Whiz kid, Syed Imaad Ali gatecrashes his way into the quarter finals of World Scrabble Championship 2019
Young and talented, Syed Imaad Ali made his way into the quarter finals of the World Scrabble Championship 2019, becoming the first ever Pakistani player to do so, at Torquay, England.
It was a historic day for Pakistan as the whiz kid Syed Imaad Ali gatecrashed his way into the quarter finals of the World Scrabble Championship 2019 at Torquay, England, becoming the first ever Pakistani player to do so.
Imaad who became the youngest ever Junior World Scrabble Champion only days ago also become the youngest quarter finalist in history of the World Scrabble Championships
2019.
Imaad's opponent in the quarter final now is Nigel Richards who is nicknamed the GOAT (greatest of all times) in a game billed as the GOAT vs the Kid.
The other quarter finalist are:
1- David Eldar (Australia) vs Dave Wiegand (USA)
2- Harshan Lamabadusuriya (England) vs Peter Armstrong (USA)
3- Paul Gallen (Northern Ireland) vs Jason Keller (USA)
The division B was completely dominated by the young Pakistani players yet again in a way that the top five positions were occupied by Pakistani players
.
The first position kept changing hands between the Hadi twins until finally Hammad Hadi finished on top at the end of round 35. His twin brother Hassan Hadi had the same number of wins (27) and a slightly lesser spread.
It is the first instance of two brothers finishing at 1st and 2nd in the World Scrabble Championship.
Daniyal Sanaullah finished 3rd and Taha Mirza 4th while the 12 year old, Monis Khan managed to hold firm til the end to occupy the 5th position.
This is also a unique instance in the world championship history that the top five positions were occupied by players from one country
.
