Singapore Open Scrabble Championship


The Singapore Open Scrabble Championship is an international Scrabble tournament held each year in Singapore, established in 1998. The field of players is considerably large and it is not an invitational event. World Scrabble champion Nigel Richards has the most Singapore Open wins, with twelve between 2000 and 2017.

Champions

The winner of the championship's inaugural edition was Michael Tang in 1998. The player with the most Singapore Open victories is New Zealander Nigel Richards, who won eleven times between 2000 and 2014, and once again in 2016. No other person has won the tournament more than once. The Singapore Open was cancelled in 2013 and 2015 due to a lack of venue.
YearChampionCountryVenueWins/Total number of gamesCumulative
spread		Runner-up
2017Toh WeibinYWCA Fort Canning Lodge14/161156 Nigel Richards
2016Nigel Richards Hwa Chong Institution11/161071 Hubert Wee
2014Nigel Richards *SCAPE12/161272 Alastair Richards
2012Nigel Richards West Coast Community Club14/161840 Aaron Chong
2011Aaron ChongThomson Community Club11/161246 Hubert Wee
2010Nigel Richards Thomson Community Club14/172190 Cheah Siu Hean
2009Nigel Richards Sengkang Community Club12/16978 Hubert Wee
2008Nigel Richards Anchorvale Community Club14/161196 Hubert Wee
2007Nigel Richards Teck Ghee Community Club11/16833 Shim Yen Nee
2006Tony SimTeck Ghee Community Club12/16670 Marlon Prudencio
2005Andy KurniaTeck Ghee Community Club12/16749 Hubert Wee
2004Nigel Richards Nanyang Community Club12/16962 Cheah Siu Hean
2003Nigel Richards Jurong Green Community Club12.5/161181 Ricky Purnomo
2002Nigel Richards Jurong Green Community Club12/16782 Tony Sim
2001Nigel Richards Hong Kah East Community Club12/161021 Quek Sim Ho
2000Nigel Richards Hong Kah East Community Club14/162118 Femi Awowade
1999Ganesh AsirvathamHong Kah East Community Club12/151053 Tengku Asri
1998Michael TangHong Kah East Community Club12/16472 Ador Ruiz