Nigel Richards, a New Zealand-born Scrabble legend, received the Spanish World Scrabble Championship regardless of not talking Spanish. The Guardian reviews: The Spanish title wasn’t the primary time Richards’ Scrabble expertise had shattered linguistic boundaries: in 2015 he made headlines when he received the francophone world championships with out with the ability to communicate or perceive French. As a substitute he reportedly memorised the complete French Scrabble dictionary in 9 weeks. […]
After practically three many years of enjoying Scrabble competitively, Richards is extensively seen as the most effective participant of all time, with some chalking up his expertise to his photographic reminiscence and talent to rapidly calculate mathematical possibilities. Intensely non-public and swift to show down interviews, little or no is thought about his private life. His reclusive nature — alongside together with his many years of Scrabble conquests and coups — have turned him right into a legend of types for some.
