Spanish World Scrabble Championship
The Spanish World Scrabble Championship (Spanish: Campeonato del mundo de Scrabble en español) is an international Scrabble tournament organised by the Federación Internacional de Scrabble en Español (FISE). The competition takes place each year in a different city in a Spanish-speaking country. The first championship was held in Madrid in Spain. The number of players has varied, from 32 players in 1997 to 120 in 2018.
Players only play with two players at a board, never more, and the tournament uses a Swiss tournament system to decide who plays against whom. In 2007, the players played 18 games with the winner being Benjamín Olaizola of Venezuela with 14 wins from 18 games. Since then, the number of games has gradually increased, reaching 24 in 2016. Internationally, the players are rated by the Elo system.
List of winners
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Multiple winners
[edit | edit source]- (3) Benjamín Olaizola File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina: 2001, 2007, 2023
- (3) Luis Picciochi File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina: 2009, 2010, 2018
- (2) Joan R. Manchado File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain : 1997, 2003
- (2) Enric Hernández File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain: 2006, 2008
- (2) Airán Pérez File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela: 2013, 2015
- (2) Serge Emig File:Flag of France.svg France: 2019, 2022
Winners by country
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina : 8 wins
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain : 7 wins
- File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela : 5 wins
- File:Flag of France.svg France : 2 wins
- File:Flag of Honduras (2022–present).svg Honduras : 1 win
- File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico : 1 win
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand : 1 win
- File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay : 1 win
References
[edit | edit source]- (in Spanish) Spanish World Scrabble Championships on the official site of the Federación internacional de Scrabble en español
- (in French) Spanish World Scrabble Championships on LeSablier.be
- (in French) Spanish World Scrabble Championships on Ortograf.com
