Simmons rack 1
H N U P ? Y K
'IMPROVE YOUR SCRABBLE' COURSE (February 2004)
DEMONSTRATION GAME : SIMMONS v APPLEBY
This game was played between Allan Simmons and Phil Appleby in front of a live audience at their Improve Your Scrabble course at Dllington House, Somerset.
You can play through the game move by move below - some notes by Allan and Phil are provided as you go.
Enjoy
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Simmons rack 1 H N U P ? Y K
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Simmons played HUNKY D8a for 38 Appleby rack 1 D J M N N R R
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Appleby changed DJMNR Simmons rack 2 P ? + A B E F S
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Simmons played FAB H7a 17 total 55 (Preferred to keep P rather than B thus not higher scoring FAP at C9) Appleby rack 2 E I O G N N R
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Appleby played ENROBING J3a 67 total 67 (Phil - also spotted the unplayable seven, NEGRONI) Simmons rack 3 P ? S E W T P
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Simmons played WHiPPETS D7d 84 total 139 (Spotted the unplayable UPSWEPT first before eventually seeing the more obvious WHIPPETS) Appleby rack 3 A E E I N T V
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Appleby played VENETIAN H4a 82 total 149 (NAIVETE was tempting at K8d but once I saw VENETIAN I considered the extra points worth having. The N left at O4 is not considered immediately dangerous ) Simmons rack 4 I ? O T E V I
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Simmons played pOSITIVE B14a 74 total 213 (Couldn't find any 9-timer through the N so opted for the only bonus I had seen, tempted by the relatively safe positioning of the V - if I'd looked further with the N I might have seen NOVITIEs which I knew. Lucky second blank noted!) Appleby rack 4 A O U D G M R
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Appleby played GOURMAND F2d 72 total 221 (a great find by Phil and the fifth bonus on what is now a very open board) Simmons rack 5 A N O R L A U
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Simmons played NOVA H12d 24 total 237 (I recalled MONAURAL if an m had been available which prompted me to consider NONAURAL as a possibility - thankfully I played safe - quite liked the leave of URAL with the N's for UN- now available on the board) Appleby rack 5 B D E E E L R
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Appleby played BEDEL I3a 38 total 259 (Allan's NOVA stops my fourth bonus in a row - BLEEDER!) Simmons rack 6 A R L U C T L
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Simmons played LAC C6d 30 total 267 (ACT C7d scored more but the RULL leave is poor. Considered UNCART O3d but again the LL leave is poor compared with ULTR and the promise of an E) Appleby rack 6 R E E + A A G Y
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Appleby played ANERGY O3d 30 total 289 (YEA E4d was tempting for rack leave but the score and defensiveness of ANERGY could not be ignored) Simmons rack 7 U R L T + Q A I
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Simmons played QUIT A13a 31 total 298 (Phil's removal of the floating N is uncannily timely and TRANQUIL becomes just another 'if only'! And there's no E for REQUITAL / QUARTILE but at least QUIT gives a good leave - an E is now overdue) Appleby rack 7 A E + D E I O W
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Appleby played WOE E3d 23 total 312 (also considered WAIDE B2d but the A1 tws then becomes too accessible) Simmons rack 8 A R T L + E S Z
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Simmons played ZIT G13d 45 total 343 (an easy play to spot given the score and the powerful leave) Appleby rack 8 A D E I + J N R
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Appleby played JAP B10a 28 total 340 (pondered JAPED b11a or turnover play sucha s RAINED B2d before opting for the score and balance compromise of JAP) Simmons rack 9 A L R S E + E F
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Simmons played ERF I5a 31 total 374 (a mnemonic for LEASER is TOUGH MEN PICK SEXY VIDEOS so it doesn't go with the F sadly) Appleby rack 9 I D E N R + I T
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Appleby played NITRIDE N8d 75 total 415 (felt INDITER for 5 more points at B1d was too risky given the unseen X) Simmons rack 10 A L E R S + S T Unseen letters are now A E I I O O O U C D H L M R S X
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Simmons played SAL E10d 29 ttoal 403 (this play gives the best leave in conjunction witn the unseen tiles and scores sufficient to keep alive possibilities of a win without a bonus) Appleby rack 10 E O O O U L X
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Appleby played OXO O13d 42 total 457 (scores well and threatens a win unless Allan can bonus somehow. The U and L leave fits nicely on column M for further scoring off the X - eg ULE M13d) Simmons rack 11 S E R T + H R S Unseen tiles (3 in bag) A E I I O U C D L M
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Simmons played HET L2d 6 total 409 (Had to create an alternative good-scoring bonus threat (SHET), leave at least one in the bag, and also provide the best chance of a bonus. The vowels, especially the likely I's go well with ERRSST) Appleby rack 11 E O U L + A C D
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Appleby played ZOO G13a 16 total 473 (Phil can't block the bonus openings sensibly and so goes for points with a single tile to leave one in the bag - if Allan does get a bonus Phil still has a chance of winning with a further play) Simmons rack 12 E R S T R S + I
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Simmons played STIRRES B1d 78 total 487 Appleby's rack 12 C E U L A D + I (Phil tries CLAD L1a to win , but CHET is disallowed and Allan has a single M which he plays out with ZOOM to win. If Phil had played CADIE M7d he would have lost by 5)
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