Dubai, Dec 16, 2018: Syed Imaad Ali of Pakistan won the 13th edition of WESPA Youth Cup (formerly named World Youth Scrabble Championship) here at the Dubai American Academy, Dubai.
Syed Imaad Ali
The 12 year old Imaad is one of the youngest player to have won the championship.
Imaad was in great form throughout the championship and dropped only four of the 24 games on his way to victory.
Imaad ended with 20 wins and a spread of 1694.
A cash prize of US$1000 awarded and a glittering trophy also given to Syed Imaad Ali.
Janul De Silva of Sri Lanka remained in the hunt for the title til the very end but lost the crucial final to Imaad and finished 2nd with 19 wins and a spread of 1124.
Napat Vatjaranurathon of Thailand finished 3rd with 17 wins and a spread of 1712.
Pakistan’s Sohaib Sanaullah finished 5th with 16 wins and a spread of 1119.
Dubai has a happy hunting ground as the last time the championship played here in 2013 Pakistan won the championship and the team trophy.
Australia is the only country to have won the championship three times.
In the side tournament for adults Tariq Pervez of Pakistan won beating Sudhir Kamath of India in the final.
Tariq also won the prize for the highest game score of 609 scored against Douglas Tsang of Hong Kong.
It has been an amazing year for Pakistan scrabble as Pakistan has won every major youth title in the world.
The latest victory completed the grand slam for Pakistan as they have already won all major youth titles including the Causeway Challenge, Princess Cup (twice) and the WESPA Youth Cup.
Syed Imaad Ali amazingly all these tournaments won by five different players!
No country in history has ever achieved such a feat in scrabble history and this record would be very hard to match.
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