The group stage of WESPA Youth Cup’s-Individual event (World Youth Scrabble Championship) sponsored by Pharmevo Pharma concluded at the Pharmevo House in Karachi.
Two players from Pakistan qualified for the finals after battling through grueling 36 games spread over two weekends.
Noah Slatkoff of Canada ended the group stages on the No. 1 spot with 29 wins and a spread of 3499. Napat Vatjaranurathorn of Thailand was 2nd with 28 wins and a spread of 3130. Pakistan’s Syed Imaad Ali is 3rd with 27 wins and a spread of 2616. Hasham Hadi Khan is the other Pakistani to qualify for the finals with 26 wins and a spread of 1948. Two more Pakistani players Ali Salman and Usman Shaukat remained in the top ten till the last round but were desperately unlucky to miss out narrowly after losing their last games.
The final round will be played on August 21 & 22. All players will play 9 games each on round robin league followed by four games on King of The Hill format to choose the World Scrabble Champion 2021 in the under-18 age category.
The top ten players includes two from Pakistan, Thailand and India. One player each from Canada, Hong Kong, Australia and Sri Lanka.
WESPA Youth Cup 2021 – Round 36 Standings
| Rank | Won-Lost | Spread | Player | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29–7 | +3499 | Noah Slatkoff – NOAHSLAT (#9/Canada) | ||
| 2 | 28–8 | +3130 | Napat Vatjaranurathorn – AWFUL (#67/Thailand) | ||
| 3 | 27–9 | +2616 | Syed Imaad Ali – Fabbir (#40/Pakistan) | ||
| 4 | 26½–9½ | +2106 | Thomson Law Long Yin – thomson_law_long_yin (#10/Hong Kong) | ||
| 5 | 26–10 | +1948 | Hasham Hadi Khan – Hashamhadi (#39/Pakistan) | ||
| 6 | 26–10 | +1835 | Nattapat Nak-in – NattapatN (#66/Thailand) | ||
| 7 | 25–11 | +943 | Ronnie Bennett – DuckyManta (#3/Australia) | ||
| 8 | 24½–11½ | +1361 | Madhav Gopal Kamath – MGK28 (#19/India) | ||
| 9 | 24–12 | +2040 | Sandali Vithanage – Scrabble_12 (#58/Sri Lanka) | ||
| 10 | 24–12 | +1204 | Suyash Manchali – squashy (#17/India) | ||
| 11 | 23–13 | +1943 | Adheesha Dissanayake – thams (#59/Sri Lanka) | ||
| 12 | 23–13 | +1656 | Ali Salman – AliSalman1 (#42/Pakistan) | ||
| 13 | 23–13 | +1245 | Affan Salman – Unwoogler (#43/Pakistan) | ||
| 14 | 23–13 | +513 | Usman Shaukat – Automan (#41/Pakistan) | ||
| 15 | 22–14 | +1174 | Dresden Lim Zhan Le – dresdenlim (#28/Malaysia) | ||
| 16 | 21½–14½ | +70 | King Jos Rydan Relatorres – GNIK (#47/Philippines) | ||
| 17 | 21½–14½ | −344 | Nichapa Himarat – Nichapa (#64/Thailand) | ||
| 18 | 21–15 | +1223 | Tengku Ariff Shah Bin Tengku Shahir – tariffs (#26/Malaysia) | ||
| 19 | 21–15 | +1129 | Siu Chun Hong – Ivan_Siu (#11/Hong Kong) | ||
| 20 | 21–15 | +1057 | Nonithma Dharmadasa – NonithmaDharmadasa (#55/Sri Lanka) | ||
| 21 | 21–15 | +675 | Jareth Mah Zhen Seong – JMAH (#30/Malaysia) | ||
| 22 | 21–15 | +632 | Eirfan Razman – Eirfan (#27/Malaysia) | ||
| 23 | 20½–15½ | +943 | Julian Wong Tsz Yu – julianwong (#12/Hong Kong) | ||
| 24 | 20½–15½ | +236 | Gerald Ekhagbai – Gerald0506 (#34/Nigeria) | ||
| 25 | 20–16 | +425 | Sanhanat Klanying – Soybadz01 (#61/Thailand) | ||
| 26 | 20–16 | +324 | Aidan Nathaniel Ho Ern Yu – AidanHo (#25/Malaysia) | ||
| 27 | 20–16 | −278 | Aadhi Shankara Nithyanandan – aadhi (#31/Malaysia) | ||
| 28 | 19–17 | +1178 | Ernest So Yat Long – amazboy (#14/Hong Kong) | ||
| 29 | 19–17 | +1063 | Bilal Asher – Wambz (#45/Pakistan) | ||
| 30 | 19–17 | +779 | Saim Waqar – Senpaii (#46/Pakistan) | ||
| 31 | 19–17 | +419 | Alex Lam – TimeTraveller (#4/Australia) | ||
| 32 | 19–17 | +206 | Shreyas Gupta – shreyas3 (#18/India) | ||
| 33 | 19–17 | +179 | Kunnida Hatkrathok – Kunnida (#60/Thailand) | ||
| 34 | 19–17 | −166 | Ahmed Salman – AhmedSalman (#44/Pakistan) | ||
| 35 | 18–18 | +385 | Ekansh Arora – ekansh27 (#21/India) | ||
| 36 | 18–18 | +168 | Kesavan Sivabalan – Kesavan (#29/Malaysia) | ||
| 37 | 18–18 | +71 | Ahmad Aqmarul Harraz Bin Azhan – ahmadthegreat (#24/Malaysia) | ||
| 38 | 18–18 | +42 | Divine Imode Omoye – Omoyedivine (#33/Nigeria) | ||
| 39 | 18–18 | −109 | Nimuthu Sipsara Witharana – NimuthuWitharana (#56/Sri Lanka) | ||
| 40 | 18–18 | −126 | Hasini Perera – Hasini (#52/Qatar) | ||
| 41 | 18–18 | −163 | Ian Tsoi Yin – IanSixtyThird (#15/Hong Kong) | ||
| 42 | 17½–18½ | +196 | Amogh Bhamekar – amogh (#23/India) | ||
| 43 | 17–19 | +353 | Pramit Rao – pramit_06 (#22/India) | ||
| 44 | 17–19 | −106 | Miracle Imode Ojikaire – Miracle12 (#38/Nigeria) | ||
| 45 | 17–19 | −373 | Krittaporn Homkampang – KAIROS (#65/Thailand) | ||
| 46 | 17–19 | −424 | Arnab Banerjee – abrain (#32/Netherlands) | ||
| 47 | 17–19 | −738 | Alex Pylypenko – sharpeners (#68/United Kingdom) | ||
| 48 | 17–19 | −808 | Clinton Imode Oghogho – Clinton (#36/Nigeria) | ||
| 49 | 17–19 | −961 | Uriel Drago Cabuguas – Magic02 (#48/Philippines) | ||
| 50 | 16½–19½ | −166 | M. L. Dinuli Dihansa Premarathna – Dinuli (#53/Sri Lanka) | ||
| 51 | 16–20 | +156 | Devansh Malpani – Devansh_Malpani (#20/India) | ||
| 52 | 16–20 | −508 | Manaal Asher – ManaalAsher1 (#71/United Kingdom) | ||
| 53 | 15½–20½ | +386 | Jeffrey Lam – Mastermind (#5/Australia) | ||
| 54 | 15–21 | +668 | Atchimaporn Pokklang – Atchimaporn97 (#62/Thailand) | ||
| 55 | 15–21 | −1062 | Minette Cabaluna – MineC (#50/Philippines) | ||
| 56 | 14½–21½ | −229 | Aarush Jotwani – Aarush (#16/India) | ||
| 57 | 14–22 | −238 | Patrick Huynh – FormidablePlayer123 (#2/Australia) | ||
| 58 | 14–22 | −1322 | Sethmi Jayasinghe – theism (#54/Sri Lanka) | ||
| 59 | 13½–22½ | −465 | Thiranan Sudyod – Thiranan2547 (#63/Thailand) | ||
| 60 | 13½–22½ | −1853 | Asher Chhabra – aski12 (#6/Australia) | ||
| 61 | 13–23 | −699 | Nathanael Campos – cocoapuffs (#72/United States) | ||
| 62 | 13–23 | −1728 | Reuben Moisey – ReubenM (#70/United Kingdom) | ||
| 63 | 13–23 | −1830 | Vinh Nguyen – vinyl (#7/Australia) | ||
| 64 | 11–25 | −2809 | Joshua Moisey – Jaguars (#69/United Kingdom) | ||
| 65 | 10–26 | −2370 | Ashwin page – washingape37 (#1/Australia) | ||
| 66 | 9–27 | −2286 | Gian Goron – Giango (#49/Philippines) | ||
| 67 | 8½–27½ | −3684 | Zaina Inas zarook – Zaina (#51/Qatar) | ||
| 68 | 7–29 | −3330 | Matthew Lam Pui Wai – matthewlam (#13/Hong Kong) | ||
| 69 | 5–31 | −3031 | Nwachukwu Chukwuemeka Samuel – Chukwuemeka (#37/Nigeria) | ||
| 70 | 0–36 | −6934 | Raymond Tri – Raymond.tri (#8/Australia) |
