recent Zealander Nigel Richards plays Schélick Ilagou Rékawé from French-speaking Gabon in the final of the francophone world Scrabble championships held at Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium on Monday. Richards,48, the three times world Scrabble champion in English, or reportedly memorised the entire French Scrabble dictionary in just nine weeks. Richards,born in Christchurch but now based in Malaysia, has been described as the world's best Scrabble player. Photograph: Roger Cullman
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Source: theguardian.com