Collins Scrabble: Play like a champion! - Softcover

Simmons, Allan

9780007342273: Collins Scrabble: Play like a champion!

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007342276 ISBN 13: 9780007342273

Publisher: Collins, 2010

Winning at Scrabble requires not only an extensive vocabulary but strategic skill in knowing when to play for maximum points, when to hold back and how to improve your scoring potential. In this book Scrabble champion Allan Simmons meticulously describes 15 competitive games, explaining his decision-making on each turn and giving an insight into how top players approach the game.

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Review:

“This is a book which in one way is reassuring, in another way is daunting, and in all ways is both practical and entertaining.”
David Sutton, Association of British Scrabble Players

“...a contribution to Scrabble literature which I have no hesitation in recommending unreservedly.”
David Sutton, Association of British Scrabble Players

“Illuminating...”
Philip Nelkon, Scrabble Clubs Manager

“This book will give the interested outsider an unprecedented insight into the vicissitudes of tournament play.”
Andrew Fisher, "Across the Board" magazine

“Scrabble junkies will be delighted to add it to their library, and will hope for many more like it.”
Andrew Fisher, "Across the Board" magazine

About the Author:

Allan Simmons is one of the world's top Scrabble tournament and competition players. Allan is UK National Champion, and the 2008 British Masters Scrabble Champion; he competes at tournaments around the world, and is a regular member of the UK team for the World Scrabble Championships. He publishes his own Scrabble magazine Onwords, for private circulation, has been contributing a Scrabble column and puzzle to The Times regularly for the last four years, and he also organizes Scrabble courses for clubs and a wide range of non-Scrabble organizations, such as the WI. He is one of the founder members of the Association of British Scrabble Players, and was its president from 1988-99, and currently sits on the committee of the World English-Language Scrabble Players' Association (WESPA).

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