)
566–12βˆ’540Amyra Bharti Aggarwal (#30)
576–12βˆ’908Vidit Parajuli (#43)
583–15βˆ’2453Aarohi Arora (#28)
592–16βˆ’2252Vaani Shah (#38)
Courtesy: ACYSC / Allsportspk

Day 2 Images

2022 Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship; India: Day 2 games in session – Courtesy: ACYSC Facebook / Allsportspk
2022 Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship; India: Day 2 games in session – Courtesy: ACYSC Facebook / Allsportspk
2022 Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship; India: Day 2 games in session – Courtesy: ACYSC Facebook / Allsportspk

Day 2 | Madhav On Top; 5 Pakistan Scrabblers In First Ten

The 2022 Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship commenced in India with 60 scrabblers (scroll to end for list) from 8 countries participating. The players include some of the best global scrabblers including World Youth champion Ali Salman from Pakistan.

Day two of the tournament will be an extended session with 11 games to be played in one day.

Day 1 Rounds being played of 2022 Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship in India – ACYSC Facebook / Allsportspk

7 games were played on the opening day. Pakistani players made an impressive start on the opening day racking up huge wins in the earlier rounds . Interestingly the top eight players at the end of day-one all have 6 wins out of their 7 games with no one remaining unbeaten.

Madhav Kamath of India is on the number one spot based on his higher spread (1176) as the first 8 players all have the same number of wins. Hivin Dilmith of Sri Lanka is on the 2nd position with a spread of 1122.

Pakistan’s ace Hasham Hadi is 3rd with a spread of 1055. 11 year old Ahmed Salman, younger brother of the world youth champion Ali Salman is on the 4th spot while Sehaan Owais and Ali Salman are not far behind on the 5th and 6th spot.

14 year old Affan Salman ended day-one on the 10th position making it 5 Pakistani players out of the top ten. Interestingly all three Salman brothers are on the top ten.

Team wise Pakistan is No. 1, followed by Sri Lanka and India.

The final standings on end of Day 1 were as appended below.

2022 Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship; India: Pakistan Star’s Arrival Stimulates Event Spirit

Final Day 1 – Round 7 Standings

RankWon-LostSpreadPlayer
16–1+1176Madhav Gopal Kamath (#2)
26–1+1122Hivin Dilmith (#52)
36–1+1055Hasham Hadi Khan (#1)
46–1+1018Ahmed Salman (#10)
56–1+964Adheesha Dissanayake (#6)
66–1+910Sehaan Owais (#13)
76–1+875Muhammad Ali (#5)
86–1+703Pramit Rao (#9)
95–2+1300Sandali Vithanage (#16)
105–2+1150Affan Salman (#4)
115–2+907Muhammad Bilal Asher (#12)
125–2+755Samarth Manchali (#19)
135–2+662Shreyas Gupta (#8)
145–2+553Manaal Asher (#17)
155–2+433Monis Hussain Khan (#3)
165–2+430Shane Abbas (#11)
175–2+261Ahana Goyal (#21)
184–3+777Ahmad Aqmarul Harraz Azhan (#42)
194–3+739Aarush Jotwani (#20)
204–3+655Archana Padumadasa (#53)
214–3+639Suyash Manchali (#7)
224–3+409Sanuthi Nimrada Chandrakumar (#49)
234–3+367Nishanya Nimthakie Gammanpila (#58)
244–3+173Syeda Hawra Fatima (#18)
254–3+74Kavindu Malawaraarachchi (#54)
264–3+73Arnav Pandey (#44)
274–3+14Yuvraj Dighe (#15)
284–3βˆ’23Thulnith De Silva (#51)
294–3βˆ’57Siramol Saechao (#59)
304–3βˆ’134Vinith Bawantha Owens (#56)
313–4+226Chanul Edirisinghe (#55)
323–4+180Kithnuli Amarasinghe (#57)
333–4+11Ishika Poddar (#31)
343–4+9Azlan Qazi (#14)
353–4βˆ’129Aishwarya S. Rathore (#37)
363–4βˆ’163Vihaan Singhvi (#23)
373–4βˆ’226Pasindu Hasarel Wijewardena (#50)
383–4βˆ’274Amyra Bharti Aggarwal (#30)
393–4βˆ’560Aayush Dhakal (#47)
403–4βˆ’667Vershnil Oshan Weeraratne (#22)
413–4βˆ’748Tanish (#41)
423–4βˆ’859Rishik Grover (#34)
432–5βˆ’267Ricky Rodriguez (#60)
442–5βˆ’522Samyukta Mallick (#36)
452–5βˆ’531Anvaya Garg (#33)
462–5βˆ’555Krishna Bastola (#46)
472–5βˆ’563Manit Arora (#26)
482–5βˆ’687Sirjan Niure (#45)
492–5βˆ’752Amay Gupta (#25)
502–5βˆ’877Shiv Talwar (#39)
512–5βˆ’884Aryan Paudel (#48)
522–5βˆ’891Navya (#40)
532–5βˆ’1034Samaira Jotwani (#27)
542–5βˆ’1038Eyan Borah (#35)
551–6βˆ’632Saanvi Kalra (#32)
561–6βˆ’661Pranjali Gupta (#29)
571–6βˆ’935Tavishi Bagga (#24)
581–6βˆ’1118Vidit Parajuli (#43)
591–6βˆ’1573Aarohi Arora (#28)
600–7βˆ’1260Vaani Shah (#38)
Courtesy: Delhi Scrabble

Participants

Hasham Hadi Khan

Madhav Gopal Kamath

Monis Hussain Khan

Affan Salman

Muhammad Ali

Adheesha Dissanayake

Suyash Manchali

Shreyas Gupta

Pramit Rao

Ahmed Salman

Shane Abbas

Muhammad Bilal Asher

Sehaan Owais

Azlan Qazi

Yuvraj Dighe

Sandali Vithanage

Manaal Asher

Syeda Hawra Fatima

Samarth Manchali

Aarush Jotwani

Ahana Goyal

Vershnil Oshan Weeraratne

Vihaan Singhvi

Tavishi Bagga

Amay Gupta

Manit Arora

Samaira Jotwani

Aarohi Arora

Pranjali Gupta

Amyra Bharti Aggarwal

Apoorva cinubal

Ishika Poddar

Saanvi Kalra

Anvaya Garg

Rishik Grover

Eyan Borah

Samyukta Mallick

Aishwarya S. Rathore

Vaani Shah

Shiv Talwar

Navya

Tanish

Ahmad Aqmarul Harraz Azhan

Vidit Parajuli

Arnav Pandey

Sirjan Niure

Krishna Bastola

Aayush Dhakal

Aryan Paudel

Sanuthi Nimrada Chandrakumar

Pasindu Hasarel Wijewardena

Thulnith De Silva

Hivin Dilmith

Archana Padumadasa

Kavindu Malawaraarachchi

Chanul Edirisinghe

Vinith Bawantha Owens

Kithnuli Amarasinghe

Nishanya Nimthakie Gammanpila

Siramol Saechao

Ricky Rodriguez