Pakistan lead Pharmevo WESPA Youth Cup Scrabble Championship 2021

Pakistan has secured the top spot after the first phase of the Pharmevo WESPA Youth Cup (formerly World Youth Scrabble Championship) was completed  with 18 of the 36 games played by each participant.

Pakistan’s Syed Imaad Ali is still on top with 16 wins and one tie, maintaining a healthy spread of 2290. Noah Slatkoff of Canada remains a close second with 16 wins and a spread of 2608. Thailand’s Napat Vatjaranurathorn made speedy strides to climb to third with 15 wins and a spread of 2081.

Hasham Hadi Khan of Pakistan kept up his fourth position with 15 wins and a spread of 1425. Thomson Law of Hong Kong slipped to the fifth position after being beaten by the nine-year-old Pakistani Ahmed Salman. Ahmed’s elder brother Ali Salman is currently eighth with 13 wins while Usman Shaukat climbed to 10th.