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Wikipedia / Spanish World Scrabble Championship

The Spanish World Scrabble Championship () is an international Scrabble tournament organised by the Federación Internacional de Scrabble en Español (FISE). The competition takes place each year in a different city in a Spanish-speaking country. The first championship was held in Madrid in Spain. The number of players has varied, from 32 players in 1997 to 120 in 2018.

Players only play with two players at a board, never more, and the tournament uses a Swiss tournament system to decide who plays against whom. In 2007, the players played 18 games with the winner being Benjamín Olaizola of Venezuela with 14 wins from 18 games. Since then, the number of games has gradually increased, reaching 24 in 2016. Internationally, the players are rated by the Elo system.

List of winners

Year

Host city

Winner

Nationality

Runner-up

Nationality

1997

Madrid

Joan R. Manchado

Josep M. Martí

1998

Mexico City

Blai Figueras

Claudia Amaral

1999

Caracas

Amanda Gauna

Joan R. Manchado

2000

Santiago

Roberto Aguilar

Miguel Rivera

2001

San José

Benjamín Olaizola

Carlos González

2002

Buenos Aires

Carlos González

Rocco Laguzzi

2003

Xcaret

Joan R. Manchado

Carlos González

2004

Panama

Claudia Amaral

Héctor Klíe

2005

L'Alfàs del Pi

Antonio Álvarez

Enric Hernández

2006

Montevideo

Enric Hernández

Rocco Laguzzi

2007

Bogotá

Benjamín Olaizola

Airán Pérez

2008

Buenos Aires

Enric Hernández

Airán Pérez

2009

Isla Margarita

Luis Picciochi

Claudia Amaral

2010

San José

Luis Picciochi

Blai Figueras

2011

Mexico City

Diego F. González

Benjamín Olaizola

2012

Santa Susanna

Rocco Laguzzi

Benjamín Olaizola

2013

Buenos Aires

Airán Pérez

Enric Hernández

2014

Havana

Jesús Ortega

Luis Acevedo

2015

Cali

Airán Pérez

Enric Hernández

2016

Lille

José Fernández

Luis Picciochi

2017

Asunción

Selene Delgado

Claudia Amaral

2018

Playa del Carmen

Luis Picciochi

Enric Hernández

2019

Panama City

Serge Emig

Jesús Ortega

2022

Buenos Aires

Serge Emig

Horacio Moavro

2023

San José

Benjamín Olaizola

Rocco Laguzzi

2024

Granada

Nigel Richards

Benjamín Olaizola

Multiple winners

  • (3) Benjamín Olaizola : 2001, 2007, 2023

  • (3) Luis Picciochi : 2009, 2010, 2018

  • (2) Joan R. Manchado : 1997, 2003

  • (2) Enric Hernández : 2006, 2008

  • (2) Airán Pérez : 2013, 2015

  • (2) Serge Emig : 2019, 2022

Winners by country

  • : 8 wins

  • : 7 wins

  • : 5 wins

  • : 2 wins

  • : 1 win

  • : 1 win

  • : 1 win

  • : 1 win

References