Game 3: Rik Kennedy (Ireland) 439 vs Dylan 411

I let his ANTIVERT (non word) stay on the board, got mixed up with ANTEVERT. I had to block his bonus outplay so made PILEAE, also a non word. He had CHESNUT at the end but played SORTINGS/SCUTCH to win. Nothing I could have done, other than play better and challenge more of course.

Game 2: Alistair Richards (Australia) 437 vs Dylan Early 506

First time I've beaten Alistair, had brilliant letters though.

Game 1: Postmortem

Close, uneventful game for Trev. He lost to David Webb.

I missed a few words in game 1 that would have made a difference: DGILNSU, ABDLLORS. I was behind holding ABIRTT and a blank. There was a floating E so played TITRABLE and thought the game was mine but Evans responded with TRUSTEE and emptied the bag. If had played BATTERIE or BRATTICE instead of TITRABLE I had a good chance of winning. I en had to find a win with ZIONPQR which was not possible.

Game 1 Evans Clinchy lost 363 to 405 (0-1)

Opening speech

Mayor of Prague 5 declaring the event open.

About to start

4 winners of the last chance qualifier

In finishing order, from first to fourth: Tim Adamson, Piotr Andrnowski, Sammy Okosagah, Elie Dangoor. They qualify for SCT

Table 1 hots up

As Ray and Tim battle for first place